South Park and the Stick of Truth

[Vyk]

Anyone else get this game today? I got it on a whim, reserved on a whim actually, and actually had the money to follow through with it. I intended to get it anyway. But not from GameStop. But I am completely and absolutely happy with this game. It is exactly what I was hoping it would be. The beginning's a little rough because combat is very reminiscent of Mario RPG games where you're interactive with your attacks. Hitting buttons to keep from getting as much damage, or hitting buttons to make your attacks effective at all. But the art style and animation and sound are completely authentic. The cameos and nods are all there. I'm only a couple hours in. But so far it is a South Park RPG lover's dream. Here's hoping it holds up. But I trust Obsidian, and the South Park boys. So yay

[Ayen]

I'll wait for it to come down. I don't like paying sixty bucks for any game.

[Depression Moon]

I heard this game needs patching.

[NeoCracker]

It can get laggy at times when you enter a new area, pretty bad laggy, but it clears up fast.

Mostly it's just really smurfing funny.

[Vyk]

I haven't experienced any problems. The only mildly wonky thing I've come across is the fact that when you save, it doesn't really save, it just kinda saves the area. It's basically the same thing as the auto save would be, so it's almost pointless. But that's hardly a big complaint since it employs an auto-save feature similar to Skyrim with at least 3 active at once

Though maybe it was more optimized for ATI (what I use) than GeForce or whatever (which I presume is where the lag comes in, since I don't experience any)

If I weren't polishing off my income tax I probably wouldn't have paid full price for this game, but I definitely would have gotten it, and so far (4'ish hours in) still not regretting it. And I love that this game was made in general. I'd want Ubisoft and Obsidian to have my money for it just for the mere fact that they put their time, efforts, and funds into it, and we need more good off-the-wall games. So I support that. With my wallet, when I can. But yeah, honestly, so far, it's not screaming AAA $60 game. But somehow those games don't fully catch my interest anyway

[Bright Shield]

I plan of getting this game soon. Looks hilarious.

[DMKA]

I do think it's cool how it looks exactly like the show.

I heard it's extremely short though.

[black orb]

>>> Looks like there are lots of South Park games out there. I just remember a N64 one..

[Nicolas]

I do think it's cool how it looks exactly like the show.

I heard it's extremely short though.

I believe the game takes about 12 hours to complete with most of the sidequests. Honestly, that's not a bad chunk of time for any game.

[Vyk]

I do think it's cool how it looks exactly like the show.

I heard it's extremely short though.

I believe the game takes about 12 hours to complete with most of the sidequests. Honestly, that's not a bad chunk of time for any game.

I'd be sad if it were that short, but I'd also be satisfied. Most AAA titles are only 10 - 15 hours anyway. I've probably sunk 6 or 7 in so far, and barely touched the main quest. But some of the side quests had me stumped a bit so I spent a good portion of time just wandering back and forth and talking to random citizens and finding weird things. They pretty much nailed the atmosphere. It really feels like a super extended episode. I really can't get enough of it for some reason. I have a big stupid smile plastered on my face the whole time I'm playing. But if this is going to be about hours of playtime over money spent, then this is definitely quality over quantity. At least in my opinion

[NeoCracker]

I don't like my RPG's being that short, but eh, as long as it's good. It's not like I'm in short supply on games, especially with Atelier and Dark Souls 2 being my next couple titles.

[Nicolas]

I'm honestly not sure how well the humor of one long bit will hold up if it lasted a full 40 hours. It might grow old after a while.

[Bunny]

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[Sephiroth]

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[Vyk]

I'm honestly not sure how well the humor of one long bit will hold up if it lasted a full 40 hours. It might grow old after a while.

The humor level and rate reminds me of old Lucas Arts adventure games and such. Actually the entire game makes me feel like it's an adventure game with RPG-like encounters and elements, rather than a full-fledged RPG

Maybe it'd be easier to digest if people thought of it as a big-budget blockbuster adventure game. Almost seems like an oxymoron though lol