4 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 43.0 hrs on record
Posted: 10 Apr, 2019 @ 3:19am
Updated: 13 Apr, 2019 @ 3:38am

Genre:
Adventure, Turn-based RPG.

Gameplay:
+ Simple flash-player style RPG with a strong 10/10 focus on writing & storyline.
+ Play a full true South Park episode with you as an important customizable character.
+ Edgy storyline writing is an understatement, it crosses the line in it’s exaggerated low-brow humor, about society, bringing sensitive social issues back into people's thoughts & public conversations, which is the root of the show and other entities such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Dave Chappelle. Some that don't 'get it' will be offended, other players will laugh their asses off.
+ Gameplay is mostly fetch quests & fighting. The quests surprisingly don't feel like chores as there is unpredictable humor in every direction & corner of the city, and always leaves you for wanting more having you continue playing. A player is constantly task-rewarded by awesome entertaining tv show quality cut-scenes to support the storyline.
+ The fighting surprisingly once again has a pretty complex system, which is refreshing and original. There are so many attacks you can do for each hero late-game, that you usually will do your first playthrough just ranking up only one companion, which is unfortunate as you later find out that all the companions have amazingly animated special attacks. For seasoned RPG gamers, you can combine equipment that can stack percentage bonuses that compound your attack damage, making for super easy 1-hit kills mid-to-late game. Because you don't take the game seriously, the player won’t take the fighting seriously and just rekt enemies with ease. The payoff from this is that the battles are actually a lot of fun to just rekt the opponents with over-powered attacks & spells.
+ The healing system is also over-powered, you can have a cleric class companion that allows for healing & and an attack each turn, or an overabundance of healing items stacked in your inventory. Where for strategic RPG players the game is a breeze to play, the main focus of the game is not challenge, rather item collecting and storyline which done brilliantly.
+ Most commercial themed videogames in history are well-known to suck, with the very exception of this game. The game doesnt compromise itself trying to be about something else or try to be the best in it’s genre, it's strength is that it stayed true to what it is - South Park!
+ Multiple original locations and a good mix of new enemies as you progress will keep you entertained, in fact the game just gets better the further you play, and just gets more incredible in it's later stages including visiting 'Canada' and 'Mr. Slave'.
+ This is absolutely one game that you do NOT want to spoil your experience by watching any playthrough videos or clips!
- Save system needs improvement, has only autosave & manual save reloads at previous checkpoints making the player loose some progress.
- Selling items is not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ as the menu scrolls back up to the top, forcing the player to research items over & over again for each sale.
- Ran into 1 bug where if you don't navigate through the school gym a certain way there is no option to destroy an obstacle from behind, making the player stuck and having to reload a save.
-DLC's a complete waste of money!!! Since u change your outfit every 5 mins within the game it's pointless to buy any skins! In fact i didnt even find any of my installed paid DLC during my full playthough.
+ Playtime somewhere around a solid 8 hours.

Difficulty:
- Extremely easy that anyone over 8 years old can play, and one could argue that might be one of the game's weakness.
With so many attack options, it fails to take advantage of the complex and original attack system leaving it to waste.

Replayablity:
None - Because the game is so easy there is no reason to do another playthrough. One might return in 5-10 years to re-experience the storyline for a few laughs having naturally forgotten it overtime. One might want to do another playthrough to experience fighting with another companion to have fun with their special attacks or team up with another side's team, but that isn't enough to bring the gamer back to do another full playthrough.

Graphics, Artwork & Sound:
+ Game stays absolutely true to itself by having an identical art-style quality as a TV episode.
- Game menu interface ugly.
-/+ Sound clips borrowed from Skyrim & Resident Evil.
+ Soundtrack pretty good mixed with South Park humor.


Overall Rating:
⭐⭐⭐☆ ☆ (3/5 Stars) Good Game!
+ If this was a series episode, it would be a legendary one - and you get to live it!
+ Because there isn't replay value, get it on a 75% sale, and it'll be worth every penny!
+ Go into the game expecting nothing, turn your SJW switch off and just allow yourself to have some raunchy laughs sprinkled with WTF moments!
A game to play once in your life to live the wild & crazy South Park experience.

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