#SOUTH PARK THE STICK OF TRUTH PC TV#

You'll also collect equipment and be able to attach stickers and 'strap-ons' to it in order to boost your abilities, allowing you to customize your character to a pretty strong degree, even within the limitations of the game's four available classes. As you progress through the game, you'll level up, which unlocks access to more powerful battle abilities, and you'll also collect Facebook friends, which, at various milestones not tied to your experience level, unlock passive Perks. Structurally, it actually bears a surprising resemblance to the old Dungeons and Dragons games of the Infinity Engine era in that you travel around a world that is almost completely open to you from the outset, completing quests, battling enemies and collecting loot. Let's talk a little about the game itself. Although the silent protagonist is your own creation, you'll interact with many of the show's most popular characters throughout the course of your adventure. And, like the show, this means it will make you laugh on a moment-to-moment basis with superficial, silly things, but allow you to walk away from it thinking 'Hmm, yes, that was quite clever, actually.' Matt Stone and Trey Parker may not be above a good poop joke, but there are also clearly a lot of things they know a lot about and have a lot of affection for - and they choose to demonstrate this through mocking said things mercilessly from a well-informed perspective. The Stick of Truth takes specific aim at everything from Facebook to Skyrim and silent video game protagonists, with particular attention paid to the self-absorption and narcissism of the social media age. We're also dealing with a game that, much like the show, brilliantly and intelligently lampoons certain aspects of society and culture amid all the seemingly juvenile humor. We're also dealing with a game that masterfully blends elements of both Western and Eastern role-playing games to produce an experience that is extremely satisfying to play, a lot of fun to explore, and which has a surprising amount of depth beneath the provocative exterior. We're talking about a game riddled with fart jokes, anal probes, more fart jokes, sentient poo, a few more fart jokes, several interactive abortions and one hell of a lot of swearing. The latter aspect is what will probably divide the potential audience of this game most significantly.

The beautiful Princess Kenny is one of the Buddies who can fight alongside you in the game. It looks like South Park, it sounds like South Park - and it has the humor of South Park.

#SOUTH PARK THE STICK OF TRUTH PC TV#

And calling it a South Park episode isn't an exaggeration, either great pains have clearly been taken with the game to make it look as true to the TV show as possible, right down to everything being overlaid with a subtle but noticeable construction paper texture. The Stick of Truth is a 15-hour South Park episode in which a character of your own design is the star. What can I say? I still find a good fart joke funny, and I frankly fear the day when I no longer feel that way. But I'm getting ahead of myself, and probably showing myself up as a critic in the process. I'm sure it's happened, of course, but few games have elicited such genuine belly laughter as a scene in The Stick of Truth where New Kid, the player character, faces off against Cartman in a battle of flatulence that had me laughing so hard I had difficulty holding on to my controller. Prior to The Stick of Truth, I'm not sure I can remember the last time a video game literally made me cry with laughter.

Get it here Steam (PC), retail (console).

South park the stick of truth pc