South Park: The Fractured But Whole

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  1. claven
    Oct 18, 2017
    7
    The game is alright, a bit samey if you played the first one, but since that one was good, this one is good as well. EXCEPT... the PC controls. Keyboard and mouse was kinda bad in the first game, but it's outright terrible in this one. If you don't have a gamepad, you're gonna have a bad time. The sad things is that Ubisoft actually released a pre-launch video about how this game is superThe game is alright, a bit samey if you played the first one, but since that one was good, this one is good as well. EXCEPT... the PC controls. Keyboard and mouse was kinda bad in the first game, but it's outright terrible in this one. If you don't have a gamepad, you're gonna have a bad time. The sad things is that Ubisoft actually released a pre-launch video about how this game is super optimized for PC and keyboard. It's a bold-faced crock of **** Shame on you, Ubisoft.… Expand
  2. MetalRobot69
    Jan 31, 2022
    6
    Unfortunately, I didn't play the first one (the game that everybody says is way better).

    But in my experience, The Fractured but Whole is a fun game. The gameplay is fun, it is simple but it demands some strategy for certain types of enemies, like using the right character or positioning your character right. IMO, it is 7.5/10 The story is ok, it has many references to South Park, if    Unfortunately, I didn't play the first one (the game that everybody says is way better).

    But in my experience, The Fractured but Whole is a fun game. The gameplay is fun, it is simple but it demands some strategy for certain types of enemies, like using the right character or positioning your character right. IMO, it is 7.5/10

    The story is ok, it has many references to South Park, if you didn't watch some episode of South Park, like me, it could be a little strange, since I am sure there are things I didn't understand because of that. But the main plot is ok 7/10 with many superhero references and funny lines and references throughout the game but is pretty much a forgettable plot.

    The open world and exploration are the worst part of this game. The houses are pretty much identical and the puzzles are boring and don't give the player useful rewards just cosmetics and collectibles that are useless. Spending hours solving boring puzzles and walking from point A to B to C and going back to A isn't funny at all, and gets boring quickly. So 3/10.    … Expand
  3. nermack
    Oct 22, 2017
    5
    I tried to like this game i did but it's very slow and boring and i normally love rpgs. The story is not very good the combat drags so badly since you have already done every ability by fight 20 so the next 300 are just long and the same crap over and over. After level 9 you no longer gain artifact slots so the difficulty of the game jumps as you can no longer get more powerful but theI tried to like this game i did but it's very slow and boring and i normally love rpgs. The story is not very good the combat drags so badly since you have already done every ability by fight 20 so the next 300 are just long and the same crap over and over. After level 9 you no longer gain artifact slots so the difficulty of the game jumps as you can no longer get more powerful but the npc's do making each fight a long drawn out slog fest. At the end of the day it's just not that fun and in games fun should be the first priority. Also all the comedy is just fart jokes, very little else. Add in forced uplay even with steam, denuvo which was cracked day 1 so it only hurts people who bought it and content that was removed for dlc..... I just can not recommend this game.… Expand
  4. EdMoy
    Oct 20, 2017
    5
    I wanted to love this game as much as the first. The first had clever jokes, even if they were based in absolute crass humor. This game seems to try too hard to force some of the jokes, so I kept finishing quests and finding myself going "hmmm... ok, I guess... let's see where this goes... and if it gets funny again." A few times it did and I found myself laughing out loud at someI wanted to love this game as much as the first. The first had clever jokes, even if they were based in absolute crass humor. This game seems to try too hard to force some of the jokes, so I kept finishing quests and finding myself going "hmmm... ok, I guess... let's see where this goes... and if it gets funny again." A few times it did and I found myself laughing out loud at some points. Others, I would just force myself through to the next story and quest in search of the laughs of the first game.

    Combat was not as good as I wanted, being granted powers (each have 3 moves and 1 finisher). Costumes are just that, costumes that are cosmetic only. No weapons, they're powers now so no weapons to buy, you purchase augments that boost your power rating.
    The ending was too fast and didn't have the epic build-up the first game had. No bang, it ended almost on a whimper.

    I found myself wandering around the map far more often than the first and the fast-travel spots were harder to reach making you travel further to get to spots. I didn't enjoy the economy as much as the first, you want to keep almost everything and sell nothing so I didn't like the progression of the economy. I didn't really care about searching vendors for new items, until crafting health items became a must. For some reason, I didn't enjoy the costumes as much as the SoT game, for some reason the majority of the costumes for this game are boring or plain and I found myself only wanting to wear 2 or 3 of them, the rest just didn't do it for me.

    This was the first time in a SP game that at a point in the story, I had to put the controller down and say to the screen, "no, I don't want to do that". They force you to do a thing that is absolutely completely opposite of what I would think of in a SP game, and they don't justify it, don't explain it. It's like the last part of the game is a fever dream that barely makes sense and each scene smash-cuts into the other with almost no rhyme or reason. I was scratching my head at why the story was evolving this way. So I was more confused than anything at the ending when the credits hit. No sense of accomplishment compared to the first.

    I want to like this game, but it made it very hard to do so. I'm going to play through again to see what I missed, but my first impression after 20 hours of play is "??!?", which means a 5/10 for me.

    Also, this game requires U-play DRM always online, or you can't play. **** that, I had my internet go out when I had time to play and was locked out of my $60 game for 3 hours because of U-play, even though I've set up my Steam for Offline if that happens. So **** U-play and always online DRM.    … Expand
  5. Runeblade48
    Oct 18, 2017
    7
    I am only about 6 hours in but I wanted to get something out there for people who are deciding if they do or do not want to buy this yet. For one the game is very glitchy. Luckily you can save at any time and reload and that fixes most issues. I will often find myself unable to move after climbing a ladder or walking in a certain area. I have had music not stop after a scene forcing me toI am only about 6 hours in but I wanted to get something out there for people who are deciding if they do or do not want to buy this yet. For one the game is very glitchy. Luckily you can save at any time and reload and that fixes most issues. I will often find myself unable to move after climbing a ladder or walking in a certain area. I have had music not stop after a scene forcing me to close the entire game. I had a cut-scene freeze and I had to reload.

    The leveling system leaves me wanting. I understand the whole idea that you want people to make costumes but making gear useless seems like a step back. It would be been better to just have a cosmetic override like some MMOs do so that gear could be a thing. I also miss the ability to level up and customize my powers like in stick of truth. In this game you unlock more classes as you go and you can just change class and mix and match your powers. Basically you just change your loadouts. While it gives versatility I don't feel like I am growing in power and by being able to switch classes whenever I want I feel the replay value won't be there.

    I have mixed feelings about the combat. My biggest issue is the balance. Battles seem to be either I am not even touched or I barely survive with multiple item use. The fact that they now make items use take a full turn vs a free action in the first game further disrupts the balance. They also incorporated a tactics like grid system for battles but your characters can only face east and west. So if your characters have moves that are in a line you cant go below or above and enemy and face them to use your skill. This often leads to having multiple people in a line or skipping turns outright because there is nowhere to stand to do a move. This could have been fixed with incorporating being able to face any direction but taking more damage from the rear, incorporating a blocking/dodge system and your block/dodge chance is 0 from behind, etc. I do like how your characters actually feel like they have powers vs just play fighting in the first one.

    It does seem like they just reused the same map from the first game and added/changed a few things. Some of it does feel a bit lazy. Maybe it was the developer change or maybe I expected too much from this game. Or maybe as I get deeper into the game the game itself will get deeper. Don't get my wrong I enjoy the game. I like the increased number of party members to choose from and playing with ones I didnt think I would use because I like other characters better in the show but in the game they are just too op (looking at you captain diabetes) that I can't not use them.

    My recommendation would be if you love South Park, love the Stick of Truth, don't care about saving money, and have been waiting over a year for this you can buy it now. Otherwise I would suggest giving it some time for patches to clean up the glitches. I also think it could go on sale around Black Friday.    … Expand
  6. TsukasaHiiragi
    Dec 4, 2017
    6
    I just finished the game literally minutes ago, so its the best time for me to write a review. Fractured But Whole basically is a good funny game, lots of typical low brow jokes you come to expect from the franchise but sadly, overall it just isn't as good as the stick of truth, don't get me wrong - if you enjoyed the stick of truth then you'll enjoy this as well, its just not as good.I just finished the game literally minutes ago, so its the best time for me to write a review. Fractured But Whole basically is a good funny game, lots of typical low brow jokes you come to expect from the franchise but sadly, overall it just isn't as good as the stick of truth, don't get me wrong - if you enjoyed the stick of truth then you'll enjoy this as well, its just not as good.

    I would have rated this 7/10 for unfortunately the game crashed multiple times, or got stuck in loops which forced me to restart the game on several occasions, especially during long boss fights this problem seems to be more common, this is something that needs to be addressed.

    Another one of my complaints was the ending....wasn't very good, in fact it was disappointing and without posting any spoilers, there was no epic end boss fight...no interesting ending to the story to make any sense of your character sheet choices, it essentially makes the character sheet itself - rather pointless.

    I would have liked to have seen the ending to have been far better, such as the south park guys flipping out and discovering you are a girl (if you picked that option), or your parents freaking out at a huge cheque in the mail if you raise your economic level to 1% or 0.01% - instead the ending just felt so, generic and meh.    … Expand
  7. Vizhon
    Oct 18, 2017
    6
    Original, at 3 rating:

    Game could be fun, if it worked, but at the time of this review, it's a day after release, and I find myself spending far more time waiting for the game to load than anything else, whether it's minutes on end at load screens or reloading the game completely after a crash. Glitchy is an understatement for the condition of this game that has been hidden under    Original, at 3 rating:

    Game could be fun, if it worked, but at the time of this review, it's a day after release, and I find myself spending far more time waiting for the game to load than anything else, whether it's minutes on end at load screens or reloading the game completely after a crash.

    Glitchy is an understatement for the condition of this game that has been hidden under multiple layers of already cracked copy protection. This game is working less than half the time and in about 8 hours of fighting with it, I made it through maybe the first two hours of actual gameplay and the glitches have just gotten to the point that it's virtually unplayable from there.

    With all this in mind, I would give it a 1, but because what little bits I can get to work show it to have promise as a potentially fun game and it seems to be working on some machines it is getting bumped up to a 3. I can't give it any better in it's current trainwreck of a condition, though, and because of it's horrible release condition, it's just going to have swallow this score in it's user averages, because I don't mean to redo this review later, if they fix it. My potential love for this game has already been utterly tainted.

    Update: It's working, mostly, now, after getting a workaround (as opposed to a real fix) for my problems but still has it's glitchy and lock-ups behavior and is pretty grueling to actually play. Could be fun. Probably will be fun, if one buys the whole game, but I'm going to weight this final score strongly based on the DLC, exclusives, multiple layers of DRM, original headaches, etc., even though, if I could overlook all those, it is shaping up to be almost as good as the first, which due to it's lack of headaches with Obsidian at the helm, I rated much higher in the reviews I did give.    … Expand
  8. Baldurs
    Oct 21, 2017
    6
    The game itself is OK, it has the South Park charm to it but for some reason lacks in content compared to its predecessor.
    It's funny it had a nice pace in the beginning and middle but the end game ( 2-3h of the end game) is just a drag to the point where i started saying to myself "why is this here? this doesn't make any sense what so ever". If i have to compare my experience of the    The game itself is OK, it has the South Park charm to it but for some reason lacks in content compared to its predecessor.
    It's funny it had a nice pace in the beginning and middle but the end game ( 2-3h of the end game) is just a drag to the point where i started saying to myself "why is this here? this doesn't make any sense what so ever". If i have to compare my experience of the game to something imagine the cartoon room where the main character has to clean it and by doing that stuffs everything to the closet and locks it.

    The beginning and middle is just that, the clean room you can play in and the ending? You open the closet and stuff falls on you, its like swimming in tar, not fun just tedious. The ending is so rushed (they just pound you with stuff left right and center) and despite that it drags way to long ( you will know how it ends way before the ending).

    There are also other odd decisions for this game, for example costumes are just a flavor thing, no weapons, when you do the "puzzle" as in " use your follower to do X" it starts a cut-scene, fun and cute at the beginning but when you have to chain 3 or 4 of them in one go? this drags to much.    … Expand
  9. Crackfarmer
    Oct 24, 2017
    5
    They stepped down from the first Game.

    I replayed the first Game like 3 times on 100% completion because it was soo awesome. But in this one i really don't feel like replaying. I was about to purchase a legitimate copy of the Game, thanks god i did not. No idea how they could screw up this bad when they delayed the Game by this much. Here is my opinion why the Game doesn't give    They stepped down from the first Game.

    I replayed the first Game like 3 times on 100% completion because it was soo awesome.
    But in this one i really don't feel like replaying. I was about to purchase a legitimate copy of the Game, thanks god i did not.

    No idea how they could screw up this bad when they delayed the Game by this much.

    Here is my opinion why the Game doesn't give me as much fun as the first one :

    - The Toilet minigame is annoying.
    - you don't feel any progression (gear/custom doesn't give any bonus, only those artifacts)
    - the fighting system is a big step down and just stretches the game because of the lacking content.
    - the first game didn't have any dlcs or season pass and delivered way more fun.
    - It's totally not worth the full price, considering you most likely have to get the dlcs you're better of with waiting several months till the price drops.

    Good things :

    - It feels smooth and i don't have any problems with fps or stutters.
    - The concept is a nice idea combined with the old fighting and gear system, i'd be hella fun.    … Expand
  10. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 21, 2017
    7
    South Park The Fractures But Whole
    A Step in the wrong direction
    The Fractures but whole takes place the day after the stick of truth ends, This time you play once again as the new kid as the children of south park split into a civil war over who’s super hero franchise will make the most money.. The game starts with letting you choose 1 of 3 classes, though your class isn’t as    South Park The Fractures But Whole
    A Step in the wrong direction
    The Fractures but whole takes place the day after the stick of truth ends,
    This time you play once again as the new kid as the children of south park split into a civil war over who’s super hero franchise will make the most money..
    The game starts with letting you choose 1 of 3 classes, though your class isn’t as important as it may seem in the beginning as the story progresses you’ll be able to add more classes and pick and choose your 4 moves to bring into battle…
    The game takes place once again ins south park, this time around south park to me felt less alive, and much more of a video game hub world.. As it along with the story missions themselves are less varied…
    since your character stats are attached to artifacts this time that you plug into your DNA strand... exploration felt less necessary if I wasn’t interested in new cosmetics that added nothing to the battle system…
    Artifacts are obtained from fights and leveling up, and can be crafted from recipes you buy or find in chests…
    Crafting is where exploration comes into play the most as you have to craft consumable items to use in battle, but again I didn’t need consumables too often so this didn’t entice me to explore.. I had plenty by just opening the occasional chest id notice while playing through this 17 hr. story…
    improved over the stick of truth in my opinion are the jokes as they’re much more current and less inside jokey like the stick of truth…
    if you have a twitter you’ll be in on all of this games jokes..
    speaking of social media, doing tasks and leveling up will let you take selfies with characters to gain coonstagram followers, this will also help level you up as will fighting and collecting to open more slots for artifacts…
    I also like level progression more this time as you’re not switching through different modes.. You’re just scanning an item and calling in the right character you help you progress…
    Different this time is while the game is still turn based...
    instead of feeling like Pokémon, there is a grind based combat system that I’m not a fan of
    I like that in the grids there are red zones warning you something is about to happen and you have to try your hardest to move your party out of that zone..
    But when it comes to playing with the grid, things just get overly complicated with the different rules of each characters different move and sometimes larger characters are had to tell which grid they’re on
    every character in south park feels unique. All with their own attacks with different status attacks, but the direct and space they can attack just get confusing which had me canceling, moving and checking, until I positioned them in a spot I could attack my enemy…
    Most of the characters are pretty straight forward, but a few are definitely awkward to deal with…
    Farts are also a part of combat this time as you can use them to skip an opponent’s turn or pause time for some free damage…
    There’s also a meter that fills up as you take damage.. Filled fasted if you can recover some health by pressing x when you’re attacked... and this allows you to pull off a super move that can do massive damage to one character or light damage to all characters but with status effects for example…
    but I felt matches were a little too unpredictable in story as new characters would come into the fight frequently.. Never really letting you know how close to the end you are... so id hold onto these moves a lot of the time never getting to use them…
    The best part of this game is easily in its character… the story is ridiculous and the writing is great…
    the grid based combat is good.. but it’s not great like the turned based combat in the stick of truth…
    the game does sequel bait, and if the game stays turn based, I have in the next one they go back to the style in the stick of truth… both in combat and variety in the delivery of the story…
    I give South Park The Fractured But Whole
    a 7.5/10    … Expand
  11. Jmaconpc
    Oct 28, 2017
    6
    I've never pirated a game because I think it's way too inconvenient but this game legit makes me want to pirate future Ubisoft titles.
    Delayed, buggy, overpriced, 100 hoops to jump through for a full game.
    The actual game isn't as good as the previous but does make you laugh with south park humour and references. The music was amazing too. I'd give it a 6 for the general mediocre    I've never pirated a game because I think it's way too inconvenient but this game legit makes me want to pirate future Ubisoft titles.
    Delayed, buggy, overpriced, 100 hoops to jump through for a full game.
    The actual game isn't as good as the previous but does make you laugh with south park humour and references. The music was amazing too.
    I'd give it a 6 for the general mediocre experience. I'd suggest waiting until they at least fix some of the bugs before you spend any money.    … Expand
  12. npougoxa
    Oct 30, 2017
    6
    The game - a failure for one simple reason - WHERE IS MINT BERRY CRUSH?
    I've been waiting for him all game. *Sarcasm* Seriously, the developers almost did not bring something new in the sequel. If you are a fan of the cartoon and the first part - play. If you are neutral towards both, go by.
  13. Blunter
    Nov 6, 2017
    5
    DO NOT BUY THE GAME FOR $60!

    I loved the story and the combat system. I didn't think I would enjoy the new combat system in this game because I was used to the combat in the Stick of Truth, but once I got used to the combat system I enjoyed it. My only complaint about the Fractured But Whole is that it is $60 and I finished the game in 16 hours. I think a story game worth $60 should    DO NOT BUY THE GAME FOR $60!

    I loved the story and the combat system. I didn't think I would enjoy the new combat system in this game because I was used to the combat in the Stick of Truth, but once I got used to the combat system I enjoyed it.

    My only complaint about the Fractured But Whole is that it is $60 and I finished the game in 16 hours. I think a story game worth $60 should be at least 30 hours, like Witcher 3 and a lot of other games. If this game was $30 I would be fine with that but definitely not $60.    … Expand
  14. kch3691
    Jun 7, 2018
    5
    The first South Park game was a fun trip down memory lane, however this second game has made me realize I don't like the franchise much anymore.
  15. TitaniumDragon
    Sep 22, 2019
    7
    South Park: The Fractured But Whole is very much a South Park game. Much like the previous game, The Stick of Truth, The Fractured But Whole features the South Park characters. Full of toilet humor, black comedy, and just the standard sort of disrespectful satirical South Park humor, this game is the sort of thing that will amuse your inner 12 year old – but possibly put off adult you.South Park: The Fractured But Whole is very much a South Park game. Much like the previous game, The Stick of Truth, The Fractured But Whole features the South Park characters. Full of toilet humor, black comedy, and just the standard sort of disrespectful satirical South Park humor, this game is the sort of thing that will amuse your inner 12 year old – but possibly put off adult you.

    The game begins where The Stick of Truth left off, with you leading your fantasy army, but partway through the first portion of the game, Cartman shows up dressed as The Coon, a raccoon themed superhero. He declares that a cat named Scrambles has gone missing and it is time for them to go rescue it before Freedom Pals does, in order to raise $100 to jump start their superhero franchise.

    Yes, this game is parodying superheroes, and superhero marketing, in addition to numerous, numerous other things. Almost every part of the game is a shoutout to something or other, or a parody of it, and often seems a bit too aware of what it is parodying, which can at times make things even funnier and at times be rather eye-rolling. The game has no fourth wall, and it isn’t clear how much of what is going on is really going on and how much of it is the kids’ game gone way too far at times.

    Much like The Stick of Truth, the game is full of callbacks, but unlike the first game, this game makes a lot more callbacks to more recent seasons – seasons which I haven’t seen, but this didn’t seem to be too much of a barrier to entry. And honestly, I had never watched all that much South Park to begin with, but I knew enough to understand what was going on.

    Overall, the humor is hit and miss – there’s definitely quite a number of funny things going on, but at times it ends up feeling like it is trying too hard, or the jokes are just too reliant on foulness or toilet humor, or whatever else. The game tries to make up for this simply by throwing an enormous number of jokes at the player, and on the whole, this ended up working for me, but for people who are put off by toilet humor (or offensive humor in general), this game is probably not going to land for them.

    But how about the actual gameplay?

    Overall, the actual game is okay. It isn’t anything amazing, but it works reasonably well. Combat is a tactical RPG, and it, too, contains many jokes – from joke moves to enemies and allies making comments on what is going on to combat mechanics that are themselves jokes (like a character cheating in the game, taking an extra turn or saying something didn’t count). The characters will sometimes have to get out of the street because a car drove by, and the overall insanity of the game makes you wonder how much of what is going on in the game is real and how much of it is in the kids’ imagination.

    The tactical RPG aspects of it are not super deep, but they are deep enough to keep things interesting, and overall, there is not an excessive amount of combat in the game – there are combat encounters, but they’re not frequent enough to wear out their welcome, and the game throws in new enemy types and new combat mechanics frequently enough to keep things fresh all the way through.

    Where the game somewhat falls down is in its overworld sections. You spend a lot of time wandering around South Park doing stuff, and this is the weakest part of the game – while the actual sidequests where you’re doing something in an area are fine, the collect-a-thon sidequests and general exploration is fairly mediocre. It is filler in a game which is heavily reliant on humor, and while some of it – like collecting “yaoi” images of Tweek and Craig – is amusing in a meta sort of sense, as well as for its alternative art style, the humor of those pieces is only really funny when you run into them on the way, and is not capable of supporting you sweeping the town searching for them.

    Overall, this game is reasonable. The humor lands often enough to be entertaining, and the core gameplay is solid enough and varied enough to not wear out its welcome. Randomly wandering around town for collectibles is not fun, but the core of the game has a solid flow to it and keeps things moving.

    All in all, this is something that someone who enjoys the sort of scatological humor that South Park engages in will enjoy; if that stuff puts you off, you should avoid this, as that is the primary appeal here.    … Expand
  16. xZippy
    Dec 24, 2017
    7
    I didn't get as much happiness out of this as I did the Stick of Truth, but I still enjoyed it. There's plenty of bugs and a senseless feature to be signed up to stuff for some features, the latter being a huge minus for me when i see that in games. The combat and difficulty have some good refining, as well as some of the story and humor, but the overall flaws really pop out at youI didn't get as much happiness out of this as I did the Stick of Truth, but I still enjoyed it. There's plenty of bugs and a senseless feature to be signed up to stuff for some features, the latter being a huge minus for me when i see that in games. The combat and difficulty have some good refining, as well as some of the story and humor, but the overall flaws really pop out at you compared to SoT - making the price of the game very unfair.

    If you're a diehard South Park fan like me, it's a must-have (assuming the price is fair that is). You won't get much out of the game if you're not a SP fan (yes, I'm being captain obvious here but still). It's an excellent time-waster with a decent fun factor, but the negatives hold back its true potential. Maybe wait for some bug fixes and a price drop before buying. Actually, scratch the "maybe" part.    … Expand
  17. Snodog
    Aug 23, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. South Park: The Fractured but Whole is a good sequel to The Stick of Truth. Not great, just good. I enjoyed the combat, the ability to switch out powers and mix and match classes and companions giving you a lot of variety. You unlock more powerful... well the mobile site of metacritic wont scroll down anymore so I cant see what I'm typing. Maybe I'll finish this review when they fix thier site.… Expand
  18. isg1983
    Dec 8, 2017
    7
    Overshadowed by the first game, this one is not bad at all, but can't top anything what the first one already brought. Overall, not bad, but like a rather bland episode of a SP.
  19. sgy0003
    Oct 27, 2017
    7
    Ehh.....The south park humor is still there, and the game's exploration and combat are nice and all, but it is nowhere near the level of the first game. Also, the game's story tries to parody pretty much every superhero movie you ever watched. You can see the plot twists coming from miles away. Regardless, this game is still fun, but not worth multiple playthroughs
  20. ComandanteCobra
    Mar 22, 2018
    7
    It is a fun game about South Park Gang playing superheroes, it feels more like a light tactical rpg than a classic rpg. However It is worse that Stick of Truth: Less combat, all the "new kid" classes are very similar in gameplay, few boss fights, less epic story, npc mission aren't uber funny like in the previous game, a good number of achievements needs to visit the same location overIt is a fun game about South Park Gang playing superheroes, it feels more like a light tactical rpg than a classic rpg. However It is worse that Stick of Truth: Less combat, all the "new kid" classes are very similar in gameplay, few boss fights, less epic story, npc mission aren't uber funny like in the previous game, a good number of achievements needs to visit the same location over and over again, you need to play the first game to understand part of the plot and jokes, and it has some repetition to fill about 20 hours of gaming to complete all side missions.
    I would like to see more tie-in game made with such good results like Stick-of-Thruth or Fractured- but-Whole. Game-pad is useful, especially in mini-games.    … Expand
  21. Bellybutton
    Oct 28, 2017
    7
    As a Videogame South Park The Fractured But Whole does not provide a lot. The fights, once you figured your tactics, are not challenging at all and there is not much to do in the game, besides of farming followers.
    Though regarded as an interactive South Park Episode I had my fun with this title. The voice acting is as usual on point and the conversations along with characters like PC are    As a Videogame South Park The Fractured But Whole does not provide a lot. The fights, once you figured your tactics, are not challenging at all and there is not much to do in the game, besides of farming followers.
    Though regarded as an interactive South Park Episode I had my fun with this title. The voice acting is as usual on point and the conversations along with characters like PC are hilarious. So I recommend the game more for South Park enthusiasts. Also have an eye on the name of the scrap items you collect for some good laughs    … Expand
  22. twitchy-y
    Oct 29, 2017
    6
    So far I'm 10 hours into the game at medium and the game feels sooo repetitive.

    The ultimate moves don't matter. Your character progression doesn't matter. The whole combat system can be summarized with "How can I hit the most enemies this turn?". Items don't matter. Costumes don't matter. Consumables don't matter. Spawns don't matter. Which team mates you pick don't matter.    So far I'm 10 hours into the game at medium and the game feels sooo repetitive.

    The ultimate moves don't matter.
    Your character progression doesn't matter.
    The whole combat system can be summarized with "How can I hit the most enemies this turn?".
    Items don't matter.
    Costumes don't matter.
    Consumables don't matter.
    Spawns don't matter.
    Which team mates you pick don't matter.

    At least the classic South Park humor & references kinda save the day.    … Expand
  23. GoodCat
    May 19, 2018
    7
    Muy gracioso y capta muy bien la esencia de South Park y si eres fan de la serie de seguro lo vas a disfrutar y te vas a reír, pero cuando vamos a aspectos importantes en el juego como la jugabilidad los gráficos y la historia se queda corto y muy poco innovador, reciclando viejos escenarios del primer juego y con una historia también corta como la primera pero menos sustanciosa, lo únicoMuy gracioso y capta muy bien la esencia de South Park y si eres fan de la serie de seguro lo vas a disfrutar y te vas a reír, pero cuando vamos a aspectos importantes en el juego como la jugabilidad los gráficos y la historia se queda corto y muy poco innovador, reciclando viejos escenarios del primer juego y con una historia también corta como la primera pero menos sustanciosa, lo único innovador fue el sistema de batalla pero en lo personal no me gusto prefería mas el del uno un estilo mas al de los primeros Final Fantasy, como punto a favor su sistema de construcción de objetos con ítems recolectados me parece un gran acierto.… Expand
  24. Did-
    Jul 13, 2018
    7
    I have seen this pun certainly too many times, but I still love it.

    The Fractured but Whole is a game for the fans, there’s no denying it, but they didn’t just take the licence and put a generic video game on top, this game has a soul, unlike gingers (oh, by the way, sorry for not being politically correct, I spent too much time with Cartman). Graphically, the game is beautiful. It’s    I have seen this pun certainly too many times, but I still love it.

    The Fractured but Whole is a game for the fans, there’s no denying it, but they didn’t just take the licence and put a generic video game on top, this game has a soul, unlike gingers (oh, by the way, sorry for not being politically correct, I spent too much time with Cartman).

    Graphically, the game is beautiful. It’s so close to the cartoon that the engine they used could be use to create episodes without anyone noticing. The animations are great, and there are many, many of them, with a lot of dialog for a lot of situations (for example, if Craig gets frozen while Tweek is in the battlefield, a quick dialog between them may happen). The world is stuffed with references everywhere to please the fanboy (or gerbil) inside.

    Concerning battles, you won’t find here the tactical-RPG of the year, but it’s really pleasant to play and diverse enough. I was quickly bored by the battle system in “The Stick of Truth”, but here, I still enjoy hitting 6th graders and crab people even after dozens of hours. The boss battles are especially great, because they’re scenarized (unlike a Terrence Malick movie) and always have jokes and references as well.

    Something I personally love in a game is when I see traces of developer love - not semen (It’s Seaman!) - something that wasn’t decided by the producer or another high-placed guy, but more probably by the developers themselves. For instance, there are a lot of details in the game which are great but weren’t mandatory, like when an enemy is down in battle, it’s actually faking to be dead, and will sometimes discreetly look up to see if the battle is still going. Also, at some random moments in the game, a car will drive through the road, and the battle will stop momentarily with everyone moving on the sidewalk, before resuming the battle again.

    The game has some downsides as well. First, there are too many fart jokes, all other the place. It’s fun at first, but quickly becomes obnoxious. South Park may have had its fart-joke period in the first seasons, but it has changed since, and became more subtle and political, with still some farting humour, but way less. On the contrary, this game went too far on this level.

    Speaking of levels, I hope you like progress bars because they are everywhere. Everything in the game is a pretext to have a progress bar. Beat X raisins girls, Collect Y costumes, Crap in Z toilets… It’s overwhelming, like mexicans.

    Now screw you guys, I’m going home.    … Expand
  25. Kashmoney
    Jan 25, 2023
    7
    Intro: I have to shorten this because I already wrote a long review and for some reason, It does not want to be sent in so I'm going to be really brief.

    Good: The game does a good job with the character customization and ally usage. The game's combat is also pretty good, using a board like movement style to move characters around and use different abilities. The music in this game is    Intro: I have to shorten this because I already wrote a long review and for some reason, It does not want to be sent in so I'm going to be really brief.

    Good: The game does a good job with the character customization and ally usage. The game's combat is also pretty good, using a board like movement style to move characters around and use different abilities. The music in this game is also pretty solid,

    The Meh: The game is a hit or miss with the jokes. It's not an unfunny game, but it's just not always funny. The DLC is also okay, nothing too impressive.

    The Bad: The game story is just not very solid. Some parts of it are good, while parts like the ending were just unappealing and not really good.

    Overall: Not a bad game to play and get on sale.    … Expand
  26. mahama
    Jun 7, 2019
    7
    It refines some mechanics from Stick of Truth and desperately tries to recapture the first game's magic, but it falls short on many occasions.
    Hard to explain why, but it's just not as laugh out loud hilarious as SoT was. The game world is also very much the same.
    Ok if it's on sale and you are a huge South Park fan.
  27. edxtan
    Jul 7, 2023
    6
    South Park: The Fractured But Whole brings a new theme and combat system, but the jokes are tamer and the exploration is slower and less rewarding.
  28. Tomicsavo
    May 28, 2020
    7
    Although Stick of truth was a better game by miles, you could get used to it and enjoy this one too.. Longer and more meaningful game. Unfortunately, the porting is pretty bad, there is a lot of loading screens in the game as well. The combat system is far worse than it was in the Stick of Truth.
  29. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 10, 2020
    6
    its ok i guess the story is not that interesting and gameplay is fun but gets boring in a while
  30. marijn2112
    May 23, 2021
    6
    Less enjoyable theme
    Buggy and DRM
    Slightly worse combat
    Simply did not find the story worth the downgrade of the previous game
  31. CoolBR
    Jul 8, 2022
    6
    Unfortunately, I didn't play the first one (the game that everybody says is way better).

    But in my experience, The Fractured but Whole is a fun game. The gameplay is fun, it is simple but it demands some strategy for certain types of enemies, like using the right character or positioning your character right. IMO, it is 7.5/10 The story is ok, it has many references to South Park, if    Unfortunately, I didn't play the first one (the game that everybody says is way better).

    But in my experience, The Fractured but Whole is a fun game. The gameplay is fun, it is simple but it demands some strategy for certain types of enemies, like using the right character or positioning your character right. IMO, it is 7.5/10

    The story is ok, it has many references to South Park, if you didn't watch some episode of South Park, like me, it could be a little strange, since I am sure there are things I didn't understand because of that. But the main plot is ok 7/10 with many superhero references and funny lines and references throughout the game but is pretty much a forgettable plot.

    The open world and exploration are the worst part of this game. The houses are pretty much identical and the puzzles are boring and don't give the player useful rewards just cosmetics and collectibles that are useless. Spending hours solving boring puzzles and walking from point A to B to C and going back to A isn't funny at all, and gets boring quickly. So 3/10.    … Expand
  32. coso132
    Oct 16, 2022
    7
    While this is still a very nice and fun experience, this simply feels a bit bland compared to the first game.

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#64 Best PC Game of 2017
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81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Games.cz
    Jan 2, 2018
    80
    Typical sick humor, clever satire, and underneath all the great RPG with great combat design – this is the new South Park game. Not very good logic puzzles are the only unsuccessful thing in this great game.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Dec 30, 2017
    78
    The story about missing cats and drug dealers comes short in terms of both magnitude and humor when compared to The Stick of Truth. Even the jokes are very hit-and-miss, often suffering from short setups and predictable payoffs. [Issue#225, p.48]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Dec 1, 2017
    80
    Full of funny moments and some great new mechanics but doesn't quite feel like it lives up to its own potential. [Issue#268, p.56]
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