South Park: The Stick of Truth

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2326 Ratings

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  1. Woopya
    Mar 17, 2014
    4
    I try to be thoughtful in my reviews of games as well as fair. I do not just give "10" and "1"'s to the games I like and dislike. This game was very hard for me to judge though. I had a blast actually playing it. As many have said, if you like South Park episodes you will like the game. Its the same exact humor.

    However, my beef is with the fact that at some point it became ok for game    I try to be thoughtful in my reviews of games as well as fair. I do not just give "10" and "1"'s to the games I like and dislike. This game was very hard for me to judge though. I had a blast actually playing it. As many have said, if you like South Park episodes you will like the game. Its the same exact humor.

    However, my beef is with the fact that at some point it became ok for game developers to charge $60 for a game with no replayability and can be completed in ~10 hours. Why and when did this become ok? I make a policy to average any game score I play with a Zero simply because of this.

    I would rate this game a 8-9 with the only knock being that it's controls are a bit awkward and they don't allow them to be changed. But I cannot, not for 10 hours of gameplay at $60. So you get a 4 and Ubisoft gets another strike in my book.    … Expand
  2. Dcruize
    Mar 9, 2014
    3
    The first hour of gameplay is fantastic, after that it all goes down hill. I've never played such an easy game, the only fight I lost whilst playing on the highest level was down to a bug with the Captain Chaos which made my characters invisible. It is most definitely not an RPG (linear as hell) and you don't get many hours of gameplay for the hefty price tag. You can't even create aThe first hour of gameplay is fantastic, after that it all goes down hill. I've never played such an easy game, the only fight I lost whilst playing on the highest level was down to a bug with the Captain Chaos which made my characters invisible. It is most definitely not an RPG (linear as hell) and you don't get many hours of gameplay for the hefty price tag. You can't even create a female character.… Expand
  3. delusionn
    Mar 7, 2014
    4
    This is a funny game with some serious shortcomings. At first, the game impresses you with how much random stuff from back episodes it has. Then it tries your patience by offering so much plot recapitulation that you feel like you've seen everything before if you've seen the entire series.

    The controls can seriously get in the way at times (to those having frustration with learning    This is a funny game with some serious shortcomings. At first, the game impresses you with how much random stuff from back episodes it has. Then it tries your patience by offering so much plot recapitulation that you feel like you've seen everything before if you've seen the entire series.

    The controls can seriously get in the way at times (to those having frustration with learning the "spells", keep an eye on the little device that orbits the oval - this was completely non-obvious and frustrating to me until I saw it - and it's not very prominent at all. Later on, there's a dance you have to do with the goth kids that will fail 100% of the time until you realize you have to use the arrow keys instead of the WASD keys the way you play the rest of the game. I only had one quest completely fail on me and it was the first quest, so loading the most recent save point was pretty benign.

    The entire experience is level-ramped, which means that whatever you encounter will be at the right level for you to find it challenging. The problem with rigorous level ramping is that it effectively ends up not mattering whether you level at all. Level ramping feels cheap in an RPG. The gameplay mechanics are very simple, and there is absolutely no replay value.

    It ends up being mildly amusing, which is a real shame, because it starts off being hilarious. The plot is about four of the TV series plotlines stitched together, and it definitely feels like it. The plot ends up feeling like a checklist:" "Did we include aliens? Check. Crab people? Check. Mr. Slave's rectum? Check. The double-cross from the most recent episodes that led up to the release of this game? Check. Al Gore? Check.

    If this were a $20 game, I'd feel it pretty much satisfies, but for $60, I expect a lot more depth, and I certainly don't expect level ramping.    … Expand
  4. Chupwn
    May 14, 2014
    4
    Game wouldn't progress after I got grounded, and my last save was about 3 hours earlier. I don't even want to load it because I might just end up back at this same bug. This game is linear enough that the testers should've caught all the gamebreakers. Which is a shame because I got a lot of laughs from tSoT. My advice is to wait a year and buy it on the cheap. Maybe it'll work by then!
  5. Bouboupiste
    Jun 15, 2014
    3
    I'll start with the good points : the game is really entertaining, fun, and goes well with the south park universe
    The bad sides, however, make me regret buying it:
    The tutorials are plain bad (ie nothing in game tells you about the cursor for the farts ) The porting is bad (move use WASD but some QTE require you tu use the arrow keys) No way to change the controls This game requires    I'll start with the good points : the game is really entertaining, fun, and goes well with the south park universe
    The bad sides, however, make me regret buying it:
    The tutorials are plain bad (ie nothing in game tells you about the cursor for the farts )
    The porting is bad (move use WASD but some QTE require you tu use the arrow keys)
    No way to change the controls
    This game requires a console-like controller to be played, which is plain bad.    … Expand
  6. aricb1985
    Mar 6, 2014
    3
    So beyond the traditional South Park humor I feel like i got half of a game for twice the going rate of games nowadays, while the mechanics are solid There's not much to them, barely any moves. Very limited combat, environmental kills make it even more so easy to bypass fights if your feeling lazy.
    The selection of weapons and stickers are large but unnecessary due to the incredibly short    So beyond the traditional South Park humor I feel like i got half of a game for twice the going rate of games nowadays, while the mechanics are solid There's not much to them, barely any moves. Very limited combat, environmental kills make it even more so easy to bypass fights if your feeling lazy.
    The selection of weapons and stickers are large but unnecessary due to the incredibly short length of this game and youll never even use 3/4 of them sticking with the strongest weapon you have for a few levels or not finding weapons in the right order and being unable to use them or having them already be worthless. .
    this game takes about 1 day to beat and has absolutely no replay value whatsoever other than maybe siding with one side or another and even then the jokes would wear thin and you'd have already seen much of it. overall. Way over hyped, underdone and lacking content/substance.    … Expand
  7. pterodactylichx
    Mar 8, 2014
    3
    It has been said that The Stick of Truth is like playing one fourteen hour episode of South Park. Over the course of the game, I was disappointed to discover that this game was a disordered collection of clips from old episodes mixed with decent gameplay, and perhaps a single episode's worth of new content. As a long-time fan of the series, the endless references grew tiresome.

    I love    It has been said that The Stick of Truth is like playing one fourteen hour episode of South Park. Over the course of the game, I was disappointed to discover that this game was a disordered collection of clips from old episodes mixed with decent gameplay, and perhaps a single episode's worth of new content. As a long-time fan of the series, the endless references grew tiresome.

    I love South Park, which always been a series which has balanced profanity with profundity, but this game upsets this balance. The best example of this is that when outside of combat, your right-click is a fart button. It does not affect the environment in any way other than causing the person you farted on to say a line of dialogue.

    The episodes leading up to this game's release were an excellent parody of Game of Thrones, so this (combined with my love for Obsidian) led me to believe this game would continue this trend, making it an RPG filled with story-altering choices. This was in no way the case, with only one choice you make even slightly altering the story. This, combined with every class being able to use the same weapons and equipment (with the exception of a few special abilities), makes for a game with limited replayability.

    Now you might be thinking "Wait! This is an RPG, the main story doesn't matter! Side-quests were the star of Skyrim and Fallout!". Well, you're wrong. There are many side-quests in this game, but almost all of them are collectibles or fetch-quests, and even after completing all of these the game is perhaps 14 hours in length.

    One of the most important things in RPGs is a sense of progression and power as your level increases, and while the player is rewarded for leveling up by receiving new special abilities, your enemies level with you so that you're always being challenged. While this may sound good on paper, it means that a feral dog you encounter in the woods after 12 hours of play gives you the same challenge it did the first time you encountered it, in spite of your new weapons and power.

    On top of all of this, the game is an absolute mess on the PC. None of the controls can be altered, and the game has a war going on between the wsad and arrow keys. Walking around, wsad are used, but when scrolling through menus or doing certain special moves (i.e. Jimmy's sleep spell, goth dance) the arrow keys are required. The frame rate is limited to 30 FPS, and your only video option is to change the resolution. I experienced several bugs which required me to load an earlier save, mainly when using ally's special abilities. Luckily, there is an excellent autosave feature.

    Now for the positive side of the review. The game looks exactly like a South Park episodes, with even the most unique special abilities being stylistically consistent with what we've come to expect from the series. The game exists somewhere between 2D and 3D, depending which part of the map you're in. While this normally causes no issue, certain parts of the game appear 2D but actually have a 3D entrance or exit.

    In short, the Stick of Truth feels like a good $20 game, but does not have nearly the writing, length, or playability worthy of a $60 adventure. When it drops down to a reasonable price point, I encourage you to get it, provided you don't mind playing with a controller.    … Expand
  8. blizzard5314
    Mar 12, 2014
    0
    I'm working on a 'mash the s key' simulator of my own. I'm hoping to make a lot of money from it when I sell it to the same people who enjoy this game. What a waste of money.
  9. thor311
    Mar 7, 2014
    2
    well where to start. its not a RPG. your decisions make no change to the game what so ever. there is 0% replay because of this. and asking $60 for a 7 hour game (with all the side quests) is crazy!
  10. Fuz
    Mar 6, 2014
    0
    No customizable controls? In a 2014 game? Are you serious?

    The lack of customizable controls is NOT tolerable. Seriously, get your act together, developers.
  11. ekolet
    Mar 7, 2014
    1
    Technical problems
    mind numbingly retarded controls on fart tutorials and no sell all junk button makes this unplayable.
    Never paying for an ubisoft game ever again.
  12. Talbis
    Mar 7, 2014
    2
    A great RPG in a bag full of **** Stupid, juvenile, american humour ruins what good intentions Obsidian had while making this game. If you're a South Park fan, buy it, if you're sick and tired of "american sense of humour" stay away from this terrible game... add to that standard Obsidian bugs and glitches, shallow gameplay mechanics and way too easy difficulty and you'll know what I'mA great RPG in a bag full of **** Stupid, juvenile, american humour ruins what good intentions Obsidian had while making this game. If you're a South Park fan, buy it, if you're sick and tired of "american sense of humour" stay away from this terrible game... add to that standard Obsidian bugs and glitches, shallow gameplay mechanics and way too easy difficulty and you'll know what I'm talking about. Also it looks just like the show, for me it is a really bad design, for a fan - a huge plus.… Expand
  13. d4haxor
    Mar 8, 2014
    0
    A buggy, mediocre mess. Obsidian is notorious for releasing their games 6 months before up to snuff, and this game is no different (remember new vegas on release date? give me a break). The gameplay is boring, the combat is basically final fantasy 1 with quick time events, and for a 2d game, the performance is a joke. Even as a huge south park fan, I had a hard time enjoying this poorA buggy, mediocre mess. Obsidian is notorious for releasing their games 6 months before up to snuff, and this game is no different (remember new vegas on release date? give me a break). The gameplay is boring, the combat is basically final fantasy 1 with quick time events, and for a 2d game, the performance is a joke. Even as a huge south park fan, I had a hard time enjoying this poor excuse of a game. Go back and play the ps1 south park games if you need a fix, not this piece of crap.… Expand
  14. Acidworm
    Feb 12, 2016
    3
    I know it is South Park, but the game has far too much focus on ass jokes with farting, pooping, and anal probing taking such a heavy role, and I couldn't stand it anymore. You have a dragon shout from skyrim in the form of a fart that you have to use quite often to push stuff out of of the way, and every time you do it you have to listen to Butters snickering, or Cartman making a stupidI know it is South Park, but the game has far too much focus on ass jokes with farting, pooping, and anal probing taking such a heavy role, and I couldn't stand it anymore. You have a dragon shout from skyrim in the form of a fart that you have to use quite often to push stuff out of of the way, and every time you do it you have to listen to Butters snickering, or Cartman making a stupid joke about it. It gets annoying fast.

    If you are ok with an excessive amount of toilet humor then you will probably enjoy this game as the mechanics are solid for a turn based combat RPG. Lots of South Park characters make cameos here so it does fit in well with the show, and there are a lot of side quests to help them out. It kind of feels like playing an interactive season of the show. I have heard the game is a bit short, but I wouldn't know as I never got far enough to finish it.    … Expand
  15. Whatheage
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    60$ wasnt worth it, The game is short, references are good but some stuff makes me sad like forced to be douchebag go in someones butthole overloaded poop jokes that are useless millions of needless secret well the game isnt fun but i guess its mediocre?
  16. Rootthelucarien
    Oct 13, 2020
    0
    Ok i had it set to the lowest difficulty and i cant break my friend out of detention which is one of the mission i say **** it this is total nonsense,i’m used to using the arrow keys,and with no way to change the key bindings it will be over in a year unless you are used to playing games with the wasd keys if you cant then don’t bother with this the jokes are funny and i have had a lot ofOk i had it set to the lowest difficulty and i cant break my friend out of detention which is one of the mission i say **** it this is total nonsense,i’m used to using the arrow keys,and with no way to change the key bindings it will be over in a year unless you are used to playing games with the wasd keys if you cant then don’t bother with this the jokes are funny and i have had a lot of enjoyment with this game but im still not going to recommend it to anyone who is new to computer games if you want to buy a good rpg game get yourself a nintendo console and buy a pokemon game it will probably provide a lot more enjoyment… Expand
  17. ApexPhilosopher
    Oct 23, 2019
    4
    I found myself bored and unamused at how little there was to do. It is possibly worth it if you get it on a massive discount. However, even then I'm just super unimpressed with the lack of effort put into this game. Disregard the positive reviews. They are hype. Sorry, South Park. I do typically enjoy some of your stuff, but this was pretty lame.
  18. Tilt1k
    Nov 14, 2019
    4
    In about 5 first hours i had a lot of fun in this game. Its a fresh breath to and RPG genre, and you are laughing at all the jokes and your favourite characters from the show. But then as i continue to play its still the same, the combat is the most boring thing ever, i could play original Pokemon NES games for hundreds of hours, but i just cannot finish this game because of the boringIn about 5 first hours i had a lot of fun in this game. Its a fresh breath to and RPG genre, and you are laughing at all the jokes and your favourite characters from the show. But then as i continue to play its still the same, the combat is the most boring thing ever, i could play original Pokemon NES games for hundreds of hours, but i just cannot finish this game because of the boring gameplay. Don't get me wrong it takes good parody of almost everything about RPG and much more, but if you just make fun of things that doesn't create overall good game experience. For me big disappointment better to go and watch the show than play South park game.… Expand
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    Nov 4, 2022
    4
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  20. vova22379
    Jul 21, 2022
    3
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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 48
  3. Negative: 0 out of 48
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    May 11, 2014
    90
    I didn't expect anything from this South Park RPG, but The Stick of Truth is one of the best license games ever made. It's as obnoxious as the TV series, as it should be. The script is made with love and the RPG elements fit in to the franchise like a glove. [March 2014]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Apr 9, 2014
    90
    Almost flawless. [May 2014, p.63]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 7, 2014
    80
    The game takes its time to ramp up the pace but when it gets going, it doesn't stop. [Issue #240]
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