South Park: The Stick of Truth

 Switch
User Score
8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 61
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 61
  3. Negative: 6 out of 61

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  1. bancandrei
    May 22, 2020
    7
    It's great how they changed common RPG elements to fit the South Park universe. But otherwise it is a pretty standard old school RPG, with some offensive humor and dubious aesthetics. It's biggest strength is that it doesn't overstay its welcome. Mechanics leave the feeling of too much randomness.
  2. bashimon
    Mar 17, 2022
    7
    Creative and fun. Has the perfect length for a game with such shallow combat system, even though I wanna emphasize that "shallow" does not mean **** It's not very complex and no fight will be an extreme challenge, but that's perfectly fine for a game like this that's more like a fun South Park movie than an actual RPG. One downer is that parts of it are censored in EU.
  3. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    You'll enjoy this, if you're a fan of the show.

    The Good: - classic South park humor. Not a dull moment if you're into that kind of humor. - a lot of references from the show - I enjoyed the QTE combat, mixed with turn base - using environment to kill enemies was fun. - a lot of funny items can be found - job classes had their special abilities. - ridiculously over    You'll enjoy this, if you're a fan of the show.

    The Good:

    - classic South park humor. Not a dull moment if you're into that kind of humor.

    - a lot of references from the show

    - I enjoyed the QTE combat, mixed with turn base

    - using environment to kill enemies was fun.

    - a lot of funny items can be found

    - job classes had their special abilities.

    - ridiculously over the top enemies. Never know what to expect.

    - use of allies in fights and environment was cool

    - using farts and abilities to gain access to new places was cleverly implemented.

    - the scenarios and places you visit are over the top, as you'd expect from South Park, like Mr. Slave's rectum.

    The Bad:

    - combat gets progressively easier. You gain really strong equipment and buffs. Some items like speed potion is OP cause it gives you an additional turn. A lot of fights become cake walk. Your weapons become so strong that you can kill bosses in like 5 hits, and regular enemies in 1. Being able to use items without costing a turn for both you and your ally basically prevents death.

    - disappointing final boss fight.

    - an over abundance of money. You always have a huge surplus.    … Expand

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. FNintendo
    Oct 17, 2018
    80
    Featuring all the hallmarks of the animation series, with emphasis on its acidic humour, The Stick of Truth brings a good and simple combat system and a plot that will have fans falling all over it. While the lifespan could be longer, it's harder to understand the logic behind suppressing some elements, while leaving other potentially bolder elements in, but this ends up not harming what is a fun and insanely amusing RPG based on one of the most popular animated series out there.
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  2. God is a Geek
    Oct 16, 2018
    75
    If you’ve never played this before, even with the random minor stutter, this is still a great game and likely Obsidian’s one and only release on the Switch. If you’ve played it before, there really isn’t anything here that warrants a second or third purchase.
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  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Oct 5, 2018
    90
    South Park: The Stick of Truth is really the same game, four years later. Sadly, this new version doesn’t take advantage of the Switch unique properties, but it’s still a great game you can play anywhere you want.
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