[Aptorian]

I finished South Park: The Stick of Truth last night. Or maybe it finished me I am not sure.

But I am sure that this game is absolutely fantastic and you, yes you, that guy or girl reading this, needs to go buy the game and play through it to the end. Even if you're not a big fan of South Park go buy it and play it. It deserves every cent that the game is going to earn.

I remember there was a lot of buzz around the South Park movie back when it came out. Saddam Hussein and Satan and Jesus and what ever. It was so edgy and profane, etc. back before the Internet taught us about the true depths of human nature. If you thought that South Park the movie was provocative, South Park: The Stick of Truth fucking destroys the movie in every way possible. You know how we all get up in arms about censorship when various agencies want to censor our games? I actually understand why South Park got censored in some countries. This game is disgusting and vile and insulting and just plain uncomfortable in places. I mean that in the best way possible by the way. I am not going to mention anything, you may already have seen or heard things elsewhere, but there is some shit in this game that had me staring at the screen and making me ask myself what the fuck am I doing with this controller?

What Stone and Parker have created together with Obsidian studios is something truly remarkable. There is things in this game I have never seen anyone do before. There are some videogame lines that get crossed in a big way. And the story itself is actually fantastic. It's extremely well crafted, mixing the relatively innocent idea of children LARPING with the weirdest shit imaginable.

Even if you're not interested in South Park, the game itself is remarkably well designed. It's a relatively short turned based action RPG that uses various ideas from the South Park universe to create characters, environments and scenarios that are rather unique. It's relatively short for an RPG, I think I finished it in around 20 hours having done absolutely every side mission, but this also means that nothing in this games narrative feels like filler. Everything is fleshed out and thought through. The combat is streamlined and while the combat is pretty easy, a walk in the park towards the end, the gameplay feels fun and fluid and fresh. The usually repetitive nature of turn based combat with random encounters is kept fresh by the ridiculous nature of the characters and the enemies. I still have The Bards songs about the maiden stuck in my head.

Somebody go play this game and come back when you have finished it. I need somebody to talk to about how sick this game is.

Lets try to keep the spoilers in black boxes for now.

This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 17 October 2017 - 06:33 PM

[Jakovasaurus]

This one is definitely in the batter's box for me. I just need to complete some DLC I started for The Last of Us and oh shit, I still have to plow through Farcry 3: Blood Dragon.

[Aptorian]

Go play this game first. Hurry, before Manbearpig gets you.

[Wind]

I beat this game in less than 24 hours. It was AMAZING!!! I am looking for an excuse to play through it again. I have one homless camp to find. I have no idea where it is. I feel like Ive searched everywhere. I have an item or two that say that they are quest items but no quest for them. 89 friends. I am sure there has got to be more. If you haven't played it yet. do so. WARNING: do not let your children play this game. I am sure I didnt need to say that but you never know.

[Aptorian]

About the Homeless People quest:

Spoiler

I couldn't find the last guy either.

I looked it up. Turns out that there's a homeless people camp hidden behind some bushes in the area where the kids bus stop is located. I think it is the same screen where the South Park sign is.

If that is not the one you are missing I also seem to recall there was a homeless guy inside the truck outside the storage facility

What class did you choose and which faction did you side with?

I went with the Jew class, just because it was something different from what you usually see in an RPG. I suspect that class is probably kind of OP. The biblical plagues magical attack is super effective,

Spoiler

I ended up choosing the Elves side. I actually think Cartman and Butters were cool but lets face it, everyone knows Cartman is EVIL

I imagine I will play through it again in a year or so, pick a different faction and maybe try the warrior class.

This post has been edited by Apt Hoc: 12 March 2014 - 08:04 PM

[Wind]

I will check. I know I got the one at the truck. (sorry new. Dont know how to do the spoiler thing yet. so I kept my description vague) I chose Rogue. I almost always do. I pretty much beat the game with backstab lol. Though there are some other cool attacks. I chose Humans. Butters = Awesome. Jimmy = weak.

[Aptorian]

So, the rogue attack. When it says backstab does he just anally rape the opponent or is it less grotesque?

Jimmy was the shit. I didn't like his abilities very much but the songs were so awesome!

There once was a maiden from Stoneberry Hollow
She didn't talk much but boy did she swallow.
I have a nice lance that she sat upon.
The Maiden from Stoneberry who is also your mom.

The combination of his studdering and the fact that they're little kids singing this stuff just cracks me up.

I've been humming the song all day today.

[Wind]

His songs were pretty awesome. No the backstab is a three button single hit. Huge damage. I just found the last homeless camp right where you said it was. All quests complete as far as I know. 90 friends now. I am sure there has got to be at least 10 more. I am missing 7 Chimpokomon and I have 4 quests items with no quests. I dont know. Maybe Ill go explore canada some more. LMAO that cracked me up man. I was not expecting the graphis hahahahahah!

This post has been edited by Wind: 12 March 2014 - 08:35 PM

[Defiance]

Really been wanting to play this, but I'm not willing to drop $60. Waiting for it to go on sale for $30-40 and I'll be picking it up.

[Aptorian]

If you're playing it on pc and google cd keys I am sure you can find it for around 30-40 dollars. That's what I did.

[Defiance]

Yeah, cheapest one I could find was $45 or so. Besides the Russian ones for about $20, but I don't want to bother with getting around region locking.

[Kanubis]

Apt Hoc, on 12 March 2014 - 08:21 PM, said:

So, the rogue attack. When it says backstab does he just anally rape the opponent or is it less grotesque?

Jimmy was the shit. I didn't like his abilities very much but the songs were so awesome!

There once was a maiden from Stoneberry Hollow
She didn't talk much but boy did she swallow.
I have a nice lance that she sat upon.
The Maiden from Stoneberry who is also your mom.

The combination of his studdering and the fact that they're little kids singing this stuff just cracks me up.

I've been humming the song all day today.

It's the mic drop at the end. Gets me every time.

I'm right near the end. A certain famous someone just turned up because something needed explaining, and then I had to go to work.

The combat does get very easy. Once you get Kyle his attacks are incredibly overpowered.

I chose Fighter by the way. A fully upgraded Roshambo is very useful while the fights are still tricky, plus kicking someone in the plums is a nice way to start a fight.

[Macros]

Steep price but I love south park, will probably buy at the weekend.

[Primateus]

I finished this game last night and it is simply hilarious beyond compare. Well worth the investment of both time and money.

Spoiler

I lost count of how many times I had to replay the battle with Cartman simply because I couldn't stop laughing at the "battle of the farts" scene

[Aptorian]

The only real complaints I had about the game was the fart training parts. For some reason it took me like 20 tries each time I had to learn a new form of fart magic. Drove me absolutely insane.

I am curious about peoples choices.

I chose to side with the Elves since everyone knows Cartman is evil and not to be trusted.

Did anyone side with the Human side and how did the story unfold?

Spoilers for the elven story.

Spoiler

If you join the Elves you learn that Cartman actually lied about the Stick being stolen and that it was hidden at the school. So you have to invade the school and defeat the Human army.

[Primateus]

Apt Hoc, on 23 March 2014 - 01:41 PM, said:

The only real complaints I had about the game was the fart training parts. For some reason it took me like 20 tries each time I had to learn a new form of fart magic. Drove me absolutely insane.

I am curious about peoples choices.

I chose to side with the Elves since everyone knows Cartman is evil and not to be trusted.

Did anyone side with the Human side and how did the story unfold?

Spoilers for the elven story.

Spoiler

If you join the Elves you learn that Cartman actually lied about the Stick being stolen and that it was hidden at the school. So you have to invade the school and defeat the Human army.

I sided with the elves for the same reason, Cartman isn't really the kind of leader who inspires trust, especially since we have 17 seasons confirming our distrust.

[Macros]

Started playing yestereve.
entertaining so far (in agreement the fart training is frustrating) only up to the bards house, will be sorting that out tonight.

following Cartman, because butters was the first friend I made and he took me to the wizard king. Will play through with the elves after probably.

only beef so far - on pc there's a few little glitches, for example, when trying to shoot the random object that sparkle, you hold down F to get into shoot mode, then left click to fire on your target. But you have to hammer the button like 20/30 times to get it to fire. And awkward item select during battle. But enjoying the ride so far and already a few proper laughing out loud moments.

[Jakovasaurus]

I've just started. Well, probably about a few hours or so in. Have you guys ever summoned Jesus? Oh man! Awesome! "Lock and Load"

[Jakovasaurus]

I couldn't stop laughing.

Spoiler

I made it through the first day and had to go home to bed. I just experienced the alien abduction/anal probe sequence. A nice nod to one of the early episodes of South Park by the way. :-)

[Jakovasaurus]

Mrs. Hankey celebrates Christmas with vodka and muscle relaxers.