The battle system, for instance, is initially fun, but on the gameвЂ™s default Normal difficulty, enemy encounters become routine at best once you figure out that inflicting a bleed debuff (or any for that matter) is greatly overpowered. While there are things to be grateful for in Stick of TruthвЂ™s succinct nature, itвЂ™s the underlying weaknesses that make it look better for not being so long. ItвЂ™s a smash-and-grab game that plays out (except for the awful Canada section) at a breakneck pace reflective of what the show delivers in about 20 minutes.

In some ways the length of South Park is a blessing, saving the limited scope of aspects such as VO barks from risking fatigue, and not drawing out hours with the tedium of turn-based battles. If thatвЂ™s not strapped for resources, then I donвЂ™t know what is. IвЂ™m a believer that this game could have easily been three times as long, but at what cost? A great majority of the game is written and voice-acted by just two guys, with several thousand lines of dialog to think up and make funny. While itвЂ™s traditionally better to leave your audience wanting more than it is to overstay your welcome, Stick of TruthвЂ™s length will find audiences divided. Should we talk about that? Is that a problem? This game is 12 hours long at best 11 if I believe the save file.

This is miraculously stretched over about 12 hours of game, as opposed to the typical half-hour structure. The story plays out in typical fashion of the showвЂ™s four characters arguing over some petty grievance (in this case who has a tree branch), which inevitably goes as far off the rails as youвЂ™d expect-in terms of both scale and absurdity. In all this, youвЂ™re recruited to steal back the stick of truth from the LARP rival elves, and weвЂ™re off. Within the first 10 minutes, your dad is a jerk to you, the game ignores your input name for CartmanвЂ™s suggestion of Douchebag, and I think there are some stray underpants in a dresser drawer that youвЂ™re going to collect five of. Your parents seem to care too much about how youвЂ™re doing after whatever happened before the move, and everyone wants to know why you donвЂ™t have any dialog. Somehow I made it to this portion without prior knowledge to the Jew class, which is an immediate barometer for what foot weвЂ™re starting on, and irresistible in conforming to that tone. Immediately, the inferred silliness of features is encouraging, with little touches like a teardrop tattoo for an elementary school student, followed by the class youвЂ™ll assign your character to. A blank slate, youвЂ™ll design a kid to your liking.

If you followed any of the marketing then you know that half of the gameвЂ™s jokes write themselves, starting with you: the new kid. IвЂ™m here to talk about whether it does that or not. The fact that itвЂ™s not necessary to marathon four seasons and still laugh at the toxicity of gingers or watch Stan puke out of nervousness is remarkable, and bringing such a close approximation of the show into the world of games should maintain that charisma. This was important to me when I sat down to play The Stick of Truth, because while Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been working for over a decade to establish a very specific type of humor, its success has always been in accessibility. IвЂ™ve enjoyed what IвЂ™ve seen, and happen to like the movie. I know I donвЂ™t-not because I detest the show, but it never demands my attention. Maybe you donвЂ™t watch a lot of South Park.

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