South Park: The Stick of Truth

Plot synopsis:
=== Setting ===
South Park: The Stick of Truth is set in the fictional town South Park in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The main character, whom the player controls, is the New Kid—nicknamed "Douchebag"—a silent protagonist who has recently moved to the town. Befriending the local boys, he becomes involved in an epic role-playing fantasy game featuring wizards and warriors battling for control of the Stick of Truth, a twig that possesses limitless power.
The humans, led by Wizard King Cartman, make their home in the Kingdom of Kupa Keep, a makeshift camp built in Cartman's backyard; among their number are paladin Butters, thief Craig, Clyde, cleric Token, Tweek, and Kenny—a young boy who dresses as a princess. The humans' rivals are the drow elves, who live in the elven kingdom in the backyard of their leader, High Jew Elf Kyle; they also include the warrior Stan and Jimmy the bard. The boys conduct their game throughout the town, the surrounding forest, and even into Canada (represented as a pixelated overhead 16-bit RPG). Locations from the show, including South Park Elementary, South Park Mall, the Bijou Cinema, City Wok restaurant, and Tweek Bros. Coffeehouse, are featured in the game.
The Stick of Truth features the following historical South Park characters: Stan's father Randy Marsh, school teacher Mr. Garrison, Jesus, school counsellor Mr. Mackey, former United States Vice-President Al Gore, the sadomasochism-loving Mr. Slave, sentient turd Mr. Hankey, City Wok restaurant owner Tuong Lu Kim, Stan's uncle Jimbo, Mayor McDaniels, Priest Maxi, Skeeter, Canadian celebrities Terrance and Phillip, the Underpants Gnomes, the Goth kids, the Ginger kids, the Crab People; the Christmas Critters, and local boys Timmy, Scott Malkinson, and Kevin Stoley.
=== Plot ===
The New Kid has moved with his parents to South Park to escape his forgotten past. He quickly allies with Butters, Princess Kenny and their leader Cartman. Nicknamed "Douchebag", the New Kid is introduced to the coveted Stick of Truth. Shortly thereafter, the elves attack Kupa Keep and take the Stick. Cartman banishes Clyde from the group for failing to defend the Stick from the elves. With the help of Cartman's best warriors, Douchebag recovers the Stick from Jimmy. That night, Douchebag and several town residents are abducted by aliens. Douchebag escapes his confinement with the help of Stan's father, Randy, and crashes the alien ship into the town's mall.
By morning, the UFO crash site has been sealed off by the government, who has put out a cover-story that claims a Taco Bell is being built. Douchebag visits Kupa Keep and learns that the Stick has again been stolen by the elves. Cartman and Kyle task Douchebag with recruiting the Goth kids for their respective sides, each claiming that the other has the Stick. Randy agrees to help Douchebag recruit the Goths after Douchebag infiltrates the crash site and discovers that government agents are plotting to blow up the town in order to destroy an alien goo released from the ship. The goo turns living creatures into Adolf Hitler-esque Nazi Zombies; an infected person escapes government containment, unleashing the virus on South Park.
That night, Cartman or Kyle (dependent on which character the player chooses to follow) leads his side against the other at the school. Here, the children learn that Clyde stole the Stick as revenge for his banishment. Clyde rallies defectors from the humans and elves, and uses the alien goo to create an army of Nazi Zombies. The humans and elves join together to oppose Clyde but there are too few to fight him. Later, Gnomes steal Douchebag's underpants; after defeating them, Douchebag gains the ability to change size at will.
Out of desperation, Douchebag is told to invite the girls to play. They agree to join after Douchebag infiltrates an abortion clinic and travels across Canada to discover which of their friends is spreading gossip. Flanked by the girls, kindergarten pirates, and Star Trek role-players, the humans and elves attack Clyde's dark tower. Randy arrives and reveals that the government agents have planted a nuclear device in Mr. Slave's anus to blow up South Park, forcing Douchebag to shrink and enter Mr. Slave to disarm the bomb. After exiting Mr. Slave, Douchebag finally confronts Clyde and is forced to fight a resurrected Nazi Zombie Chef; Chef is defeated. Clyde decides he is not playing any more and Cartman kicks him from the tower.
The government agents arrive, revealing that Douchebag went into hiding to escape them because of his ability to quickly make friends on social networks such as Facebook, which the government wanted to use for its own ends. Learning of the Stick's supposed power, the chief agent takes it and bargains with Douchebag to help him use it. Douchebag refuses but Princess Kenny betrays the group, uses the Stick to fight them and infects himself with the Nazi Zombie virus. Unable to defeat Nazi Zombie Princess Kenny, Cartman tells Douchebag to break their sacred rule by farting on Kenny's balls, which he does. The resulting explosion defeats Kenny and cures the town of the Nazi Zombie virus. In the epilogue as South Park is rebuilt, the group retrieves the Stick of Truth; they decide its power is too great for any person to hold and throw it into Stark's Pond.

Tags: violence

Review:
If you are a South Park fan, there is no way you won't love this game.
It uses the same humor as the TV show, and had me laughing throughout the entire story.The storyline was well thought out and very fun to play.
The graphics are the exact same as the TV show, so it feels like you are actually in a TV episode.
I absolutely love this game, and would recommend it to all South Park fans..
Classic South Park.
South Park: TSOT was my obsession for 2 days straight.
Think of it as a mix between South Park and Pokemon during the action sequences.
You basically will run into the 'enemy' i.e. other fourth graders and when you do it puts you in an organized fighting sequence.
There will be times where you can utilize the environment to kill or K.O. enemies w/o getting into battle.
But the fighting will be funny and cool at first, but it sort of gets stale by the end.The open world is fairly condense, yet sometimes confusing so be sure to use your map often.
What I like about this game and is that it isn't a dull and mindless game.
They are not impossible, but remember if you cannot figure out how to get to something in the outside world, you probably just haven't gotten far enough into the game; be patient!
If you do not enjoy stupid humor this game will be mind-numbing to you (i.e. farting, unnecessary sexual content, etc...).
I won't give away anything but there are some really messed up things in the game but...
it's South Park so I should've known better.
If you are a South Park fan this game will definitely be right down your alley.
If you are an achievement/trophy collector, you most likely will have to do two full-game runthroughs so just be aware.
First off, I am highly surprised you can look up video games on this website since I have just now discovered this since I am still fairly new to IMDb (as an actual user).Now for the actual review.Well, what can I say?
'South Park' is and has always been one of my absolute favorite things on this planet.
I have enjoyed some of the games in my life (most being flash games), and the N64 game was lots of fun to me, but this one probably tops it all.The very best parts about this title are the following: references to the show, solid graphics while not lagging at all, funny and witty jokes everywhere, etc.
Simply put: South Park.
If you have /not/ seen too much of it, you will still consider most of it funny because, well, it is 'South Park' after all!Story-wise, this game is pretty good as well since it makes sense for the most part and the side-missions (which I did along with playing through the storyline at the very same time, btw.) are pretty fun, too.
This game is /far/ too short: It took me approximately 14 hours to get done with the story and all of its side-missions, which is not even roughly enough.
Plus, once you have played through the game, there is nothing left you can do.
That is the only reason I 'only' gave it 9/10 stars because the rest is, as stated above, very pleasant.All in all, I can only recommend playing through the entire game, for it is highly enjoyable!.
The definitive South Park experience.
I'm not sure if I'm the only one that feels like South Park has been stretched way past its limit or maybe I'm just getting old, but I haven't seen a truly funny episode in a very long time.
Perhaps the greatest achievement is that it hardly ever feels like a video game and certainly doesn't look like one.
The turn-based battles are a nice throwback to older rpg games while simultaneously feeling fresh and funny (especially when "Princess" Kenny is involved).
If you're a South Park fan and have been watching since the start, you absolutely should not miss this experience.
8 hours is pretty much the extent of it, but besides that, big love to Trey and Matt for giving us the South Park game we deserve.
I'm a fan of the TV show "South Park" it's one of my favorite TV shows of all time, this game was just a dream come true.
Not only is it one of the best licensed games but it's to me one of those fresh examples showing you can still do more with the RPG genre which is part of what makes the game one of my personal favorite RPG's and video games of all time because this game not just captured the spirit of the TV show perfectly to a tee but most importantly the game is actually fun.The graphics are great as it's basically just the regular animation like in the original TV show.
The game play is great as it pretty much the typical standard mechanics and elements of turn based action as well as any RPG, which isn't anything new but it's everything done right.
But to me what really made the game stand out is really in it's story line, humor, and execution which makes the game strong.This game just like the TV show is just hilarious, the dialog and visual jokes are just great.
It's sort of the main reason why I played the game which is the same reason I watch the show for the laughs.
There really aren't that many RPG's I can think of with humorous elements except for "Maniac Mancion" and the underrated NES game "Nightshade".
OK, those are more point and click games but they had RPG elements which sorta count.
But anyway I just loved hearing the dialog along with the actual voice actors from the show just say the lines, they are just deliciously crude and absurd.I really love how the game parodies and homages certain clichés and elements in the RPG genre.
One favorite scene of mine is when you go to Canada and it's an 8 bit over world which is awesome and hilarious as it's an homage to "Final Fantasy" and the "Dragon Warrior" games on the NES.Or even part of the story line in a way is an homage to the SNES game "Earthbound" just like in that game you have to deal with aliens in your hometown and the protagonists are kids.
And like in that game you have a few non cliché weapons and methods.
You have an ability option which is the branch for the super moves which are great like putting on a football helmet and charging at ramming speed toward an opponent.
And of course farting is the magic powers, yeah I'm not kidding who'd of ever though farting could actually be a tool of great use.I really loved having some of the essential characters act as party members.
However I also loved playing as Butters, the highlight of him is becoming Professor Chaos which is just awesome and with him he just has a vast number of powers that provide strong offense and defense depending on when and where you stop the roulette wheel.However what I also love about the story line is in a way it's somewhat of a love letter to both the RPG and fantasy genre.
It's simply about kids playing pretend fantasy to the extreme level literally.
But that's what most RPG games really are their really games where you use your imagination; someone reads off on a book on what's happening, you make your moves, roll the dies and imagine the outcome.
This game really captures that essence really well, I actually found myself engrossed in the fantasy adventure they were creating and almost wished this was a game that could go on forever, which to me is part of what a good RPG is.This game is an epic, well sort of.Rating: 4 stars.
Best South Park game yet does not make it a great game..
Even the newer games like South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
and Tenorman's Revenge with there mediocrity game-play hardly stood out.Then onto The Stick Of Truth.The good...This really, really, really looks and feels like South Park.
This is the most accurate South Park game made to date.
The presentation is spot on and you do feel like you are interacting with the TV show.You can tell time and effort has been put into this to make it look and feel like the TV show.The Bad...They seem to have forgotten this is a game as the game-play is so trite and stale this plays like a game from the early late 90's.
Many of the game-play mechanics are so archaic they would have been outdated 15+ years ago.
To tired old fighting mechanics that RPGs from the late 90's learned just do not work.
This is an RPG first and foremost...and RPG with only about 8 hours of game-play as the story is so short and the side quests even shorter.
This game did not "need" to be an RPG and would have suited a simple button mashing beat em' up...which it essentially is as most of the battles you have do resort to simple button mashing.
There really are little to no RPG elements in this supposed RPG game.The map you can explore is only done so on a faux 3D plane, meaning you are really playing within a 2D environment...which does make sense given the show it is based on.
It's just not a big enough map for an RPG to be set in and does become very tiresome when you are back tracking over the same locales over and over and over with nothing to do to keep the exploring fresh.The difficulty setting in this game is unbelievably easy, even on the hardest setting.
There is no challenge to this game at all, so much so it may as well have just been an episode of the show you could just sit and watch.Overall, it's a very dull and uninspired game...South Park or not.
This should have been an arcade style game downloadable from XBLA or PSN, etc as that is what it feels like.
It's most definitely not worth the full retail price being asked.For a South Park game, it's full of references and jokes you can relive if you are a fan of the show...or you could just watch the show.
For an RPG game, it's just so flat it's not really worth looking into as there are FAR better RPGs out there and cheaper..
A great game let down by building boredom.
The Stick of Truth is so good in many ways, but is ultimately bogged down by very repetitive gameplay and logs spells between excitement.
I hate to complain about a game so imaginative and cute, but it did become a issue with me the more and more I played through it.You play as a new kid in town, customizable to your discretion, who makes friends with the South Park gang and becomes involved in their fantasy role-playing games when the precious Stick of Truth is stolen from Cartman.
A terrifying plot involving aliens, anal probes, zombie Nazis, abortion clinics, and ManBearPig himself, plus many side-quests make up the lengthy adventure which is a hilarious parody of fantasy RPGs, while being a decent RPG in its own right at the same time (but also retaining many of the flaws of the genre).The voice acting by Trey Parker and Matt Stone is, as expected, brilliant, as well as their cute animation style, and their humor which alternates between satirical and grotesque permeates ever scene.
You really will feel like you are controlling an actual episode of South Park.
Nods to 16-bit RPGs during the Canada scenes will appeal to older gamers too.The downside is that there is not enough variation during the short campaign in regards to weapons, armor, and power-ups.
Bad choices there from the developers.It's worth playing through once, and will appeal to all fans of the show, but boredom will set in at around the halfway mark and you'll probably be somewhat disappointed with it..
They didn't kill this video game!
A South Park game that's worth playing!
Don't kick the baby, play this game!
Based on the animated television series, South Park.
The Stick of Truth is a 2D role-playing video game in a 3D world similar to Paper Mario.
The game does manage to nail the South Park style that we've all grown to love.
The delays on South Park: The Stick of Truth was satirized in the 2013's "Black Friday" episodes trilogy of the TV Show where they denounces the pre-order system in "Black Friday", and skeptical of the game's proposed release at the end of "Titties and Dragons" episode.
It wasn't until Ubisoft acquired the game that it was release finally.
The game was everything, a South Park fan can ask for.
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone put nearly everything into this game, from the script, overseeing the project, and provided the voices of the characters.
The player takes the character of 'The New Kid', dubbed "Douchebag", a silent protagonist who has recently moved to the town with no memory of his past.
He befriend the local boys, he becomes involved in an epic role-playing fantasy game, featuring human wizards and warriors lead by Wizard King Cartman (Trey Parker) battling elves lead by Kyle (Matt Stone) for control of the Stick of Truth, a twig that possesses limitless power.
Meanwhile something mysterious from outer space crash in South Park, and turning people into Nazis Zombies which the government is covering up.
It seem that the game really try to cramped as much things in there, from playing satire or being meta of past video games, pop culture, and even politics.
The Game is Rated Mature for a reason, so it's not a game that young children should be playing.
There are lot of gross toilet humor.
Lots of racism and dark humor jokes.
Some of the gameplay is pretty out there, gross to point you might want to take a shower after it, like fighting in an abortion clinic, fighting dwarfs while your character parents have sex, anal probing, and last, fighting in a guy's anus track.
For the European and Australian versions of the game, during certain censored scenes an image of a statute making a face-palming gesture appears, along with text describing what you would have seen in the uncut version.
This game isn't for you.
The Stick of Truth features many characters from the history of the South Park television series, and there are tons of background references to famous episodes like the music, posters, and etc.
Lot of open world checking out, as you can visit anywhere you want, from City Wok to 8 Bit Canada.
The player has the choice of playing as four type of characters: fighter, theft, Jew, or Mage.
Varied customization, but limited in certain scenes of the game.
Combat player will have the opportunity to control the available South Park characters as buddies to help with the journey.
The best character to help you throughout the game would be your first friend Butters.
All the combat are supposed to resemble children play-fighting where something like a flaming tennis ball, in the mind of the child, is an actual spell or a fart is curse.
Weapons will have upgrades available, limiting the amount of loot available during the course of the game.
Still, the game has a slow weapon menu that kinda get annoying when enemies would mock you for taking so long to attack.
The combat is a turn-based system similar to that of Final Fantasy or Elder Scrolls type game.
The enemies in the game are challenging, but not too hard once you get the hang of the controller and fighting styles.
Lot of action, and not too repeatable enemies.
The game normally count in around 50 to 70 hour mark, with good players beating all the missions in less than 14 hours.
Lots of replay value as there are a lot side quests to do besides the main story plot liking hide & seek, finding Jesus, or catch Manbearpig.
The cut scenes might get annoying at times.
There were lot of downloadable content, but it seem like those plans were cancelled when Ubisoft became the publisher of the game.
According to Trey Parker and Matt Stone they do not want story DLC.
If they were to be available, you can get three packs that are based on the episodes "Good Time With Weapons'', "The Coon" and others.
Depending on what system, you're playing it, you might get bugs or glitches.
I had great fun playing it.
The Greatest RPG of All Time.
I am a big South Park fan, and this experience was such a treat.
You play as the new kid in town and fight for the stick of truth and also make many make friends on the way.
This is the South Park game us fans deserved, compared to the N64 game, The Stick of Truth outranks it completely.
The story in the game is so great and will make you chuckle as you proceed more into the game.
The abilities are all up to "you" in this game.
You get to go to Canada, battle Chef, fight nazi zombies, beat up gingers, fight aborted fetuses, fart on anything in sight, and dozens more.
I have played through it five times and cherish every moment of it.
Another thing you gotta love about this game is how it perfectly captures the look of the series.
I personally think South Park has the best artwork and animation in any animated series ever.
If you are looking to get this game i highly recommend it!
It is great for fans, and people who love role playing games.