Typical buffs and debuffs are ably skinned in screwed-up fourth grader verbiage (throwing feces to add “gross out” effects) mixed with mana-powered spells and timed button-press attacks and blocks to keep you on your toes during combat. However, fighting also has a timing component to it, with well-timed successive inputs resulting in larger combos or more successful defending. It feels almost exactly like playing through an interactive episode of the show and I could ask for absolutely nothing less.

While the final game features four playable character types (Fighter, Thief, Mage, and Jew), an early version featured five playable classes: Paladin, Wizard, Rogue, Adventurer, and Jew. I’m sure anyone would enjoy the game but it is absolutely littered with references and that great South Park humor we’ve come to love and expect. Dive into the vibrant world of South Park as you tailor your character with a diverse range of options. There are multiple collectables throughout the game, such as Chinpokomon dolls, weapons, and costumes.With a controller in your hand, you are almost literally – gloriously – playing a 14-hour episode of South Park. South Park's Matt Stone: European censors cut abortion and anal probe scenes from our Stick Of Truth game". The show is animated using Autodesk Maya, but Obsidian produced the game assets and animations in Adobe Flash. Reviewers considered the combat mechanics to be simplistic while allowing for complex tactics, and others said that the requirement to actively defend against enemy attacks and enhance offense kept fights engaging.

Parker's original concept was for a South Park version of the 2011 role-playing fantasy game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and he estimated the first script he produced to be 500 pages long. The Stick of Truth 's production was turbulent; following the bankruptcy of the original publisher, THQ, the rights to the game were acquired by Ubisoft in early 2013, and its release date was postponed several times from its initial date in March 2013 to its eventual release in March 2014, for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. They launch an attack on the Inn of the Giggling Donkey (Jimmy's house) and confront the Bard, Jimmy. Slave, Douchebag finally confronts Clyde and is forced to fight a resurrected Nazi Zombie Chef; Chef is defeated.The Stick of Truth makes one thing abundantly clear: I never want to play another South Park video game made without Trey Parker and Matt Stone's direct, intimate involvement. IGN said that the difference between character classes such as Thief and Jew were disappointingly minimal, offering little variety or incentive to replay as another class. Each class has specific abilities; armor and weapons are not limited by class, allowing a Mage to focus on melee attacks like a Fighter. Destructoid said there are too few powers available for offense for the game to remain interesting for long.

In December 2011, THQ announced that they would work with Obsidian on South Park: The Game, as it was then known. An entire squad of superheroes will rise, led by a nocturnal scavenger sworn to clean the trash can of South Park society.Following its release, Stone said that the work involved in making the game was much more than he and Parker had anticipated.

Enemies can deflect certain attacks entirely; those in a riposte stance will deflect any melee attack, requiring the use of ranged weapons, while those in reflect stance will deflect ranged weapons. The creators were reportedly incredibly impressed at Obsidian's recreation of the show's every last detail, right down to the texture of the construction paper. Slave can be summoned during battle to deliver a powerful attack capable of defeating several enemies simultaneously; Jesus sprays damaging gunfire, while Mr.

South Park's protector unleashes a deadly combination of stealth and firepower—your enemies won't know what hit them! This presented the game developers the unusual opportunity of being able to collaborate directly with the license holders. For starters, Matt Stone and Trey Parker (creators of South Park) we’re heavily involved in the game’s conception. South Park: The Stick of Truth was the top-selling game on the digital-distribution platform Steam between March 2 and 15, 2014.