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South Park: Snow Day! Review - IGN

Dull, toothless, and a big step in the wrong direction for South Park games.

www.ign.com

Thanks to recent successes, we know exactly what a great South Park game looks like, and South Park: Snow Day! couldn't be farther from it. I'm a huge fan of throwing out the rulebook to try something completely fresh, especially in this age of samey sequels and forever live-service games that increasingly play it safe, but this bold attempt at a new direction misses the mark so drastically I'm aghast at just how sideways things went. Whether it's due to the thoroughly unenjoyable combat or the uncharacteristicly toothless and unfunny story, I can't recommend anyone waste their time on this cooperative lost cause – even my fellow die-hard South Park fans.

 

[Soodanim]

Huh. I didn't know IGN could give scores that low.

 

[ComputerBlue]

If IGN is giving it 3, then the game must be dog shit because they're usually generous with scores. The game does look like dog shit though, and I'm a huge South Park fan.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[analog_future]

"too much snow"

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Who would think of making a South Park in 3D...The franchise is 2D, it worked very well with the Obsidian Games

 

[nikos]

This guy must have been offended by South park at some point.

 

[ResilientBanana]

South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play! Was my pinnacle for South Park games.

This guy must have been offended by South park at some point.

Shitty devs = shitty game. The last few outing have been fantastic. They went with THQ Nordic this time around rather than Ubisoft or Obsidian.

 

[phant0m]

> thoroughly unenjoyable combat or the uncharacteristicly toothless and unfunny story

oof. sounds like the review usually like SP humor so methinks this is an actual miss. too bad, the last specials were hilarious.

 

[Kacho]

IGN needs more ads on their site so my mobile browser can crash faster

 

[The Stig]

the trailer didnt inspire confidence.

such a shame. those last 2 games were great

 

[Chuck Berry]

3/10 by a shitty mainstream review outlet?

Must be a masterpiece. Will cop eventually.

 

[64gigabyteram]

This guy must have been offended by South park at some point.

More like the developers than the reviewer- people who actually loved South Park would give it another high quality rpg that it deserves

 

[Dr.brain64]

Crazy considering it's the same dev from the ubisoft games.

 

[March Climber]

Who would think of making a South Park in 3D...The franchise is 2D

This isn't the problem.

It worked very well with the Obsidian Games

This is the problem.

 

[nkarafo]

South Park doesn't work in any other format other than The Stick of Truth/The Fractured But Whole style.

 

[gtabro]

Huh. I didn't know IGN could give scores that low.

Guess you've been a but under a rock for the whole 2023, as they were generous with their 2s, 3s, and 4s in the reviews.

 

[YCoCg]

This guy must have been offended by South park at some point.

In the review he stated that there's not enough South Park humour and the dull gameplay doesn't make it worth it.

 

[nkarafo]

Who would think of making a South Park in 3D...The franchise is 2D, it worked very well with the Obsidian Games

Acclaim/Iguana did, with not great results.

 

[justiceiro]

Looked like a 3/10 from the start, let's be honest.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

If you aim for the king, you best not miss, and those South Park RPGs are among the best video game adaptations ever made. Wholly captured the essence of South Park, imo. Can't excuse half-assedness after we've seen it can be done.

 

[Moses85]

Finally we have a game which has beaten superman 64

 

[ungalo]

well done Embracer, well done

 

[Topher]

South Park doesn't work in any other format other than The Stick of Truth/The Fractured But Whole style.

I guess I assumed that is what this was. Too bad.

 

[ChoosableOne]

South Park doesn't work in any other format other than The Stick of Truth/The Fractured But Whole style.

Kart game was pretty good too.

 

[havoc00]

Kart game was pretty good too.

Was that when acclaim had the license?

 

[Saber]

It does look like a cheap garbage phone game from the start imo.

 

[nikos]

In the review he stated that there's not enough South Park humour and the dull gameplay doesn't make it worth it.

Was half joking about that but other reviews have said the opposite, so who knows?

 

[JaksGhost]

Every time I see THQ Nordic I always prepare myself for the worst.

 

[GametimeUK]

Who would think of making a South Park in 3D...The franchise is 2D, it worked very well with the Obsidian Games

I believe South Park could work in 2D. I mean Simpsons is 2D, but Hit and Run was popular.

I don't think South Park being 3D is the issue. The game sucking is the issue.

 

[Dacvak]

I got the impression that Trey Parker wasn't as involved or interested in this game. Don't quote me, but I seem to remember Matt Stone saying something like how Trey likes games with stories and strategy, but he likes more simple action-based games.

Through this very flimsy observation, my head canon is now that Snow Day is mostly a Matt Stone vision, especially since I think he's been doing more of the interview marketing than Trey.

Of course all of this could be and probably is wrong. But I like to think that in a year or two, we'll get an episode of South Park lambasting Snow Day and referencing how bad it is.

 

[Power Pro]

So it's still a better game then God Hand I guess.

 

[Crm114]

I'll give it a shot, especially if they're gonna keep updating it like they said.

3D isn't the problem i was actually hoping they we're gonna try something different after the last 2. Stick of Truth being a masterpiece and TFBH being nothing special imo. 3D is a cool change IF they can execute if course.

I'll give it a shot and give you guys an honest opinion if it sucks or not.

 

[MasterDerico]

3/10 by a shitty mainstream review outlet?

Must be a masterpiece. Will cop eventually.

 

[AmuroChan]

I didn't even know this game existed. Stick of Truth and Fractured But Whole were amazing.

 

[Porcile]

Most amusing thing I heard about this game is that they were not going to be able to complete the animation in 3D, so in the end they just hired the actual South Park 2D animators to do all the animation in 2D and then just copied it frame by frame for the 3D models.

 

[Synless]

Two very solid RPG's to this piece of shit.

 

[delirium trigger]

"If you're not a south park fan you won't like this."

No shit, it's a south park game, not the next warcraft.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Huh. I didn't know IGN could give scores that low.

Travis who reviewed this game regularly does. He's only given out one 10 (ashardw wrath 2).

 

[Faust]

I got the game for free. Going to try it out tomorrow.

 

[NickFire]

I was really hoping for the same gameplay as last two with new story. Wouldn't care if graphics stayed exactly same too considering the IP.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

For IGN to rate that low it's bad. Sad too because I loved the last two games. I had a feeling from announcement onward it was gonna suck. I haven't seen anything to make me think it was gonna be any good since it was announced.

 

[ChoosableOne]

Was that when acclaim had the license?

South Park Rally - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Yeah, it seems so.

 

[Gamezone]

Failed in both gameplay and humor.

 

[Ribi]

Acclaim/Iguana did, with not great results.

Piss snowballs were fun!

 

[mdkirby]

This guy must have been offended by South park at some point.

He specifically cites that he was upset that he was not offended. The humor was flat, never risky, and completely out of character for any of the characters of the show. Terrible gameplay, and the humor sanitised and lobotomised.

How this ever got greenlit after two successful rpgs I have no idea. When I first realised there was a new southpark game I had been waiting for one since the moment I finished the last one, and would have bought it in a heartbeat. Seconds into the trailer it was a hard pass. It's frankly baffling how they could fuck this up so much

 

[Rocinante618]

First Southpark game was great, I had some genuine LOL experiences. Second one I didn't bother as it needed uplay. This one has "rouge" aka RNG in it so I'm completely out (also I dislike the 3D graphics style they took instead of the classic, 2D art which are true to the cartoon and filled with soul)

 

[Knightsoftheround]

I was really hoping they would just do a 3d RPG sequel

 

[Davesky]

IGN also gave this game a 3/10, I had great fun with it

 

[Krathoon]

Is it $30?