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South Park: The Stick of Truth |OT| Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (In select regions)
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Then you're doomed to wait for a patch.
a secret-boss
Banned
New Office (next to the Post Office)
is that a
inside the vent? I can't seem to get it
is that a
chinpokomon
-MD-
Member
You need a skill you unlock later on in the game.
a secret-boss
Banned
gotcha thanks
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I marathoned through the game today and finished it. Overall I really enjoyed pretty much every minute of it and had a blast playing it. The game was way too easy on the normal difficulty though; I breezed right through it. I do hate how they've designed the achievements though because there are WAY too many that are miss-able and require multiple playthroughs to catch. I cleaned up every side quest and every Chinpokomon I could find (that I didn't miss) and only obtained 45% of the trophies.
Trophy complaints aside, I highly recommend the game to anyone, but being a South Park fan certainly helps.
Trophy complaints aside, I highly recommend the game to anyone, but being a South Park fan certainly helps.
Liferebooted
Banned
I think I'm at the end of the game, can anyone confirm? I had to save and quit to take care of my puppy for the night.
Just killed Nazi Chef and Princess Kenny betrayed me and ran off.
CambriaRising
Member
KojiKnight
Member
Single quickest way I found to break the game... Get a range weapon that hits multiple targets, put as heavy of a bleeding strap-on onto it as you can. Watch as everything bleeds out after their first attack or so. Bonus if the weapon already has a bleed effect, then you can put a gross or fire effect on it instead and stack multiple debuffs at once.
IAmtheFMan
Member
So I'm really enjoying the game but don't want it to end. How far am I?
I just started day 3 and am going to recruit the girls.
Finished this today, really enjoyed it from start to finish. Will probably keep playing a bit to clean up collectibles, easy achievements and just take in all the environments a bit more. They nailed the look and feel of the show - so many little details crammed in there, and probably the most diverse vendor trash list in RPG history. The deep involvement of the creators definitely comes across, everything is authentically South Park.
Love the setup and execution of the concept but the humor might be a little too referential as a whole for my tastes, lots of throwaway jokes that basically amount to "I remember that from the TV show." Even if it's not always hilarious it works as a celebration of the show's history, and there's still plenty of genuinely funny, surprising and gross bits in there.
Think they almost nailed the battle system as well, endgame balance issues aside. Wish there was just a few more really tough encounters, so many possible ways to spec but little reason to do so. A few minor gripes with gameplay too (needing the menu to cycle through party members, spell/ability navigation a little cumbersome, block/perfect cues could use a little more pizazz) but overall it's a hell of a Paper Mario game and an even better South Park one. Hope we get to see another, wouldn't fault them if we didn't.
Love the setup and execution of the concept but the humor might be a little too referential as a whole for my tastes, lots of throwaway jokes that basically amount to "I remember that from the TV show." Even if it's not always hilarious it works as a celebration of the show's history, and there's still plenty of genuinely funny, surprising and gross bits in there.
Think they almost nailed the battle system as well, endgame balance issues aside. Wish there was just a few more really tough encounters, so many possible ways to spec but little reason to do so. A few minor gripes with gameplay too (needing the menu to cycle through party members, spell/ability navigation a little cumbersome, block/perfect cues could use a little more pizazz) but overall it's a hell of a Paper Mario game and an even better South Park one. Hope we get to see another, wouldn't fault them if we didn't.
FateBreaker
Member
Quick question. There is some
I went on with the game, but now I am curious to defeat it and get whatever I get from it. (Do I get anything?) My question is: can I return to this location at a later in the game?
green goo in the basement of the school that mutates to an enemy that I can't win.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Not too much left, but a lot of the game's best content is still ahead of you.
Yeah, I think so. You can return to certain parts of that location, but not all. I think you can return to
to the basement
stargateheaven
Member
I've done everything there is to do. hmm.
suddenly, everything feels boring lol.
ya, i messed up in canada, so i cant have all the friends.
suddenly, everything feels boring lol.
ya, i messed up in canada, so i cant have all the friends.
Some of the vendor trash were such cool relics from the show that I just couldn't sell 'em, despite their lack of use.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Hmm. Ok cool, thanks.
Yes, you can go back to the basement at any time after that.
HawksWinStanley
Member
I didn't even realize it was possible to talk to Craig before the tutorial. I thought he was just in detention the whole time at the beginning. I guess I missed that one too.
It's cool though. Like I said, I wanted a good reason to do another play through.
Who could pawn off
Back Door Sluts 9
I don't really know why I spoiler tagged that.
Gintoki313
Banned
I always get Craig and Clyde mixed up, sorry. I meant
talk to Clyde before talking to Cartman for the tutorial
friends
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
We had some fucking awful bugs that froze the PS3 and/or forced us to skip plot points. That's not gonna get a free pass from me, yet I can honestly say I want more games like this.
This is one of those games that comes along and shows just how much variety and cleverness can be stuffed into a small package, and it makes you realize how much bloat you've become accustomed to.
If you don't think this game is worth $60, that's your money and your business, but the only thing I'd change would be the difficulty. Everything else about this experience leaves me imagining other great games that could be made of other shows, and I think that speaks I think to how much fun I had.
It was hard selling those Gamespheres for $3, man
This is one of those games that comes along and shows just how much variety and cleverness can be stuffed into a small package, and it makes you realize how much bloat you've become accustomed to.
If you don't think this game is worth $60, that's your money and your business, but the only thing I'd change would be the difficulty. Everything else about this experience leaves me imagining other great games that could be made of other shows, and I think that speaks I think to how much fun I had.
It was hard selling those Gamespheres for $3, man
So after beating the game on Saturday... I pretty much played all the way through it again yesterday (technically speaking) up until the final battle. Played a Thief this time...
HOLY SHIT, is backstab OP. Pretty much any boss, a couple of speed potions and backstab, and that's the match.
HOLY SHIT, is backstab OP. Pretty much any boss, a couple of speed potions and backstab, and that's the match.
Yea backstab is amazing. With a throwing knife with jagged strapon, you can use 1 speed pot to get almost everyone to 5 stacks of bleeding.
I thought that Backstab was good for normal battles, but so many bosses were immune to bleeding that it never felt OP for me.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Holy shit did I laugh during this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzIpmCWIYH4 <-obviously Spoiler
It's definitely a joke just like that scene where
I even failed twice and once Randy lost one of its testicle. It hurts.
It's definitely a joke just like that scene where
you can't skip Jimmy's stuttering. I even thought my game was bugged or something
At the farm, yeah? Fuck me that was frustrating haha, I was sat there spamming the spacebar like "COME ON!!!".
Well played, Matt and Trey.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
True story: I reloaded my save file twice thinking this was a bug. I just had a weird glitch minutes before were some characters disappeared from the scene, so I said "this is probably related"
The thing is genres are ostensibly just about shared core gameplay mechanics or at least features, and RPGs generally have the kind of gameplay mechanics that lends itself to going longer. I'm not sure I can fully pinpoint why, but I'd say slower paced gameplay and more of a focus on exploration rather than just beelining to the next objective (which ostensibly exists in more games than just CoD; Mario and many other platformers are technically obstacle course runs to a finish line afterall.) South Park definitely fulfills those criteria to an extent, turn based battles with some QTE-esque mechanics to keep things engaging, South Park and a bit more to run around in, and quests to do in it. And also the fact that by leveling you gradually open up new abilities to try using (or at least progress bars to watch, and get a feel for more power ideally.)
With that said I'd really only be for lengthening the game by like 10 hours maybe so it'd be a 20-30 hour game, any more and I don't think the game can sustain it. But my big point is that what's fine for one kind of game isn't automatically fine for all others, 10 hours for CoD would be wearing, 20 and higher outright madness, while something like Bioshock CAN carry itself for 14, and somehow RE4 works really well for being something like 20 hours, insane for what's mostly a straight shooter... though I guess adventure elements and inventory management help there, aspects that notably got dialed down in the later games that weren't as interesting to me as a result.
EDIT: And this really isn't one of the best targets to complain about games being pushed into genres, it was outright announced as "South Park RPG" then got a finalized name later. It's a fight better spent on games trying to actually break genre definitions and can't easily be pegged as one, not something where they basically went "hey guys an RPG based on South Park would be awesome."
I agree, it isn't the type of game that would have worked well lengthened to 30+ hours. Adding in the recruitment of other groups for an extra 4-5 hours or so would have been nice, though. RE6 is a perfect example of lengthening a game causing it to be worse, I just didn't care about the game at all after awhile with its muddled plot jumping around different timelines and many tedious chapters.
googleplex
Member
Ok.. What the fuck! I have no idea why I keep failing the
I've failed that stupid think so many times I'm almost ready to quit this game.
Abortion
Which part are you having trouble on? It should be easy. Just
do absolutely nothing until the needle is in the center of the screen.
Oblivionmancer
Member
Just wrapped it up. Amazing game. Maybe a bit short, yeah, but just absurdly hilarious all the way through. Feels almost like a sequel to Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, with many more years of South Park history to draw from. It's been years since I laughed this loud and consistently at South Park. I would happily pay for more if given the chance.
Was bummed that
didn't show up.
Was bummed that
God and Satan
If you're using a controller, are you
twirling the thumbstick counterclockwise
spinning clockwise.
googleplex
Member
No the last part was giving me trouble, I think I was misunderstanding the instructions but I finally got it.
Like some said it's time to start making use of status ailments such as bleeding, stun and slow.
Solid Amit
Member
Finished the game today.
It was like 10 hours of South Park episode, really liked it
It was like 10 hours of South Park episode, really liked it
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Just finished. This game was awesome. Totally worth it.
Good, streamlined, gameplay.
I started on Hardcore from the start, but it wasn't that hard. Multihit weapons + DOTS or heal on hit are pretty strong.
Fucking hilarious moments.
Good, streamlined, gameplay.
I started on Hardcore from the start, but it wasn't that hard. Multihit weapons + DOTS or heal on hit are pretty strong.
Fucking hilarious moments.
Well I paid about 25 dollars for it, so it's a 11 or 12 game, right?
uncleniccius
Member
So I went into the sewers and found (spoiler for those who haven't been down there/seen references)
the crab people. They make me laugh so much, but how do I break the wall by them? I want to see if there is a quest for them.. is there? Thanks!