South Park: The Fractured But Whole Reviews
When addressing some hot topics, you must have the intelligence. The pungent irony of South Park is exhilarating, able to entertain without falling into banality. The open world system is functional and incredibly enriches the entire game. Superheroes all over the world, join in the sound of fractures!
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Imagine taking the best episode of South Park at plot level and living it in person first, the result will be Difficult Clashes! The title takes what good has its predecessor and improves it, leaving at the same time some technical mistakes that the Stick of Truth suffered as falling into framed at very busy moments of action. The story is compelling and never discounted, the more it goes on and the more it becomes bizarre and unlikely, in pure harmony with the series in short! Sometimes it also gives emotions like moments when we realize how problematic the family situation of our character, accompanied by a few really well-known piano notes. Unfortunately, the game is not free from defects. Speaking of music, it can be noted that in some explorative sections within some buildings it will be totally absent and will feel the weight of this lack; above all it is a shame since the soundtrack really deserves, epic when it serves and carefree in the most spontaneous moments; Another noteworthy defect is the design of the interiors because it soon becomes clear that every home is perfectly identical to the other in the interior (except for very few variations) and it is a shame as it conveys a certain sense of monotony. The title is definitely worthy of note thanks to its humor and its longevity at a time like this where the most important names of the GDR genre start to lose blows (someone said Final Fantasy XV?), You really feel the need to Lightweight titles such as this can entertain by requiring the player a certain strategic intelligence but without simultaneously tapping him with hours of farming and crafting and united mechanics. Che il peto sia con voi!
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South Park: The Fractured But Whole is hilarious and mechanically superior to its predecessor.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is a good game buried beneath some crassness. The mechanics are perfect for newcomers and veterans alike to the turn-based JRPG-inspired gameplay, and while the story isn’t as good as it should be it holds the space between battles together nicely.
Overall South Park: The Fractured but Whole gets a 9/10, the humour is great for those who meld well with its style or if you’re a fan of the series. The gameplay has improved greatly from the first game with more strategic thinking being required for later parts of the game. The dungeon maps are longer with more puzzles, if a bit fewer in numbers in comparison to the first game.
While The Stick of Truth felt like an extended, interactive, episode of South Park, The Fractured But Whole instead feels like an external story that just happens to be taking place in the show.
If The Fractured But Whole is your first South Park game, you’re in for a treat. If it isn’t, you’re still in for a treat. Just don’t expect it to surprise you as much as the last one did.
South Park: the Fractured but Whole is a great sequel for Stick of Truth. There are significant improvements to the gameplay and the combat mechanics but the jokes are way less funny than the first game.
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For dedicated fans of the series, The Fractured But Whole is an essential purchase. It greatly rewards those who have an extensive working knowledge of the past twenty years of the television show. Fortunately, it is also finely crafted enough that casual and lapsed fans who might have left the show behind but still have a fondness for it will find plenty to enjoy about it.
if like me you’re a fan of the South Park TV series, then you’re going to love South Park: The Fractured But Whole
If you're a fan of the South Park series, you're going to love this. It's packed full of references and Easter eggs from the show's 20+ seasons and many of the smaller references will be more meaningful to those fans. It's easy to see that Ubisoft and South Park Studio's made this game 'For the Fans' and they nailed it.
The Stick of Truth managed to salvage my love of the series. Now, 3 years later, I feel that South Park: The Fractured but Whole has sought to destroy the bridges its predecessor rebuilt. The funny moments are sporadic, lost amongst a series of tired gags and namechecks, but the gameplay goes someway to saving the overall experience.
South Park, The Fractured but Whole is an uncreative game with a terrible plot filled with forced and unfunny jokes. The battle system from the original was demolished replacing it with a new shallow one. This game somehow ended up being much worse than its predecessor.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is a brilliant game that fans if the TV show will definitely enjoy. It has everything that makes the TV show so enjoyable. As a game, it could do with being a little more difficult with a larger map, but those minor complaints are outweighed by almost every other aspect of the game. The Fractured But Whole is a prime example of how a TV show can be effectively turned into a video game. There have been many attempts at South Park games over the years and this one is definitely one of the best. If you played the first or are a big fan of the show, you need to pick this game up.
What does every superhero need? A hilarious origin story, of course. This is given to you by The Coon and involves walking in on your dad f*%$ing your mom.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is a good game, but fails at living up to the expectations set by its predecessor The Stick of Truth. Unfortunately, the gameplay was padded so much with filler that it killed the pacing. In Ubisoft's desire to make a Triple-A blockbuster, they instead weakened something that could've been a Double-A masterpiece.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole is a fantastic follow up to the Stick of Truth, its a must buy for any South Park aficionado and still a blast for everyone else. Ubisoft took the development in house this time and didn't disappoint, its well written with a giggle every few moments, the game isn't perfect with a few small bugs and the sense that the difficulty isn't there to support the games mechanics and some might argue the value but overall this game is just a blast.
If you love South Park you'll relish South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
During my time with South Park: The Fractured But Whole, I have been attacked by hillbillies for being cisgender, trapped in a dark room with two randy priests, and somehow managed to bend time and space with my own flatulence. To top it off, these moments are mild in comparison to what else the game has in store.