South Park: The Stick of Truth Review

                                South Park: The Stick of Truth Review

 Hey everyone!  My name is Cody Tassin (Captain Tassin) and I am a new member of The Gamers Talk Podcast!  I am deeply excited to be a part of The Gamers Talk Podcast, and hope to bring news, and entertainment to all the fantastic people who are fans, and soon to be fans in the near future.  Me and Rick have already created a podcast that everyone should check out, and we are planning to bring, to the craving masses, a weekly podcast in  the coming weeks and months, but that is all beside the point, as I am here to give an award-nominating (probably not) review of the multi-platform game, South Park: The Stick of Truth.  

 South Park: The Stick of Truth started out on a less-than-desirable course than anyone would prefer when the original release date in 2013 was pushed backed to 2014, because of the collapse of its original publisher THQ.  Ubisoft eventually picked the game up, but unfortunately it was still delayed until it finally released March 4th, 2014.  Although many fans and gamers were disappointed that the game was delayed, it appears that it was all worth the long wait.  Right at the intro, The Stick of Truth throws mystery, loot, adventure, and good ol' fashioned South Park humor unimpeded into your face hole.  Its as almost as if the creators (including South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone) saw what was good in existing video games and used it to their advantage.  

 This game is as close to a masterpiece as I have played in a long time.  Yes some moments seem to drag on, and there may or may not be an abundance of side quests at certain times, but it is difficult to find anything fundamentally wrong or boring with The Stick of Truth and it continuously rewards the player as the game progresses.  The creators of The Stick of Truth consistently and strategically place fresh material and new locations throughout the story to keep the player glued to the screen.  Whether it's adding new summons to topple your foes, or new characters to explore their special abilities (my personal favorite being Butters' Professor Chaos), The Stick of Truth never gets stale.  

 I highly recommend South Park: The Stick of Truth to any South Park lover, or really anyone who enjoys the old-fashioned RPG style of such games as Mario RPG (SNES) or Paper Mario (N64).  It is rare for a game that had so many depressing delays, to become frankly a piece of art for the gaming community.  The only problem that i could bring to light is that it might be too short, especially for an RPG, as I clocked in less than 10 hours.  With that being said, it is by far the most wholly entertaining game I have played in a few years, which I feel has been lost in recent video game releases for all platforms.  ONE WORD, CHIMPOKOMON!!!

Final Diagnosis:  South Park: The Stick of Truth gets 9.8 Mr. Hankeys out of 10.

>Captain Tassin