It’s time for another Retro Ad Replay article, this time focusing on South Park: The Stick of Truth as it’s been eight years since its release date! This is the series where we head backward in time to reminisce and celebrate the anniversary of some of the most significant moments in gaming. If you find yourself wanting more content like this, be sure to visit Mandatory.com.
In this March 4 edition of Retro Ad Replay, we’re heading back eight years in time to when South Park: The Stick of Truth first launched on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. That’s March 4, 2014. This role-playing game has the unique trait of looking exactly like the television series. Combine that with fantastic RPG mechanics and a story that doesn’t outstay its welcome, and you’ve got one of the best South Park games of all time.
GameRevolution awarded South Park: The Stick of Truth a 9/10 in our review, praising the way that it “plays exactly like a South Park movie,” the “irreverent humor, full of references and fun pokes at video games, too,” the “ridiculous story and witty dialogue,” the challenging combat, and more.
Take a deep breath: SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH is only 13 hours long. If that’s enough for you to tell the guys at Obsidian Entertainment to suck your balls, it’s understandable… but more than a little premature. Because taken from another perspective, SOUTH PARK: STICK OF TRUTH is four South Park movies or approximately two full seasons of South Park pasted together. Take any other branded game, including every SOUTH PARK title to date (as they all have been graded a ‘C’ or lower in old-school GR terms), and that last sentence would be disingenuous. But STICK OF TRUTH is without question not only the best SOUTH PARK game yet, but also among the best game adaptations in the last decade, period.
Packed full of references, like Paris Hilton in Mr. Slave’s anus, STICK OF TRUTH plays exactly as the animation would if it were a PAPER MARIO RPG. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker ensured that this title, unlike the handful of SOUTH PARK video game predecessors, looks and feels like its Comedy Central original series. Characters bop about the screen like paper cut-outs, adults overreact and are pretty much clueless, fart jokes abound, and aliens moo. That said, it’s almost impossible to write about the story without spoiling a joke or two in this review, but I’ll try my darndest. (If I slip, I’ll play my innocent woodland critters card. Hail Satan!)
Check out the South Park: The Stick of Truth launch trailer below:
