South Park: The Fractured But Whole is the follow-up to the Obsidian, and Ubisoft collaboration South Park: The Stick of Truth. The Stick of Truth was a very solid turn based rpg, which you wouldn't expect for a tie in game, but it delivered through with that South Park, and Obsidian charm we have come to expect. For some reason the follow up ditches the turn based rpg style for a very light strategy rpg style, and ubisoft decided they could make the game in house without the assistance of Obsidian, and you can tell right from the get go. How little things operate like movement speed, and game balancing feels way different from the previous entry, and in fact this turned me off of the game for many years, but I decided to give it another try and I'm glad I did. Despite the questionable game play change, and abandoning of Obsidian there is still a lot of that laugh out loud SP humor thanks to Trey Parker, and Matt Stone still being in charge of the writing and direction of the story. It feels like a legit episode of SP but elongated for a game's length, and that is this game's strongest aspect. And by the end, the game play did grow on me as there is still a little strategy and stuff involved. Overall if you liked SP Stick of Truth, I think Fractured But Whole is a must play.

Reviewed on Jul 25, 2022


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