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''South Park: The Stick of Truth'' has received positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] gave the PC version 86.67% and 84/100,<ref name=GRPC /><ref name=MCPC /> the PlayStation 3 version 82.50% and 84/100<ref name=GRPS3 /><ref name=MCPS3 /> and the Xbox 360 version 81.86% and 82/100.<ref name=GRX360 /><ref name=MCX360 />
''South Park: The Stick of Truth'' has received very positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites [[GameRankings]] and [[Metacritic]] gave the PC version 86.67% and 84/100,<ref name=GRPC /><ref name=MCPC /> the PlayStation 3 version 82.50% and 84/100<ref name=GRPS3 /><ref name=MCPS3 /> and the Xbox 360 version 81.86% and 82/100.<ref name=GRX360 /><ref name=MCX360 />


''IGN'' gave the game 9/10, praising its humour and RPG mechanics whilst criticising the similarity between the classes in the game.<ref name="IGN"/> ''Game Informer'' rated the game an 8.5/10<ref name="GT"/> and ''GameSpot'' a 7/10.<ref name="GSpot"/>
''IGN'' gave the game 9/10, praising its humour and RPG mechanics whilst criticising the similarity between the classes in the game.<ref name="IGN"/> ''Game Informer'' rated the game an 8.5/10<ref name="GT"/> and ''GameSpot'' a 7/10.<ref name="GSpot"/>

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South Park: The Stick of Truth
Developer(s)Obsidian Entertainment[3]
South Park Digital Studios
Publisher(s)Ubisoft[4]
Designer(s)Zane Lyo
Matt MacLean
Eric Fenstermaker
Writer(s)Trey Parker
Matt Stone
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Release
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

South Park: The Stick of Truth is a turn-based role-playing video game, based on the American animated television series South Park. The game was developed by Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with South Park Digital Studios and published by Ubisoft. The game was expected to be released sometime in 2013, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles, and Microsoft Windows,[5] but was postponed to 2014, due to the shutdown of original publisher THQ[6] and numerous delays.

Similar to their duties on the TV show, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote the script for the game, oversaw the project, and provided the voices of the characters. Details about the game were revealed in early December 2011, in the Game Informer magazine South Park special, and its digital version.[7]

The Stick of Truth follows a number of video games based on the series, including three early titles South Park, South Park: Chef's Luv Shack and South Park Rally released between 1998 and 2000, and more recently South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!, released in 2009, and South Park: Tenorman's Revenge, released in March 2012.[8]

Development

Obsidian Entertainment had previously developed a number of role-playing video games (RPG) based on licensed properties, such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004), and Fallout: New Vegas (2010).[9] As opposed to being contacted by a video game publisher owning a license, Obsidian was directly approached by the creators of South Park.[10] Earlier South Park games included a number of 3D games – such as South Park (1998) and South Park Rally (2000) –, where Trey Parker and Matt Stone had little to do with development, and the quality of which they have publicly criticized.[11][12][13]

On March 13, 2012, Obsidian cancelled a "future next gen project", resulting in the layoff of approximately 20-30 employees both from that project and the upcoming Stick of Truth team.[14] On June 4, 2012, they debuted the first trailer at E3 2012. It was also announced at E3 that there would be multiple DLC packs, the first 3 of which will debut on Xbox 360 first and the DLC pack "Mysterion Superhero" would be an Xbox 360 exclusive. It was also revealed that the Xbox 360 version would feature Kinect integration, allowing the user to use voice control including the ability to berate Cartman.

Three minigames were removed from the Australian version of the game after Australian Classification Board refused to rate the game.[15] The game went gold on February 12, 2014.[16] Ubisoft EMFA announced in late February 2014 that seven scenes were censored on the console versions of the game, in the Europe, Middle East, and African regions.[17]

Design

During Obsidian's first meeting with Parker and Stone, it was decided that the game would only be made if it could faithfully represent the show's unique 2D look, which is based on the style of cutout animation.[10] Obsidian provided the creators proofs of concept that they could achieve the South Park look, with which the creators were happy.[10]

The characters' costumes and classes appear to be based on the South Park episode "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers".[18] The costumes and class names also appear in the three-episode story arc formed by "Black Friday", "A Song of Ass and Fire", and "Titties and Dragons". IGN's Max Nicholson said the episode "felt like a sneak peek" for the game, and if nothing else, was "good marketing" in light of the numerous delays to the release of the game.[19]

Delays

On November 5, 2012, THQ announced that the game would be delayed to April 30, 2013.[20] In the gameplay trailer released on December 9, 2012, it was revealed that the pre-order bonus would be the "Good Times With Weapons" pack, which includes the Bulrog Chicken Attack, Cartman's Kick-Ass Sai weapons and the Samurai costume.[21]

On January 25, 2013, it was announced that Ubisoft had bought the publishing rights to South Park: The Stick of Truth from THQ as the latter had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. After Ubisoft acquired the game, the release date was delayed again, to an unspecified date.[4] On May 3, 2013, a Ubisoft spokesperson confirmed that the game would still be released in 2013, after not being included in the publisher's official release schedule for upcoming games.[22]

On September 26, 2013, it was announced that the game would be released in North America on December 10, 2013,[23] in Australia on December 12, 2013,[24] and in Europe on December 13, 2013.[23] However, on October 31, 2013, it was announced that the game had been delayed again, and was released on March 4, 2014 in North America,[2] March 6, 2014 in Australia[1] and on March 7, 2014 in Europe.

The delays on South Park: The Stick of Truth are joked on in the "Black Friday" episode trilogy: Cartman denounces the pre-order system in "Black Friday", and Butters is skeptical of the game's proposed release at the end of "Titties and Dragons".

Reception

South Park: The Stick of Truth has received very positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PC version 86.67% and 84/100,[25][28] the PlayStation 3 version 82.50% and 84/100[26][29] and the Xbox 360 version 81.86% and 82/100.[27][30]

IGN gave the game 9/10, praising its humour and RPG mechanics whilst criticising the similarity between the classes in the game.[40] Game Informer rated the game an 8.5/10[38] and GameSpot a 7/10.[37]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c Sousa, Mike (November 3, 2013). "South Park: The Stick of Truth Delayed Until March 2014". Gaming Union. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "'South Park' console game to debut next year". CNN. December 1, 2011.
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  6. ^ "'South Park: The Stick of Truth' Release Date Delayed; Game Pushed To Later In 2013 by Ubisoft. It was announced view a new trailer on September the 25th, that the game will be released on current-gen platforms only on the 12th October 2013". International Digital Times. March 4, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
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  8. ^ "'South Park' Launches 'South Park: Tenorman's Revenge' Video Game Exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Spring 2012 Debut" (Press release). Comedy Central. October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  9. ^ Caoili, Eric (December 1, 2011). "Fallout: New Vegas Developer Working On South Park RPG". Gamasutra. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
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  11. ^ Question answered by Matt Stone. In: "News, October 2001". South Park Studios. October 1, 2001. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  12. ^ PlayStation 2 Premiere. shpadoinkle. October 18, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2011. {{cite AV media}}: External link in |publisher= (help) Video on YouTube.
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  15. ^ Pitcher, Jenna (19 December 2013). "Three mini-games removed from South Park: The Stick of Truth Australia, now features a crying Koala". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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