South Park: The Stick of Truth

Beyond the humour, the game itself lets you explore South Park in its entirety, and involves solving quests, navigating simple environmental puzzles using a range of abilities you acquire gradually through the game, and partaking in combat. The first two...

Traditionally, South Park games don't review very well. This is probably because, in the past, a lot of the video games set in the “quiet little white-bred redneck mountain town” created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone felt thin in comparison to their...

After a number of licensed titles that ranged from mediocre to outright terrible, a much better "South Park" game has arrived. "Stick of Truth" combines all the inappropriate humor fans have come to expect from the series with a simplified RPG play...

In gameplay terms it may be soon forgotten, but there's unlikely to be a funnier - or filthier - game any time soon.

Everybody else will be in stitches from some great gags and deep references that reward devotees of the classic show. The maps could have been larger and pacing improved, but this is another great accomplishment by Obsidian and the first game to do the classic animated series justice.

It can wear thin over the length of the game, but The Stick of Truth is laugh-out-loud funny. It’s that rare game adaptation that gets to the original’s obnoxious, irreverent heart.

It’s one of the most faithful adaptations of a license I’ve seen, and it ranks among the best comedic games ever released.

There’s much, much more here for series fans than the uninitiated, but it’s a light but good quality role-playing game in its own right. It is, in a way, Season 18 all by itself. It is funny, shocking, self-effacing, and pretty much everything I could ask for from a South Park game -- even if it’s mostly a one-and-done experience.