SP The Stick of Truth / Guide Part 1 / Opening Thoughts

South Park: The Stick of Truth

Guide Part 1 / Opening Thoughts

This has been a long awaited game indeed. Considering the quality of everything created by Matt & Trey, I had very high expectations for this game. It's been clear for a few years now, that they had tight control of how this game would be created. And I have to say, this game exceeds my expectations. TSoT is truly a fun game, and more importantly, it's a legitimate RPG [and RPG parody].

It's packed full with obscenities, parodies, South Park self references, and little nuances that made the game both new and nostalgic at the same time. One that comes to mind, after winning a battle, when pilfering through the pockets of your victims, the sound effect is reminiscent of the Elder Scrolls games. It's little things like that that can take a "good" game, and make it great. As predicted, the parodies abound... as do the obscenities... and they don't hold back here AT ALL.

It's funny, and despite South Park's well documented reputation for disgusting, offensive, and vulgar humor, the dialogues will still often be unpredictable & surprising. It goes leaps and bounds beyond the TV show in these areas, so just to be clear... It's not for kids [AT ALL]. It will make the SP Movie seem rated-G in comparison.

Within the first hour of the playing, I've seen crack pipes, bongs, at least 4 different kinds of dildos [The Milkman, The Jackrabbit, Black Thunder, & Purple Passion], sex dolls, condoms, jars of semen, Cherokee hair tampons, poo, 2 sets of pubes, and most shockingly... DMV literature. And most of it is collectable items now in my inventory... so yeah...

I'm playing the PC version which requires the use of a keyboard. I don't enjoy using keyboards as a game controller, and decided to use my PS2 controller instead. If you want to use a game controller, just download JoyToKey, and you are good to go. Some mouse clicks can be emulated with JoyToKey as well, but some will still require the occasional use of the mouse, which fits in seamlessly with a wireless mouse. Check out the Game Controller section for help on programming JoyToKey and a game controller.