South Park: The Stick of Truth

[Flawless]

Being developed by Obsidian

Game Informer January Cover Reveal

Thanks to a collaboration with THQ and Obsidian, Parker and Stone are writing the script, performing the dialogue, and overseeing the development of South Park: The Game. Unlike the cash-in Acclaim titles from over a decade ago, this ambitious project is a full-scale RPG for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. As the new kid in South Park, it'll be up to you to make friends and defend the town from a wide range of threats. Be sure to check out our January issue for all the details, as well as an interview with Parker and Stone themselves.

South Park won't be out until sometime in 2012, but you can check out video interviews, extended info, and more on our hub throughout the month. Stay tuned!

[LincSink]

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Wow this could actually be really fun! Looking forward to hearing more about it.

[jeremym480]

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This is a must buy if it has:

Spoiler

[Scruffychicken]

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Day one buy for me. I still play the SP Tower Defense arcade game from time to time, even if it's just for the comedic value.

[WeLLWeLL]

This is definitely on my radar.

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[mrprice33]

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Obsidian?! Oh noes!

[Phobia]

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It will be either completely amazing OR it bombs big. I really hope this turns out incredible

[AUChase]

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I hope this is a success.

I used to have the South Park racing game for my N64.. it was a really fun game to play.

[Flawless]

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Game Informer details

• The first game Parker and Stone have directly participated in, writing the script and the dialogue.
  
• Parker has always preferred silent protagonists in RPG's, so the player’s character will be silent.
  
• The player’s character will be fully customizable.
  
• Your character has a smartphone that acts as the primary game menu and has a facebook-like app to show your number of friends you have and your current standing with the various kid factions.
  
• There are five classes, which are wizard, paladin, adventurer, rogue, and a fifth unannounced class.
  
• Obsidian is using the Dungeon Siege III engine.
  
• Obsidian developed a dynamic lip-syncing tool to accommodate changes to the script.
  
• Parker and Stone gave Obsidian 15 years of assets used during the show and a detailed list of approved textures and colors.
  
• Critical hits, cash rewards, experience, and consumables are in the game.
  
• Parker hates unskippable cutscenes.
  
• The humor will be more focused on the games they have played in the past, but Parker mentions that games have lampooned other games before so they don't want to do exactly that, instead they are focusing more on RPG's on how big and bombastic they can get sometimes.

• The player will play as the new kid in town, the main theme of the game is fitting in and being accepted.
  
• The story begins with your character participating in a live action role-playing game that the neighborhood kids started, which eventually evolves into a real adventure.
  
• Eric Cartman will greet your character and help you decide your class, which are wizard, paladin, adventurer, rogue, and a fifth unconventional class made up by Cartman.

• Combat system is like Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi games.
  
• If player initiates combat they will attack first and vice versa.
  
• X button is for melee attacks, pressing it in well-timed succession will result in multiple hits.
  
• Timed inputs occur for defense as well for reduced damage.
  
• Obsidian doesn't want the player to have to sit and watch animations play out; they're incorporating dynamic camera angels at certain times, such as a Ro Sham Bo attack that stuns an enemy.

• Enemy encounters are visible on the map.
  
• Soda are health potions and Tweak's coffee is a haste item.
  
• There are melee and ranged weapons, as well as a lightning powered Okama Gameshpere that is a magic item.
  
• There is a Final Fantasy Materia like system in the game to augment weapons with various abilities like fire, poison, and electricity.
  
• There is a Summon System, but they are not able to talk about it.

• There are collectibles to look for in the environments, some appear throughout the game while other are in specific areas.
  
• An example of a collectible is a Chinpokomon doll and a magazine, Chinpokomon dolls are not all the same model Obsidian are using various models that appeared in the episode.

• When Obsidian were first coming up with ideas they show Parker and Stone a quest where you go into a cave and fight a giant bat boss that Ike is riding on, Parker and Stone said that the quest wasn't South Park, that it was a generic videogame. Parker and Stone then mention a quest to get Kung Pao Chicken from City Wok, to readjust Obsidian focus.
  
• When they started making the town hub, Parker and Stone realized that they wanted a true layout for the town, so they had fun figuring out where everything went.
  
• There will not be any platforming, they tried jumping early on but it didn't seem right
  
• They talk about how they have had to scrap level because the perspective wasn't right because everything is hand illustrated and hand animated.

• Parker and Stone really enjoy RPGs and they do think that genre is the best fit for South Park.
  
• They were asked of how making a RPG story differs from an episode, they say that the learning curve was be bigger than anything they have done other then their Broadway musical.
  
• Visual and Visual style seen in episodes like “Good Times With Weapons”, or the live action hamsters in “Pandemic” will not be in the game they want to keep a simple 2D style.
  
• Parker has been a lifelong gamer, he really likes RPGs because he likes the singleplayer nature of them, so he doesn’t like or get MMO’s. His favorite game is Oblivion.

• Matt when he was young used to play the old Infocom game and Wizardry and likes open world games like Arkham City, Infamous, Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, and also hockey and soccer games. He mentions that he is more of a button masher and remembers Serious Sam because he likes to shoot **** and blow **** up but he is now more interested in games like Arkham City and he hasn’t played an RPG in a year because he got tired of walking everywhere. His favorite game is FIFA and he mentions getting his *** kicked online by kids with English Accents.

• Lastly they joke how this South Park game will be a cross between Obilivion and FIFA were “you gotta go kill a bunch of monsters and ****, but you can only use your feet.”

[jjdogjjdog5162]

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Always hoped for a Simpsons game of this nature, but i like Southpark just the same. Sounds like a turnbased rpg? Not excited about that. Absolutely hate those. But im pretty sure the comedy will get me past that. Definitely on my radar

[Candyman5]

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Towely better be in this game...lol.

[DocHolliday]

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I have no idea what they are thinking with this....Im still waiting for them to be like "we where just kidding, yo actually thought we were going to make a South Park Full blown RPG? *******"

I just don't see this working...at all..

[The GIGGAS]

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Turnbased RPG?

I'm in.

[daflyboys]

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Actually about the only trophy I will care to get is.....

Spoiler

To have Cartman say to me "suck my balls"!

Then, I can die in peace.

[jeremym480]

This is a must buy if it has:

Spoiler

After carefully reviewing my Game Informer cover I can confirm that they are in!

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