South Park: The Stick of Truth

[CMH]

South Park: The Stick of Truth

If it's short, I'm okay with it because I always plan to finish games as quickly as I can and sell them for most of my money back.

I'll enjoy the experience no matter the length. If it's 15 hours at most, I'll be done in a week or two and consider it the best season I ever watched.


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[Pokes]

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I wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't a 60 dollar title.

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That's why I'm now on the fence between a purchase, or simply seeing if it appears at Redbox and just getting a few days worth of gaming out of it and saving myself $70. (I've pre-ordered the GW version.)

[BenGerman]

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For me, I'm an achievement hunter. So I'll wind up playing through the whole thing a couple of times, anyway. That's 30 hours, which I'm fine with.

[Candyman5]

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It looks fun and I guess all the characters you can be adds replay value.

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[Beantown]

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To be fair, a 15 hour game would equal about 35 controllable episodes worth of South Park material, or almost two full seasons of the show.

I think people expecting more than that set themselves up for disappointment. This isn't supposed to be Skyrim with 100+ hours worth of playtime, and I'm happy about that. There shouldn't be anywhere near the annoying amount of repetitive lines and comments and scenarios and all of that.

[JazzMan]

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Anything over 30+ I rarely finish these days anyway.

[Brandwin]

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Ryan from IGN and Jason from Kotaku have both said if you were planning on this game being 15-20 hours then you should wait for reviews. He also said the same about possible technical issues on the PS3 version. I'm beginning to get concerned, but this is Obsidian we're dealing with here.

A few people at Neogaf said there's some stutter here and there on the PS3 version.


15 hours is fine with me.

[Candyman5]

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To be fair, a 15 hour game would equal about 35 controllable episodes worth of South Park material, or almost two full seasons of the show.

I think people expecting more than that set themselves up for disappointment. This isn't supposed to be Skyrim with 100+ hours worth of playtime, and I'm happy about that. There shouldn't be anywhere near the annoying amount of repetitive lines and comments and scenarios and all of that.

I get that and am not the upset with it for that. Im upset with the 60 dollar price tag.

[BenGerman]

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15 hours is much longer than most campaigns. Because it's an RPG, I think people had expectations for it to be longer. That said, I think it's a little bit unfair. I'm sure Trey and Matt had more content they wanted in there, but it's really hard to be funny for 15+ hours. I think that's the perfect length for a game like this.

The downside is that reviewers are cryptically saying that people should hold off until they read reviews. Who knows why. The funny thing is, people who got the game not under an embargo seem to love it.

Hilariously, I think that companies putting a strict embargo up until the game is released works against them. Journalists lose out on viewership, and sometimes take it out on the game.

[oneamongthefence]

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I get that and am not the upset with it for that. Im upset with the 60 dollar price tag.

It's less than 2 new seasons on Blu-Ray. I wonder if the main quest line is that short or is that including all side quests and collectables.

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[Pokes]

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The downside is that reviewers are cryptically saying that people should hold off until they read reviews. Who knows why. The funny thing is, people who got the game not under an embargo seem to love it.

Hilariously, I think that companies putting a strict embargo up until the game is released works against them. Journalists lose out on viewership, and sometimes take it out on the game.

I agree. While I can accept that the positives of an embargo mean it gives all reviewers a chance to play and review the game without having to race through it to be the first site to put up a review. But, it can also have the effect especially if the game is a massive turd (Aliens Colonial Marines) of people taking out their frustration on gaming journalism for having pre-ordered and paid for a game that gets completely panned.

To which people in the gaming journalism industry just say "Well, you shouldn't pre-order games and just wait for reviews anyway."

It's less than 2 new seasons on Blu-Ray. I wonder if the main quest line is that short or is that including all side quests and collectables.

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From what I've been seeing it's about 15 hours including all of that. I also saw a post where someone mostly did the story and finished the game in a little over 10 hours. I suppose we'll know more as more people get their hands on the game.

[Skyboxer]

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I have a b2g1 for used games that doesn't expire until the end of April. Will pick it up used.

[Pezell04x]

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I'm picking it up for sure. I no longer read anything reviewers write. After I watched a guy on IGN give Gears Judgment a 9.2, I wrote those "journalists" off. Usually I wait until the honeymoon stage is over here at OS with a lot of games.

This one had me laughing during the 13 minute intro and since I rarely buy release day games, I'm okay with this purchase.

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[Brandwin]

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15 hours is much longer than most campaigns. Because it's an RPG, I think people had expectations for it to be longer. That said, I think it's a little bit unfair. I'm sure Trey and Matt had more content they wanted in there, but it's really hard to be funny for 15+ hours. I think that's the perfect length for a game like this.

The downside is that reviewers are cryptically saying that people should hold off until they read reviews. Who knows why. The funny thing is, people who got the game not under an embargo seem to love it.

Hilariously, I think that companies putting a strict embargo up until the game is released works against them. Journalists lose out on viewership, and sometimes take it out on the game.

I agree. I am also reading people who have played the game really enjoy it, yet I saw the mention of waiting for reviews before buying.

I might be a bit hesitant if I wasn't getting it for $48 plus $10 back from Best Buy.

[Chrisksaint]

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15 hours seems solid for me considering if it's as good as it seems it'll get at least 2 play throughs to try another class.