South Park: The Stick of Truth

[CBCARDS78]

Re: South Park: The Stick of Truth

Now I wonder if the release date will be changed....

[Flawless]

Re: South Park: The Stick of Truth

It's due later this year.


Joystiq Preview

Choosing to align with either Cartman and his human faction or with Stan, Kyle and the elves they command, your customizable character will offer his mysterious command of flatulence to defeat his enemies and recover the fabled 'Stick of Truth.' Known throughout the land as "the new kid" (and, yes, even as the "Dragonborn"), your character wields special abilities based on the bodily function – such as "cup-a-spell," cupping foul smelling attacks and throwing them toward enemies and the environment for massive explosive damage.

It's the most South Park game you'll ever play and, with its absolute perfect mimicry of the show's art style, it's the most loyal adaptation the series has seen in video games.

Throughout the game, players will ally with familiar characters from the South Park universe, allowing them to pair up with series alum to defeat enemy forces – controlling their actions in combat. As your roster of friends increases, all level up with the protagonist – focusing the decision to switch partners on their abilities and not their levels based on use. Combat is turn-based with timed button presses increasing the power of each attack or dampening the damage of each aggressors strike (a mechanic RPG fans will know well from games like Super Mario RPG). Combat also offers combos: players can begin attacks with one button and transition to using magic (read: farts), mixing and matching the two skills until their attack timer has depleted.

South Park: The Stick of Truth features your typical slate of role-playing game features: loot in the world including new gear that changes the way your player looks, the ability to make decisions to craft your players story, and more. Each of these elements, however, is decidedly injected into the ideals of the South Park series. For example, since your character's ability is based on baking brownies, eating burritos is the obvious way to refill your mana meter.

In one scene during the hands-off demo, Butters was ordered to heal the protagonist during a battle in the hallway of South Park Elementary. Butters' magic healing ability consisted of walking to the player character, giving him a pat on the back and promising, "I got your back bro." I burst out laughing.

The game's menu is based on a social media tool – actually called Facebook in the game, though we were told the name would likely change. In the menu, you can check in with allies and view missions and modify weaponry by adding items known as "strap-ons."

The story and dialog in Stick of Truth revolves mostly on the world around him, with the narrative penned by the guys at South Park studios and voice acting from the original cast. The look of Stick of Truth is so loyal to the series that the transitions into in-game cutscenes barely registered. It was all seamless. In terms of its attitude, the game doesn't hold back, with one-liners and ideas that would be comfortable in the most controversial episodes of the series.

[Chrisksaint]

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Combat like Super Mario RPG? Take my $$

[Pezell04x]

All in. take my money please

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[Candyman5]

Yeah I been looking forward to this.

[goh]

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They've announced their DLC policy.

"**** that."

http://kotaku.com/trey-parker-on-dlc-f-that-837541931

[TracerBullet]

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[Candyman5]

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I'm almost as excited for this game as I am for GTA V

[Brandwin]

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Still not sure if I am going to buy this or not, but I am keeping an eye out on it. I might go ahead and pre-order from Best Buy in case I grab it, that way I can get the $20 in Reward Zone certificates.

[VTPack919]

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This game has SO much potential. Based on my predisposition to loving everything South Park, I am expecting to love this.

[Brandwin]

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We still haven't gotten a release date, right?

[Skyboxer]

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We still haven't gotten a release date, right?

Nope
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[Flawless]

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South Park: Stick of Truth Release Date, Special Edition Revealed

Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth will launch on December 10 in North America and December 12 in Europe, right in the holiday release window announced at E3.

Anyone who pre-orders The Stick of Truth will receive the Ultimate Fellowship pack, which offers “four exclusive Stick of Truth costumes that come equipped with special abilities.” The Necromancer Sorcerer will increase fire damage, the Rogue Assassin will let players earn extra gold, the Ranger Elf costume deals extra weapon damage, and the Holy Defender outfit raises defense.

Ubisoft also announced the Grand Wizard Edition, which will be available for $79.99. In addition to a copy of the game, the set includes:

• 6” Kidrobot Cartman Grand Wizard figure
• Kingdom of South Park map
• Ultimate Fellowship Pack

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[bcruise]

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Delayed again, this time to March 4th.

http://blog.ubi.com/south-park-the-stick-of-truth-delayed/

[VTPack919]

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SON OF A *****!