South Park: The Stick of Truth

[Baddar]

That's handy. Are there any loading screens upon entering different buildings/houses though?

[Ruki]

There are. When you move areas/enter houses.

[BuddyAwesome]

They come and go in like a second though.

[Monkey D. Lars]

Which class is everybody gonna choose? I can't decide between a thief or a jew.

[Your Mom]

A jew? That's a class? What does it do?

[Monkey D. Lars]

It's a class made up by Cartman, it's a kind of a paladin with a high risk/high reward system or something like that.

[thatshortguy]

A jew? That's a class? What does it do?

Best I can tell, you get Jewish-themed armor/weapons (start with a yarmulke, etc.) and abilities that buff you if you're damaged.

I've honestly just scratched the surface, but this is just an absolute blast for anyone who is a South Park fan. Little touches like the Facebook posts ("Seriously, Kenny, you don't have to keep posting this.") and the various junk loot ("NOT a health potion.") just had me laughing more than any game I've played in a long, long time. My only complaint thus far is that the timing to block is brutal. Maybe the difficulty settings change that, but right out of the box, it is just stupidly tricky.

Quick capsule review: think Costume Quest in the South Park universe.

[Your Mom]

We've got the game. I'm going to jump in later today. Looking forward to it.

[Ruki]

I went with the thief...I really like the backstab and mug skill. Managed to beat an optional boss....

When Jimbo gives you the quest to go kill a bunch of animals? I went to Kenny's house and killed the dog. That was a tough fight! Although, when I returned to Jimbo, said he gave me a dog collar or something...but I couldn't find it in my inventory.

[Monkey D. Lars]

So far it's awesome.

[Your Mom]

I made a thief too. I kinda like it so far. It's funny but starting with a bunch of fetch quests isn't hooking me

[Monkey D. Lars]

I've chosen the Jew and I love my Jew-Jitsu attack,

[Troy Maskell]

I like the look of it and I'm interested, just not sure if I'm $70 interested

[buck...]

I really enjoy this game. I like, what feels to me, to be the old school RPG elements in the south park universe. I like the throwback jokes that you can find just by walking around.

[Monkey D. Lars]

I walked into the post office and I heard Jennifer Lopez sing a song and I turned on the radio in Cartman's room and my favorite song of my favorite boyband began to play: Fingerbang!

[Ruki]

I've yet to hear Fingerbang

But I found Jesus!

[apsham]

Really sad this isn't on the next gen systems.. boo.. so PC it is! Hoping to get this tonight.

[Arjen Robben]

Is this a game that would really benefit from next-gen? I mean it's just using the South Park look of paper cutouts on top of paper backgrounds .

[Berober]

The graphics would be like, 10% better.

[apsham]

Is this a game that would really benefit from next-gen? I mean it's just using the South Park look of paper cutouts on top of paper backgrounds .

When it's the only console I have right now, it would benefit me.