/cog/ - Traditional & Video Gaming

Uh…did this really need its own thread? There have only been, what, five or six South Park games? (Not counting FBW.) I mean, if you’re desperate for activity here, you could at least make a thread for a certain genre or company. An FPS thread might actually be interesting, in that we could discuss genre conventions and new entries (good or bad). What the hell is there to discuss about South Park games—that Stick of Truth is the only good (currently published) South Park game?

>>200922
Stone, the FPS south park game was a masterpiece which has never been equaled only the Cerebral Bore comes close to matching the supreme majesty of the Cow Launcher

So what will be expanded on in the new game? Will we finally get to the crab people.

>>200926
Well gameplay time for one, its supposed to be around twice as long as stick of truth.

But crab people are lame.

//youtube.com/watch?v=v9oqGxmuKcQ

>"Germany, Austria, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan will receive low violence versions of South Park™: The Fractured but Whole™

So apparently some places are still getting censored versions of the game like before. Will you be able to get around it by buying it on places like Steam?

>>200936
Nope. Steam is beholden to the same laws as every other vendor in those countries.

FBW just got pushed back to early 2017

Motherfucker

>>201123
Depends on the reasons and who's behind the delay. If its Trey and Matt then maybe they've got more content they wish to add or refine.

>>201343

It could be a reason for the delay, yes. But unless they confirm it, we’ll likely never know.

>>201344
Its like everyone was so sure Clinton won that they never expected Trump to come to power.

Even South Park is scrambling to reshuffle the plot compared to what they had previously been work towards.

Does anyone have any thoughts/feelings on them switching from one-off episodes to these plot 'arcs' spanning swathes of seasons?

>>201350
I liked it last season but I'm not digging it this one. I'd like them to go back to episodic next season, or have a few 2-3 parters or something.

Yeah, the ad revolution and PC stuff was brilliant, but this one is kinda flat.
The season before last also had issues.

This is more /co/ discussion that /cog/ discussion now, BTW, buuuuuuuuuuuut…

The problem of the show’s season-long arcs ultimately lies in Trey and Matt’s attempts to mix self-contained stories in with the season-long arcs. They want to do the “we can make an episode about this in six days” social commentary of a stand-alone episode, but still fit it into a complex storyline. The PC Principal season’s finalé fell flat for that exact reason: Rather than feeling like a solid climax to a season-long storyline with all the dramatic payoff therein, it tried to be a climax to both the complex arc and the stand-alone episode — and it failed on both levels.

//youtube.com/watch?v=mCp3Hr4Jyzk

http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/south-park/256228/south-park-the-fractured-but-whole-release-date-trailer-latest-news

>South Park: The Fractured but Whole has been delayed again, according to Polygon. This comes after the game was originally delayed from its Dec. 6, 2016 release date to Q1 2017. The game is now expected to arrive some time between March 2017 and April 2018 - Ubisoft's upcoming fiscal year. South Park: The Fractured but Whole is coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

So basically using it as filler for one of their other releases possibly shitting the bed. Nice.

According to Steam they've now pushed the release of the game back to
>December 31, 2017

What nonsense are they playing at? Just recently the game has been in the 'upcoming' section of Steam and then suddenly this.

>>201736

As someone else said, this might be because Trump won the election and fucked up all their plans. Maybe they had to go rewrite the game's script, which would mean creating new assets (animation, voice acting) to match, which would then mean a whole new slew of Q&A testing and whatnot. While a "South Park" episode can be made in six days or less, a video game like "The Fractured But Whole" cannot.

>>201736
Stick of Truth was delayed a bunch, too. I'd just take it as the expected behavior with this franchise.

>>201740
Haven't they changed developers between the two games?

Yea kinda Obsidian handled all the game design last time now its only UbiSoft.

>>202293
You mean "Token Mode" Honestly if that's the gag I'll be on board. "Everyone treats you differently" Being everyone thinks you are Token even when he's in your party.

>>202295

Yeah, about that difficulty slider:

http://www.gamesradar.com/south-park-the-fractured-but-wholes-race-choice-wont-actually-affect-difficulty-says-ubisoft/

>>202336
hope they include a link to the article to explain the "joke".

>>202337

…what?

South Park: The Fractured But Whole is going to be the most racial, gender and sexuality inclusive game of 2017.

>>202341

>Craig's Kryptonite

Hah.

Has anyone managed to complete the Nuclear Vessel relic?

I've got the recipe and two parts of it but can't find the Enterprise Bride Section to finish it.

>>202349

It should be in the same house as the other two parts, judging by the playthrough I was watching on Twitch the other night.

>Being a straight white male still triggers the Redneck fights.

Honestly that's the funniest way to play it.

Tried starting a second playthrough as a female to see if there's any notable changed dialogue.

While the game is great its not something you can really playthrough twice, stalled somewhere in the middle.

I'd be hesitant to buy a third South Park RPG, because the endgame of Fractured But Whole was bad.

The rest of the game was fairly good, but the lame Cartman bullshit just dragged on and on and made the whole final part of the game deeply unsatisfying/tedious. The expansions stuff in comparison was good too.

Also the show has been pretty poor for awhile, the pair have lost their touch when it comes to writing.

The election really messed them up. Both the lead up and the results.

>>200920
There's a new South Park game in the works?
New South Park Game Teaser THQ Nordic [HD 1080P]

>>423371
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! | Game Reveal Trailer
Would this be the game in question.

Features the New Kid again, but instead of an rpg is an action game with co-op

>>425286
SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY! | Release Date Trailer

>>425748
>>425286
Honestly this looks really lame compared to the rpgs, and it sucks they went back to the fantasy roleplaying after the superhero one instead of moving into a third brand new game.

Though the writing of FBW got pretty bad towards the end, doubt it will have gotten any better now.