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Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s wonderfully twisted take on society, politics and all things pop culture has seen a handful of video game adaptations. What’s hard to deny is that The Stick of Truth, developed in 2014 by Obsidian (who aren’t returning for the sequel), rests at the top of the heap, with its bare bones, accessible role-playing format and laugh-a-minute pacing.
The long-awaited follow-up, The Fractured But Whole, has seen lengthy delays in its development, but I dare say it’s going to push the envelope even more than the original did; not that we saw all that much of it, thanks to the adorable crying koala censorship screens that, honestly, wound up being even funnier than the scenes they replaced.
Stick of Truth’s epic fantasy setting makes way for a Civil War piss-take with the boys splintering into two factions after falling out over a planned film franchise featuring their much-loved hero characters, including the likes of The Coon, Mysterio and Mint-Berry Crunch.
With any luck, Trey and Matt will be there in-person to show off another hilarious slice of the game, much like they did at last year’s conference before the game was unfortunately delayed yet again.
You don’t often see games get delayed three times though, so there might be light at the end of the tunnel yet.
Some more defined levelling and skill trees, perhaps some end-game tasks to keep the game’s world (which will hopefully be more expanded this time around) interesting when it’s all said and done. Given The Fractured But Whole is, in a way, a superhero spoof game and the best thing added to one of those in recent years is Arkham Knight’s Batmobile, I’d love to see something much the same in this game.
Perhaps the Coon’s iconic trike?