South Park: The Stick of Truth is a 2014
role-playing video game developed by
Obsidian Entertainment in collaboration with
South Park Digital Studios and published by
Ubisoft. Based on the American adult animated television series
South Park, the game follows the New Kid, who has moved to the eponymous town and becomes involved in an epic role-play fantasy war involving humans, wizards, and elves, who are fighting for control of the all-powerful Stick of Truth. Their game quickly escalates out of control, bringing them into conflict with aliens,
Nazi zombies, and gnomes, threatening the entire town with destruction.
The game is played from a
2.5D,
third-person perspective replicating the aesthetic of the television series. The New Kid is able to freely explore the town of South Park, interacting with characters and undertaking quests, and accessing new areas by progressing through the main story. By selecting one of four character archetypes,
Fighter,
Thief,
Mage, or
Jew, each offering specific abilities, the New Kid and a supporting party of characters use a variety of melee, ranged, and magical fart attacks to combat with their enemies.
Development began in 2009 after
South Park creators
Trey Parker and
Matt Stone approached Obsidian about making a role-playing game designed to look exactly like the television series. Parker and Stone were involved throughout the game's production: they wrote its script, consulted on the design, and as in the television program, they voiced many of the characters.
The Stick of Truth's production was turbulent; following the bankruptcy of the original publisher,
THQ, the rights to the game were acquired by Ubisoft in early 2013, and its release date was postponed several times from its initial date in March 2013 to its eventual release in March 2014, for
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3, and
Xbox 360.
The Stick of Truth was subject to
censorship in some regions because of its content, which includes abortions and Nazi imagery; Parker and Stone replaced the scenes with detailed explanations of what occurs in each scene. The game was released to positive reviews, which praised the comedic script, visual style, and faithfulness to the source material. It received criticism for a lack of challenging combat and technical issues that slowed or impeded progress. A sequel,
South Park: The Fractured but Whole, was released in October 2017, and
The Stick of Truth was re-released in February 2018, for
PlayStation 4 and
Xbox One, and on
Nintendo Switch in September 2018.
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South Park: The Stick of Truth | September 28, 2012 | 814 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 08, 2012 | 858 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 09, 2012 | 859 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 10, 2012 | 860 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 11, 2012 | 861 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 12, 2012 | 862 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 13, 2012 | 863 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 14, 2012 | 864 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 15, 2012 | 865 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 20, 2012 | 870 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 23, 2012 | 873 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 25, 2012 | 875 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 26, 2012 | 876 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 26, 2012 | 877 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 27, 2012 | 877 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 28, 2012 | 878 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 29, 2012 | 879 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | November 30, 2012 | 880 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 01, 2012 | 881 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 02, 2012 | 882 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 03, 2012 | 883 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 04, 2012 | 884 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 05, 2012 | 885 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 08, 2012 | 888 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 10, 2012 | 889 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 11, 2012 | 890 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 12, 2012 | 891 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 13, 2012 | 892 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 14, 2012 | 893 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 16, 2012 | 895 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 17, 2012 | 896 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | December 18, 2012 | 897 |
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South Park: The Stick of Truth | September 28, 2012 | 814 |
Known PC Builds (top)
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South Park: The Stick of Truth | September 28, 2012 | 814 |
South Park: The Stick of Truth | September 26, 2013 | 1188 |