Kids turn superheroes
Is South Park: The Fractured But Whole as good as the first of the South Park franchise? Aiman Maulana finds out
COMBAT
When players have reached the point where all of the South Park kids change to their superhero persona, you will be allowed to pick from several classes of superheroes; Speedster, Brutalist and Blaster. In essence, you have two melee characters with varying play styles and a ranged character. As the game progresses, you get to choose additional classes for your character that will yield even more amazing abilities and upgrades.
While the game still retains the turnbased combat system, players have to move in a grid-style stage. Each turn enables characters to move within a specific range which is usually done for the sake of
Players will reach the point where all of the South Park kids change to their superhero persona. getting enemies in your range of attacks or dodging incoming attacks. This adds more depth to the game as you will need to properly strategise every move so you can beat enemies.
A bit of thinking is needed as even the regular enemies can be unforgiving if you’re not prepared. Regular enemies are capable of causing damage and status ailments that can make short work of your party. Speaking of party, you can have up to four characters in combat at one time, and you can swap your party members out for the South Park kids in their superhero persona.
You need to go through most parts of the storyline to get the full playable roster.
After completing the battles, you will gain experience points that will be used to level up the protagonist. However, the protagonist doesn’t directly grow stronger from leveling up. Instead, you will be unlocking artefact slots as you level up. Think of artefacts as equipment, where the more equipment you can put in the slots, the stronger you get. At the same time, the quality of the artefacts also plays a role in strengthening your characters.
Towards the end of the game, you are expected to reach around Level 9 as that’s when your artefact capacity maxes out. Thus, do not panic if you see yourself below Level 10 when you’re in the latter parts of the game. As for the rest of your party members, they will continuously get stronger as the game progresses, so you don’t have to worry. Think of it as they can only get stronger if your protagonist gets stronger.
CONCLUSION
isa good role-playing game with a very entertaining storyline.
Unfortunately, it did not manage to do • Entertaining storyline.
• Has plenty of challenges so players will not be easily bored.
• Combat system has plenty of
depth.
• Gives you a deeper insight into South Park and its characters.
• Has enough length for people
to enjoy for some time. as good as its predecessor,
but it is still a great game nonetheless. There is a fair amount of challenges but it’s not so much that you need to be a hardcore gamer to complete it.
However, if you’re the kind who can’t handle complex puzzles and strategising, this may not be the game for you. If you’re afanofthe animated series, you should definitely pick up the game as you will get a deeper insight into South Park and its characters.