The new trailer for South Park: The Fractured But Whole that debuted at Gamescom in Germany puts a major focus on the combat mechanics of the new South Park RPG. Farts are conspicuously absent (we’ve still seen nothing of the Butthole of Time), but the new trailer does introduce a fist-pumping middle finger attack that looks like a swarm of vulgar reddit upvotes pounding your foes.
The new Fractured But Whole trailer also minimizes the main South Park characters, offering instead a focus on the player character and the surprising level of customization available.
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If you’ve played the Stick of Truth, then a lot of the Fractured But Whole footage probably looks familiar. The same high standards seem to be in place here. If you like episodes of South Park this’ll probably work for you.
But what’s even more exciting is the prospect of a richer, more in-depth combat system. While The Stick of Truth was a fantastic narrative experience, the game became easy by the end, as your characters become increasingly overpowered. The Fractured But Whole adds a grid system, adding a tactical level to the combat that will hopefully make The Fractured But Whole an even better RPG experience.
South Park: The Fractured But Whole comes out Dec. 6.
- tactical combat
- great environmental puzzles
- seamless adaptation of South Park
- engaging boss encounters
- Coon and Friends parody was already stale
- sometimes more referential than funny on its own
- several game mechanics feel extraneous
