Cartman, Stan, Kyle and the gang have traded in the wooden swords and garbage can lid shields of last game’s Dungeons & Dragons parody, and turned their attention toward superheroes. What’s changed is the genre of the children’s town-spanning playtime. The Fractured But Whole’s town map is almost identical to The Stick of Truth Even the town map is nearly identical I was able to navigate around the city based off my memory of playing the previous game almost three years ago. Despite swapping developers from Obsidian Entertainment to Ubisoft San Francisco, the new game uses the same core exploration gameplay of walking around a 2.5D representation of the town of South Park and solving light puzzles using your powers. That’s not the only thing that The Fractured But Whole borrows from The Stick of Truth. It’s a clever choice that gives players creativity to define their own character, while also giving them control over which characters from the show they spend time with in their party - rather than forcing them to play as, say, a loud asshole like Cartman. Like The Stick of Truth, The Fractured But Whole puts you in the role of The New Kid, a character whose appearance, race, gender identity and even socioeconomic standing you’re able to determine for yourself throughout the course of the game. Is there something to enjoy in The Fractured But Whole if you can’t be bothered to give a shit about the show one way or another? Instead, let’s do as South Park so often does and take the middle path. If you’re a fan, or a devoted anti-fan, this review isn’t for you. But I’ve long since grown out of it I probably haven’t watched a full episode in a decade or more. Sure, I watched some of the show when I was in high school, rattling off catchphrases with my friends and giggling when my mom got upset with me. The more challenging place is the one I occupy: those who are entirely indifferent to South Park. Those fans are going to eat it up, and those predisposed to hating the show aren’t going to be convinced by Ubisoft’s take on things. Forgive the cliche, but I’ve never reviewed a game that better deserves it: The Fractured But Whole is a game made for existing South Park fans. Or if you’ve watched much of the cartoon the game is based on, then I assure you, you know.
If you played 2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth - a solid role-playing game spin on Comedy Central’s long-running animated series - then you know. Chances are you already know whether you’re going to enjoy South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
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