South Park: The Game was finally confirmed to be South Park: The Stick of Truth at the E3, and here we are with a first look at this role-playing game coming from Obsidian Entertainment, the maker of Fallout: New Vegas. There have been titles based on the extremely revered TV series before, but none of them touched on the RPG genre, and neither were they from a AAA developer.
Gamers will be spawned into the wacky town of South Park as ”˜the new kid,’ and will face the challenge of making friends. The title’s story begins when the children of South Park get enmeshed in a city-wide, live-action-role-playing game which has them casting imaginary spells and swinging fake swords. As time passes, this game evolves into a battle of good and evil that threatens to devour the entire world.
Gamers will be armed with legendary weapons, as they strive to get the better of crabpeople, underpants gnomes, hippies and other forces of evil. The task at hand will be earning a place at the side of Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny as their new friend and succeeding in being South Park’s savior which will consequently strengthen their social status in South Park Elementary.
This game has been voiced and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the original TV series. All throughout the title, classic characters will be recruitable, while gamers will also be able to customize their own characters with a number of different clothing items. Earlier scheduled to launch in 2012, the game has been delayed into 2013.
South Park: The Stick of Truth is slated to hit the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC early next year. It can be pre-ordered now at a price of 59.99 USD (approx. Rs. 3,325).