Editorial Review: Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny hop from the tube to the PlayStation in this mischief-filled game. You'll have the daunting task of saving South Park from a comet heading straight for South Park. In a bit of humor that is typical of the South Park series, the comet is visible only every 666 years. Defense comes via an arsenal of weapons that includes sniper chickens, cow launchers, snowballs (white and yellow), and Mr. Hanky the Christmas poo, who leaves a trail of you-know-what. Among the enemies, which change with each of the game's five episodes, are loud-mouthed turkeys that pop from the butts of larger turkeys, as well as mutant clones.
South Park's five episodes are broken into sublevels and are introduced by familiar characters, such as Chef. Of course, this game is filled with warped and off-color humor. For example, a fart sound denotes toggling between menu choices and a tally for quantity of helpless animals killed. You weren't expecting this game to be politically correct, were you?
Drawbacks include the repetitious music and character voices, as well as the slow onscreen movement, which impedes the game's multiplayer capabilities. The simple graphics used in the television show do not translate as effectively into this format. Lastly, the playing area is too expansive and visibility is often limited due to the white-on-white winter setting. --Kasty Thomas
Pros:
Unique introductory scenes
Warped South Park humor
Cons:
Simplistic graphics
Playing area too expansive, often with limited visibility
Slow movement response
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - IT'S FRIGGIN' CRAP!!!
THIS GAME IS FRIGGIN' CRAP! I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYBODY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH WOULD GIVE IT FIVE STARS! IT IS PURE CRAP! EVERYTHING ON IT IS FRIGGIN' CRAP! THE GRAPHICS ARE GRAP! THE GAMEPLAY IS CRAP! EVERYTHING IS CRAP! IT IS SO CRAPPY!!! IT IS CRAPPY! CRAPPY! CRAPPY! IF I WASN'T A CHRISTIAN,THERE WOULD BE TONS OF OTHER THINGS TO SAY...
Rating: - Meh
This game could have been a heck of alot better. The idea of the game is pretty stupid. They should have taken things from different episodes and made that the game. The graphics are good, since it's only playstation. The multiplayer is pretty fun. Too bad this game wasn't released later on and they could have put Jimmy and Timmy in it. I'm glad I bought this game though.
Rating: - Needs Improvement
I love south park and was expecting more from the game when I heard about it. In story mode you can be any of the four 8-year-olds. All the unlockable characters can only be used in battle mode and that was one of the biggest dissapointments to me. Another was the characters always say the same thing, I think they should say something new each level or episode.
And the last was that they only killed kenny in one episode on the game (the one with the robot turkey). They should've killed him more!!!! I bet that dissapointed alota kenny fans.
I really wish they would've added more kenny deaths but oh well. I heard on a web-site that the creaters of SP are thinking about making a new video game but still don't know what company and game-system to have it on. It better be better than the others they made, thats for sure.
Rating: - this game ROCKS
this game kicks ...! it includes your fav charactors and all that .... this 1st person shooter is so sweet it will knock u out. this game is 1 of my favorites, and it all fits neetly into cartmans big fat .... TRUST ME!what else is their 2 ask 4?
Rating: - South Park by Acclaim
This game really rocks! ...I enjoyed it very much! Cool graphics, cool characters, and I had a blast with the cow-launchers! For those who like South Park, I suggest you buy this game!
- IT'S FRIGGIN' CRAP!!!
- Meh
- Needs Improvement
- this game ROCKS
- South Park by Acclaim
