I will start by saying; yes it was worth the wait. The next question everyone asks is, was it as good as the first one? That question is a lot harder to answer.
Just like in The Stick of Truth, when you play The Fractured but Whole, you don’t really feel like you’re playing a game as much as you feel like you are in a an episode of the show. The voices are perfect and the animation looks exactly the same as an episode.
You pick up right where The Stick of Truth left off; while you don’t need to have played the previous game, I still suggest that you do. I say that because you will appreciate the improvements that were made with this game.
One of the best things was the improved combat system. Not only was the addition of the grid to the turn based system an improvement, but the character abilities as well. Unlike most RPGs where you have skill points to earn or penalties for revamping your toon, in this game altering your character is as easy as just talking to Cartman. In addition to that throughout the game classes are continually added so you always have a new skill to play with and new powers to mix and match so you aren’t suck always using the same attacks over and over if you don’t want to. The added abilities are actually different and useful.
On the downside, I have no idea why I could collect and craft. Crafting played into the story just a tiny bit. And when I say tiny I mean when you compare how much you could collect and craft to how much you actually needed it, a microscope would be needed to see the part that was actually required. With that was the annoying quick pop ups when collecting. I actually enjoy reading the names of objects and items. It was a great part of The Stick of Truth as a fan of the show, but in this game you have to be staring at your screen where you know the description will pop up if you want to read about what you just picked up.
I played this on “mastermind” the most difficult setting and honestly combat wasn’t too hard as long as you upgraded and know your attacks. The nice thing however is that you never really got too OP. Unlike other titles both you and you enemies really seem to scale at the same pace. Combat varies and there are things that are thrown in that you would never expect in an RPG but totally make sense from kids playing pretend, which is what the kids of South Park are doing.
Basically if you like the show and you like video games you will like this game.