South Park: The Fractured But Whole is what happens when adult animated TV series South Park decides to parody superhero movies in a video game. The result is very derivative, and a whole lot of fun.
Where 2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth[1] liberally borrowed from Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, South Park: The Fractured But Whole derives inspiration from DC and Marvel, and the entire trend having a cinematic universe spun around them too. In place of the Avengers you have Coon and Friends, led by popular South Park character Eric Cartman as the titular Coon, with Mysterion aka Kenny McCormick leading the Freedom Pals - South Park’s version of the Justice League. Both factions are competing for their own Netflix[2] series. In order to do so, they set out to find a lost cat and use the cash reward from rescuing it to further their respective franchises.
Amidst all of this, you don the role of The New Kid. You’ll customise your character with a host of powers such as freezing enemies, or spouting fireballs, as well as forge your own origin story, which then plays out at regular intervals as the game progresses. In addition to this, you’ll take selfies, gain followers, and get to know the citizens South Park while uncovering a conspiracy that seeks to unit all the crime families in town.
Along the way, there will be combat. You and three other characters square off against an assortment of foes ranging from police officers to the series’ crazy crab people. Like the previous game, battles are turn-based, though there’s an added element of strategy. Much like XCOM[3], and Ubisoft’s own Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle[4]...