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South Park™: The Fractured But Whole™

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 • 2017

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Quick resume

From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park: The Fractured But Whole, a sequel to 2014's award-winning South Park: The Stick of Truth.

Global score

85/100

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Authentic south park humor and voice acting
    • Engaging tactical turn-based combat
    • Extensive character customization and skill mixing
    • Immersive story with many references
    • Large open world with collectibles and side quests

    Cons

    • Some bugs and technical issues reported
    • Combat can be slow and repetitive
    • Requires ubisoft account and launcher
    • Story pacing and ending considered weak by some
    • High price relative to content length

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "Combat involves tactical grid-based challenges with skill combinations and strategic positioning, though some find it repetitive."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on single-player experience with no evidence of ranked modes or direct player-vs-player competition."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long playtimes and engagement with side quests and character progression, though some find repetitive quests tedious."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Gameplay centers on a fixed party of four characters working together, but this is single-player with no multiplayer cooperation."

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      "While players control a party of up to four characters, cooperation is within the single-player context; no multiplayer or social teamwork reported."

    • Creativity

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      "Character customization, skill choices, and crafting systems allow creative player expression."

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      "Character customization, skill mixing, crafting, and exploration of a detailed world with many references support creative player expression."

    • Domination

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      "No evidence of exerting control over other players; interactions are single-player and respectful."

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      "No indications of exerting control or superiority over other players; interactions are balanced and respectful within single-player."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a humorous, immersive escape with engaging story, jokes, and exploration, often cited as stress relief and distraction."

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      "Players use the game as a humorous, immersive escape with engaging story and world, providing distraction and stress relief."

    • Expectation

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      -4

      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and intrinsic motivation."

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and fandom for South Park, with intrinsic motivation rather than obligation."

    • Experimenting

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      "Game encourages trying new abilities and revisiting levels with new skills, fostering experimentation."

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    • Exploration

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      "Open world town with multiple locations to discover and revisit encourages exploration."

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      "Open world town with many areas to discover, collectibles, and secrets encourage curiosity-driven exploration."

    • Expression

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      "Extensive character customization with outfits and abilities allows self-expression."

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      "Extensive character customization including costumes, gender, ethnicity, and skill builds allow strong self-expression."

    • Fantasy

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      "The superhero theme and humorous, exaggerated elements provide an imaginative, fictional experience."

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      "The superhero theme with imaginative powers, absurd humor, and fictional scenarios embody a strong fantasy orientation."

    • Fellowship

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      "Gameplay is primarily single-player with minimal social interaction or community focus."

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      "Gameplay is single-player focused with limited social interaction; community feeling is minimal."

    • Growth

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      3

      "Skill leveling, crafting, and character development provide learning and progression opportunities"

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      "Character progression through leveling, unlocking skills, crafting, and artifact collection promotes learning and development."

    • Health

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      -4

      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity; long sessions reported."

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity elements; long sessions reported."

    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during combat and story progression; not suited for idle or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention during tactical combat and story progression; not suited for background or casual idle play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are limited to scripted NPC dialogues without deep emotional or relationship building."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead a team of characters in tactical combat, making strategic decisions and guiding actions."

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    • Progression

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      4

      "Strong emphasis on leveling, collecting items, crafting, and unlocking new abilities."

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      "Strong emphasis on leveling up, collecting artifacts, crafting, and unlocking new skills and costumes."

    • Relaxation

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      2

      "Mix of relaxing exploration and humor with moments of challenge and tension in combat."

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      "Humor and story provide relaxation, but tactical combat and some bugs may cause tension or frustration."

    • Sensation

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      2

      "Visual and auditory elements are engaging though graphics are simple; combat animations add excitement."

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    • Status

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      "No social status or ranking systems; achievements exist but mostly personal milestones."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative immersion with episodic storytelling, character interactions, and humor."

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    • Strategy

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      "Combat requires tactical thinking, timing, and resource management, especially in boss battles."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Players feel the game offers fair value for price, though some mention bugs reduce enjoyment."

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    • Violence

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      "Combat involves defeating enemies with various weapons; violence is cartoonish and humorous."

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Survival.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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