Why Fractured But Whole is a PERFECT South Park Sequel

2014’s South Park: The Stick of Truth did something incredibly impressive. Gave us a genuinely fun and exciting RPG experience that FELT like you had been dropped into an episode of South Park. And while you might have expected Matt and Trey to leave it at that, feeling good about a wildly successful adaptation of their biggest property into the video game world, they were not satisfied. Instead, they nearly immediately began work on a follow up, a game that would eventually become South Park: The Fractured But Whole. And while it took me a bit longer to come to appreciate the South Park sequel, I can now pretty confidently say that I love it just as much as the first game. And amazingly, for mostly different reasons than I love the Stick of Truth. So join me as I dive deep into the massive, ambitious and incredibly impressive sequel, South Park: The Fractured But Whole.
Edited by Joe Murphy @nazchoz798
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[@WDonaldson2000]

Fun fact, if you try to skip the opening cutscene, Cartman will stop you from doing so multiple times until he just gives up and then you just skip to the credits.

[@MrPsyren99]

Also if you try and enter the code to Cartman's basement before going to Cartman's room Cartman stops you and tells you to stop cheating

[@rlinders9972]

Makes sense. The opening is all about him and he doesn't want you to miss his "epic" opening.

[@Squifum]

@@MrPsyren99 "Hey Tom Brady"

[@buttershark8952]

So you just comment KZbin clips you see like your own ideas

[@TheCopyNinja733]

@@buttershark8952bro’s mad over fucking nothing

[@whoisezekiel2099]

i desperately want a new kid video, the way matt and trey were able to make the concept of a silent protagonist a giant long running joke is amazing

[@Johnny2Cellos]

Definitely going to do this now that Snow Day is out

[@christinalittleton3771]

The whole "Car!" bit is wholesome; despite being on different sides, they warn each other about traffic laws.

[@himynameismike]

or maybe they don't want to see their friends getting run over by a car...

[@Why_v344]

But absolutely no warning when you use the classi summon

[@karatexperience]

​@@Why_v344the who summon?

[@thatdudethat7824]

there's even a loading screen tip saying "Don't play in the street" making you remember that it's all just for fun, even going further with the microagressions, being like "hey, we can all have fun without (insert insult used here)." The free hit is a nice touch too ❤

[@AlphaBookZ]

I just love the fact that because they couldn't name it "Fractured Butthole" they did the MOST South Park thing imaginable & named it "Fractured But Whole". The way they both dodge & accept the barriers is hands down the best superpower. I love the simplistic ingenuity of the show's creators!

[@essential67]

Butthole Buthole But hole But whole?

[@garfieldunderpants9914]

It was originally going to be called "The Butthole of Time"

[@oliverimhoof]

What's the really South Park thing is they accidentally stole the original title of Captain America: Civil War. It was going to be Captain America: The Fractured But Whole, but South Park got it first. 😝😝😝

[@Jerry_F]

@@oliverimhoofno? Why would you lie about that

[@oliverimhoof]

@@Jerry_F exactly. Why would I lie? Believe me or don't. I don't care. I neither gain nor lose anything either way.

[@erikm8373]

I do like the idea of the New Kid working with Professor Chaos next game. My idea is that, to instigate more chaos, Professor Chaos has developed a technology to collide the multiverses, which is, in reality, him hacking the latest social media system and sending everyone different messages about what game they're playing. So now the kids have broken out into factions playing Superheroes, fantasy, ninjas, etc, all fighting each other over what they should be playing. New Kid has to use their social media powers to restore order in the multiverse. I'm not sure how feasible it is, but I would love to see a massive story with a bunch of paths and endings based on who you side with each day. So you have your starting faction, then each day the story changes based on how you did things the previous days.

[@nitrogenbubbles4555]

Personally i'm hoping for imagination land.

[@ipromiseimtrying]

This is such an insane fire fuckin idea I love it

[@GooberPipebomb]

This is a great idea lmao

[@notadiamond]

That would be a cool like phone destroyer tie in to the 1st 2 games

[@ASleepz22]

Slightly sounds like phone destroyer but more developed plot

[@goodmorningpeople.]

Fun fact, it’s pretty obvious but when you start the fractured butwhole tutorial (since it introduces you to the mechanics), it follows suit of stick of truth. When you visit the bard in cartmans house. They ask where’s the the wizard and “Where is the fucking stick of truth” meaning that they didn’t tell anyone else about the fact they threw the stick into the water.

[@andrewdeluca7352]

I can't believe it took me this long to realize that the entire opening is focused around the fact that the boys never bothered to tell the other kids that they threw the stick in Stark's Pind.

[@goodmorningpeople.]

@@andrewdeluca7352 but the way the story goes it’s like most of them forget, which means the story most likely TOOK place after a couple months of the Missing stick: Starks pind event SINCE THEY ALSO SAY: “But I thought cartman had the stick.” Or something

[@od4407]

Also, getting to see Mysterion more is always a perfect sequel to anything

[@sknk.hunt42]

REAL!! mysterion never fails to entertain dude

[@superduper7874]

It physically hurt how little this genre of rpgs (superhero theme) is not utilized in more crpgs. It's like studios only know two genres, medieval dnd fantasy and sci fi, and are allergic to all others

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

Unfortunately it's what sells. And investors and studios are not interested in taking risks nowadays

[@elixxon]

Marvel and DC are holding a monopoly and they achieved that Monopoly by suing and sabotaging the competition out of business. It's considered unsafe to do non-satirical original superhero content.

[@danielgiovanniello7217]

@@elixxonUnless you're Spawn. Because no one fucks with Keith David.

[@user-dt9jo8ho2q]

​@@danielgiovanniello7217Spawn is literally DC comics, dude Sorry for ruining your cringy fanatism over some Keith guy

[@danielgiovanniello7217]

@@user-dt9jo8ho2q that's just not right. Spawn is owned by Image Comics. Keith David is Spawn's voice actor is every appearance he's made in animated form.

[@missingLEGACY]

Interesting things to note, the Morgan Freeman boss can't be fought if you play as a black kid, he gives you a unique item instead. You can also use the dlc buddies from the beginning of the game if you completed the dlcs on another save file.

[@TheSkyCaptain]

I always play as a black kid and I just learned that you can fight Morgan Freeman

[@connorstutz0056]

@@TheSkyCaptain its the hardest fight in the game by far, morgan freeman is op asf and you can win without super preparing

[@gemiguess]

@@connorstutz0056 I used final girl, speedster Boost, and the hemmorhagging thing and the hammer. Also make sure to use Mintberry diabetes, and super craig and make sure your avatar has freckles, also the time fart thing that makes you spawn your past self is reccomended, that’s how I beat it

[@mattgroening8872]

@@gemiguess final girl is such cheating lol

[@maedhocx7317]

@@TheSkyCaptain I’m pretty sure you also get less money the darker your skin tone is. Just like Cartman said: combat isn’t affected, just every other aspect of your whole life

[@charmer129]

One of the things I do like about fbw is that the later battles feel really intense and difficult, unlike the first where you could basically break the game

[@OhWowThatsDumb]

With how good both of these games are I’m very excited and curious for what the third game is going to be now that it’s been announced

[@14vatochongo]

Imagination land

[@Argonwolfproject]

@@14vatochongo I fuckin wish, copyright would be a nightmare

[@14vatochongo]

@@Argonwolfproject it's SNOW DAY!!!!

[@sknk.hunt42]

it's 3D and multiplayer

[@isislee919]

i wonder if you’re still excited

[@mosketo]

To me, this is better than The Stick of Truth. Has more playable characters, is more strategic, has great dlc, the superhero theme is great and is very fun. I was absolutely obsessed during my first play through.

[@aaunyea4799]

I love the gameplay so much. I really played it myself recently after watching gameplay years ago. It's way better than Stick of Truth

[@mosketo]

@@aaunyea4799 definitely

[@hermitpriest9820]

I love SoT, but after playing Fractured last year it really helps show some of the more annoying aspects of Stick. Namely the lack of replayability (imo) for such a short game. the shear lack of balance between the classes, with cases like Mage being absurdly broken for pretty much the entire game in any situation vs Rogue which is kind of ass in all but a few fights. and the kinda shallow build variety, since in terms of equips everyone's most likely just gonna end up with the same gear for a normal playthrough, and for the classes themselves it's basically "for mage, build around burn, everything else, bleed". Now granted this was kind of inevitable in a game where every class boils down to some version of "hit first, ask questions later" with a bit of variation. Which just makes the class design and gear system in Fractured feel more fun since you can actually make a build based on a role (for example in my most recent run I've been speccing full support since I'm trying to get the Token Experience achievement), and the Artifact and DNA system lets you try out far more varied stat layouts on the side of the strands, and more varied buffs on the side of the artifacts.

[@JeremyScott459]

100% agree

[@JeseMdeO]

I messed up playing Fractured but Whole before Stick of Truth, the gameplay is so dull to me after having more strategy in the second game.

[@John_Doe4269]

The most shocking thing about the whole game was how much of a *good* game it is. Trey and Matt said in an interview they thought they were done with making videogames after SoT, until they realised that experience taught them how to actually make them. They've never shied away from their love of tabletop and video games, so it shouldn't be surprising at all that they'd do something cool. But you can really see how their skills and design matured from one instalment to the other. The combat system is *awesome*! I haven't had this much fun just playing an RPG since maybe the GBA or PS1 eras. It's unique, versatile, engaging, it encourages experimentation and can be perfectly incorporated into the storytelling itself. It's a true inovation in the turn-based RPG genre, which is something I haven't seen in a long time. The DLCs are great, and if you do them as soon asap (once you get all companions who have environment abilities), they thread the line between challenging and total nightmare. Which I really loved. Shame you didn't mention the fighting DLC, I actually really liked it. Sure, it's just a coloseum-type add-on, but it was still fun to clear all the challenges after I'd 100%'d the rest of the game. I didn't want to let go, because I'd had to much fun through the whole experience, so that really allowed for a great time before saying goodbye. Some of those fights were almost impossible, so I felt like I'd proven myself and conquered not just the game, but the gameplay as well.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

I'd LOVE to see them make a third South Park game, which is pretty likely they'll do. I'm just wondering what genre they would do for it. My best bet would be Ninja as a reference for the Good Time With Weapon episode.

[@OhWowThatsDumb]

Oh the third game is actually already announced, there’s just no other information than the fact that it is being made right now

[@damienostler4531]

that would be so good

[@derpfluidvariant0916]

Given that the new kid is gonna be a villain, that might work. Helping Professor Chaos take over South Park and fighting the ninja personas of the other kids could be fun.

[@derpfluidvariant0916]

Imagine it's a 2d fighting game with move customization. Fights are in the anime style of playing with weapons, but exploration uses normal south Park style.

[@ItyourboyLiamwastaken]

same LOL

[@FancyCat69]

I wont lie, at first i hated the combat system for this one but when i tried it again from the beginning i realized i felt this way cuz i sucked at it. Fractured but whole is definitely a strong sequel and i eagerly await what the next game will be.

[@eclipseartstudios6352]

When you think about it, Mitch Conner basically represents the part of cartman's mind that wants to be in charge, be in control of everything and everyone and to always have things his way and only his way. Every part of himself that he will never admit about himself. Its really sad when you really think about it.

[@K4rm4ttack]

One detail I always wondered was why they changed fantasy Kyle's weapon into a hockey stick when he used a golf club in the first game. (His attack was even hitting the ball at them!)

[@gwenethp511]

Ike probably made him change it to be more Canadian XD

[@pythongg3995]

@@gwenethp511that actually makes sense

[@ArnLPs]

The song that plays while you run from Spontenous Bootey is just so good, I totally listen to it on a regular basis.

[@kidanarchy2105]

If they ever do a third game (not counting Snow Day) it should do Ninjas. Would love to see the Good Times With Weapons designs make a comeback.

[@Will-tk7wo]

Coming back to these older games makes me realize that snow day honestly isn’t bad at all. We were just really spoiled before😂

[@madhatter2695]

One thing I wish that in both games, was to include a portion of the games, even if I know it would be filler and padding, but to include a shortened school day portion. It would have added to the immersion and also built more and more of story telling for both games.

[@frankwest5388]

You mean like some sort of side quest that is trivia based, where you try to pass your classes? Like you get exams (trivia questions) to fill out and finish and depending on your grade you get some powerful abilities and maybe even a new class

[@madhatter2695]

@@frankwest5388 something like that, and to have a lunch and recess where you can interact with students and teachers outside of the main quest. Idk it would have been a huge amazing experience for me

[@MissedLane]

Same tbh, I imagined that it could be like the kindergarten games, getting through the day collecting items, making new deals or allies and having that effect later aspects or options you get in the story.

[@liquidnation9992]

That is a cool idea! The Persona series does this concept really well

[@iloveverycoolcats3833]

@@frankwest5388 Yup, i also want to see how garrison reacts to the new kid, Eating lunch with other kids, and how the 6th graders bully the 4th graders, especially garrison bc tbh i feel like mr garrison is just a more fucked up version of cartman

[@goatles9423]

I finished this game mere hours ago, and the Stick of Truth video is what got me to finally play these games after owning them for years. This upload could not have come at a better time

[@KawaiiJackHonne]

Fun fact if you choose Black American as your race in The game even your parents are arrested

[@localmenace3043]

They took SoT and injected it with Chemical X. Freaking brilliant masterpiece of a game, and the DLC is awesome too.

[@pigmasters3263]

I can say, I’ve beaten Morgan Freeman MANY TIMES without that fart ability. MBC is absolutely broken, characters with protection-granting-moves like Craig and Wendy are great for it too. Edit: I just want to emphasize that MBC is genuinely so good that it kinda ruins the challenge if you know what to do with him.

[@Robbie_Haruna]

MBC is already really good, but when you combine him with the sash from the DLC is when he becomes ridiculous.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Yeah, first time around i needed the plantmancer ultimate to revive my allies... multiple times, but then captain mint berry crunch came around and made things A TAD BIT easier, but that is because i refuse to use "the meta" and use moves that fit the character i am playing as.

[@Flower_Mom]

I've seen some speculation that the next game might be sci-fi themed with inspiration taken from Star Wars based on the fact Butters tempts you to join the dark side in this game's ending. I sure hope they actually give you the option to join him. I wanna cause some chaos with my boy.

[@SlamDunkPyro]

I love pretty much everything about FbW except for the ending lol. The two DLCs and most of the story is a ton of fun and I love the characters and how they’re used

[@Squifum]

I always thought fighting to the top of Clyde's tower in SoT was more climactic of an ending than one fight in a playground

[@emilynelson9174]

I agree. The ending was so anticlimactic imo

[@SlamDunkPyro]

@@emilynelson9174 yeah there might be context to it that I’ve forgotten but as far as I remember you come back from the Time Stint in the past, fight the stupid fuckin hand thing and that’s the end? The street fight was so much more fun lol. Idk if it would’ve worked for the final boss but it was much more enjoyable story and gameplay wise

[@SlamDunkPyro]

@@Squifum yeah theres two (?) bosses after a neat scene with the tower. In FBW as far as I remember it’s like you fight cartman, it’s really boring and then the game is done lol

[@emilynelson9174]

I had anticipated something especially challenging (similar to mutant human kite from another dimension) for the final battle... I am definitely grateful for the DLC's and those final bosses. I mean, I'm grateful for the whole game, don't get me wrong, but I was still kinda..let down

[@gameinatorshow6470]

If you end up playing again and want to incorporate the DLCs in the story. I would either play Mysterions mission before or after the Police mission evening as he acknowledged that there's bigger things happening in south park at the time where there's actually bigger things occurring. Then Assisting Jimmy would definitely fit well after the police evening mission as there's 2 things for him to go oh damn about, the torn up plan and the dead counselers

[@Robbie_Haruna]

I've always done both DLCs around the time of Mephesto's lab, do they scale with progression?

[@heydensan]

I actually managed to beat Morgan Freeman in my first playthrough without the final time fart power and any of the DLC. The strategy is to use Craig and Wendy as both have moves that aggro enemies to them while making them invincible for that turn, while having the downside of using it only every other turn. But with both Craig and Wendy you can swap between them. Since you're only fighting Freeman, you can essentially ping pong him with Craig and Wendy while having both yourself and your 3rd party member (preferably support since Freeman hits hard.)

[@madhatter2695]

One thing I really appreciated about fractured but whole was the inclusion of accessibility features, I have borderline severe carpal tunnel in both wrists and the all the rapid button pressing in stick of truth was absolutely brutal on me

[@hermitpriest9820]

Does kinda still have it in the form of the toilet minigame, but at least that isn't required. Saved me from busting the thumb sticks on a second controller due to a SP game.

[@stale_coffee]

whenever games do that i have to put the controller down and just poke the button one cause i suck at pressing it quickly but also my controller is fucking gross and the button gets stuck in lol

[@robinredd7734]

@@hermitpriest9820 There's actually a mini games assist option that you can turn on in settings! saves you from all the button pressing during Fartkour etc too

[@sndchamp9949]

I always imagined it was more like that episode where the kids got ninja weapons

[@pablolopezmartinez2750]

Fun fact, if the new kid is black, he cannot fight Morgan Freeman.

[@karina4125]

😊

[@someone-in1iu]

Please don't tell me this😭

[@johnsayles8032]

I'm black and it wasn't fun knowing too late I had been denied my greatest conquest.

[@Tr8or_]

Timmy does have real powers so does mint berry crunch, new kid and Mysterion.

[@carso1500]

Yeah but it's a very limited cast, also mint berry crunch is not in the main game and the jury is still up on timmy its weird meanwhile we know that both Mysterion and the new kid have super powers 100%

[@aidanshea5942]

For a third game I'd love for the theme of the game to be ninjas as a reference to "Good Times With Weapons". But more specifically I'd love to see them take influence from Persona, and have the ninja alter-egos be summonable abilities. They could even tie this into another idea I see for the third game a lot, which is Imaginationland. Have it so that the ninja "Personas" become real due to the kids imaginations making them real. This also works since they can follow up on the final scene of Fractured But Whole since Butters is still Professor Chaos in his ninja form

[@thrash208]

Id love to see it based in imaginationland

[@Arlo-Marino]

To this day I’m still playing it over and over again, the stories always amazing to replay and the gameplay is somehow the most fun system I’ve ever played

[@user-cg8hq9ny7x]

i dont know why no one has said this but the title "the fractured but whole" is a genius double entendre not only for the new kids butthole but also describes the team of the kids perfectly

[@JasonTate08]

This game is not only a perfect sequel for a South Park-game but to a video-game in general.

[@Laxhoop]

All I can say, is that if South Park does do another game, I’d want the theme to be, ironically, video games. The first game was based on fantasy, which was super popular for a time, the second was based on super heroes, which are starting to wane in popularity. But as the Mario movie has shown, video game movies are the next big thing. And to have the potentially final South Park video game, be solely about parodying video games, would be so fitting.

[@tylerwilson3800]

One of my favorite games growing up was the Simpsons Game where they did that very concept on one of their levels… Ironic but South Park has an episode about how The Simpson’s have already done it lol

[@hydra9627]

Yes, they could parody so many games as well, from Halo to Minecraft to COD to God of War, Zelda, there's just so many possibilites.

[@Doublemonk0506]

They need to include a reference to the World of Warcraft episode if the next game is based on video games

[@garfieldunderpants9914]

​@@tylerwilson3800the entirety of the simpsons game was making fun of video games

[@Grorl]

Combat was great in fractured... but it did only take me 1 playthrough to 100% it while SoT took me 3. The class combos were super fun for sure and the tacticle grid was great. If sot had the same, it would be unmatched between the two. Eother way, both games were great and i hope they make more. Mix best things from stick and fractured to make the uber southpark game! Edit: the kids being kids feel from stick of truth was imo the better story/feel. Just like Good times with weapons!

[@Boinuts]

I felt like fractured but whole hasn’t gotten much of the love as the stick of truth I’m glad you reviewed this thanks

[@estlin2001]

something I love most about the game is the battle banter, and how all the characters even dlc have unique lines for not just all the allies but even enemies or specific fights. I also love the subtle storytelling you see just wandering, namely newspaper headlines that foreshadow later plot points and sixth graders on day 2 start talking about friends going missing

[@Razorstolemycar]

I've replayed this game at least 5 times already on every difficulty! This game is so much fun and in my opinion has way more replay value than the stick of truth! Nothing against TSOT but the class system is nowhere near as advanced as the class system from fractured but whole. And I've played it on the hardest difficulty and basically had barely any issues with it, unlike TFBH where I died a lot on mastermind difficulty! Also the soundtrack is amazing on this game! I've put half of the songs on my video game music playlist they are so good! Especially the dlc songs like the vamp kids theme, or the bring the crunch battle theme! Compared to the stick of truth having a very basic soundtrack.

[@artorius4809]

39:00 it's a shame snow day didn't capitalize on the new kid being the villain

[@carso1500]

Seems like they are building up to it, the other kids act even more like assholes towards the new kid in snow days and it is getting a little grating, the thing is that snow days is a stick of truth based adventure while his villain turn around is likely to be reserved for a super hero adventure

[@SgtPoopus]

I watched this whole video and didn't even blink. You can make a 40 minute video that entertaining, damn. Great video man, honestly. It's going to be nice getting those Futurama videos up when the Hulu season begins!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Loved the video as always man! Morgan freeman was one of my favorite parts!😊😊❤❤🎉🎉

[@Panddie]

The South Park games are so much fun, I want a third game so bad 🙏

[@Luipaard005]

would love to see analysis videos for Mitch and the New Kid! I love these reviews and look forward to more, I like how in depth you go.

[@dragoon1090]

I'd love to see imagination Land be the setting for the third game. Either way I'm definitely going to buy it.

[@DoflamingoSolosDrip]

Fax, ill def buy that if it came out xD

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

I absolutely adore this game! Thanks for making a video on it man!😊😊❤🎉🎉

[@mr.waffles8739]

I loved the dlc, that reveal with MBC was hilarious, I did not see it coming at all

[@mightymidget7181]

I was a lot like Kyle during the story, I sorta just get rolling my eyes at Mitch Connor

[@SlamDunkPyro]

Same it was funny in the first like 3 minutes but then the gimmick and cartman’s surprised pikachu bullshit got really old. The last fight wasn’t even that fun either lol

[@GazBartone]

Dude thank you for the joy your videos give me.

[@purplex4065]

Damn I can't wait for the third game to come out so south park can have a perfect trilogy

[@shamal2351]

Great video! I would love to see your analysis on all seasons 😊

[@Thetrueblackcloverlover666]

I was so fucking confused if Mitch was an actual person or just cartman

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

I know I may sound like an old grandpa or some thing, but even though the fractured, but whole is a far more smooth and detailed experience, and it’s not as sluggish in almost every regard to the stick of truth, there is something that just is so good about the stick of truth that will always make me go to it first if I had to choose between the two. Maybe it’s the fact that when it came out, it was one of the best times in my life, and the Internet was like that golden age time period, but I also do agree absolutely with the points that you made in regards to the stick of truth, I think one of the main reasons I like it is because it feels like you’re directly dropped into the show

[@axeltheidiotfish9997]

I just had a realization with every South Park game they were sort of advancing in genres originally with the Stick of Truth a more Paper Mario Style with the fractured but hole a tactical RPG and now with snow fight or whatever it's called a Action Real Time RPG

[@melsy94]

Can we time fart back to the first two?

[@twilightexabyte]

I just watched your video on the stick of truth a few days ago. I was sad that there was no video on the next game but I guess my calls were answered.

[@adraxer1365]

39:18 Great Frace 😂

[@cicabeot1]

I haven’t even played Stick of Truth, but I wanted to play Fractured specifically because it lets you play as a trans girl. Unfortunately the boys are still calling me a boy so far. The authentic trans experience. 😭

[@mickidoesmedia]

well as Wendy will point out later: "why are you not telling the boys; why are you LETTING them not realize you aren't in fact, one of them"

[@cicabeot1]

@@mickidoesmedia Probably cause my character can't speak. Poor girl.

[@PlanetEarthTeam]

Excellent video!

[@Pleebus]

Coincidentally enough I had experienced practically all of the little annoyances and things that made you not finish the game until this year when I tried this one out after being really hooked on Stick of Truth which led to me eventually dropping it, glad to here you loved it by the end though will definitely be coming back to it at some point considering how much more you clicked with it this time around.

[@PeaYShooty]

I am from Mexico, and something I like from Fractureed But Whole is the fact that this game is translated by the official South Park spanish translators, unlike Stick Of truth that is only subtittled to spanish

[@scottgallagher3886]

butters and his mech-xican is nuts

[@Neo232100]

First off, Johnny I'd love to see a Mitch Conner Episode from you. But the rest is just my personal experience from the game. This is probably not only something that turned me into a much bigger South Park Fan, but it's also one of my favorite Games in years. I've played through the game multiple times in multiple ways to see more of the game and experience as much as I can. It helped me learn more about Gender identity than I knew when the game came out and I appreciated so many things in this game more as I've played it again after experiencing more of South Park.

[@cidlunius1076]

34:41 Perfect set up to say "Felt Bigger Longer and Uncut"

[@EDKsurly]

I love these games. I really wish they made a 3rd one.

[@Johnny2Cellos]

They’re currently working on one!

[@a_ninja2376]

A 40 min j2c video on one of my favorite games??? That alone gets my like. Thanks for the content dude!

[@Dustaroo]

Holy hell johnny your experience of having trouble getting into the game was basically my exact same exp. And also I just finished my the game only 4 months ago. Im so glad i actually got into it.

[@acethethirdking]

I want a Sci-Fi sequel! maybe building on things like the Giant Dragon Boss from the start of FBH and letting you build and pilot your own cardboard robot?

[@ApoptosisNecrosis]

i just finished playing stick of truth and fractured but whole so great video timing for me! 😂 There's definitely piece of both that i really enjoy but overall TFBW's polish and enormous amounts of content make it the winner in my books. also huge shout out to the accessibility options available. my only gripe is that the end fell a little flat for me. several of the fights leading up to the end felt more big and grand than the actual last battle(s). also wish the switch port was a little less buggy i had it crash on me at least twice losing progress both times.

[@crumblyairship]

Mitch Connor as a concept is so hilarious, and how much Kyle hates Cartman for it. i'd love a video about him

[@SlamDunkPyro]

I found it got old really quickly and it was a lame final fight concept but I also get why cartman would go all out on that

[@TomKrochock]

A Mitch Connor video would be amazing.

[@Mr_Case_Time]

It also took me much longer to get into FBW than SOT. I liked the stat upgrades that clothes and items gave you in SOT. It made me think more strategically about what kind of player I wanted to be. But once I got the hang of the special moves I liked the combat more in FBW.

[@TheTEN24]

This is a great breakdown on the game I myself only played through it in the last year. I just hope this upcoming game is as incredible as the first two

[@JasmineAmberSandbrook1923]

I think the night mission where you are paired up with Mysterion is 👍

[@kirbypulledoutthe9100]

for people that are buying the dlcs casa bonita can be considered early-mid part of the game when camp dlc can be considered litelarly the end part of the game( cause begginer enemies of camp dlc has around 800 hp while casa bonita dlc beggining enemies has around 200 and both of the super powers you get mostly the reaper abilities are pretty strong since the end of the movie girl powers mosly based on status affect damage from what i saw ( but has an insane super ability))

[@Sporklez420]

26:10 they shoulda had the cop say “he named his cat what?”

[@flaregaming7002]

I can’t believe he didn’t mention Jared from subway in the police station

[@aubrieg9023]

I also didn't like the combat system at first after having just played SoT, but it grew on me and now I love it much more than Stick of Truth. The enemies are so much more varied (and there's SO MANY of them!) and there's a lot more strategy you have to use, so it feels challenging all the way through. For Stick of Truth, the enemy variety is much smaller and the game gets way too easy by the end, even on hard mode. The battles also tend to last a lot longer in FBW and have a lot more unique aspects from battle to battle. The puzzle solving was also more fun. It's also fun that you can have such a large variety of buddies on your team, and each of them have a little bit of unique dialogue for each other, so if you cycle between them you can unlock different battle dialogue. I've found it so fun to pick a random team not only to come up with new strategies for battle, but also to hear the banter and dialogue. For example, Wendy loves Mysterion (she low key flirts with him and it's hilarious) and obviously Toolshed, but despises Mosquito and finds him disgusting and chastises him the entire battles they are together. Craig and Kyle's banter is hilarious. The powers in both of the games for each of the characters is so creative. I loved SoT (its story is absolutely flawless and I had so many laughs), but FbW kept me in the world much longer because of how much more advanced the combat is. I also loved that I could be a girl (that whole thing was written so funny and well). I hope in a future game they can improve the UI for particularly the map and quests. The map was annoying to use (much better in SoT), and there really should be a hot key for quests. Both games are fantastic and I'm so excited to see what this future one is. I'd also like to see a better system for leveling up. I think this game did a lot better in general of enemies scaling up to your abilities throughout the game, but I preferred the system in SoT where you can give attributes to the clothing/apply talent points to things (though did like that I could wear whatever I want in FbW). I also agree that it was fun in SoT to be able to walk around and explore with a buddy. I also love the tease at the end- they definitely are setting us up to work with Prof Chaos against the other kids in the next game, and I'm all for it.

[@kingmagikarp97]

I hope that he does a sequel video talking about the two fractured but whole DLCs

[@Beastlango]

I always saw the crazy scenes as a window into the kids imagination and how they saw things like in the fun with weapons episode

[@sagecolvard9644]

Yes, I 100% need a full Mitch Connor video.

[@groupgamingyt249]

Oh wow what a treat THANK YOU. 🙏🏽

[@ZigealFaust]

I beat this game in like 3 sittings I was so in love with it on my first run. Gonna replay it now that I have all the DLC.

[@WTFcat99]

I just super can't wait till the next game comes out

[@jose_rj2075]

Finally I've been waiting for this

[@RatelRegalement]

Very much hoping Snow Day isn't the 3rd game they were working on, and just a filler whilst a more (I dunno best term?) complete? one is hammered out. (Edit: Ah.. and there's your vid on it just shown up on my feed. Yup. x.x )

[@lunerdytrenlal3]

It’s small enough to be filler, it’s like 10 hours long so it’s possible to finish it in one sitting unlike the other two who are way longer

[@pigmasters3263]

I’m interested to see what the 3rd game will be about!

[@fxn09here]

I really like you do what you said!

[@posyPhantasm]

i actually got the scene they showed after staying dormant on the title screen for a while, funnily enough

[@waluigi_kin]

Been (slightly impatiently) waiting for this video!!! I 100% completed the game, including the token experience achievement lol, and its just an absolutely incredible game!

[@jahcode6132]

The combat in this game was such a massive improvement from the first game too.

[@noffermans1996]

Well I of course knew of South park before these two games is what made me really love it. I liked stick of truth. But i loved this one. I spend so long trying to find everything. I got hooked so quickly on the grid macanic. And while I don't get all the references. I had such fun with this game. I replay it every so often trying new builds and learning what I can. Just fond memories. And I hope the 3rd game is gonna be just as enjoyable ( And yes I would love to see you attempt to make a video about the new kid)

[@cyber_syndicate2920]

I've been waiting for this video🎉

[@masoncampeau4145]

Have you ever thought about making videos about American dad? The show really slams the Christmas episodes. My personal favourite episode is season 9’s “Lost in Space”. It follows up an interesting cliff hangar and has really awesome world building. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the show as a whole too.

[@zamn7937]

There's also more replay value. I find the most fun when playing on diabolic since in the early game you can sometimes die in one hit.

[@InktheImpassive]

I cheesed the Morgan Freeman battle using Ghost Mysterion and accidental positioning, it took a long time but its worth it to not make me get a headache trying the battle over and over.

[@WolfataDoor]

I might have to replay this one.

[@guineapiggunnerstudios]

He finally made this video

[@jonathanngo7452]

Despite negative and mixed reviews, I went ahead and purchase South Park: Snow Day. I beat it in a good afternoon/ evening of playing, and all it did was just really make me miss this game and SoT. I noticed I was actually missing 2 or 3 trophies while watching this video and went ahead and got the platinum for FBW. Apparently, I never played the DLC either, so even though there's a massive wait list for Casa Bonita - I got to go beat up vamp kids as a consolation prize lol