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for short) is a tactical role-playing game in the spirit of classic JRPGs. Combat is turn-based and grid-based. Role-playing occurs through character choices (classes, skills and equipment) rather than narrative choices.If you've played the previous game,for short), you'll recognize a lot of the game world and the game mechanics, although plenty of additions and alterations were made to givea fresh new look and feel.All in all,is definitely worth playing if you're into South Park and if you can stomach turn-based combat and quick-time events (QTEs) as ways of bringing action to a game.Whereaswas based on the medieval fantasy world the series' main characters created in the episode 'The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers', and elaborated on in three subsequent episodes,is based on the episode 'The Coon' and subsequent episodes that created a superhero alter ego for most of the fourth graders of South Park Elementary.When a cat goes missing and a $100 reward is offered for its safe return, Eric Cartman decides it's time to end the medieval fantasy theme of the gang's 'Stick of Truth' antics, and he has everyone assume the role of their superhero alter ego instead. You see, $100 would go a long way towards making the 'Coon and Friends' franchise a reality, especially now that some of the friends have split off and are trying to turn their group of 'Freedom Pals' into a franchise of their own.Your character may have become the kingpin of the Stick of Truth events, but in the superhero universe of South Park, you mean absolutely nothing… yet. You will need to build up an alter ego from scratch and decide what class of superhero you will be and which special powers will come with that persona. Don't fret, though, because to help you with all of that, you can count on… THE KEWN!You roam the town of South Park in 2.5D third-person perspective, which makes the game look exactly like the television series. Most of the town is open to you from the start, but some parts will only open up when the story advances to a certain point or when you acquire a new 'buddy skill', such as The Human Kite (Kyle) who can fly you to high places that were unreachable before.Combat is turn-based and grid-based. Since you can control a party of up to four characters, as opposed to two in the previous game, and since there are a lot more skills to choose from, the combat's tactical depth is greatly increased when compared to. On the other hand, the combat QTEs have been simplified, requiring you to press the action key either once or five times when prompted.While adventuring through South Park and its surroundings, you'll encounter a ton of 'minigames' in the form of QTEs. Fortunately, you can pretty much disable the QTEs through the game's options, converting them into a simple command to press one specific key once or a few times in a row without any rush to do so.The game's graphics are exactly like the television series, making you feel like you're playing one long interactive episode of the series.The same goes for the sound: the character's voice actors are the same people who voice the series, and the music and sound effects are typical South Park score.The biggest letdown and the reason for most of the negative reviews on Steam is the fact thatrequires Uplay, Ubisoft's DRM platform, to be installed on the computer in addition to Steam. But to be fair to Ubisoft, they've made Uplay a lot less intrusive over the years. And linking Uplay to Steam is finally actually possible, at least for this game. I installed and ran the game from my Steam library and I never even noticed Uplay being fired up. The first time I started the game, a message popped up advising me that Uplay was indeed running in the background and that I could collect points by completing certain tasks in the game, which I could then trade in for small rewards like wallpapers or in-game items (mostly cosmetic items), which was a nice optional feature that Uplay offered.Another thing I feel I should mention is that the PC version of the game is a pretty sloppy port. Especially the game's menu screens scream 'tailored to console'. There's always a large pointer present in addition to your mouse pointer. This can lead to unwanted actions taking place because when you click, the game sometimes registers the click for whatever button the console pointer is on, instead of registering it for the button you were pointing to with your mouse pointer. Also, in some inventory submenus, the scroll wheel doesn't work.When I finished the game, I'd had my South Park 'fix' and I felt no need for DLC that most people describe as very short and therefore expensive for what you get. Also, the DLC is generally described as average or decent at best, resulting in a 'mixed' rating on Steam.has 11 Steam Trading Cards. You'll get 6 while running the game.Of the 35 Steam Achievements, 8 are story-related and unmissable. The remaining achievements are varied and overall fairly challenging. One achievement requires you to play the whole game as a black character and on 'hard' difficulty (but not thedifficulty mode!), so if you jump into the game before checking out the achievements, you may already have forfeited that one. Another achievement requires you to defeat an optional boss, which can be a very challenging fight on hard mode. The remainder are achievements that are awarded for completing optional tasks or sets of collectibles.