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There is a moment around the ten-hour mark where you feel as though the story is about to end and it merely opens up another chapter in the story and the focus then shifts to this and it feels almost like another campaign has started instead of the current one progressing. The game makes major shifts in its story and often feels like two or three different campaigns stitched together yet never feeling as one cohesive narrative. The story and the presentation of the game feel more so like a 15-hour long episode than The Stick of Truth did, and that is for better and for worse. What is different here however is that you can finally set the gender of your character and each choice will insult a group of rednecks that will 'not take too kindly' to your choice and then lead to a battle with the group of drunks. The game opens during the end of The Stick of Truth where the various kids from the show are taking part in an epic fantasy battle while Cartman, dressed up as The Coon, his raccoon take on Batman, is set to shift the roleplaying to that of superheroes, and once again, you start from the bottom and have to work your way back up to the popularity you had at the end of the prior game. Once again you are playing as the new kid in South Park, in fact, it is the same kid you played as during the Stick of Truth. While The Fractured But Whole still takes chances that the show could never get away with, it fails to capitalize on the extremes that the series has been known for. There are a few jokes like the attack that ex-Subway icon Jared uses during his boss battle, or when you and Captain Diabetes pretend to be girls at a strip club and grind away at patrons to get information on another stripper, that feel as though they are about to cross the line, but then don't. That being said, The Fractured But Whole is still a laugh out loud game that will have you chuckle quite often during its 15-hour campaign, but nothing here feels as extreme or as out-there as what we experienced in The Stick of Truth.

While this sequel to The Stick of Truth is a much better game mechanically, mostly due to its much-improved battle system, it feels far too safe in its satire and doesn't push the envelope on much of its jokes as often as it has before. I've caught the odd episode here and there and recently watched the newest episode leading up to the release of The Fractured But Whole, which had its moments but failed to be consistently funny, and that's the problem with this game as well. While I've been a fan of South Park since its initial release 20 years ago, I haven't watched much during the last few years.