The most crucial aim of any video game is to make the player feel as immersed as possible in a newly created fantasized world. However, when a game design is based on any popular series, it might not be ideal to create an entirely distinctive world for the players to experience when everyone hopes to immerse themselves in the universe of their beloved shows and series.
Regrettably, “Question,” the developers behind South Park: Snow Day, made this neglectful decision.
Key Takeaways
- South Park: Snow Day deliberately failed to carry on the success of its predecessors.
- The idea of presenting the South Park universe in 3D did not settle well, as many of the show’s key elements were disregarded.
- The game strictly focuses on its gameplay mechanics, contradicting the narrative-driven universe.
World Presentation Was Seemingly Dull
South Park is well known for delivering the wackiest and most twisted humor based on the events and references from real-time events. The world of unreckonable chaos that sprouts thought-provoking nonsense sounds like a seemingly fascinating place to immerse in.
Following this, “South Park: The Fractured But Whole” was a fantastic title developed by Ubisoft. It was an extension of the series’ official episodes that contained many references to the show. The title gained a good reputation as it made gameplay appear much more attached to the official series.
On the contrary, South Park: Snow Day could not even come close to its prequels. I believe portraying South Park in a 3D world was an overall flawed step. It made the series’ canny outlook appear seemingly impossible to blend in with the gameplay.
I find the level designing quite blunt because it appears outdated and irrelevant. The shortsighted world made me feel like I was playing an old-fashioned arena-fighting game where the world exploration element is disregarded.
South Park: Snow Day hosted a world that would entirely differ from its predecessors. The only flaw here is that the world is so distinctive that it hinders the players’ perspective from relating it to the official series in any way possible.
To make matters even worse, the quests and stage designs appear repetitive. Rather than immersing in the surroundings, the game focuses on bringing your attention to its sketchy gameplay features, and not even those are living up to the hype where one can expect canny and unnatural disasters, which would blend into South Park’s theme.
Additionally, the world setting is not the only thing that contradicts the game’s perspective of the series. The underlying narrative fails to capture the series’ nature and taints the characters’ quality.
Absence Of The Prevalent Narrative
Storytelling is a crucial aspect of the series that South Park: Snow Day failed to evaluate. My primary concern with the game was that it was mainly gameplay-focused. The presence of many iconic faces, dark and offensive humor, and adult jokes were negligible in the game, which ruined my immersive experience with the South Park universe.
South Park: Snow Day entirely sets itself apart from the prevalent nature of violence in the series. I get that the game tried to deliver a first-hand experience of South Park in 3D touch, but the fact they eradicated the very essence of the series to do so is significantly appalling.
To summarize the narrative aspect, Snow Day appears like a family-friendly version of the South Park series. Being gameplay-focused was already a blunder, but the game also could not replicate the funny one-liners, annihilating the characters’ presence in the first place.
I have enjoyed the twisted, unsettling humor of South Park, and the chance to feel immersed in that universe in South Park: The Sick Of Truth and The Fractured But Whole was a promising experience for every fan.
Regrettably, when we look at South Park: Snow Day, things are quite the opposite. Discarding the most captivating elements of the series just to create an innovative and more friendly South Park universe somehow sounded like an imminent failure.
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