I played The Stick of Truth a couple of years ago, and it's a game I'll remember for a long time. Besides the South Park-y graphics, it has everything that a modern RPG needs: classes, skills, spells, party building, inventory management. The gameplay is relatively simple, but so many novel elements are added over the course of the game that it kept me plugged until the end. I even went for collectibles and such. South Park humor is a thing of its own, and if you don't like it, you won't like the game. If you do, and you like RPGs or just video games in general, this is the thing for you.
We still make references to it during our D&D sessions and we still play the OST when we need combat music.
So this was my background as I set down to try out The Fractured but Whole. It was completely underwhelming. A few new mechanics, but mostly the same. Novel elements that I couldn't figure out. The theme wasn't enough to keep me hooked. I quit after a couple of hours.
... not saying it's a bad game. If you don't play The Stick of Truth before, it might have the same novelty element. It no longer did for me.
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