South Park: Snow Day!

The humor and imaginative gameplay make South Park: Snow Day a snow day that I never want to end!

Anyone who is a fan of South Park needs to play SOUTH PARK: SNOW DAY!, especially if they really enjoyed Stick of Truth. The cooperative gameplay with the action/adventure combat element actually makes this more approachable to play with others compared to Stick of Truth, which was a turn-based RPG. If you are not a fan of South Park, some of the gameplay limitations may inhibit the experience as it seems the development team didn't want to over-complicate the gameplay while also focusing on the story being told. With post-game options and the ability to play with others, this adds replayabili...

A breezy and affordable South Park curiosity, South Park: Snowday! Is a delicious slice of immature humour pie that sits comfortably in the stomach. Turning to an action-RPG experience away from a turn-based one isn’t an entirely successful one, as the lack of the unexpected will become noticeable throughout, but the pleasure of slashing your way through a short, affordable and gratifying South Park adventure will win out. Snowday! Is ultimately a nice and welcome treat as long as you keep your expectations in check.

That said, for all its shortcomings, it is a fun little multiplayer combat game that's best enjoyed with friends, which is what it set out to be. Just don't expect The Stick of Truth 2.

South Park Snow Day is a fun game that is a perfect fit for Game Pass or PlayStation Plus. I'd wait until it hits one of those services before checking it out.

South Park Snow Day did its best to captivate the essence of the famous adult-rated series but felt ineffective regarding its gameplay.

Worthy co-op hijinks that don't drag on, but also a reminder that South Park has been used much better in past games.

Admittedly, fans of the previous South Park games, ‘Stick of Truth‘ and ‘Fractured But Whole,’ will find themselves left wanting more when they get their hands on South Park: Snow Day. While Snow Day technically stands as a sequel to both games—continuing the story of a new kid who gets caught up in the unbridled insanity of a quaint Colorado town—it also tries to distinguish itself in ways that only work sporadically. Maybe this boils down to the fact that South Park Digital Studios LLC has looked to a different team to grab the reins for the third time in three development cycles. Snow Day s...

Maybe it could be claimed that South Park’s raunchy and poop-filled humor doesn’t resonate with me anymore as it did many years ago; that might be true, but the issue isn’t with the jokes or the narrative themselves, but with the actual gameplay. It feels inconsequential, exclusively tailored for the most die-hard fans who aren’t concerned about the lackluster and repetitive mechanics, and will go for anything South Park. Demanding players, on the other hand, will quickly realize that there are much better cooperative games out there and it doesn’t take a bullshit card to discover them in litt...

South Park: Snow Day is, ultimately, a huge disappointment. This is so far removed from The Stick of Truth and The Fractured But Whole that it really shouldn’t be considered to be related to them in any way. Sure, there’s a glimmer of trademark South Park humour here, but it’s not enough to make the repetitive, dull and painfully scrappy gameplay any more enjoyable. This is a snow day you can safely sit out of: stay home and play Stick of Truth again instead.

The state of South Park: Snow Day! is a little easier to swallow when you consider the vastly reduced price tag of £24.99 - almost a third of what most AAA releases will cost you these days. Given the budget price, some of the bits that are rough around the edges can almost be forgiven.

“South Park: Snow Day! flushes a nostalgic multiplayer premise down the toilet.”