You're not going to be completely lost if you're a South Park newbie. There are plenty of funny moments, especially in the main campaign, that don't rely on prior knowledge. Some references will sail over their head but I bet it would make them want to go back and watch some older episodes.RPG Fan: The bigger problem is that the Runescape game seems to just assume we know a lot of the characters. You don't get to engage with them on the side as much as you might in say, Dragon Age or Knights of the Old Republic.South Park Fan: I appreciate the fact that they don't just dump exposition on you. It always rang false to me when NPC's dropped their life stories on you in other roleplaying Runescape games. In Stick, you learn about the characters through their actions in the Runescape game. If you want to find out smaller details about the world, you can go explore. For example, you can take a glimpse into Cartman's mom's sordid past by looking through her room.RPG Fan: The New Kid, the main character, barely feels like he's part of the Runescape game. They put almost no effort into fleshing him out. His backstory's almost nonexistent.South Park Fan: I don't think they could've made him ever be as funny or interesting as the characters that have over a decade's worth of history from the show. Why even bother?RPG Fan: They could've at least RS 3 Gold tried. I've got faith in South Park's writers considering how funny the rest of the Runescape game is. Maybe they'd have more time to round out the hero if the Runescape game wasn't only 10 hours.South Park Fan: Oh, here we go with this roleplaying gamer it needs to be 40 hours so I can wallow in my own filth for a month bullshit. Would the Runescape game really have been better with 30 more hours? They would've just padded it out with even simpler side quests RPG Fan: Those side quests were kinda balls, yeah.South Park Fan: or they would've just added a lot more combat. Five enemies per corridor instead of two or whatever. It would've killed the pacing of the story.RPG Fan:
