Trey Parker and Matt Stone must know that the South Park games, thus far, have been pretty bad because they clearly don’t want to screw South Park: The Game. Not only has the creative duo behind the series sought to create a South Park game unlike anything that has come before it, they handpicked the developer (Obsidian) working on the project, and will not let it release until it’s “perfect.”
Parker and Stone, before THQ acquired the publishing rights to the game, approached Obsidian in the hopes that they would develop this RPG set in the South Park world. THQ’s Danny Bilson estimates that this relationship had been going on for about a year before THQ was even brought into the mix.
According to Bilson Parker and Stone “were looking for a publisher to get it involved and pick it up and drive it the rest of the way,” and that’s when THQ got involved. THQ might not necessarily have been the ideal choice for South Park, especially given predictions that the studio won’t survive the year, but apparently Obsidian was the right choice.
While it’s unclear based on Bilson’s comments how much control Stone and Parker have over the end product, you’d have to figure they gave themselves final say on any and everything regarding the game. Bilson even went so far as to say they would delay South Park: The Game past its 2012 release date if Parker and Stone were not satisfied with the game – something very rare for today. At the moment THQ and Obsidian are trying to make it work, matching with the schedules of Parker and Stone, but a delay seems pretty likely at this point.
The announcement of this South Park RPG, where the player rises through the ranks of the Colorado town, came as quite a surprise, but the more we hear and see about it the more intriguing it sounds. Still, when a game like Tenorman’s Revenge, a nigh unplayable platformer, releases carrying the South Park moniker it begs the question whether the property is simply used as a cash grab. But if the show’s creators have as much control over the end product, as it seems they do, then fans should have nothing to worry about.
Should Trey Parker and Matt Stone have the ultimate say in South Park: The Game even if it delays the title past its 2012 release date? Do you think that Obsidian was the right choice for this game?
South Park: The Game is targeting a 2012 release for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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The creators of South Park definitely need to have the last say so on the game, that’s a no brainer. Whether its delayed or not, I’m glad they aren’t tryin to rush it.
There hasnt been a good southpark game yet no reason to start now.
Trey and Matt also had nothing to do with the other South Park games, and they were all developed by second rate developers.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have good taste in an RPG maker.
you rarely see a publisher giving anyone control over release dates etc so this is pretty cool. i have faith in them on making a solid game b/c from what i’ve read (thank you game informer) it is shaping up to be pretty epic in terms of gameplay, authenticity etc.
The way I look at it its that if they aren’t impressed with the game then they could just pick up n leave to a differrent developer.
but that means they would have to start from scratch pushing things back even further, that wouldn’t really matter considering that they dont have a commitment to a publisher, but it would cost everyone money, time and resources when they could be working on other stuff.
not only that but if they ditched obsidian and went to someone else it would mean fans would have to wait even longer, which can lead to people loosing interest and in turn costing them sales… there’s a chain effect on every action in game dev buddy.
I honestly don’t understand the point.
I’ve never really been thrilled by much of what Obsidian’s done. Knights of the Old Republic II? Buggy and crappy story. Alpha Protocol? Nice ideas, horrible execution. Fallout New Vegas? Not bad, but basically piggy-backing off of what Bethesda already did. I don’t see the major interest in them.
I wish more developers would delay titles. I hate seeing whiny gamers complaining about a title being pushed back a couple of months, but I would much rather have a completed bug free game than a rushed piece of crap.
I agree I mean you saw how much better Skyrim could have been if they had delayed as little as a week. (Still an awesome game though)
I’ve seen Trey and Matt work on a few South Park episodes and its pretty crazy. When they are in PreProduction they love there ideas and so does every one else but come close to deadline or completion they do a 360 and will talk so much s*** on there own work when in post production calling it crap and not worth showing any one. Let us hope that wont be the case with the game or if what they say is true about not releasing it until its perfect we might never see the game. Im really looking forward in this game. Watch South Park for years so I would really like to see a creative and new type of RPG style game. Something with humor as a big part of it.
Of coarse, yes they need the final say so. They both are big gamers at heart and to create their very own rpg is like a dream for them. A South Park rpg seems almost perfect. A great blend of addictive rpg elements mixed in with hilarious and intriguing content.. cant wait.