The Hate List
Long Load Times
They are downright awful and you are greeted with load times everywhere. Even when walking from one area of the neighborhood to another you are met with a load screen. I get that in order for those superb graphics to shine on the Switch something had to be sacrificed but I was a little taken back with how often and how long they surfaced. It was annoying, and if I don’t finish Fractured But Whole on the Switch it will likely be due to those stanky ass load times. They are certainly a nuisance to deal with.
Small Text
On a big screen monitor or TV, this isn’t much of an issue but while playing on the portable Switch console, the text is crazy small. The dialogue boxes that appear at the top of the screen are simply hard to read, as is pretty much everything in the menus. Maybe it’s my advanced age or maybe I just need to get my eyes checked, but the text was so small, I never really bothered much to read it. I should be able to merely glance up while playing to read the dialogue. Not come to full stop, pull the screen as close to my face as possible and squint as I try to read the text.
Mini Games Get Old, Fast
Sure, it is fun playing the taking a crud on the toilet mini-game the first time, but after that, the joke is long over. There are toilets everywhere in the game and I just never really found those mini-games challenging or all that rewarding. Many of the games involve manipulating, rotating or wiggling the joy cons. While the humor in the mini-games is often on the point, the games themselves are a bit of a drag. I never felt like they required much skill at all. You just need to be good at following on-screen instructions and exercise some patience.
There you have it. Are there something you enjoyed or hated about South Park: Fractured But Whole? Tell us in the comments below.