Top Ten reasons why you should not buy ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ for your kids

Nerd Reactor gives their top ten reasons why parents should not be buying South Park: The Stick of Truth for their kids.

[Majin-vegeta]

Umm yea if you're a parent you shouldn't even be thinking in the first place to buy it for them.

[Blaze929]

how about one: It's rated M for Mature (17+)

[TomShoe]

No wonder CNN and FOX keep blaming violent video games. It's because their parents don't care when they walk into GameStop and buy GTA V or Call of Duty or God of War for their hyperactive 9 year olds.

Don't blame the games, blame the parents who let kids play those games.

[t0mmyb0y]

Exactly the same comment I was going to say Blaze.

[GUYwhoPLAYSvideoGAME]

but that's the problem isn't it, games aren't like movies, there are multiple m games that i think actually are appropriate for children, and no more harmful then lazertag.

Heck, the new edf's even rated m, it just isn't consistent enough

[JsonHenry]

Biggest reason NOT to buy it? Its only about ~10 to 12 hours long.

Wait till half off at least. I expect RPGs, even one this damn good and this damn funny, to last a little longer.

Am I being too picky? The game is fantastic. Just seemed so short. It could be because I never wanted it to stop? I dunno. But it seems too short for whatever reason.

[karl]

12 hour, short?

thats like 4 hours more than the average single player campaign.....................

if it felt even shorter its just proof of how great the game is...

[KillerPwned]

It is an amazing game though it is short. Through the time I been playing since yesterday doing all the side quests the game seems so much longer then what it is.

[JsonHenry]

12 hours is very short for an RPG.

[Githern]

To give my honest opinion: You're full of it. To put it plainly, if a responsible parent wants their children to indulge in the raunchy side of life they have every right to do so. I am a supreme example of this. My dad, who did not know how to rate video games, took the time to explain how life works. What is good bad. What is wrong or right. Behind his back, with his money, I owned: Wolf 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Quake and a variety of other games. All of which were extremely violent and in one case pretty damned messed up. I turned out fine, I am 32 years old and never jailed, haven't gone off the deep end, nor will I. Why? Because my parents took the damn time to explain life to me. Now we use entertainment as a form of baby sitting. If we went back to the way it was in the 80's and 90's half of this new bullshit generation would have their asses torn up and learned to "respect my authoritay".

[SavageKuma]

Reason one it is southpark!

[aragon]

well said lol, its serious article and an honest one but, south park is so funny.

[Applejack]

This game is obviously not intended for kids but that won't stop the irresponsible parents from buying it for them anyway if they really wanted it. Then the parents get upset when they find out what is in the game and blames it on everyone but themselves. Sad but true.

[Axonometri]

Christ! 10 reasons? I'll give you one! You could lose your kid(s)! What parent would even think of allowing kids to be anywhere around South Park?

This game pushes boundaries like no other, especially scenes with children!? Yet, watch me get disagrees and lose bubbles...

[webeblazing]

i doubt you can get your kid taken away for playing a rated m game or even watching a rated r movie

[Axonometri]

You can get your kids taken away and you didn't even do anything! It takes one person claiming your hurting the kids and continue to push the issue and false claims. CPS most definetly takes your kids away! And you will be powerless.

Go look up CPS controversy in Arizona since 2010.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Your kids are living with their mom aren't they?

[Kiwi66]

Some people don't care about what their kids play i mean like those that let their 6 or 7 year olds play gta or R18 games you just need to look at how many young kids play CoD

[aragon]

as a parent a nd a gamer its not very hard to exercise discretion as my boy cant tell me he wants gta because its fun, and no violence etc. I know what games are what but also a simple way to decide on buying a game for a child is by looking at the rating, whether you are a gamer parent or not. On that note sometimes I wonder where parents are when there are ten year olds playing shooters online and sending me troll messages.

[Bathyj]

Look, a game that looks like a cartoon Billy. It must be fun.

Pffft. Stupid hippies.

[LAWSON72]

One reason when you open doors to some houses there is quite the surprise, lol.

[Clover904]

Indeed, mmmkay.

[Geekman]

Top one reason you shouldn't boycott a good game: Because it's a good game.

[AceBlazer13]

Right off the top of my head, it's South Park.Any parent introducing their kids to anything South Park related is stupid, even I won't let my baby cousins watch that show. I love it though.

[kingPoS]

Top Ten reasons why you should not buy ‘insert rated R or M movie or game’ for your kids. - That sounds about right.

A good deal of parents think of anime as cartoons, likewise some also think all cartoons are for kids. For some reason, some people tend to take offense knowing adults enjoy cartoons just as much as kids do. Go figure!

Gateway MT6706 2008

[JohnathanACE]

I recently watched the scenes they took out for the European version of the game and I have to say this game is even more messed up than I'd thought it would be.

[Subaruwrx]

Well I'm a parent. My kid's are 24 and 25 (Yeah I'm pretty old.) My kids started watching South Park with me when they were around 7 and 8 back when the series started. It had absolutely no ill effect upon them as they are both successful and well adjusted adults. Kid's are going to see or hear the stuff that's in South Park (Family Guy, American Dad as well) even if you try to protect them from it. Best thing is to allow them to play or view the stuff that will supposedly harm them under your supervision. Censorship by the State is stupid and condescending.

[Stapleface]

I some what agree with you. Though the SP game pushes things way farther than any game, ever. I let my 10 year old son play COD. He is great at the game. But he knows it's a game. He is not violent, he is a straight A student, over all a pretty great kid. The biggest problem these days is finding a game worth playing that isn't M rated other than Pokemon. He loves that game, COD hasn't warped his child like mind, it's still there. That's probably his favorite game, with COD coming in second. The games you play don't make you messed up, if you have mental issues, they will rear their head at some point. Video game exposure or not. I know I played my share of fps's growing up, Doom, Duke Nukem, Goldeneye on the N64. Yet I didn't turn out to be a murderer. So I feel just fine letting my son play them.

[jagstatboy]

utter trash