If The Fractured But Whole was comparable to "some of the show's best multi-episode arcs," then From Dusk Till Casa Bonita is like a great standalone episode.

It's a fantastic parody premise, adapting the idea of From Dusk Till Dawn to South Park's vamp kids and the - believe it or not, non-fictional - Casa Bonita restaurant. This sets up some pitch-perfect "South Park moments" juxtaposing the dark and supernatural with a food court and a mariachi band.

Especially the final boss, where an attempted summoning of vampire Corey Haim from The Lost Boys instead resurrects the cartoon's version of Michael Jackson and induces "Thriller" dance moves, feels like peak South Park.

As for gameplay, this DLC benefits from keeping itself constrained: it restricts you to one new class (with in-theme abilities), locks down your party (including newcomer Henrietta), and uses but doesn't change your fart-time powers. It strikes a great balance between new and old ideas and streamlines the game's pre-existing sprawl of class and party options.

Its "world," that is, the Casa Bonita restaurant - including an arcade and Black Bart's Cave! - does lack the main game's open-world scale and its abundance of South Park references. But it does still manage to fit a little non-linearity into this small space, allowing you to collect some vampire relics in whatever order you like.

From Dusk Till Casa Bonita is a short, but functionally-complete slice of gamified South Park. I'd love to see more self-contained stories like this one.

Better than: Mass Effect 3: Leviathan, South Park: The Stick of Truth (yeah, the full game!)
Not as good as: Mass Effect 3: Citadel, South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Spoiler alert: There's only one more self-contained story like this one.

Rating: Good