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[Okami Haundo]

Holy shit... That's pretty incredible. Seems appropriate that the South Park folks would have the balls to go there though.

 

[KodaRuss]

Wow, shit just got real. I might get this game now.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Internet outrage in 3....2....1....

You know what, good on Ubisoft. They've had a lot of diverse protagonists in their games lately. Except uhhhh women. But we'll get there. I hope.

 

[Mushroomer25]

this is pretty much their politics and very much in line with their other stuff.

Their politics typically fall on the 'both sides suck lol'/vaguely libertarian perspective. The game making a very clear & definitive statement about race relations is almost enough for me to doubt if Matt & Trey had anything to do with it.

 

[ta155]

Take a bow.

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Now that's funny and very South Park. Can't wait to play this game.

 

[NeoRausch]

 

[LinkSlayer64]

AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

 

[Kolx]

I laughed like I never did in days.

 

[PhantomThief]

Haha perfect.

 

[His Majesty]

But I thought South Park was a racist alt-right show?

Actually kinda surprised at this turn considering Trey and Matt's politics

lol

 

[mugurumakensei]

Sounds like it's not really a difficulty selector since it doesn't affect the combat difficulty of the game itself. It's just there to give a good message on the current state of affairs. Unless i'm missing something and skin color will affect other aspects of the game but I can't think of what those aspects would be outside something like less money to buy equipment. It's been awhile since I played SoT so I kinda forgot how the game systems work.

Basically, that's it. You earn less if you aren't white.

 

[Adobe]

i love it.

 

[Ridley327]

Their politics typically fall on the 'both sides suck lol'/vaguely libertarian perspective. The game making a very clear & definitive statement about race relations is almost enough for me to doubt if Matt & Trey had anything to do with it.

Their larger political views are definitely like that, but the show has always been super kind to minorities, LGBT and differently-abled people. This is totally something they would do.

 

[Gator86]

Hopefully it will actually be difficult. The first game was a cake walk on hard.

Well, yeah. Being black in America is pretty goddamn hard so the difficulty should be pretty high considering you are constantly at risk of random encounters with police using instant kill attacks.

 

[Pepin]

These also went live when the embargo was up--

The game is going to be twice as long as Stick of Truth:

"The Fractured but Whole has about double the content of the first game," Wiegend explained when asked about the size of the release.

"So it is a massive story. There is a lot to do inside South Park, there's a lot to do in the main story and there's a lot to do in the side missions."

And won't be censored anywhere in the world:

"We just got our ratings back," explained Weigend. "There are no content issues across all countries. Everyone around the world will play the exact same content in The Fractured But Whole".

In the previous game, certain scenes featuring aliens probing various members of the South Park cast and a scene in an abortion clinic were removed from regional versions of the game in Australia and Europe.

Weigand explains: "It was such a bummer that certain people couldn't play certain parts, but this time it seems to be more progressive and the ratings board must've been like ‘this isn't so bad, let's just go with it' [laughter]"

 

[il Diavolo]

This is incredible

 

[FelipeMGM]

thats amazing

 

[LiK]

Brietbart to start reviewing games.

"Game was too easy."

 

[Lanrutcon]

This is very, very clever.

 

[cordy]

I'm getting this game off the strength.

 

[The Hermit]

south park is still awesome

can't wait for their new season

 

[Jawmuncher]

Basically, that's it. You earn less if you aren't white.

Ahh ok. Yeah that's a really good way to tell that message then.

 

[SomTervo]

 

[13ruce]

South Park is back babeh!

 

[mugurumakensei]

Their politics typically fall on the 'both sides suck lol'/vaguely libertarian perspective. The game making a very clear & definitive statement about race relations is almost enough for me to doubt if Matt & Trey had anything to do with it.

Nah, they went hard on Trumps racism, sexism, and narcissistic personality last season. They are part of what I'd call the apathetic moderate.

On social issues, they are very progressive though.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

"Game was too easy."

This made me LOL at my desk louder than it should have.

 

[suicreeps]

Not trying to sound racist but I don't really like being forced to play as a certain race since I like making characters that look like me, but I guess I'm going to have to live with it if I play hard mode

 

[legacyzero]

Amazing. I came into this thread expecting explosions. That's what my Twitter feed was initially like until people started reading the article.

Not trying to sound racist but I don't really like being forced to play as a certain race since I like making characters that look like me, but I guess I'm going to have to live with it if I play hard mode

Never a good idea to start a sentence with "I'm not racist, but..."

 

[Owensboro]

Sounds like it's not really a difficulty selector since it doesn't affect the combat difficulty of the game itself. It's just there to give a good message on the current state of affairs. Unless i'm missing something and skin color will affect other aspects of the game but I can't think of what those aspects would be outside something like less money to buy equipment. It's been awhile since I played SoT so I kinda forgot how the game systems work.

If they lean hard into the RPG elements, there are lots of ways this could make the game harder without just making just the numbers in combat bigger. Example: You make less money, NPCs are initially more hostile / scared of you, you aren't allowed to go into areas as easily, you're more likely to be targeted by "encounters" with law enforcement, NPCs keep crossing the street when you want to talk to them, you're blamed for any minor crimes that happen around town, you're the target of constant racist slurs and told to get over it, etc...

I've always thought just increasing enemy damage is the worst way to make a "hard mode", so this could potentially be really, really interesting. This sounds cool as hell, but I doubt it's going to end up what I want it to be.

 

[nelo_inc]

Goes very well with South Park and the part " Don't worry, this doesn't affect combat. Just every other aspect of your whole life." it's just great!

 

[Zemm]

This is amazing hahaha, I love it

 

[TraBuch]

Will there also be cops that jump out at you in random places on the harder difficulties that aren't there on easy?

 

[Jasong7777]

No lies detected.

 

[Weltall Zero]

Basically, that's it. You earn less if you aren't white.

That's amazing. Can't wait for the gamergame "keep politics etc." meltdowns and sweet, sweet tears.
For extra accuracy, they should make it so you also earn less if you pick a female character. "You made a black female character: Nightmare mode unlocked!".

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

South Park: The Fractured But Whole |OT| Once You Go Black...

Nailed it.

 

[Peltz]

Pretty innovative stuff. We haven't really seen much of this in the games industry. I think it's great.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Ok thats pretty awesome..lol.

 

[AuthenticM]

amazing

 

[awilliams213]

Dope concept

 

[AwakenedCloud]

|OT| The true Butt Whole starts here

 

[smokeymicpot]

Wish it was coming out next week the same time as the new season starts.

 

[Give War A Chance]

This is actually incredible.

 

[alr1ght]

Wow, amazing.

 

[BY2K]

Not trying to sound racist but I don't really like being forced to play as a certain race since I like making characters that look like me, but I guess I'm going to have to live with it if I play hard mode

It doesn't actually make the game more difficult. Unless money has a big impact on the game. It changes nothing to combat, however.

 

[Slayven]

That's amazing. Can't wait for the gamergame "keep politics etc." meltdowns and sweet, sweet tears.
For extra accuracy, they should make it so you also earn less if you pick a female character. "You made a black female character: Nightmare mode unlocked!".

The black female option would be harder than Dark Souls with a controller shorting out

 

[ArjanN]

That's pretty clever, hopefully the writing is better than the last couple of seasons of the TV show.

 

[Exterminieren]

Oh man, that's superb.

 

[shira]

Wow, you'd never see another game do this

 

[Kalor]

That's actually pretty good.