South Park: Fractured But Whole and the Genius of Character Creation

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#1  Edited By R3FURBISHED
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Ubisoft's comedy RPG South Park: The Fractured but Whole features various levels of difficulty, from easy to very difficult, much like most games. What's different though is the difficulty affects the colour of your character's skin.

During the character creation section of the game, which you can see in the video below (skip to the five minutes and 40 seconds mark), you select the difficulty of the game. What's interesting is the easier the difficulty, the lighter your character's skin. Conversely, the harder the difficulty, the darker your character's skin. It means if you want to play The Fractured but Whole on a harder than normal difficulty, you have to play as a person of colour.

During the process, South Park stalwart Eric Cartman will comment: "Don't worry, this doesn't affect combat. Just every other aspect of your whole life."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-09-07-south-park-the-fractured-but-whole-difficulty-slider-changes-the-colour-of-your-skin

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#2  Edited By R3FURBISHED
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This has to be one of the most brilliant additions to any video game, and the social satire just adds to it.

I would recommend giving the article a read as well, Matt and Trey do a great job tackling LGBTQ.

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#3 Howmakewood
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It's great.

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#4 PinkAnimal
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lmao! that's awesome

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#5 spike6958
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That's... that's incredible.

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#6 Dr_Vancouver
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Lol, it feels as if I've had this game preordered for a decade. Must have it. SoT was so freaking good, and from what I've seen the sequel will not dissapoint. Ive got the Super fancy edition locked down, comes with an R/C Coon that spouts off random racist comments as you chase the cats with it. Gonna be good.

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#7  Edited By enzyme36
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It's like real life

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#8 PopGotcha
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As if I couldn't love Matt and Trey anymore. New episodes next week, and the game finally coming out soon. What a time to be a diehard South Park fan

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#10 DrLostRib
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I'm sure this will get someone's panties in a twist

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#11 SOedipus
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@drlostrib said:

I'm sure this will get someone's panties in a twist

Which makes it awesome!

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#12 lundy86_4
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Haha, you do have to poke fun at the genral idiocy of the populace.

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#13 Mario1331
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@lundy86_4 said:

Haha, you do have to poke fun at the genral idiocy of the populace.

i actually feel this is one of the most conscious things they have ever done. i will be definitely playing with a dark skin character.

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#14  Edited By GunSmith1_basic
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very clever, but I'm confused. Cartman says it doesn't affect combat, so is it just a joke or is the game actually harder the darker you are?

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#15 Howmakewood
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@GunSmith1_basic said:

very clever, but I'm confused. Cartman says it doesn't affect combat, so is it just a joke or is the game actually harder the darker you are?

he also says just affects everything else in your life after that, so how others treat you in the game etc

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#16 PSP107
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@enzyme36: @pinkanimal: @Mario1331: @howmakewood: @popgotcha:

Wait, aren't you the same people who were offended by Far Cry's direction?

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#17 PinkAnimal
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@PSP107: wut?

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#18 Howmakewood
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@PSP107: pretty sure I haven't said a thing regarding Far Cry

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#19  Edited By Ten_Pints
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Shouldn't the easiest mode be Asian/Chinese/Japanese?

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#20  Edited By speedfreak48t5p
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This actually makes me interested in the game. That's an awesome idea.

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#21 JustPlainLucas
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker are masters of parody. This is just genius! This game is going to be so good!

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#22 enzyme36
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@PSP107: I have never once mentioned Far Cry on this or any forum. Don't even see what you are referring to.

And what do you mean you people?

Lol - Jk

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I thought it would've been closer to lighter hues for "hardcore" at least in the context of video games.

Might apply in an irl situation though. xD

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#24 PSP107
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@pinkanimal: @howmakewood: @enzyme36:

My bad, I don't mean you guys in general. But wasn't there alot of backlash/sensitivity regarding Far Cry?

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#25 PinkAnimal
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@PSP107: No idea what you're talking about dude, never played that game myself

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#26 DocSanchez
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@drlostrib: my panties are untwisted. Its a brilliant parody.

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#27  Edited By R3FURBISHED
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@GunSmith1_basic said:

very clever, but I'm confused. Cartman says it doesn't affect combat, so is it just a joke or is the game actually harder the darker you are?

"Don't worry, this doesn't affect combat. Just every other aspect of your whole life."

That in and of itself is a joke. To answer your question the combat difficulty does not change, it's social satire on how having darker skin makes life in general more difficult.

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#28 R3FURBISHED
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@JustPlainLucas said:

Matt Stone and Trey Parker are masters of parody. This is just genius! This game is going to be so good!

Just to make all this the more better:

It turns out, if you pick a non-male character, Ubisoft will use the conversation with Mr Mackey as a smart retconning of The Stick of Truth.

"So the whole King and Stick of Truth thing, she was actually a girl the entire time?"

Mr Mackey then asks you to clarify exactly what you mean by a girl. You're then asked to select whether you identify as cisgender or transgender.

Aoife and Chris picked transgender, and Mr Mackey once again calls your parents. "It still tracks with The Stick of Truth, yes it does. She was definitely a girl the whole time. Yes of course. I get it."

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@PSP107 said:

@enzyme36: @pinkanimal: @Mario1331: @howmakewood: @popgotcha:

Wait, aren't you the same people who were offended by Far Cry's direction?

uhhhhhh wat.

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#30 FireEmblem_Man
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They're pretty much making fun of Identity Politics and it's genius!

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#31 Mario1331
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@PSP107: lol i dont even like far cry

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#32 jv303
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Very clever.