![]() ![]() The player then has to pick whether they are a ‘cisgender’ or ‘transgender’ girl. If the player picks ‘female’, Mr Mackey is confused, as the main character in the previous South Park video game was a boy. ![]() When you want to talk about your sex, you can start by simply saying I’m a boy or a girl or other.” ![]() “I’m highly trained in sex issues, you don’t have to be afraid. I understand you want to talk about gender. The counsellor explains: “As your counsellor you can talk to me about anything. In a scene early in the game, school counsellor Mr Mackey asks the player to pick a gender for the character – either ‘Male, Female or Other’ – despite the same player character being exclusively male in a previous game. My favorite joke was when you let your character pick a gender and sexual identity only for the redneck gang to unnaturally say your choices through a dialogue. The game also adds an option for a character to identify as transgender, which adds extra transphobic attacks throughout the game. Picking ‘easy’ gives the character pale white skin, while picking ‘very difficult’ gives them dark skin. It was revealed that the game offers players a ‘difficulty’ slider on its character creation screen. Reports from journalists who played the early-access demo revealed that the game includes a crude social commentary – by becoming harder if your character is trans or black. Upcoming game South Park: The Fractured But Whole was previewed to press by developer Ubisoft this week, ahead of its official release next month.
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