You Can Play as a Girl in The Fractured But Whole

[Steven Bogos]

You Can Play as a Girl in The Fractured But Whole

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Naturally, the South Park boys will treat you differently if you play as a girl.

In South Park: The Stick of Truth, you played as the "new kid," a boy who has just moved into the town of South Park. While there were quite a few customization options, gender was not one of them. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker explain that this was due to a side quest in the game, where you are tasked with infiltrating the "girl" faction. In The Fractured But Whole [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/south%20park%20the%20fractured%20but%20whole?os=south+park+the+fractured+but+whole], the player character will be able to be a girl, although this will have some consequences on the way the other characters treat you.

In Stick of Truth we got halfway through the game, and we had narratively come up with the big Girls' Quest halfway through it. [The Girls] were a faction in the fantasy world. And then someone's like, "What if you want to be a girl?" Narratively, it didn't work. We'd have to sh- can the whole game. So we just left it the way it was. This time, we obviously wanted to add that.

But the boys are little boys, because it's really a story about little boys running around. So they don't care about [your character being a girl]? That seems weird. They always seemed to care about it in the show. Are they dumb about it, and they don't know? So you're in hiding? Or do they totally care about that, and totally treat you differently? So we ended up doing those things differently for different characters.

It actually turned out to be quite a bit more work. I'm also playing The Division - I'm not just saying that because it's Ubisoft. I made the character look like my wife, just because I thought that was funny, running around New York shooting people looking like my wife. But the game doesn't treat you that differently. The guys still shoot you. The game doesn't really react that much differently. That's cool for that kind of game. It's been a funny journey to go through, introducing something that we thought would just be a cool feature. You're a girl! But now they're going to treat you different.

South Park The Fracture But Whole will be released for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One on December 5, 2016.

Source: Entertainment Weekly [http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/15/south-park-video-games-trey-parker-matt-stone]

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[Frankster]

This sounds cool.

Would give incentive for more playthroughs assuming I read it right about characters reacting differently depending on if you hide your gender or not..Which just probably means characters have 2 reactions, one to a default male/hidden female new kid, the second for an openly female new kid. Ah well still good for 2 playthroughs at least.

 

[Callate]

That's great. I'm all for it.

But I really hope someone doesn't go apoplectic about the way the inevitably rude humor treats a girl character. If they go through the trouble to record lengthy dialogue trees only to have a detrimental PR bomb and one more demonstration of "we can't have nice things", no one wins.

 

[busterkeatonrules]

That's great. I'm all for it.

But I really hope someone doesn't go apoplectic about the way the inevitably rude humor treats a girl character. If they go through the trouble to record lengthy dialogue trees only to have a detrimental PR bomb and one more demonstration of "we can't have nice things", no one wins.

These are the guys who make South Park. They'll have it covered.

 

[Areloch]

Hm, is it actually making the player character a girl? Or just going all princess-Kenny?

Because earlier stuff presented the player character as being the same one from Stick of Truth, you're still Douchebag. So I'm curious if they've changed that, or if, as said, you just go all princess-Kenny and dress up and play as a superheroine.

 

[FirstNameLastName]

I feel kind of stupid for only now realizing that the "but" in the title is actually "butt", and I've been missing a crude joke all this time.

 

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

I feel kind of stupid for only now realizing that the "but" in the title is actually "butt", and I've been missing a crude joke all this time.

That's all right, bud. Some things fall through the cracks every now and then. >.>

OT: Being the creators of South Park, I wonder how they'll go about this. Naturally, I believe they'll do great in what they plan to do, but I always like that some people can see these views without being part of, or having influences towards or influenced by, some sort of group. Makes me genuinely curious.

 

[Wrex Brogan]

...but can you play as an old lady?

#crossthreadhumour
[sub]#don'tkickmyassforusinghashtags[/sub]

 

[Bobular]

...but can you play as an old lady?

#crossthreadhumour
[sub]#don'tkickmyassforusinghashtags[/sub]

Now I want to be able to play as some clearly creepy old guy hanging out with a bunch of kids, I think it has comedy potential

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

...but can you play as an old lady?

#crossthreadhumour
[sub]#don'tkickmyassforusinghashtags[/sub]

Now I want to be able to play as some clearly creepy old guy hanging out with a bunch of kids, I think it has comedy potential

So essentially you want to be Stan Marsh?

 

[Imre Csete]

These are the guys who make South Park. They'll have it covered.

Literally covered, like the censored scenes in the last game.

 

[Laughing Man]

Yeah no interest in this game, Stick Of Truth was a fine game but it's combat was pretty bland and the game was a total one playthrough drop it and forget it forever kind of game, literally I can barely remember any major part of the game.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

I mean, from a visual perspective it really doesn't matter.

Were talking gender pronouns here.

 

[Leg End]

Hm, is it actually making the player character a girl? Or just going all princess-Kenny?

Because earlier stuff presented the player character as being the same one from Stick of Truth, you're still Douchebag. So I'm curious if they've changed that, or if, as said, you just go all princess-Kenny and dress up and play as a superheroine.

Came in here to basically post this and hope they have four possible ways to go about this. Hidden female, Open female, New New kid female, and crossdress/trans female. Make that five for both options actually. Bonus points if they actually treat you as they did Kenny.

...but can you play as an old lady?

Make that six.

#crossthreadhumour
[sub]#don'tkickmyassforusinghashtags[/sub]

I'll see you in the basement.

Now I want to be able to play as some clearly creepy old guy hanging out with a bunch of kids, I think it has comedy potential

Make that seven.

So essentially you want to be Stan Marsh?

NG+ AS STAN MARSH CONFIRMED

 

[RaikuFA]

So if I play as a girl, does this mean PC principal will refuse to fight me?

 

[Elvis Starburst]

I feel kind of stupid for only now realizing that the "but" in the title is actually "butt", and I've been missing a crude joke all this time.

I thought it was titled "The Fractured Butthole" myself until I saw the actual title on the E3 trailer. I dunno which one of us has it worse

 

[Areloch]

Hm, is it actually making the player character a girl? Or just going all princess-Kenny?

Because earlier stuff presented the player character as being the same one from Stick of Truth, you're still Douchebag. So I'm curious if they've changed that, or if, as said, you just go all princess-Kenny and dress up and play as a superheroine.

Came in here to basically post this and hope they have four possible ways to go about this. Hidden female, Open female, New New kid female, and crossdress/trans female. Make that five for both options actually. Bonus points if they actually treat you as they did Kenny.

I'd be pretty keen on the princess Kenny angle, where you're still Douchebag, but decide to be a superheroine. I think that'd be able to create a bunch of really funny situations, especially with potential callbacks to the first game, where the girls can remember you having crossdressed before.

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

I mean, from a visual perspective it really doesn't matter.

Were talking gender pronouns here.

Yes, and even then most NPCs will predominantly refer to you as (Captain?)Douchebag. Still, it's good they made it an option.
I do wonder though if that means different intro for each gender, based on how in trailer you were referred to as the same guy from previous game.

So if I play as a girl, does this mean PC principal will refuse to fight me?

Is it sexist to hit you? Is it more sexist to not hit you? I mean, the line gets real... blurry! ~Dpool
Take that as you will.

 

[RaikuFA]

I mean, from a visual perspective it really doesn't matter.

Were talking gender pronouns here.

Yes, and even then most NPCs will predominantly refer to you as (Captain?)Douchebag. Still, it's good they made it an option.
I do wonder though if that means different intro for each gender, based on how in trailer you were referred to as the same guy from previous game.

So if I play as a girl, does this mean PC principal will refuse to fight me?

Is it sexist to hit you? Is it more sexist to not hit you? I mean, the line gets real... blurry! ~Dpool
Take that as you will.

I take it as I need to watch that movie for the 8th time.

 

[FirstNameLastName]

I feel kind of stupid for only now realizing that the "but" in the title is actually "butt", and I've been missing a crude joke all this time.

I thought it was titled "The Fractured Butthole" myself until I saw the actual title on the E3 trailer. I dunno which one of us has it worse

Oh god, what the fuck? The title of this thread, and in the article itself, is now "but" rather than "butt". And now that I google it, it seems I was right from the beginning. Where did I get the "butt" from, then?

This is some serious gaslighting going on here. Time to get my tinfoil hat.