South Park: Fractured But Whole's Racist Mini-Game Sparks Furious Debate
11/09/2017 04:52 pm EST
The division was almost instantaneous but now that the game is fully launched and players can see the context for themselves, does the way the team at Ubisoft handle the mini-game make the inclusion of his mother morally wrong or "just another part of the game?"
Some players felt that this is no different than any other sensitive topic portrayed throughout the franchise's history. YouTuber 'flybydeath' was not only when they mentioned that this move was not unexpected, taking a definitive approach to "just play the game":
"Lol at all the offended people here saying, "South Park has gone to far." Did they really forget all the other stuff Matt and Trey have made fun of in the past? Hell within a month after Steve Irwin died they stuck him in hell walking around with a sting ray in his chest. This is South Park bitches they will go anywhere. So pull up your huggies and get ready for a ride."
Another YouTuber agreed with the above statement by adding,
"South Park makes fun of jobless rednecks: NeoGAF loves South Park South Park makes fun of black celebrity: NeoGAF hates South Park Learn to take a joke."
But not everyone was on board. Many called this move racist, mean-spirited, and taking their usual humor a step too far. One NeoGAF user said he's tired of the the hashing of "dated" humor:
"How funny. They brought back the super dated homophobic Kanye joke from 10+ years ago. Mixed it with a semen joke and then used it to make fun of Kanye's dead mom. I think the older you get the more eye-rolling the "edgyness" of South Park becomes."
Another user said, "Repellent trash. This makes me ashamed to have liked the first game," while user CopperPoppy flat out stated: "What the fuck was that mammy fish, are we serious right now."
The responses have a clear division. The player base's opposing take on the title's mini-game is extensive with both sides stating their cases of why it was wrong, or why we shouldn't care. Which begs the question: Has the South Park: The Fractured But Whole mini-game gone too far?
Did South Park take things too far?
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