The release of ‘South Park’s new computer game ‘The Fractured But Wholes’ sees a feature that makes gameplay more difficult for your character depending on the darkness of their skin.

As Eurogamer reports, a recent preview of the game showed that the ‘character creator’ part of the game shows that characters with lighter skin are classified as “easy”, while gameplay dark skin is “very difficult.”

“Don’t worry, this doesn’t affect combat,” says character Eric Cartman in the game. “Just every other aspect of your whole life.”


It is also reported that characters will also respond to the player’s gender identification -including male, female, and “other” (cisgender and transgender options are available).

LMAOOOOOOOO new South Park Game's difficulty gets harder as your skin gets darker!!!! Low key truth! ??? pic.twitter.com/FS0F1UUvSW — The Boi (@ChuBoi) September 7, 2017

Gamers ans ‘South Park’ fans have since taken online to share their reactions:

I'm feeling…some kinda way about this. New South Park Game Gets Harder If You Play A Black Character https://t.co/BMdJCeGdlz — Doctrina neglecta in tenebris iacet (@stopthatgirl7) September 8, 2017

As a black man I think the South Park difficulty slider is hilarious — Paul Gaston@Shenmue 3 (@Akibared_) September 8, 2017

south park making their new game's difficulty level be decided by how black you are is about the most south park thing i've ever heard of — Travis Coelacanth (@Bananahwang) September 7, 2017


"Get it? Being black in America is hard. Get it? We're clever pointing out that life is hard for black people. GET IT? – the South Park guys — *Account Suspended* (@jfx316) September 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/gunmaxism/status/905965951971057664

black ppl: "life is hard for us."

white ppl: "omg stop over exaggerating" South Park game: "game's harder if ur black"

white ppl: "WOKE!!!" — Revived Bee Zuzu?? (@Mizuru007) September 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/SquishVix/status/905927758970310657

I'm not trigger by it… I'm black it's funny too me it's South Park nothing shock me with them only they could get away with it — Jstreet (@Jstreet76) September 8, 2017

That "black character is Hard Mode" joke in South Park MIGHT be good if it wasn't coming from the people who make fucking South Park. — Zachary (@ZacharyXIV) September 7, 2017

imo black ppl getting mad at South Park’s decision to make black people the “hard mode” kinda just proves its point — hawlu (@HawluSenpai) September 7, 2017

Am I wrong or does the South Park skin colour thing feel like it's making a statement at the expense of the people actually affected? — Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart) September 7, 2017

‘South Park: The Fractured But Wholes’ will be released on October 17, 2017.

Meanwhile, the creators of ‘South Park’ recently spoke out about the “headfuck” of satirising the 2016 US Presidential Election during the show’s last season.

“Last year was such a headfuck, and we were so happy when it was done,” creator Trey Parker told The Hollywood Reporter. “And we just wanted to go back to the kids, which we still do. But it’s also like, you can’t avoid [Garrison as Trump]. So, we are not actively putting it in, but we are not actively leaving it out. It’s the world we live in.” READ MORE: The twenty best South Park songs Parker was speaking along with fellow South Park creator Matt Stone ahead of the show’s forthcoming 21st season, which premieres in the US on September 13. Stone confirmed that the new season won’t adopt the same narrative thread as last year as “it was just really hard” to produce on a weekly basis.