The South Park game is more difficult if your character is black

THE new South Park game is more difficult if your character is black and people aren’t quite sure how to react.

THE creators of adult cartoon South Park are known for their biting social commentary and they’ve even managed to sneak some into the upcoming South Park game for PC, PlayStation and Xbox One.

The duo behind the popular show have revealed the game is made to be more difficult if the character you’re playing with is black, and conversely much easier if the character is white.

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

For the most past, all games let players choose the level of difficulty but this is believed to be the first game to use the mechanism to make a controversial statement about race.

The game, which is due out next month, is called South Park: The Fractured But Whole and as you can probably guess from the title, it certainly isn’t concerned about being politically correct.

The premise of the game is the town’s children are engaged in a live-action role-playing game based around superheroes and supervillains, with the player assuming the role of “the new kid” at the town’s school who can bridge the gap between the divided “franchises” of South Park’s superheroes.

News.com.au got its hands on a demo of the game earlier this year at the E3 event, and there’s little doubt it will be one of the year’s most offensive games.

Ostensibly, the racially-based difficulty slider is the kind of satire the South Park creators are known for. But in a country where race is never far from the conversation, the idea has received a mixed reaction on social media with some fans not quite knowing how to feel about it.

I'm feeling...some kinda way about this. New South Park Game Gets Harder If You Play A Black Character https://t.co/BMdJCeGdlz

— Resist everything. (@stopthatgirl7) September 8, 2017

As a black man I think the South Park difficulty slider is hilarious

— Paul Gaston (@Akibared126) 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

— *Acc0unt Susp3nd3d* (@jfx316) September 8, 2017

I follow this white person on tumbr and they called south park woke for using black peoples plight for an edgy punchline hnng

— sisley 🌺 (@gunmaxism) September 8, 2017

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!!!"

— Lovely Bee Zuzu 🐝💖 (@Mizuru007) September 7, 2017

"this game gets harder if you play a black character"

me: wow that's actually interesting commentary in a way

"it's south park"

me: pic.twitter.com/DBeiRdYiOI

— ✨Vivian✨ (@SquishVix) September 7, 2017

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

— Chi-City (@Jstreet76) September 8, 2017