"As for audience, this game was made for all South Park fans!" "Matt and Trey wrote and voiced the game and made story to focus on the new kid on town, eventually befriending the four boys and becoming the fifth kid, so to speak," read the response from an Ubisoft rep. Including the other half of the human population in character creation has to count for something I asked: Why is there no option to play as a female character?Ī representative from Ubisoft told me that I should finish the game, and they "imagine will answer all own questions." I contacted Stick of Truth developer Obsidian Entertainment, and the studio directed me to publisher Ubisoft for my answer. Being disappointed doesn't mean you're angry On the other hand, including the other half of the human population in character creation has to count for something. The switch would require new audio to be recorded that replaces all instances of the male pronoun "he," and that's neither quick nor inexpensive. There's no easy solution to making scenes like the abortion clinic, where you "pretend" to be a girl, friendly for a female avatar. We're meant to believe that Cartman was fine playing with a new kid who was Jewish, but not a little girl? The lack of a gender switch is hard to understand. The game is filled with extensive choices for character creation, and those are expanded as you collect objects in the game. There's no sense that this world is precious about women's anatomy or their ability to be just as off-putting as their male counterparts. There's even a whole episode dedicated to the men of South Park trying to outlaw queefing. Marsh's extramarital affair with a Shake Weight and called out Mrs. The women of South Park are just as screwed up and can be just as disgusting as their male cohorts. It's not like the town's female population has been exempt from uncomfortable treatment on the show. I'm kind of a scrappy girl myself, so the thought of being a gal among the rough-and-tumble kids of South Park was an intriguing concept. I identify with being a woman and I like to play as one. When making in-game avatars, I - like many others - prefer to have a say in my gender. This fits in with the world created by this fiction, and especially with adolescence as seen through the eyes of little boys. This setup plays into the familiar South Park dynamic of girls versus boys, two different worlds separated by a sea of cooties. This gaggle of girls isn't playable, but you do spend some time recruiting them. A few hours into the game, players have to coerce the girls to join their cause. This same treatment of the girls as support characters is used in The Stick of Truth. It's a story about little boys growing up in a town filled with larger-than-life, absolutely bonkers characters. But that's how South Park is - it's not the little girls' show.
The little girls of South Park exist in Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny's world as foils, obstacles and sometimes elementary school window dressing. The little girls of this sleepy town also don't get much time to shine. South Park's little boys and girls have their own cliques and almost never hang out with each other. Douchebag, whose class is "Jew," was putting up a great fight in the game, but he wasn't me. Can I not play as a girl in South Park because people think girls don't fart? But the more I played, the more I didn't feel quite so happy about who I was in South Park.
My knee-jerk reaction was to joke about it. Wait, why can't I play as a girl in Stick of Truth? It is because girls don't fart? My character looked like me, but the game doesn't allow you to make a female character. After the opening character creation menu I met my in-game family, who immediately began referring to me as their son. Pink hoodie, bangs in her eyes, my "new kid" was me, and through her I would befriend the kids of South Park and defend the Stick of Truth.Ībout half of that was right. "New kid" Alexa even had some seriously shitty bags under her eyes, which isn't far off from how I look on particularly trying days. Within minutes of booting up the game I tweeted a picture of my in-game character. ( Note: This piece will contain a few spoilers for the game.) I ripped the packaging off The Stick of Truth hoping the game kept the tone and spirit of the show. I was 9 when the first episode debuted in 1997, and I'd snuggle into our family room couch to watch it with my father. I was genuinely bummed when I discovered I couldn't play as a little girl in South Park: The Stick of Truth.
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