There are a lot of borderline gay slurs in the game after Kyle’s transformation, and even before that, there are a lot of homophobic stereotypes and jokes. Even though the characters around Kyle call him out on being an asshole (post-transformation), it still leaves a bad taste in the player’s mouth that the character they’re playing is completely tone-deaf about women, minorities, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. ![]() ![]() Both Kyle and Mel (your sidekick) treat women like pieces of meat in-dialogue, even once saying “get her wet for me.” Letting “take her” be an option on a woman only for “I wish!” to be the response is another example. I get that it was trying to be a satire, but when women are treated like utter shit even before the main character is turned into everyone’s worst idea of a conservative, it’s not cool and makes me alienated. It’s like this game had a laundry list for “who can we offend” and diligently checked everything off. Let’s get this out of the way – for being marketed as a comedy game, I can honestly say that I didn’t laugh once. But when a freak accident turns Kyle’s alter-ego, the Purple Patriot, into his main ego and triggers real superpowers at the cost of his sanity (and good taste), Kyle’s got a new mission to become the hero New York deserves, and definitely not the one it wants.” “Poking fun at pop culture, politics, reality TV and more, join Kyle Keever in his politically incorrect quest to win a spot on the newest hit reality TV show, America’s Got Superpowers. It’s published by Phoenix Online Publishing, who have brought us The Silver Lining, Face Noir, Lost Civilization, The Last Door, Quest for Infamy, Moebius, Heroes & Legends, Cognition, Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary, and the upcoming Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock. Supreme League of Patriots is a new superhero “comedy” point-and-click adventure game from No Bull Intentions – their first game.
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