![]() ![]() I can’t go into much more detail without getting into spoiler territory, but just know I find some of the story to be problematic. The events after the assault, however, make me uncomfortable as its quickly swept under the rug as if it isn’t a big deal. ![]() That said, there is a moment in story mode that I interpreted as a character sexually assaulting another, which while shocking I felt fit the narrative quite well. You’re asking for consent when starting a multiplayer game, and in the story mode, you can’t forcefully insert yourself in others. I think it is important to say that Genital Jousting does a great job of tackling consent. Easily the most well-written cautionary tale on the subject I’ve ever seen in a video game, which will surely make Genital Jousting controversial for other reasons than the obvious. It quickly becomes a tale of John’s toxic masculinity and everything that comes along with it, from how he treats and acts around other men, to how he objectifies women, and lashes out when he doesn’t get his way. It is of absolutely no surprise to man nor beast that the game is published by Devolver Digital.None of the story mode’s gameplay is all that hard, much like John, but many will surely find the narrative difficult to swallow. Genital Jousting is available via Steam and Humble for around £5/$7, although it seems to be somewhat cheaper via Humble at present. While more structured than the likes of Goat Simulator, it does seem to fall into the broad genre definition of 'fumblecore'. Plus, more thrusting of Tab A into Slot B. John must complete his morning routine eat, drink, go to the toilet, get to work, complete chores and eventually find love, all through the time-honored means of hurling physics-driven objects around a computer screen until things fall into place long enough to look like an adequate solution. You play as John, a penis in a world of penises. That said, the story mode seems to be an especially unusual addition to the package. It's easy to see how the game could be read as problematic (and due to its high tallywhacker quotient is already banned from Twitch), but the sheer absurdity of disembodied, anatomically baffling cocks hurling themselves at each other renders the experience more surreal than disturbing. ![]() The meat and potatoes of gameplay involves slinging your digital Johnson around the screen, attempting to thrust the tip of your wang into the testicular anuses of other players. Originally flopping on to early access as a purely multiplayer game, the long and short (although not very hard) of Genital Jousting has always been it's anarchic, competitive online challenge mode. What's less complex is that the game has left early access and properly launched, including a solo story mode, as unusual as that sounds. It's a complex, thorny thing and one I'm not especially willing to deep-dive into. It feels a world away from the twirling phalluses of Mount Your Friends, with meat slapping against meat with uncanny gusto, accompanied by some quite unsettling Foley work.įree Lives realize this, to some degree, and have attempted to put fears to rest and defuse some difficult questions with an extensive Q&A. It's bizarrely visceral and meaty in a way that comedy schlongs rarely are. Everyone loves a good dick joke, but Broforce studio Free Lives' Genital Jousting is something else.
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