So, just to give a little backdrop on this idea, a year or so ago (around the time I was finishing up my Exiles mod or beginning Ultimate Trio), I figured that maybe I should show a little love for the Freedom Force gang and expand their adventures a little more. Initially, it was just going to be me setting up a bunch of stories and hoping others would expand on the idea later. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it didn’t pan out that way because I hit an intense burnout, which still lasts to this day.

Around the time I released Ultimate Trio for the first time, I noted that I had written a mission outline or two in my online mod folder and shared it with a few people. I didn’t have any immediate plans to get started, but talking with Benton obviously pushed the idea up a few days… weeks… months… years. Let’s just say his enthusiasm helped to get the project off the ground despite my burnout status and my now intense hatred of python coding. And within a week’s time, I think I had the first mission up and ready along with a nearly completed mod folder.

Finished with my initial part, I sent everything but the bathroom sink off to Benton so that he could test and add whatever he needed to it. After getting back some playtesting reports, I did my minor fixes, changed some code and lines of dialogue, and I was done. A month or two later, Benton finished and sent off his two missions and Episode 1 was complete, minus some minor setbacks that GogglesPizanno helped to solve.

Now, with the brief history of this project out of the way, FRP2 presents… Patriot City Tales: Episode 1! With work from Benton and myself, and other members of the community, episode 1 picks up in the middle of Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third reich (a midquel, if you will) with the team inactive. When El Diablo notices trouble brewing in the city, he’s determined to get the team back together, especially when he’s suspicious of one of their own. However, he’s not the only one with that idea when Man O’ War, Sea Urchin, and The Bard find villains up to no good in different parts of the city.

So, what are you waiting for? Go download and play PCTales today!