[5][6] The player guides a team of superheroes as they defend Patriot City from a variety of villains, monsters, and other menaces.

[9] Players control the character Mentor across a series of locations and time periods in pursuit of and in contest with the game's primary antagonist, Lord Dominion.

This substance, "Energy X" acts as the driving plot device for the game as it generates allies for Mentor along with new environments for the player to pursue and fight Lord Dominion.

[14] Dieter also wrote the series "Bible" and served as community manager for the official website's forum, "Freedom Fans".

[citation needed] The game received "universal acclaim" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.