
Its sequel, Kick the Buddy: Forever, is not much better. There are occasional popups that promote a membership. In one ad, it says that you can draw your weapons, when in reality, you can't, you have to buy it. At first, the game's ads are true, honest to the gameplay and didn't lie about the game, but the ads from 2017 and onward started to clickbait players. Annoyingly enough, advertisements for this game are present in lots of other mobile games. Other than an ad mentioned above, most of their ads revolves around Buddy insulting the "player" (the most common insult being "Ha! Loser!"), which is considered disrespectful in general. However, the "Ha, gayyy!" line has been reportedly removed from the ads. For example, there is a YouTube ad for the game where Buddy is about to be subject to a guillotine and says things like "your mom is fat" and "Ha, gayyy!", the latter of which could be offensive to gay people. Cringeworthy, annoying, and downright insulting advertisements for the game. The gameplay is only fun in short doses. Sometimes, when you KO Buddy, a pop-up begging you to rate the game appears, even if you already rated it.
Buddy's lines are corny, unfunny, and very annoying.Some items also require you to watch multiple ads or invite friends to obtain them unless you pay with gold. Some items in the shop cost gold or real money to purchase.Additionally, the "FREE GOLD" button doesn't tell you that an ad will be played beforehand.
However, waiting a few seconds will allow you to skip the ad present, although you will not get the reward.
If you get a present that requires an ad to get tapping anywhere on the screen will cause an ad to play. Adding blood to the game or removing the ads cost $4.99 each.
The game heavily relies on microtransactions and ads.The game is a cheap clone of Beat the Boss series and Interactive Buddy, but with more annoying characters.