Hatred

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 718 Ratings

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  1. Hamlo
    Jun 2, 2015
    4
    I played this game for the same reason everyone else did: I wanted senseless ultraviolence and fun gameplay. I left unsatisfied on both fronts. Let me be perfectly clear here: this game should not be rated AO, and I'm partially convinced they kept the rating for commercial reasons. It's the only reason anyone is talking about this. If you are considering buying Hatred for the violence,I played this game for the same reason everyone else did: I wanted senseless ultraviolence and fun gameplay. I left unsatisfied on both fronts. Let me be perfectly clear here: this game should not be rated AO, and I'm partially convinced they kept the rating for commercial reasons. It's the only reason anyone is talking about this. If you are considering buying Hatred for the violence, don't. Seriously, get POSTAL 2 or a GTA game instead. POSTAL is about a hundred times more violent, GTA plays about ten times better, and they're both more interesting and well-constructed video games.
    For a game whose main draw is senseless violence, killing and edginess, the violence is shockingly dull. Executions consist of shooting someone, stabbing them in the head, etc. What the hell? Seriously, your average Assassin's Creed game is more brutal than this. The game fails at a sense of violent catharsis due mainly to how dull the presentation is. You'll be shooting droves of repeated character models, who senselessly run back and forth towards and away from you. Even mowing down a crowd is left unsatisfying due to the baffling decision to require a reload on your weapon every three seconds. Lines are repeated again and again, and by the fifth time you hear the same voice yell "Aiie! Why are you doing this?" you'll start asking yourself the same question.
    In any case, you'll be shooting more cops, SWAT teams, and soldiers than anything. If you don't choose the easiest difficulty, be ready to restart the mission more than once after endlessly respawning law enforcement kill you at every angle with assault rifles, most of which are off-screen as you try hopelessly to roll into a building or execute someone for health. The worst part of restarting a mission is doing the objectives over, the objectives being to kill X amount of civilians. In my opinion, this is an extremely poor design decision. It turns what's supposed to be the fun euphoria of violent spree-killing into a chore, a chore that you will repeat each time you're gunned down by infinitely respawning police. I found myself ignoring civilians completely and just securing spawn points, running past cops and screaming citizens to further the gameplay goals. While I emptied out a coffee shop for the third time I reminded myself this was supposed to be the good part. To be honest, watching a youtube video for about 10-20 minutes will give you the same experience. There's not much when it comes to player agency, things like how to approach a situation or even what weapon to use are more or less pointless.
    That said, the game does have parts where you can see potential. The destructible environments are surprisingly satisfying, and since corpses don't seem to disappear, you'll get nice bloody piles going, with blood spattering the walls, which feels more like what the game should be going for.
    While it's a bit silly to review a game like this based on writing, the main character and the tone are at least worth mentioning. The Hatred Guy is a humorless kind of guy, just from the trailer you know what you're going to get. I did enjoy how over the top some of his lines were, giggling whenever he spat out an angry **** after popping someone in the head. Everyone runs around wearing those stupid looking quilted jackets, track suits, and trenchcoats in this game, you can practically taste the European development. The bleak art style is at least notable, though it can become a point of frustration when you lose your crosshair amidst bleach-white pavement, or fail to see a soldier against a wall. It's not enough of a problem to detract from the gameplay, however.
    All in all, I appreciate that this game is the first to be rated AO and allowed on Steam, and I feel that for the industry in general it's important that games like these are made available and developers don't feel the need to "pull their punches" when it comes to the kind of game they want to make. Today Hatred, tomorrow we can have sexual themes in our games without getting all upset. Maybe. In any event, this game is perhaps not the best argument for being more lenient towards game content, but it's still here. I wouldn't recommend a purchase.    … Expand
  2. Valik
    Jun 1, 2015
    3
    A sub average ISO shooter at best. The graphics and style is interesting, but that I feel is the high light. The game play was boring, story seems non-existent, besides "I want to kill people", and sound is sub par. It's basically Postal in black and white... Getting shot off screen gets old. All in all, this game strived solely on it's controversy. If it hadn't been a mindless shooterA sub average ISO shooter at best. The graphics and style is interesting, but that I feel is the high light. The game play was boring, story seems non-existent, besides "I want to kill people", and sound is sub par. It's basically Postal in black and white... Getting shot off screen gets old. All in all, this game strived solely on it's controversy. If it hadn't been a mindless shooter getting to live out a killing innocents rampage fantasy, it would have flown under the radar of even the most dedicated ISO players.… Expand
  3. Cziks
    Jun 3, 2015
    3
    This is SOOO BOOOOOOOOORING. Uninstalled it after two hours.
    Wonder if guys who made this game had fun while playing it.

    If you need a solid stress reliever better go back playing Postal 2 again.
  4. ANTI-
    Jul 2, 2015
    0
    Best thing about this game was the hype, but that died at launch. Dull, repetitive gameplay. Mediocre graphics. Embarrassingly lame attempts at shock. Very little content.
  5. zedemiro
    Jun 2, 2015
    0
    Waste of time/money. If this had aliens or zombies instead of humans, no one would even talk about this game.
    Completely bland gameplay, repetitive grind, zero sense of progression or anything that can be called a story, bad framerate, bugs-a-plenty. What a joke...
  6. UnbiasedOne
    Jun 3, 2015
    3
    To sum up Hatred in one word it would be, disappointing... Duke Nukem Forever levels of disappointment, the blood is non existent, the violence is T level rating at best, the language is shockingly low. This feels like it was watered down five times over before release.

    Besides the shockingly low levels of blood and language the camera angles leave the player blinded with no direction    To sum up Hatred in one word it would be, disappointing... Duke Nukem Forever levels of disappointment, the blood is non existent, the violence is T level rating at best, the language is shockingly low. This feels like it was watered down five times over before release.

    Besides the shockingly low levels of blood and language the camera angles leave the player blinded with no direction leaving you to get lost several times per level. The fact that there is no color adds to the confusion of direction and at times gives you a headache. The only way to find your way is the radar, without it, this would be unplayable. I've said it before and I'll say it again, this type of set up must be in Third or First Person, top downs are for RTS.

    The hit detection is really bad, part of that is the set up makes the player forget about the cross-hair and it ends up blending in with the screen, another reason why a non color game is not a good idea. Sure it adds atmosphere, but this is not a game for atmosphere nor should it be. The executions are not as violent as shown in the trailers. We've seen people being stabbed and shot before, give us something new, something different, something that will make us go "OH GOD WHAT THE F%#*?"

    The difficulty pushed me to my breaking point. Swarms of Police, SWAT, and Military bombard you with fire in all directions making escape impossible. To make matters worse, you only have a limited number of respawns before you must restart the entire level. Level 5 is what broke me, for almost 90 minutes of continues attempt to complete this level I am done, I can take no more of the swarms of unfair Military and Swat that fill you with holes before you can even attempt to fire.

    For a debut release Hatred is below sub-par. For almost seven months I followed the progression of this and it lead up to a product that causes more stresses than enjoyment. I have faith that D.C. will fix a lot, if not all, of these problems as they are a company that listens to their players, until then take a peek at playthroughs or even try it at a friends house but for now stay away from this little bundle of disappointment.

    Pros:
    + Optional side missions that grant an extra respawn on completion
    + Dark villain voice action is spot on
    + Concept
    + Soundtrack
    + Great destructive system to buildings

    Cons:
    - No color makes cross-hairs blend in (even when changing to a bright color)
    - Confusing camera and almost no visibility for player
    - T rated levels of blood and below par M rated levels of language
    - Executions are not brutal
    - Difficulty even on Easy is stupid hard on some levels    … Expand
  7. Fireriku546
    Jun 2, 2015
    0
    I have no idea how this game collected so much hype. The main character is a generic Eric Draven wannabe, game play that makes you cringe not for how shocking the combat is, but for how many PR stunts it took to get people to play this mess, and dialogue that'll be sure to make you want to rip your own head off, as opposed to the "enemies" you're trying to kill which are harmless civiliansI have no idea how this game collected so much hype. The main character is a generic Eric Draven wannabe, game play that makes you cringe not for how shocking the combat is, but for how many PR stunts it took to get people to play this mess, and dialogue that'll be sure to make you want to rip your own head off, as opposed to the "enemies" you're trying to kill which are harmless civilians most of the time. This game fails in so many levels and I'm glad to see many other people agree with me.… Expand
  8. LordZode
    Jun 4, 2015
    4
    The problem with Hatred is not that it is offensive or shocking or goes too far.
    It does not go far enough. Hatred's crime is that it is a lukewarm half-measure, nothing exciting or visceral about it. The aesthetic and gameplay may cater to angsty teenagers who have never seen video game or movie violence before, but that's about it.
    Soldier of Fortune 2 came out in 2002 and to this    The problem with Hatred is not that it is offensive or shocking or goes too far.
    It does not go far enough. Hatred's crime is that it is a lukewarm half-measure, nothing exciting or visceral about it. The aesthetic and gameplay may cater to angsty teenagers who have never seen video game or movie violence before, but that's about it.

    Soldier of Fortune 2 came out in 2002 and to this day is much more shocking and disturbing than Hatred. It has features that would do well in a game made to be shocking, like a first person perspective, deformable meshes allowing different parts of the skull to be blown away, bleeding from injuries, intestines spilling from within. This game features no schools, no children, nothing truely disgusting or abhorrent or awful. It is just a game. Just a boring, trite game that sadly does not live up to it's aspirations or promises.

    How can a game with a pulled out isometric perspective to remove the player from the violence mayhem possibly have an impact?    … Expand
  9. rubmon
    Jun 2, 2015
    2
    Basic shooter that gets boring really fast.
    Graphics would look ok on mobile, but are sub-par for PC these days.
    The game relies solely on the ultra-violence theme, but any shocking impact it may have fades away during the first minutes of play as soon as the game's dull and repetitive nature kicks in.

    Give this one a miss and try one of the many good twin stick shooters out there instead.
  10. im8bit
    Jun 3, 2015
    0
    This is terrible game, you may have one or two laughs about the over-the-top violence but that's it you may just watch the trailer as well, as a game is bad. Don't spend your money here.
  11. sonicrush123456
    Jun 7, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this game tries too hard to be a violent game , it look like the creators just want abstention
    looks like a rip off from the original postal with modern graphics    … Expand
  12. GameKiller1337
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Sh*t game ever
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    This game is poop !
    LEGENDARY POOP

    1/10
  13. datatek
    Jun 30, 2015
    2
    I didn't find its sadism especially disturbing or controversial: I'm thirty years old and I've been playing violent games and watching violent movies for decades. I found the sadism just plain pointless. I didn't add to the gameplay at all. I did like the dark, grimy atmosphere, which is why the game gets 2/10 from me.

    The sadistic nature of the character isn't explained. No backstory,    I didn't find its sadism especially disturbing or controversial: I'm thirty years old and I've been playing violent games and watching violent movies for decades. I found the sadism just plain pointless. I didn't add to the gameplay at all. I did like the dark, grimy atmosphere, which is why the game gets 2/10 from me.

    The sadistic nature of the character isn't explained. No backstory, no character development.

    I found the gameplay bland and repetitive and entirely lacking in innovation. And the forced media attention through its controvery didn't make me very receptive: this is the equivalent of a straggling wannabe-star's sex tape. Famous by all means possible.

    I didn't finish the game. A lot more could have been made out of it.

    I don't understand why so many claim that this game is the next Postal. That's just wrong. Postal's message was: the game is only as violent as the player is. It was very much possible to play Postal without decapitating people or urinating in their mouthes. Postal cleverly exposed its critics hyprocrisy, because the game was only horrific and controversial if the player played it that way. Hatred is completely different: it is entirely impossible to progress without playing sadistically. There is no clever message in Hatred.

    It was a waste of time in my opinion.    … Expand
  14. Freeman115
    Jun 4, 2015
    0
    This game should be removed and banned from the market (Steam Too) this game is dumb too, no plot you are only killing people because you like to only someone sick would be playing this by only looking the trailer was enough GTA have plot, Mortal kombat have Plot. pls Gaben remove this game from steam. (im serious)
  15. idanidan123
    Jun 3, 2015
    0
    This is probably one of the dumbest games ever. I don't see any reason for this game to exist. I don't mean to sound like the kind of parent that hate violence buy my god, this game is just stupid and unnecessary.

    This game contains absolutely NO STORYLINE. It's all about a psychopath who wants to kill the world because he's ''sick of the everything''. All you do is completing a few    This is probably one of the dumbest games ever. I don't see any reason for this game to exist. I don't mean to sound like the kind of parent that hate violence buy my god, this game is just stupid and unnecessary.

    This game contains absolutely NO STORYLINE. It's all about a psychopath who wants to kill the world because he's ''sick of the everything''. All you do is completing a few missions, killing cops and every human you see, and that's it.

    This game has no storyline, no meaning, nothing interesting, and no reason for it to exist.    … Expand
  16. Diablo92
    Jun 2, 2015
    3
    When first playing the game I thought it was just ok.. Had 1 laugh. I had it set to hard mode but felt like easy mode. Got to level two and thats where I ended. Expected alot more from this. The trailer was only a "look at how badass and R rated I am". Barely any R ratted content here.

    For a few hours it's fun but then it gets boring. It's a killing simulator, just take any simulation    When first playing the game I thought it was just ok.. Had 1 laugh. I had it set to hard mode but felt like easy mode. Got to level two and thats where I ended. Expected alot more from this. The trailer was only a "look at how badass and R rated I am". Barely any R ratted content here.

    For a few hours it's fun but then it gets boring. It's a killing simulator, just take any simulation like euro truck simulator for example and that's all you're doing is going around shooting and killing, etc. There are no secrets, no special areas, no special items or anything that pops out.

    I don't think it's worth the 20$, probably not even 5.

    I give a 3 for the GFX look and controls feel. I'm siding with GameSpot's critic review on this.    … Expand
  17. jromero82
    Jun 1, 2015
    2
    Hatred is definitely a game made solely for the purpose of gaining popularity due to the controversy created by the nature of this game. There is nothing special about this game except the fact it's about a psychopath who's goal is to kill as many innocent civilians as possible. Like seriously, who in their right mind sits down and thinks up these game ideas and actually thinks it's aHatred is definitely a game made solely for the purpose of gaining popularity due to the controversy created by the nature of this game. There is nothing special about this game except the fact it's about a psychopath who's goal is to kill as many innocent civilians as possible. Like seriously, who in their right mind sits down and thinks up these game ideas and actually thinks it's a smart idea. I would never recommend this game to anyone, definite waste of money and there are plenty other games out there whose developers deserve the support from the gamer community. Only someone with a sick and twisted mind would enjoy a game like this.… Expand
  18. idohaker
    Jun 3, 2015
    2
    what is all the controversy around, this game is just some generic shoot-em all game that is boring as hell, has nothing good, interesting or innovative about it. so you go and shoot people, wow...... what an interesting concept for a game, one of the most idiotic games that without the controversy they would never get any attention, from a game perspective alone, without all of the otherwhat is all the controversy around, this game is just some generic shoot-em all game that is boring as hell, has nothing good, interesting or innovative about it. so you go and shoot people, wow...... what an interesting concept for a game, one of the most idiotic games that without the controversy they would never get any attention, from a game perspective alone, without all of the other nonsense this game is just a bad game with mediocre gameplay and no reason to exist. 2/10… Expand
  19. Amazingguy12
    Jul 25, 2015
    0
    Let me tell you something,brother,Hatred is a game that you DON'T want your child to play.The game is what we call it in my country,a massive piece of **** is all that you don't want to see in a game,and I,as a experienced gamer can say that this game should not be made,EVER.I don't recommend Hatred to anyone.
  20. randombanana
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    Boring twin stick shooter with no interesting game-play mechanics. The visuals and physics engine are pretty nice. However it's way too over hyped as expected. Also they made the game way harder then should be because every time you die, unless you have a re spawn token you have to restart the whole level. Using cars is pointless because they explode within 5 seconds of someone shooting them.
  21. azgoodaz
    Jun 4, 2015
    0
    You the gamer might hate me for saying this. But this game "Hatred" is a disrespect to the Game Industry. This isn't art, this is someones sick mind that hates people in general and they made a game out of it.

    You can say.. yes, its "just a game" but cant we say that about every video game? How about MineCraft where its banned in a country and keeping people from playing MineCraft    You the gamer might hate me for saying this. But this game "Hatred" is a disrespect to the Game Industry. This isn't art, this is someones sick mind that hates people in general and they made a game out of it.

    You can say.. yes, its "just a game" but cant we say that about every video game? How about MineCraft where its banned in a country and keeping people from playing MineCraft because its "too violent", imagine if they played this game. That whole country would see the Game Industry in a wrong way. But real talk, the only reason why this game is so popular is being of the Media and how Twitch (a livestream service) banned Adult Only games.

    Overall, this game has no storyline and you literally do the same thing over and over again (which is killing people). It will cause people to get bored of the game and ask for a refund. The only thing decent about this game is the destruction you can do to buildings (like blowing up walls and buildings) and thats pretty much it. Driving is horrible, animations are horrible and the game settings/menus are pretty dull. They should have sold this on HumbleBundle rather than Steam.    … Expand
  22. kiritsu
    Jun 2, 2015
    1
    Boring, from the monochromatic generic city background down to the dull gameplay.
    There's nothing innovative in this game, it's basically a run of the mill shooter carried by a marketing scheme to exploit a controversial theme. Pass.
  23. kon4ak
    Jun 11, 2015
    2
    Very mediocre and boring game. Stylish graphics looks pretty good. But the gameplay is just awful. Not as brutal as I had expected. It didn't even reach the level of postal 2, which was released 12 years ago. This game is completely failure, because it can't offer nothing but violence,and even with that it can't cope.
  24. NatT96
    Jul 9, 2015
    0
    This is just a sadism style game that was freely promoted by the internet and media outlets. Its hype was built off controversy and was easily fell for by people in defense and YouTuber's who wanted subs. Good game or bad, we need to stop hyping games up that just want money or just want the attention for free advertising. Small indie game or not, companies are famous for this...this isThis is just a sadism style game that was freely promoted by the internet and media outlets. Its hype was built off controversy and was easily fell for by people in defense and YouTuber's who wanted subs. Good game or bad, we need to stop hyping games up that just want money or just want the attention for free advertising. Small indie game or not, companies are famous for this...this is just another lesson.… Expand
  25. TheCriticalGuy
    Jun 22, 2015
    0
    This game is dumb. People today just see graphics and blood in the games today. Even if the game looks dumb, maybe its funniest than a CoD or else. I think that enterprises, just like Nintendo, undestand perfectly what i'm talking about. Happyness is going out today and we need to do more games for that. FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN
  26. bubbyreviewz
    Jul 19, 2015
    0
    its a game about staring a massacre like GTA but in GTA its a choice some games like this are too far with all the killings these days a game like this horrible
  27. flexy123
    Jun 1, 2015
    2
    It's 1987 all over again! This game is terrible. It feels like I am playing an isometric shooter back in the mid 80s when I had a C64. Played 10 minutes of this cow dung. Movement with WASD keys is a total joke, so is this entire game. Thanks for NOTHING. Note to devs: Wake up, it's 2015.
  28. iCb4uC
    Jun 1, 2015
    1
    I dont know how people like this game. Its boring,glitchy. I cant even see who shootin me if theres no minimap. Same moves over and over again. if psycho means shootin people in their heads and stabin their stomach.. than all shooter games must be banned. Cuz theres nothing more in this game.

    if u want mindless shooter game with same moves than buy it.
  29. YessirKilla
    Jun 15, 2015
    2
    As "The Hitler of Video Games", I am very disappointed wit how tha game turned out. Awful controls, violence you'd normally see in any average M-rated game, and nothing to go "Oh sh*t" over. The World's Blandest Game Award goes to Hatred. Hopefully this is the only game Destructive Creations make, because now their future is done for.
  30. Arcendus
    Jun 3, 2015
    1
    Only giving this a 1 because I HIGHLY disagree with the ability to leave a 0/10 score on a game that actually functions when you launch it. As expected, this is a shallow top-down shooter that offers nothing that hasn't already been done hundreds of times before, and hundreds of times better than this. It relies on shock-value and the media to drive sales, and it seems that's worked for it.
  31. mallice
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    after all the controversy the game is less then mediocre, there is absolutely no challenge. You run around and kill unarmed civilians and the occasional cop. For the price there are a lot better shooters. Its violant for hte sake of violance
  32. Malex
    Jun 3, 2015
    3
    This is just awful. I'm far from a moralist. I enjoy GTA, Arms Dealer, and other crime oriencted games. I've been cyber killing people since 1983 with no issue. Yet it actually makes we squirm when playing this game. Helpless innocent civilians run, scream and plead for their life.
    Main point: This is a game from 2003-2005 and the developers are trading on shock value alone.
    Clearly    This is just awful. I'm far from a moralist. I enjoy GTA, Arms Dealer, and other crime oriencted games. I've been cyber killing people since 1983 with no issue. Yet it actually makes we squirm when playing this game. Helpless innocent civilians run, scream and plead for their life.
    Main point: This is a game from 2003-2005 and the developers are trading on shock value alone.

    Clearly enjoying this game doesn't make you a psycho, but I think anyone who enjoys it and thinks it's a good game should get their head checked. The game is bland, controls are sub-par. Maps are uninspired and awkward to navigate. Weapons are inexcusably limited in a game about a rampage. The game is only 4 -5 hours long. The price is way too high, it's worth around 6-7 bucks. Just say no. This is a game from 2003-2005 and the developers are trading on shock value alone.    … Expand
  33. StanRezaee
    Nov 15, 2015
    4
    Hatred is suppose to be a dark and gritty game that puts players in the role of The Crusader as he embarks on a killing spree. However, everything about Hatred was built on the controversy and hype while the context fails at any point to make the player feel disturbed by their actions. This game could have been a unique experience if it was released anytime from 1996 - 2005, when suchHatred is suppose to be a dark and gritty game that puts players in the role of The Crusader as he embarks on a killing spree. However, everything about Hatred was built on the controversy and hype while the context fails at any point to make the player feel disturbed by their actions. This game could have been a unique experience if it was released anytime from 1996 - 2005, when such titles were a popular way to stick it to anti-video game activists like Jack Thompson.… Expand
  34. lupuss
    Jun 9, 2015
    0
    achei bom, a proposta me agrada, nao posso ficar com uma nota menor que essa, bem valeu a pena os 65 reais, nao vou pedir o reembouso na steam,passar bem
  35. Ignas10
    Jul 12, 2015
    3
    The game that has no goal could be fun,like minecraft.But the game is absolutely stupid and it is only known for the controversie,not fort the actual gameplay.
  36. yolomates
    Jul 27, 2015
    0
    Pros:
    Looks decent

    Cons:
    THIS GAME F***ING SUCKS
    The game has plenty of glitches like the highway fall-through-the-floor glitch
    The game gets across a bad message, "genocide is fun" IT'S NOT

    Final verdict: The only hatred in this game is mine for it
  37. wxenomorph
    Jul 2, 2015
    2
    Atrocious cesspool of cr@p! I preordered this, thought i’ll have a good violent AO rated fun in one of my favorite style, iso-shooter.
    No pros. I give 2/10. 1 for actually working, 1 for the OK graphics and the credits music. Not my style of score but good to hear.
    Now the cons. 1 AO rating??? What for? The Postal games or Manhunt(1) were not AO and this do? Those games were violent as    Atrocious cesspool of cr@p! I preordered this, thought i’ll have a good violent AO rated fun in one of my favorite style, iso-shooter.
    No pros. I give 2/10. 1 for actually working, 1 for the OK graphics and the credits music. Not my style of score but good to hear.
    Now the cons.
    1 AO rating??? What for? The Postal games or Manhunt(1) were not AO and this do? Those games were violent as this or even much more. Except those were highly enjoyable. Hatred is practically Postal(1) with modern graphics and broken game mechanics, and extremly boring as well. Maybe the several kind of death? Absolutely no! Shots and headshots, some kicking, THAT’S ALL! Play Squishy the Pig or (poor) Eryi’s action for wide variety of deaths. Or Manhunt of course.
    2) Graphics are OK, as it’s the good old UE3. But the annoying under-contrasted black-white filter does not help. The idea is ok, but it’s somehow not works. Those night levels and the default white cross-hair made me insane. Many times simply lost the cross-hair, and took 10-20 seconds to find it again. Many time happened that i even did not see people on screen. Night levels and black suited civilians are fun to distinguish!
    3) Music is OK, and fortunately it’s not played ingame, that would be atrocious. The sounds, however terrible. Weapon sounds are like toy weapons. No dynamics at all. Human cries and shouts are extremly repetitive, and after 10 minutes you’d better mute. It’s not fun to hear the same monologues 20 times in a row.
    4) The weapons themselves are weak, inaccurate and unsatisfying. Even poor civilians need 2-3 bullets, but SWATs and soldiers swallow 1-2 full clips!!!! before they die. I’ve found the basic pistol to be the most usefull wep as it’s the most accurate (later why). The shotgun is absolutely useless in your hands. Melee range only, good on civilians, but against any other it’s a suicide. A soldier needs like 3 very close shotgun shots to die, and of course he will shot you in the time you do it. You will loose 50-75% (on easy) of your life in the progress, and there is nothing you can do to avoid. Of course in the hand of foe the shotgun is more than deadly (later why).
    5) Enemies shooting from outside of the screen. This is a joke! Any who enjoys this must be mentally deceased. And when i say outside i mean FAR outside, without any indications where the damage is coming from. The minuscule radar is your only source of information, but that’s just useless, beacuse it’s so small, and many times showing inaccurate positions. There is this right-click far-view mode, but that’s painfull to use, and must be exactly know where you wanna look (and shoot) at. Cannot be used for searching as it’s so fast and twitchy, that you’ll soon puke on the monitor.
    6) Of course the enemies accuracy is godly even from 2 screens away using shotguns. Your best choice to fight back from that distance is the pistol because of its accuracy. Don’t forget the whole game is about aimbot hitscans, so you cannot do too much to avoid damage, it’s all calculated by a random generator and it’s not on your side! Even easy is a joke. There is actually two ways to lessen the generator output. First the avoid move, good only for escaping, or the simple crouch. Crouch is fair as it lessens the damage to a level where you won’t die in 3 seconds and you can even shoot back. All good until a shotgunner comes in and sprinkle the area. Hurray!
    7) The game cheats as hell.There is no way to play hide and seek. Everyone (even civilians) see you through walls. No sneak attacks of any sort. If there is a pixel wide clear view between you and the foe they shoot. They shoot always first. A-L-W-A-Y-S! Funny, eh?
    8) There is no way to tell from the animations when someone is dying or simply hit and will recover soon. Somehow funny to see it on civilians, that after some death agony they cry and run away. But it’s more than deadly with the gunned crowd, when one is starting to shoot you from behind after you left him assuming he is dead.
    9) Healing is only possible through executions. Who to be executed is again a random generator output. Sounds fun in an AO game! Well it’s not! Tell me how to heal yourself when 7 SWATs around you, shooting precisely at you. Even with crouching your life decreasing fast, and when crouching you move like a slug, no way to escape or go to an ’executable’. Even if you somehow reach one (the generator loved you) and the timeframe is still on till it’s executable, so you push the button. . .and die. As execute animation done standing still, so no crouching bonus. Nuff.
    10) After a while i reached a level (still easy difficulty, don’t forget!) where in every minute 1-2 new car coming in with full squads of policemen and SWATs, INFINITELY. This is where i ragequit this abomination.
    11)Oh yes, DO NOT USE CARS! They are impossible to steer, and if been shot, it will explode in 3 seconds and you’ll die with it.
    F@ck this game!    … Expand
  38. Polarthief
    Jun 1, 2015
    2
    This game is purely being sold, based on its controversy, which carried it to tons of free publicity by our idiotic games media of 2015. If you like games where you just go around mindlessly killing tons of people, there are tons of better games to play than this. Take your pick of any FPS, Grand Theft Auto series, shoot-em-up, or anything else involving killing massive amounts of enemies.This game is purely being sold, based on its controversy, which carried it to tons of free publicity by our idiotic games media of 2015. If you like games where you just go around mindlessly killing tons of people, there are tons of better games to play than this. Take your pick of any FPS, Grand Theft Auto series, shoot-em-up, or anything else involving killing massive amounts of enemies. The $20 price tag may be slightly welcoming, but trust me, it's not worth it. This game is frustratingly hard (and unfair) at times, has no clever or witty dialogue (they assume it's clever), and next to no gameplay outside of shoot, shoot, shoot. It gets boring after awhile, trust me.

    Only reason it doesn't get a 0 is because the physics engine is actually kind of neat. You can blow up parts of buildings with explosives, and the lighting on fire and police sirens are quite nice, but outside of that, everything else is pretty blah. Again, this game sold purely based on its controversy (what they were hoping) and the gameplay was very botched because they probably expected it to sell well based on its extensive hype and media coverage (that they didn't even need to pay for!). For a first game from a brand new company, it's okay, but after hearing non-stop outcry over boycotting this game, I expected a lot better.    … Expand
  39. doompizza
    Jun 1, 2015
    3
    I was expecting this game to satisfy my darkest and edgiest devils and make me laugh a little bit while I went on an extreme onslaught, but instead, all I got was a boring isometric shooter with dull and boring gameplay. After killing a whole district and going through the same poor execution sequences over and over I just couldn't bear it anymore and I alt+f4d out of it.
  40. Caniel
    Jun 4, 2015
    0
    Beyond it's terribly stale and childish ad campaign, the game is a clunky mess straight out of the early 90s. The combination of awful shooting, horrendously overpowered enemies, terrible animation (see: any of the cutscenes), horribly trite dialogue (the ending alone captures that perfectly), voice acting out of an old black-and-white melodrama, and an incredibly unsympathetic mainBeyond it's terribly stale and childish ad campaign, the game is a clunky mess straight out of the early 90s. The combination of awful shooting, horrendously overpowered enemies, terrible animation (see: any of the cutscenes), horribly trite dialogue (the ending alone captures that perfectly), voice acting out of an old black-and-white melodrama, and an incredibly unsympathetic main character (maybe show the guy normal first, then starting to slip? All we're left with is this guy with no motivation but BLOOOOOOOOOOOD) you just half a really bad, clunky pseudo-game that's a poorer attempt at hiding it's ideology than most Christian video games. For the sake of video games, just don't buy this. Blegh. Good thing refunds exist now.… Expand
  41. Mikakater
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    Lots of dummies in the comments saying "there's lots of things worse than this". It's not about how gratuitous the violence is, it's about how the violence is framed This game would make me feel as icky, and for the same reason, as a game with no violence at all, about someone who goes around abusing, manipulating and inflicting mental anguish on people. It's about being a nihilisticLots of dummies in the comments saying "there's lots of things worse than this". It's not about how gratuitous the violence is, it's about how the violence is framed This game would make me feel as icky, and for the same reason, as a game with no violence at all, about someone who goes around abusing, manipulating and inflicting mental anguish on people. It's about being a nihilistic destroyer. The game tries to humanize the people you're slaughtering, sets out to make you feel empathy for them, and really drives the point home that you're a piece of garbage with no redeeming qualities who deserves to die more than the people you're killing.… Expand
  42. Rahsmoove
    Jun 18, 2015
    3
    I know the games nothing about killing, but it gets very boring quickly.

    -No plot
    -There's no reason why this guy's angry
    -Terrible optimizations

    There's not much to say about this game, the only positive is the graphical style.
  43. somedude14
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    Outside of the controversy, this game doesn't have anything. "Abuse" from 1995 plays better than this. Boring shooting mechanics, boring objectives, poorly optimized, ugly visuals (and not ugly as in "too realistic gore", just ugly visuals). It's fun to drive a vehicle into a building the first time, but just the first time. The gameplay doesn't hold up to be entertaining for more than tenOutside of the controversy, this game doesn't have anything. "Abuse" from 1995 plays better than this. Boring shooting mechanics, boring objectives, poorly optimized, ugly visuals (and not ugly as in "too realistic gore", just ugly visuals). It's fun to drive a vehicle into a building the first time, but just the first time. The gameplay doesn't hold up to be entertaining for more than ten or fifteen minutes. Really just a waste of time to play.

    Yes, buying a game to "stick it" to those that generated controversy over nothing might feel good, but all you're really doing is giving money to people who didn't make a game worth paying money for - by "sticking it" to one group, you're sticking it to yourself. A more rational response would be to accept that this game is much ado about nothing, and look for something else to play - namely, "Abuse" from 1995. It's free, and it's better than this game in every way.    … Expand
  44. Tubey
    Jun 3, 2015
    4
    Looks nice, but has clunky gameplay mechanics and is repetitive beyond belief. Not only that, rather than being the gruesome adult-only game the media was up in arms about, if anything this is a chessy comedy. It's Duke Nukem with worse voice acting and none of the charm or gameplay. The whole thing is ultra ludicrous, and basically devolves into an isometric, poorly done GTA2 simulator.Looks nice, but has clunky gameplay mechanics and is repetitive beyond belief. Not only that, rather than being the gruesome adult-only game the media was up in arms about, if anything this is a chessy comedy. It's Duke Nukem with worse voice acting and none of the charm or gameplay. The whole thing is ultra ludicrous, and basically devolves into an isometric, poorly done GTA2 simulator.

    You can safely give it a miss.    … Expand
  45. Jetpil0t
    Jun 5, 2015
    3
    The look is probably the most appealing part of the game and even that wears thin under closer scrutiny with poor animations, performance, clipping and model quality, especially as a UE4 title.
    There are some compelling gameplay additions and amusing moments if you can stand to play this game to it's bitter end (I had a few chuckles, but very few), but none of which are compelling enough    The look is probably the most appealing part of the game and even that wears thin under closer scrutiny with poor animations, performance, clipping and model quality, especially as a UE4 title.
    There are some compelling gameplay additions and amusing moments if you can stand to play this game to it's bitter end (I had a few chuckles, but very few), but none of which are compelling enough to recommend doing so.
    The controls are pretty bad overall, keyboard or controller and more or less take away from the moderately passable gameplay to where it is generally more frustrating than fun. I don't have any particular opinion about the themes in the game, certainly there are more violent games but I don't really think what is here is all that significant.
    The game itself isn't particularly great and if you are trying to sell a game on violence and headlines alone, the violence itself isn't very shocking either (no melee weapons, dismemberment or children) so some respects it's odd they held back when it's really the only merits on which this game is selling. Regardless of why you came to play this, you will probably leave disappointed.    … Expand
  46. papeadojhon
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Hatred is no more than a stupid game made by sadistic people for more sadistic and brainless people. Honestly this game doesn't make any sense, the only thing you have and you can do is kill by fun... Is stupid, sadistic, senseless, and horrible... and it isn't entertaining at all.
  47. Raven_Revier
    Jun 8, 2015
    2
    Too bad the trailer is better than the game—and for a game, that's quite the achievement!—because that's not a game for adults, that's not a game as we know it today. No story. Repetitive as hell. Empty soulless uninteresting protagonist. Everything taken up to eleven doesn't make a game insanely enjoyable, it just hits Poe's law at high speed. The poor poor innocents could be whatever youToo bad the trailer is better than the game—and for a game, that's quite the achievement!—because that's not a game for adults, that's not a game as we know it today. No story. Repetitive as hell. Empty soulless uninteresting protagonist. Everything taken up to eleven doesn't make a game insanely enjoyable, it just hits Poe's law at high speed. The poor poor innocents could be whatever you imagine them to be—pack of gums, stupid running bunch of pixels…—because they're as empty as the protagonist. If you want to be thrilled with the killing of innocents, you have to make the player feel that they're innocents and don't deserve to die in pain. But here… Well, without story, that's hard to pull off. Anyway. Two points: one for graphs, one for bollocks—too bad it's not enough nowadays, huh? If I wanted to get off on killing virtual innocents, I'd actually play anything but Hatred. Sorry.… Expand
  48. gamingforfun365
    Jun 1, 2015
    0
    Wow. A player is awarded a Nobel "Peace" Prize for killing all spiritual, innocent civilians. My favorite "bad" word to tag this game as would be this: "ash-tray".
  49. kaicooper
    Jun 5, 2015
    2
    Hatred..most violant game ever..i dont think so
    Hatred is most worst Optimization game ever..yes it is

    just walk and kill..no missions..no story..
    just repitive..stuttering..fighting with optimization

    one of the worst games..

    i give it 2 just for lighting in the game
  50. redglare
    Jun 8, 2015
    2
    Horrible game, let me explain why:

    Graphics: 4/10, this is 2015, please try harder. Gameplay: no plot, no storyline, Ok I knew that going in, BUT ; It's not even fun, gets repetitive after the first 5 minutes. Getting shot offscreen, /golfclap. the FBI should plant trackers into the game and fish out all of the psychos playing it, any normal teen/adult won't enjoy this game after    Horrible game, let me explain why:

    Graphics: 4/10, this is 2015, please try harder.
    Gameplay: no plot, no storyline, Ok I knew that going in, BUT ; It's not even fun, gets repetitive after the first 5 minutes.
    Getting shot offscreen, /golfclap.

    the FBI should plant trackers into the game and fish out all of the psychos playing it, any normal teen/adult won't enjoy this game after the initial couple of kills.

    Sadistic/ worthless game. /waste of time.    … Expand
  51. VanDerGame
    Jun 7, 2015
    1
    I wonder what all these people who praise the game would tell the survivors of Breivik's slaughter. I played through one level and this game is pure evil. Everyone who is normal considers cutting throats of civilians as something disgusting and doesn't want to watch it. What's gonna be next in the gaming world? Raping mothers in front of children and then killing them? Torturing domesticI wonder what all these people who praise the game would tell the survivors of Breivik's slaughter. I played through one level and this game is pure evil. Everyone who is normal considers cutting throats of civilians as something disgusting and doesn't want to watch it. What's gonna be next in the gaming world? Raping mothers in front of children and then killing them? Torturing domestic animals? We gotta say stop at some point and this is this moment for me to do it. When I was a teenager I loved blood and violence in movies and games but I grew out of it and I can't stand it anymore, so I guess there are only two kinds of people who like this game: immature youngsters and evil people, who would enjoy killing others in the real world if they only knew they would get away with it. Which one are you?… Expand
  52. iKiller109
    Jun 13, 2015
    3
    Postal 1/2 much better.                                                                                                                        
  53. Telamoont
    Jun 2, 2015
    0
    Hatred is a game about a insane murderer killing innocent people for NOTHING.
    The whole idea of this game is absolutely immoral, and I'm used to play violent games. But this one cross any border of sanity.
    The only thing I have to admit this help me is to clean my Steam friend list from people with clear psychopathic tendencies. This is a game for sick audience.
  54. DanzZ
    Jun 2, 2015
    4
    Tenho acompanhado o desenvolvimento de Hatred desde o episódio em que o Steam retirou a aprovação no greenlight e o próprio Gabe Newell intercedeu colocando o time da Destructive Creations em uma torrente de polêmica que fez com que os grandes veículos de comunicação dessem mais atenção ao jogo do que talvez ele merecesse.

    Longe de mim ser o bastião de tudo que é bom e justo, e ao mesmo    Tenho acompanhado o desenvolvimento de Hatred desde o episódio em que o Steam retirou a aprovação no greenlight e o próprio Gabe Newell intercedeu colocando o time da Destructive Creations em uma torrente de polêmica que fez com que os grandes veículos de comunicação dessem mais atenção ao jogo do que talvez ele merecesse.

    Longe de mim ser o bastião de tudo que é bom e justo, e ao mesmo tempo devo dizer que não endosso nenhum tipo de violência no mundo "real". Dito isto, vamos aos fatos.
    Hatred é um "Dual Stick Shooter" de visão isométrica sobre um maluco cujo nome não é importante (segundo o próprio personagem) que odeia tudo e todos e decide que irá sair de casa em uma matança desenfreada que irá resultar em algum momento na sua própria morte. Sem Spoilers, o personagem inicia o jogo explicando isso.

    Enfim, logo no início do jogo pude notar que o maior pecado de Hatred é não ter um motivo pra existir e o personagem deixa isso bem claro. Eu considero que pra um jogo existir ele precisa ter pelo menos uma de duas coisas:

    - Uma mecânica divertida e bem desenvolvida. Existem diversos jogos apoiados puramente em mecânica e que proporcionam uma experiência tão gostosa que torna difícil largar o controle.
    - Uma história pra ser contada. Nesse caso não considero nem que a história precise ser excelente, ela pode simplesmente ser algo que os autores quiseram botar pra fora, pode ser apenas pra gerar uma discussão ou até ser um enredo mega mirabolante, mas o essencial é que exista algo a ser dito.

    Imagino que Hatred podia ser um jogo muito melhor se abordasse mesmo que de leve algum argumento sobre os problemas das armas domésticas por exemplo. Podia trabalhar uma história sobre um dos diversos massacres que aconteceram em escolas pelo mundo, gerando discussão, mostrando que as pessoas que realizam esse tipo de ataque podem não ter nascido monstros, podem ter sido totalmente quebradas por uma infância difícil, por excesso de bullying ou sei lá por qual motivo, existem dezenas de estudos sobre esse tipo de coisa. Ou seja, eu entenderia Hatred existir se tivesse algo a dizer, mas o jogo passa bem longe disso.
    "Ah meu, mas eu não quero pensar, quero simplesmente atirar nas coisas!"

    Justo, quem nunca abandonou as missões em GTA e se entregou ao prazer de destruir a cidade, acumular estrelas de procurado, fugir da polícia e instaurar o caos generalizado? Aliás, se você nunca fez isso em GTA com certeza está perdendo grande parte da experiência do jogo, porque afinal isso é muito divertido.

    Então ok, o time da Destructive Creations queria apenas fazer um jogo em que fosse divertido atirar por aí e causar caos, pânico e destruição, certo?

    Nesse caso falharam miseravelmente. Eu tentei entrar nesse clima, abstrair qualquer preconceito que eu tivesse e apenas jogar pela diversão mas infelizmente Hatred diverte pouquíssimo. É extremamente monótono fazer basicamente a mesma coisa o tempo todo. Atira em pessoas (com uma inteligência artificial sofrível), a polícia aparece, mata os policiais e segue sua vida atirando em mais inocentes.

    A movimentação do personagem é horrorosa. Existem bugs de movimentação aos tubos, perdi a conta de quantas vezes fiquei preso em algum lugar por problemas na movimentação e pelo level design preguiçoso.
    Os inimigos atiram em você de fora da tela e não existe nenhuma indicação visual de onde o tiro está vindo. Morri algumas vezes sem saber o motivo.

    Existe apenas uma mecânica que eu consigo elogiar (pela idéia, não pela execução) que é o fato de apesar da inteligência artificial ser absurdamente burra as pessoas inocentes em que você atira são capazes de pegar armas do chão e reagir aos ataques ao invés de só correr dos tiros. Afinal pessoas em situações limites são capazes de outras ações além de correr desesperadamente.
    Achei uma idéia bem bacana que eu adoraria ver bem executada em outros jogos, apesar de isso ter gerado um dos momentos mais estranhos do jogo. Imagine que você está em um trem em movimento matando os passageiros e os passageiros sacam suas armas, entre elas uma Uzi, tipo, pra onde diabos aquelas pessoas estavam indo todas armadas?

    Outra coisa que tinha potencial mas falhou na execução é o visual do jogo (que merecia uma otimização melhor). O jogo é inteiro em tons de cinza só sendo colorido o sangue e as explosões, o que lembra bastante o estilo visual usado em Sin City. Essa escolha proporciona um jogo muito bonito, mas acaba atrapalhando em alguns momentos do jogo em que tudo fica bem confuso e enxergar o seu personagem e os inimigos ajudaria bastante.

    Quanto à polêmica das cenas chocantes devo dizer que foi muito "mimimi" pra nada, as execuções não são nada que o jogo do justiceiro não tenha feito em 2005 com muito mais sangue e violência do que esse joguinho mequetrefe. Já quanto à questão da violência pela violência o jogo é tão raso e sem personalidade que é praticamente impossível gerar empatia ou se ofender com qualquer coisa.

    Promissor, mas não arriscou.    … Expand
  55. Valaridan
    Jul 4, 2015
    0
    clarky you just proved how stupid and mediocre this game is for just writing a review to balance the score you have a brain that small just like this game developers this game is the definition of stupidity even if its was free this piece of garbage still not worth it
  56. Uberwolfe
    Jun 7, 2015
    0
    Honestly, a game that tries for controversy before it tries for any other redeemable quality is a game that deserves a solid zero.

    Despite best attempt, it's painfully obvious the developer lacked the skill necessary to craft anything meaningful out of this game. It’s the lazy, easy-way-out approach, to forsake something intelligent or satirical and just opt for all-out slaughter.    Honestly, a game that tries for controversy before it tries for any other redeemable quality is a game that deserves a solid zero.

    Despite best attempt, it's painfully obvious the developer lacked the skill necessary to craft anything meaningful out of this game. It’s the lazy, easy-way-out approach, to forsake something intelligent or satirical and just opt for all-out slaughter.

    And at its core, just like the titles Hatred tries to emulate, it is fundamentally a bad game... beyond its controversial subject matter there really is nothing else to speak of…    … Expand
  57. SwitSwat
    Jun 7, 2015
    2
    Peoples' HATRED for this game amuses me.
    Am I rite guize?
    ...
    guize?
    (Seriously though, it's not a very good twin-stick shooter and all the fuss is only based on controversy alone)
  58. Bill_Clay
    Jun 3, 2015
    1
    It's cheap looking, keyboard controls are clumsy and confusing, and it's just a ripoff of the old Postal series. I played for less than hour before giving up and requesting my refund from Steam. It's not worth $5, let alone $20.
  59. Azgar5991
    Aug 5, 2015
    3
    Doesn't matter to me if you kill al mankind, the problem is the gameplay and its too repetitive the same sh it everytime kill, kill, kill and guess what? More kill! Its too way boring not recomend because of that.
  60. RUanAdultNerd
    Jun 9, 2015
    0
    Bunch of nerd adults laying their emotional issues on everyone via a video game. Pure "twitch nerd" negative emotional fodder from a classic pack of angry neo-nerds looking to show us their angst. A game for emotional dummies.
  61. CaptainAKL2000
    Jun 13, 2015
    3
    Why would you want to play a game where all you do is kill random civilians and animals because you want to "die today". It is a stupid idea for game like this. Don't play this, I'm saving you.
  62. joao_da_silva
    Apr 26, 2020
    0
    That's probaly the MOST violent and disgusting game EVER. The developers must be arrested for that game.
  63. ColeYote
    Jun 5, 2015
    3
    This game is transparently trying to be "shocking" in an attempt to get a profit on the backs of the sort of people who fall for 3edgy5me BS. The graphic style might be interesting, but what this game is, essentially, is if you took GTA, made it a top-down shooter, put a B&W filter over it and basically just made a game out of the jokes about mowing down pedestrians for points. It might beThis game is transparently trying to be "shocking" in an attempt to get a profit on the backs of the sort of people who fall for 3edgy5me BS. The graphic style might be interesting, but what this game is, essentially, is if you took GTA, made it a top-down shooter, put a B&W filter over it and basically just made a game out of the jokes about mowing down pedestrians for points. It might be interesting to look at or play for, like, fifteen minutes, but that's it. There is literally no depth to it. You run around, you kill random civilians. That's the entire game. And they're charging $20. It would be overpriced if it was a $5 iOS game. Just buy GTA San Andreas, it's $5 cheaper and even if all you want to do is kill random civilians Rockstar'll let ya do it with a tank.

    3 because it at least *works*.    … Expand
  64. nima1990
    Aug 17, 2015
    1
    Go around and shoot people and the dev doesn't want to be politically correct and put aside the games as art concept. Filled with philosophical and a great artistic approach make all the irony in this game. The graphics are the only good thing about it. It gets boring within the first 15 minutes.
  65. Veska
    Jun 21, 2015
    4
    Stupid AI
    - Color palette of gray: Everything look same. Only "blood" and fires take colours
    - "typical" hero, that hates everything and everyone but why, you don t ask for it
    - you cant see shotters, but they can shoot you
    - boring gameplay
    - "good: optimization with fps drop 10-55
    + explosions made by Baye
    + try to remake of original "Postal"

    Wait for sales from Steam.
  66. CritialMass
    Jul 5, 2015
    1
    First and foremost, the low grade is not due to me being a finger-waggling and "oh how could you" spouting person who doesn't understand how mowing down rows of innocent bystanders could be fun. Quite the opposite, I was one of those that saw the trailers, saw the mowing down of people and went howling into the night how much I want it because it actually does look like fun. You know, fun?First and foremost, the low grade is not due to me being a finger-waggling and "oh how could you" spouting person who doesn't understand how mowing down rows of innocent bystanders could be fun. Quite the opposite, I was one of those that saw the trailers, saw the mowing down of people and went howling into the night how much I want it because it actually does look like fun. You know, fun? Remember that? What we used to play games for? Before it became a second job (like the MMO du jour) or an excuse for not doing our first one (like the Facebook timewaster games). Fun.

    And that's exactly what the game fails at. It makes mowing down innocent victims and bystanders who have done nothing wrong but getting out of bed in the morning and getting in the path of our antisocial protagonist at exactly the wrong time not only boring but a chore. That's a feat and a half if you think about it.

    Lemme be level here, it starts out ok. You start the game, you walk down the street, blazing guns mow down a couple dozen innocent victims. Nothing wrong so far, all fun and game, we're building character here... or wait, we don't. First of all, there is exactly zero emotional attachment to our protagonist. He's as blank as the average angsty goth teen (which is, I'd wager, coincidentally the target audience of the game, after all you SHOULD somehow identify with your character) whose outlook on life and the reaction he garners from anyone dealing with him is the same: A heartfelt MEH.

    There's simply no motivation. But that's fine, that's ok, hey, who needs a game to motivate you to mow down a dozen human beings or a score? Maybe your life or at least your day already gave you enough of a motivation for this and you doing it in a computer game is just your way of doing it in a socially halfway acceptable way. That's ok, that's cool.

    But, and that's the part where I get pissed off, the fatal flaw of the game, the one thing that (oddly, as it may sound) is the killer here, the part that constitutes the piece of poop in the Pringles can: Killing those people has a purpose. Yes, you heard me. I did say HAS a purpose. No, I did not forget to negate that. The very fact that killing those people has a purpose is the big letdown here for me.

    Allow me to elaborate how my antisocial, highly antagonistic and misanthropic mind works.

    The game rewards your killing sprees and mindless rampage with you regaining health from everyone you deliver from living to dead with the aid of highly accelerated metal spat from the tip of your gun. Why health you may ask. Well, the reason why you need health is the army of policemen, soldiers and whatever else one could think up to stop a ravaging madman from becoming the world record holder in the body-count category. And that's what pisses me off: I have to kill these people. It's not something I do because I wanna and because it's fun (remember, fun? Why we should play games?). Me going into that cafe and doing a pirouette on my toe-tips with the trigger firmly squeezed is not done so I get some cheap laugh out of people screaming and running for their lives and begging me not to find out how many bullets are needed to sever a limb of someone trying to avoid that. It's something I HAVE to do because outside the local police force made a picnic and found out that shooting stuff is fun and me giving them a good excuse to do it delights them so much that they have to spend their annual budget for bullets today and right now.

    And then it stops being fun. It starts being a requirement. A chore.

    And that takes away the fun of being a ravaging lunatic on a killing spree rampage. The whole point behind that being that you're god. You decide who gets to live and who gets to die. That's what makes mindless killing sprees fun. I liked your begging and groveling, mortal, you may live another day, begone now. But you over there, I didn't like your nose. Boom, headshot. See? Fun.

    That's not the case here. I cannot deliberately decide to NOT kill someone. That's the whole point of being "in control", of having "the power". Having a choice. You don't have that choice. And even if you had it, it doesn't matter. You simply don't get to care about the humans you kill. They lack any kind of personality, any kind of individuality, anything that makes them more than the million other "kill me for points" sprites that littered the screens of computer games since the times Space Invaders tried to kill your pixel tank. They're so interchangeable and bland. Nondescript. Can't we at least get a school class of kids so there would be at least a little bit of a hesitation? Well, not for me (being the antisocial bastard that I am, I'd go out of my way to kill them so they drop in an aesthetically pleasing way), but there are allegedly people who do care for kids enough to at least hesitate a moment before deciding that smaller targets just mean higher challenge.

    TL;DR: It's Diablo, just without the loot collection.    … Expand
  67. miamibreak
    Jun 13, 2015
    4
    What's fun:
    + nice style
    + (some) environment elements can be destroyed + kills stress :) + entertaining for a while What darkens the fun: - optimized like granpa's ass - this f camera angle (very lame, b-slap for lead designer, especially when it got lazy to follow the character) - controls randomly got messed up, especially when exiting vehicles - bugs EVERYWHERE (which gives    What's fun:
    + nice style
    + (some) environment elements can be destroyed
    + kills stress :)
    + entertaining for a while

    What darkens the fun:
    - optimized like granpa's ass
    - this f camera angle (very lame, b-slap for lead designer, especially when it got lazy to follow the character)
    - controls randomly got messed up, especially when exiting vehicles
    - bugs EVERYWHERE (which gives stressss), like: sunken into nothing while driving, enemies pop up from nowhere in front of me, crosshair disappears or not visible sometimes etc.
    - this is just a thought: some players may find "easy" level not that easy...played on "hard" and it got challenging on level 6 and boring same time. Finished the game but imo doesn't really worth buying it:-    … Expand
  68. Yourcricket
    Aug 1, 2015
    1
    Let's establish a few facts, I played and enjoyed games like Postal (youtube 'postal cat silencer') and GTA.

    I played Hatred with an open mind, because this is a game and the only things that matter is gameplay, story and/or fun. Gameplay: Few actual mechanics to the game and most of them are poorly executed, as an example, camera angle makes it hard to gauge whether your enemy is    Let's establish a few facts, I played and enjoyed games like Postal (youtube 'postal cat silencer') and GTA.

    I played Hatred with an open mind, because this is a game and the only things that matter is gameplay, story and/or fun.

    Gameplay: Few actual mechanics to the game and most of them are poorly executed, as an example, camera angle makes it hard to gauge whether your enemy is within Line of Sight or if you are just looking into a wall/door. Aiming down sight moves your entire screen/cross-hair, which makes aiming for difficult and the increased precision is irrelevant.

    Storyline: Non-existent.

    Fun: The game takes the whole massacre thing way too seriously and unlike other games similar violence level, doesn't have anything else in it's favor other than random killing, which makes the game boring.

    Graphics: The atmosphere is appropriate to the setting however the animations are subpar.

    In conclusion, it seems that positive reviews rest on the single fact that 'killing is fun' in the game, but personally, killing just for killing without anything else (comedy factor, plot, etc) adding to it, is just boring.    … Expand
  69. muzmuz
    Jun 2, 2018
    4
    If you want a senseless kill everybody type of game, Hatred may be for you, but it is not something you play in more than a handful of seating. Repetitive, underwhelming and disappointing.
  70. Voyou
    May 22, 2021
    3
    The game-makers managed to write their tutorial texts in a way that makes them impossible to read. No wonder then that the general visibility is awful (black and white was a poor idea, off-screen people killing you was a terrible idea,) the gamepad control scheme is impractical and cannot be changed, and of course the game does not provide the entertaining ability to save progress duringThe game-makers managed to write their tutorial texts in a way that makes them impossible to read. No wonder then that the general visibility is awful (black and white was a poor idea, off-screen people killing you was a terrible idea,) the gamepad control scheme is impractical and cannot be changed, and of course the game does not provide the entertaining ability to save progress during missions, which means its entertainment value is a big fat ZERO.… Expand
  71. Kevinas001
    Mar 13, 2016
    1
    Hatred is a **** game.
    You play as an emo **** dressed like Eric Harris.
    The only reason why this is sort of popular is its "controversy" but compare it to classics like Postal and its "controversy" is down the **** The game is short and the developers dare to sell it for more than 30 dollars even 30 dollars would be over the top for this kind of **** game. The gameplays **** boring    Hatred is a **** game.
    You play as an emo **** dressed like Eric Harris.
    The only reason why this is sort of popular is its "controversy" but compare it to classics like Postal and its "controversy" is down the ****
    The game is short and the developers dare to sell it for more than 30 dollars even 30 dollars would be over the top for this kind of **** game.
    The gameplays **** boring "the only 4 levels is only kill kill kill" with a **** ending. People think that cutting someones throat deserves most controversial game of 2015
    Well the game itself is a top down shooter in black and white which i kinda like. Reminds me of Smash TV.
    But anyone who gives it more than 4 didnt **** play the game and realize how **** it is.    … Expand
  72. Kheetor
    Jan 28, 2019
    3
    The mechanics in this game are a joke and if it didn't boast with the sick and twisted moral code nobody would even know this trash game.
  73. Kuvrot
    May 30, 2018
    3
    It's a violent game...
    and that is all...
    The mechanics are good, but I don't play violent videogames just because they are violent, i want a story, a context or a motive to kill. The game is bad because is boring, it was made just to create controversy, a main character flat, and because is just violent. About why Postal 2 is better: First and the most important, the game is not    It's a violent game...
    and that is all...

    The mechanics are good, but I don't play violent videogames just because they are violent, i want a story, a context or a motive to kill.

    The game is bad because is boring, it was made just to create controversy, a main character flat, and because is just violent.

    About why Postal 2 is better: First and the most important, the game is not dark, Postal 2 is pure black mood, the game doesn't have a story but at least i have objectives that made me interact with the environment, people, etc. And there are a lot of more reasons.

    Hatred is just a violent game.

    3/10.

    Go to play Postal 2 instead hatred.    … Expand
  74. Jackermy
    Oct 29, 2020
    2
    The most terrific game, that I have ever seen. Stupid AI, bad animations, terrible optimization, color gamma is awful, and the absence of storyline at all. The gameplay is so boring that the only thing that you want - to end this game as fast as you can. The main character has no motivation and he kills people just because he is evil.
    It is one of the worst games that I have ever played.
  75. ireviewbadgames
    Aug 16, 2018
    3
    A despicable title that tries to stagger to it's feet with false claims of over the top cruelty and controversial killings. If you're truly interested in hardcore, brutal violence, you won't find it here. The game is comparably tame to what expectations the public had, offering nothing new to veteran gamers. Indeed, if you've played GTA, Saint's Row, or even Dishonored, you honestly won'tA despicable title that tries to stagger to it's feet with false claims of over the top cruelty and controversial killings. If you're truly interested in hardcore, brutal violence, you won't find it here. The game is comparably tame to what expectations the public had, offering nothing new to veteran gamers. Indeed, if you've played GTA, Saint's Row, or even Dishonored, you honestly won't find the death included in Hatred very interesting.

    Let's say you're not invested in the violence; what about game play? What you have is essentially an old-school top-down shooter/bullet hell. Is it new, flavorful, or innovative in any way? No, not really. If you're new to the genre then you may be able to extract some semblance of enjoyment from Hatred, but you're honestly better off just playing a free flash game online that has similar gameplay.

    It's clear that the dirty developers played up the controversy for sales, most likely knowing that the game would perform poorly if they didn't drum up some kind of gimmick. I will admit, it's current price tag of around $7.00 is a bit high, but not too far from unreasonable. If you must purchase the game, wait for a 50% off sale or just playing something else, except better.    … Expand
  76. RazorSamurai
    May 16, 2020
    4
    Скучно, плохая оптимизиация, не интересно, выглядит уродливо
  77. CoffeeKing
    Sep 2, 2020
    2
    In all honesty 90% of this game's fame is based purely on its famous controversy. Without this coating - its just a generic shooter. Grab it if discounted to check 'what's all about'. Otherwise - don't bother.
  78. DorianUSA
    Apr 1, 2021
    1
    Clickbait: The Video Game. And all the stupid press took the bait like a freakin morons they are. This game fails as shooter, or arcade. Its just filled with cringe that that tries to be funny and over the top. Don't buy this trash.
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    Jun 11, 2022
    4
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  80. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 1, 2022
    2
    The guy who created the game was really mad , the game is full of bugs and it still kills innocent people for no reason... The only thing I liked was the black white graphic
  81. daehkcid
    Aug 11, 2022
    0
    Hatred is one of the most insulting games of all time.

    I don't mean offensive or shocking or anything like that. I mean downright insulting to your intelligence. Firstly, the gameplay is garbage. The controls suck, the shooting feels completely unsatisfying and lacking in impact, the difficulty is massively inflated because the developers just thought 'oh yeah let's just throw    Hatred is one of the most insulting games of all time.

    I don't mean offensive or shocking or anything like that.

    I mean downright insulting to your intelligence.

    Firstly, the gameplay is garbage. The controls suck, the shooting feels completely unsatisfying and lacking in impact, the difficulty is massively inflated because the developers just thought 'oh yeah let's just throw **** a bazillion enemies in' and the gameplay loop is so boring, uninspired and repetitive that I think I would rather play Hunt Down the Freeman.

    Then there's the story. Edgy isn't quite the right word to describe it. **** moronic is more what I like to say. It wants to appeal to those annoying **** that act as if everyone is a terrible person and we should just commit genocide because isn't that just such a mature, thought provoking, well thought out idea?

    Yeah you can not convince me that the devs of this game have ever had a normal conversation with another person outside of circle jerking with other edgy kids on **** about how much they hate the world.

    So **** gameplay paired with an insufferable, irritating story.

    Imagine you took the first Postal game and removed all the impact, thought, self awareness and substance, and you'd get this game.

    Overall, **** game with nothing of value for anyone who isn't an insufferable **** who hates everything because they think it makes them mature    … Expand
  82. CamyVero
    Sep 18, 2022
    3
    Pues no vale para nada. Me llamó mucho la atención cuando en su día lo anunciaron, por el morbo y el tema insano de masacrar inocentes sin discreción, pero más allá de los primeros minutos y la impresión inicial de encarnar a un psicópata asesino de masas, el juego es insulso y repetitivo.

    Simplemente vas avanzando por diferentes zonas con un objetivo numérico de individuos masacrados.    Pues no vale para nada. Me llamó mucho la atención cuando en su día lo anunciaron, por el morbo y el tema insano de masacrar inocentes sin discreción, pero más allá de los primeros minutos y la impresión inicial de encarnar a un psicópata asesino de masas, el juego es insulso y repetitivo.

    Simplemente vas avanzando por diferentes zonas con un objetivo numérico de individuos masacrados. A medida que vas matando aparecen oleadas de enemigos que son las fuerzas de seguridad, cada vez mejor armados y protegidos para acabar contigo. Lo que lo convierte en un twin stick shooter muy sencillo de masacre por oleadas. En este punto hay que comentar que el juego es solo parcialmente compatible con un game pad, por lo que tendrás que jugarlo con teclado y ratón y es impreciso hasta decir basta, por lo que de twin stick shooter, en realidad, es solo sobre el papel. Como gracia adicional en los diferentes niveles hay objetivos secundarios en los que encontrar nuevas armas, chalecos antibalas o puntos de respawn, que básicamente hacen las veces de vidas. Si terminas las vidas en una zona vuelves a empezar desde el principio con tu objetivo de masacre principal. Sin más, no tiene más.

    Hay gente que le recuerda a Postal. Un juego que en los noventa llamó mucho la atención por partir de una premisa similar a este. Por lo que, en mi opinión pierde el factor de innovación en su concepción argumental, es decir, ni siquiera es original, es una copia de un clásico. Por lo que… a no ser que te llamara la atención por que eres un pifiado de los videojuegos y te diera morbo su premisa y además lo encuentres a precio de derribo…. (yo no pagaría más de 2€ por esto) puedes ahorrártelo, no te va a aportar nada. Al menos nada que no se haya visto ya mejor hecho.    … Expand
  83. AlexKVideos1
    Feb 20, 2021
    4
    I have no problem with a game like this, that is not the reason I am giving this a negative review.

    If you look at it, Hatred was pretty much a publicity stunt for a new studio to get controversy to get money, and... it worked. People hopped on this game to defend its content matter, when really neither the content matter or gameplay is even that good. Many issues like low framerate,    I have no problem with a game like this, that is not the reason I am giving this a negative review.

    If you look at it, Hatred was pretty much a publicity stunt for a new studio to get controversy to get money, and... it worked. People hopped on this game to defend its content matter, when really neither the content matter or gameplay is even that good.

    Many issues like low framerate, graphical glitches, execution glitches, terrible camera position, bad voice acting from the main character, and stupid AI hold it back from being really good.

    I get that they were going for a Postal style game here, with the camera locked in a overhead view. However, Postal did it because of how it was designed. This game could have easily been modified to be played in 3rd person. The main character sounds like someone trying to force themselves to act 'edgy', and 'threaten'. Why the AI runs back into the same house their buddy was just shot it destroys the whole point of people 'scared for their life.'

    Somethings are done right, like the environmental destruction, voicing acting of the civilians and executions, to a certain extend.

    One thing that was also blown way out of portion was the executions. They are supposed to be this gnarly showcase of dying in the worse possible way, but I've seen better, and even more gruesome executions in games like Manhunt 2, and The Punisher.

    Hatred can be enjoyable, but I find that the game is more of a publicity stunt, then an actual game.    … Expand
  84. yertre
    Feb 8, 2021
    3
    It's not that Hatred goes too far, it's that the game is sold on being edgy or violent, but the "violence" is so dull that I can't really believe the game is rated AO. Why is the game less violent than your average Assassins Creed game, but is being sold as this senseless violence simulator? A game like this really shouldn't be pulling its punches, and it's led to a disappointing endIt's not that Hatred goes too far, it's that the game is sold on being edgy or violent, but the "violence" is so dull that I can't really believe the game is rated AO. Why is the game less violent than your average Assassins Creed game, but is being sold as this senseless violence simulator? A game like this really shouldn't be pulling its punches, and it's led to a disappointing end result. Honestly, just play Postal 2 instead.… Expand

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#27 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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#54 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 48 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 48
  3. Negative: 27 out of 48
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 1, 2015
    60
    Hatred is better internet scandal than game. [Aug 2015]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Aug 21, 2015
    69
    Hatred isn’t half as provocative as moralists claim: it doesn’t emphasize the act of aggression; it cares only about the number of victims. Executions are carried out with about as much emotion as stomping on a Goomba in Mario game. [Sept 2015, p.71]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Aug 9, 2015
    30
    Not offensive enough to cause outcry, not good enough to warrant paying attention to. [Aug 2015, p.60]
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