Hatred

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4.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 729 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.
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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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