Highly Controversial Game Coming to Switch | Game Rant
Nintendo continues its trend away from the squeaky clean, family-friendly image that has followed the company for decades. The Switch has become a platform on which people can play a variety of games, ranging from those safe for kids to titles that are much more mature. And that tendency doesn’t look like it’ll be ending any time soon.
In a recent Twitter post, game developer Destructive Creations revealed that a port of Hatred, its controversial Adults Only-rated title, will be coming to Nintendo’s console at an as-yet unannounced date.
An isometric shoot-‘em-up, originally released for PC in 2015, Hatred puts the player in the shoes of a mass shooter whose only goal is to kill as many “worthless human scum” as possible and spread Armageddon through the streets of New York City before inevitably being killed himself. The developers summed up the game’s premise by stating, “You will shoot, you will kill, and you will die.”
When the game first released on Steam Greenlight, Valve pulled it from the store due to Hatred's controversial nature and over-the-top violence. Destructive Creations stated that the game was simply a response to the current political and societal trends. Gabe Newell himself, co-founder of Valve, eventually apologized personally for the game’s removal and Hatred returned to the storefront. This only drew further attention to the title and increased the controversy surrounding it.
On Metacritic, the game sits with user and critic scores in the 40s. On Steam, however, where the game has nearly 8000 more reviews, Hatred has earned a "mostly positive" rating. The game’s subject matter likely either throws people off or draws them in. But many of Hatred’s reviewers, both positive and negative, point out that excessive violence towards other people can be found in a plethora of games currently on the market.
Instead, many players who give Hatred praise cite its tight controls, gorgeous art style reminiscent of Sin City, and impressively destructible environments. According to many, playing the game also provides a cathartic effect that can be helpful after a hard day and is cheaper than a therapist. Negative reviews of Hatred point out its bad AI, inconveniently fixed camera, bugginess, and poor optimization. The game, some players claim, is just an inferior rip off of 1997’s Postal by Ripcord Games.
Hatred released on PC in 2015 and will be available on Switch at an unannounced date in the future.
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