Do you remember the game Hatred? It was the most controversial game of 2015. This "Mass Murdering" simulator was created with one goal in mind, to be against PC culture. The game sees us playing as an unnamed "antigonist" who just wants to see the world burn. We are tasked with killing everybody that we can get our edge lord hands on.
So in the wake of Gamergate, is it really that surprising that this game kicked up a lot of controversy? Gaming outlets hated the very concept of it with Colin Campell of Polygon saying that their staff was genuinly revolused by the first trailer of the game.
But it wasn't just gaming sites that had a problem with Hatred. Germany and Australia banned the game and New Zealand Chief Censor David Shanks had outright made the game illegal to buy and/or distrubut claiming that Hatred promoted murder.
Steam and Epic games also had a bone to pick with Hatred, with the later banning the game from Steam's Greenlit program, before the decision was undone by Gabe Newell himself, and Epic games requested that their logo be removed from the ultra violent trailer for the game.
But was it really that bad? Did Hatred deserve all of this controversy and backlash, or was it just another victim of people overreacting to a video game? Watch the video below to find out! And subscribe!
