Akira
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Presenting now, ladies and gentlemen, is a new trailer which has blown out-of-proportions over the past 3 days. Twitter,FB and reddit's gone mad about it.
Hatred is a PC-exclusive(for now,anyway) game about straight-up-no-bullshit slaughter of people fueled by nothing but pure, well, hatred. Its trailer came out this week, and many people found it to be upsetting, even deplorable/disgusting.
Here's the trailer. Fair Warning: it's exceedingly graphic and depicts the slaughter of horrified people who scream and plead for their lives.NSFW It's not shittin rainbows, people.
Courting shock publicity, reminiscent of early 90s MortalKombat Fatalities and early 2000s strangulation by polythene bags(read Manhunt), the trailer has got a sh!t-ton of attention, hitting nearly a million views in 3 days. Of course, you can't hate or troll the game without telling others what's it's about-at least watch the trailer, hence giving it more views and prospective players. Exactly what the the devs are counting on!!
Here: an Interview with the devs from Destructive Creations-warning, it's rather biased-and very hypocritical. I mean, at least try to be objective dude. Rather non-professional from a Polygon journalist.
Thing is, nothing new to see here. We have seen wanton violence before-in Postal games(which is about killing everybody, aka "going postal")-in Manhunt, no need to say more-or the most well known GTA series where, let's face it, real fun lies in going crazy and doing whatever you want to do(aka rampage by flying cars). VIOLENCE IS NOT ANYTHING NEW, people.
*jagatplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hatred-the-game-14.jpg
Hatred however, hits hard. This is not satire. This is not slapstick/black comedy. We are not shooting aliens or robots or zombies in the face. We are not killing reapers and banging genetically-perfect babes on a weekly basis. This is hunting innocent civilians down-shooting , stabbing them-and laugh as they plead for their lives. It bathes in the moment of the kill as the main character, for instance, sticks the barrel of a gun down a screaming woman's throat and pulls the trigger. It details every element of that, each portion of the struggle, every feeble flailing of arms and legs. The kills are not cool-instead, it's about the terror-the paralyzing tricking of gut-wrenching fear as your tormentor comes upon you to inflict suffering, and you can do jack-**** about it. This fear-it's gives a feeling of power-of lording over helpless victims, power which Terrorists and psychopaths crave.
Just to be clear: the notion that video-games cause/promote violence is BULLSHIT. The only difference between this game and any other shooter is the removal of the morally-uplifting cause. You ain't saving anyone here, you're just killing people because you like it. The problem is the glorification of terror and fear the victims feel. Violence is always been necessary in most games. Even mario kills the mushroom nemesis by jumping on it's head. Nearly every COD/Battlefield is murder-simulation. Hatred isn't any different. It just doesn't use a veil for it.
Honestly, it's just a video game. There are tons of more gory slasher movies out there. As always, the gameplay is what matters(so does the story, but don't hold your breath on this one). The aesthetically-grim black-and-white splashed with colors here and there does add to the mood of the slaughter. My point being-it's just different. It has been a long time something this hard-hitting came on the market, and well, it helps to have variety. Violence is Violence, guys. At least try it out before shitting on it.
PS: Honestly, the best thing about the trailer is the reactions. So please, what are your thoughts??
PPS: Aren't you tired of loot-caves and grinding levels(read Borderlands and Destiny)?? I know I am. Waiting for FC4 and DA3...
Hatred is a PC-exclusive(for now,anyway) game about straight-up-no-bullshit slaughter of people fueled by nothing but pure, well, hatred. Its trailer came out this week, and many people found it to be upsetting, even deplorable/disgusting.
Here's the trailer. Fair Warning: it's exceedingly graphic and depicts the slaughter of horrified people who scream and plead for their lives.NSFW It's not shittin rainbows, people.
Courting shock publicity, reminiscent of early 90s MortalKombat Fatalities and early 2000s strangulation by polythene bags(read Manhunt), the trailer has got a sh!t-ton of attention, hitting nearly a million views in 3 days. Of course, you can't hate or troll the game without telling others what's it's about-at least watch the trailer, hence giving it more views and prospective players. Exactly what the the devs are counting on!!
Here: an Interview with the devs from Destructive Creations-warning, it's rather biased-and very hypocritical. I mean, at least try to be objective dude. Rather non-professional from a Polygon journalist.
Thing is, nothing new to see here. We have seen wanton violence before-in Postal games(which is about killing everybody, aka "going postal")-in Manhunt, no need to say more-or the most well known GTA series where, let's face it, real fun lies in going crazy and doing whatever you want to do(aka rampage by flying cars). VIOLENCE IS NOT ANYTHING NEW, people.
*jagatplay.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Hatred-the-game-14.jpg
Hatred however, hits hard. This is not satire. This is not slapstick/black comedy. We are not shooting aliens or robots or zombies in the face. We are not killing reapers and banging genetically-perfect babes on a weekly basis. This is hunting innocent civilians down-shooting , stabbing them-and laugh as they plead for their lives. It bathes in the moment of the kill as the main character, for instance, sticks the barrel of a gun down a screaming woman's throat and pulls the trigger. It details every element of that, each portion of the struggle, every feeble flailing of arms and legs. The kills are not cool-instead, it's about the terror-the paralyzing tricking of gut-wrenching fear as your tormentor comes upon you to inflict suffering, and you can do jack-**** about it. This fear-it's gives a feeling of power-of lording over helpless victims, power which Terrorists and psychopaths crave.
Just to be clear: the notion that video-games cause/promote violence is BULLSHIT. The only difference between this game and any other shooter is the removal of the morally-uplifting cause. You ain't saving anyone here, you're just killing people because you like it. The problem is the glorification of terror and fear the victims feel. Violence is always been necessary in most games. Even mario kills the mushroom nemesis by jumping on it's head. Nearly every COD/Battlefield is murder-simulation. Hatred isn't any different. It just doesn't use a veil for it.
Honestly, it's just a video game. There are tons of more gory slasher movies out there. As always, the gameplay is what matters(so does the story, but don't hold your breath on this one). The aesthetically-grim black-and-white splashed with colors here and there does add to the mood of the slaughter. My point being-it's just different. It has been a long time something this hard-hitting came on the market, and well, it helps to have variety. Violence is Violence, guys. At least try it out before shitting on it.
PS: Honestly, the best thing about the trailer is the reactions. So please, what are your thoughts??
PPS: Aren't you tired of loot-caves and grinding levels(read Borderlands and Destiny)?? I know I am. Waiting for FC4 and DA3...
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