The Unreal logo was removed from the trailer at the request of the engine's developer, Epic Games. The game uses the Unreal Engine 4 game engine and Nvidia PhysX physics. In an interview with Vice's Motherboard, Zieliński noted that the dark ambient music within the game as well as the character design were intentionally made to be devoid of joy, stating that "I don’t want to justify anything. He added that he did not think the trailer crossed a moral boundary, and that those who disagreed could choose to not play it. While the trailer was intended to be provocative, Destructive Creations CEO Jarosław Zieliński did not anticipate the large reaction and the amount of supportive fan mail. In this way, they sought to make a game that recalled the industry's history as "a rebellious medium" and surface-level entertainment with no insertion of "any fake philosophy".
The developer described Hatred as a reaction to a trend of political correctness in video games, and sought to make a game that eschewed politeness, colorfulness, and games as art. Most of the company's staff previously worked at another Polish developer, The Farm 51.ĭestructive Creations announced Hatred on October 16, 2014, releasing the game's controversial trailer.
Hatred is the first game by Destructive Creations, a video game developer based in Gliwice, Poland. As he collapses, severely injured, and close to death, he activates the trigger the power plant explodes, shaving NYC to the ground and killing millions of people. Shortly before the end, arriving soldiers shoot him multiple times in the chest while he laughs victoriously. He manages to enter the nuclear power plant, killing security guards and overloading the nuclear reactor. For this, however, he needs Composition C plastic explosive, which he gets by storming Fort O'Connor military base, exterminating several guards, and then heading to the atomic power plant. During a train escape from the police, he plans to carry out his mission by committing suicide and bringing millions of people to death, blowing up a nuclear power plant near NYC. Disgusted by human society and general existence, the Antagonist decides to start a "one-way trip" spree of killings in New York City.įrom his neighbourhood up to 1 Police Plaza, the man leaves behind himself a trail of death made up of civilians and law enforcement officers, forcing protectors of society to hunt him down and put an end to his murderous mission. The plot of Hatred revolves around a man whose name and background are not given, with him only known as "The Antagonist". The character's voice acting is deliberately kept to a minimum, with his ideology and motivations largely left open to interpretation. If the player is killed, the level restarts entirely unless the player completed additional sidequests that provide a limited number of respawn points. Health is regenerated by performing summary executions on incapacitated people the moves made to kill those victims involve cinematic switches of camera perspectives. The player can carry three weapons and an assortment of grenades, as well as drive some vehicles. Hatred is a shooter video game presented in isometric perspective in which the player-character is a mass-murdering villain who "hates this world, and the human worms feasting on its carcass" and embarks on a "genocide crusade" against the entire human race. The game nonetheless became a best seller on Steam. Many critics panned the game as being repetitive and lacking variation, also criticizing its violent and controversial nature, although some minor praise went towards its gameplay and mechanics. Upon release Hatred received generally negative reviews in video game press. It was greenlit for a second time on Decemand released on June 1, 2015. The game was shortly removed by Valve Corporation from their Steam Greenlight service due to its extremely violent content but was later brought back with a personal apology from Gabe Newell. Its October 2014 announcement trailer was characterized as "controversial" by multiple video game journalists.
The developer described Hatred as a reaction to video game aesthetic trends such as political correctness, politeness, vivid color, and games as art. The player-character is a misanthropic mass-killer who begins a "genocide crusade" to kill as many human beings as possible. Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on Jon Microsoft Windows.
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