{"id":111512,"date":"2020-04-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/04\/controversial_adults_only_murder_simulator_hatred_is_coming_to_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2020-04-13T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T10:00:00","slug":"controversial-adults-only-murder-simulator-hatred-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/13\/controversial-adults-only-murder-simulator-hatred-is-coming-to-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversial &#8220;Adults Only&#8221; Murder Simulator Hatred Is Coming To Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea502382d643\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea502382d643\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Hatred Game\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea502382d643\/hatred-game.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dea502382d643\/hatred-game.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Hatred Game\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Polish studio Destructive Creations&#8217; twin-stick murder simulator <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hatred\">Hatred<\/a><\/strong> is coming to the Nintendo Switch, it has been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 2015, the game gained notoriety for its glorification of violence \u2013 something which caused Valve to remove it from their Steam Greenlight service. It was later reinstated, along with an apology from Valve&#8217;s Gabe Newell.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" readability=\"4.6666666666667\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" readability=\"4.368932038835\">Happy Easter our beloved fans \ud83d\udda4<\/p>\n<p>Recently we revealed something regarding Nintendo Switch. This picture may give you a better idea about what is going to happen. <\/p>\n<p>Are you waiting? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a16anUq5St\">pic.twitter.com\/a16anUq5St<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Destructive Creations (@DestCreat_Team) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestCreat_Team\/status\/1248932616973189120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Placing you in the role of a cold-blooded killer who is &#8220;sick and tired of humanity\u2019s worthless existence&#8221; and intent on &#8220;cleansing the land&#8221;, Hatred was positioned by its developer as a response to &#8220;politically correct&#8221; trends within the games industry:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>These days, when a lot of games are heading to be polite, colorful, politically correct and trying to be some kind of higher art, rather than just an entertainment , we wanted to create something against trends. We say \u2018yes, it is a game about killing people&#8217; and the only reason of the antagonist doing that sick stuff is his deep-rooted hatred.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game was awarded an &#8216;Adults Only&#8217; rating, making it the third video game to receive the rating for extreme violence \u2013 <strong>Manhunt 2<\/strong> and the unreleased <strong>Thrill Kill<\/strong> are the other two.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hatred Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8514447ca5a62\/hatred-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8514447ca5a62\/hatred-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Hatred Switch\"><\/a><a title=\"Hatred Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/01976a467a86f\/hatred-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/01976a467a86f\/hatred-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Hatred Switch\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hatred Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d89796360848\/hatred-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d89796360848\/hatred-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Hatred Switch\"><\/a><a title=\"Hatred Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/49ca41a661519\/hatred-switch.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/49ca41a661519\/hatred-switch.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Hatred Switch\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As for the game&#8217;s quality, it currently holds a Metacritic rating of <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/pc\/hatred\">43\/100<\/a>, with the user score being 4.7. <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/games\/hatred\/b\/pc\/archive\/2015\/06\/02\/senseless-violence.aspx\">Game Informer<\/a> said of the PC version: &#8220;The game takes itself extremely seriously and has plenty of extremely violent content and murder, but it ends up feeling more like camp.&#8221; <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/reviews\/hatred-review\/1900-6416157\/\">Gamespot<\/a> added: &#8220;Hatred is too repetitive to be exciting, too dumb to be frightening, too basic for you to feel accomplished at its end, too dour to be violently cathartic, too self-serious to engender ironic amusement, and yet still too childish to matter&#8230; essentially, it&#8217;s a nothing of a game.&#8221; UK outlet <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/At%20its%20worst,%20it%E2%80%99s%20the%20gaming%20equivalent%20of%20a%20drunkard%20shouting%20abuse%20from%20a%20park%20bench.%20At%20its%20best%20%E2%80%A6%20well,%20the%20drunkard%20has%20leapt%20up%20and%20now%20he%E2%80%99s%20wielding%20a%20plastic%20knife\">The Guardian<\/a> perhaps put it best: &#8220;At its worst, it\u2019s the gaming equivalent of a drunkard shouting abuse from a park bench. At its best \u2026 well, the drunkard has leapt up and now he\u2019s wielding a plastic knife.&#8221; Maybe not one to get too excited about, then?<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo does not permit Adults Only-rated games on the eShop, so it remains to be seen if some content has had to be removed. No release date has been revealed yet, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polish studio Destructive Creations&#8217; twin-stick murder simulator Hatred is coming to the Nintendo Switch, it has been confirmed. Released in 2015, the game gained notoriety for its glorification of violence \u2013 something which caused Valve to remove it from their Steam Greenlight service. It was later reinstated, along with an apology from Valve&#8217;s Gabe Newell. 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