Controversial Game ‘Hatred’ Developer Interviewed

Mangotron interviews Jarosław Zieliński, developer of the controversial game 'Hatred.'

In Hatred, you play a mentally unstable person who goes out on a killing spree. The game has caused quite a stir ever since it was announced a month ago.

It's a short interview but quite an interesting read.

[Cybermario]

good article!

[XboxOneX]

This game is very sick and disturbing I am very upset about this and I hope this game NEVER comes out.

[wynams]

would you rather live in an environment that FORBID CREATIVE FREEDOMS AND DID NOT ALLOW THESE TYPE OF GAMES TO BE MADE or let the free market decide?

As someone vehemently against censorship, I say let these guys make what they want ... I personally won't buy it as it does not appeal to me but I applaud their freedom to make whatever is inside their heads

[lociefer]

well i'm very excited for this game and i find that it looks FUN , something you dont see very often, and who are YOU to deny me experiencing this game ?

[Activemessiah]

Games aren't worth getting "upset" over.... you're too vested emotionally in this.

[cj1pate101]

Xbonerx is a bad troll.

[blakstarz]

Why...everything this games has in it just paints the sicks phucks that live in America now.....all the racist, pedos, murderers...etc.

Its not like this is shocking stuff....look at the shit that is in the news everyday that goes on in this country. What's the problem here?

[ChickeyCantor]

Forbidding it is stupid. The game however is tasteless, imo.

[Playdor]

Thank you! :)

[Fishy Fingers]

"5) Were you aware that the game may cause controversy?

Of course, it was part of the plan for the free marketing worldwide."

Refreshing honesty and you've got to say, the Internet fell for it.

[Blank]

I felt it was too short, i wish more questions were asked. Like will the executions be dynamic? Or even game length. I hope it isnt some simple game that used controversy to sell.

[Gore-Content]

Aren't they neo nazis, too?

[Dark_Overlord]

Nope, one site falsely accused them of it and everywhere else ran with it. When the site in question was called out, they put a one line apology at the end of the article (that was barely noticable IMO).

[captainexplosion]

I really wish people quit making comments like, "we live in America. We have free speech." The U.S. is probably the most censored first world country in the world. Not just censorship, but if I went around telling people I was an atheist I would be black listed. And I also wish people would quit talking about art. This game is not art.

[Eiffel]

Art is subjective. What you may not interpret doesn't mean it can't for someone else. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[captainexplosion]

The quality of art is subjective. A grey, low-budget game where you go around killing people for fun doesn't sound like art. It's shock value. Nothing more.

[Eiffel]

It doesn't sound like art to you, that's the subjective. To someone else like say me, I find it as much a piece of art as I do ANYTHING else. This is being made like any other game where you have people of different skill sets in their art medium of choice that work together to create entertainment. Animators, 3D artists, FX artists, programmers, level designers, et cetera. The purpose of being shock value is irrelevant.

[CorndogBurglar]

You're right. People don't understand what free speech means.

Go into any store and start yelling obscenities at the top of your lungs. You will get kicked out and possibly banned for life. Go out in the street and don the same thing. If someone calls the cops, you run the risk of being punished for disturbing the peace.

There is no free speech. At least not in the way most people think of it.

So the same can be applied to this game. Sure, it can be made, but how many companies will support it and put it on their systems? Sony? Microsoft. No way in hell.

And people talk about things being banned. I believe the film Battle Royale was banned from the US for a long time so yes, it can happen. I don't think it SHOULD happen, mind you, but it can, and has happened before.

[user5669510]

i have more respect for this dev now. i completely get what he means though, but looking at the trailer it is kinda brutal. if the camera was a little pull back i think people wouldnt even bother to pay attention to this game, just like every other top shoot em up game. i am really wondering how vr fps is going to do. vr fps is going to go through hell. great interview tho. may buy the game dont know. look like it would be like watching hostel, good for one watch or for this game one play session. kinda brutal.

[Pro_TactX]

The belief that violent video games contribute to youth violence has never been proven, and we have a rating system in place to discourage youths from playing violent video games anyway. So with all of that considered, why do people care if a video game is violent? Who cares if you play the bad guy? Those virtual people (aka pixels) you run around killing in gruesome ways aren't real.

[ritsuka666]

My name is not important. What is important is what I’m going to do. I just fu*kin’ hate this world. And the human worms feasting on its corpus. My whole life is just cold, bitter hatred. And I always wanted to die violently. This is the time of vengeance and no life is worth saving. And I will put in the grave as many as I can. It’s time for me to kill. And it’s time for me to die. My genocide crusade begins here.''

Awesome speech! Remember a lot Max Payne monologues...

[AgentSmithPS4]

I imagined Liam Neeson saying that after he gets tired of having to rescue his family all the time.