Izanagi009 said:
Well, with Hatred out, it stime to talk about why I personally dislike this game
It's not because of the violence itself since I've seen stuff like Evangelion or Law and Order: SVU that's much worse and I don't have an issue.
My main issue is the writing behind Hatred or rather the lack thereof. It's utterly angsty and pathetic and doesn't advance writing in games at all. It feels self-indulgent and nihilistic.
As such, I want to ask the members of the Escapist the following questions:
-Do you think that Hatred is self-indulgent and nihilistic in it's violence
-Are there examples of self-indulgent and nihilistic games elsewhere
-Do you think that writting needs to improve to be rid of self-indulgent games or do you think that gaming survives even with the presence of self-indulgence.
Is it completely po-faced though? I haven't played it, but I got the impression that it was reveling in it's own ridiculousness.
I don't know why people think that gaming is gonna be "set-back" or something. Uwe Boll films don't take anything away from The Deer Hunter(nobody would even suggest this), so why does the whole medium of gaming have to be beholden to what each individual title does? It doesn't make any sense.
You won't get rid of "bad writing". It exists in all mediums, regardless of how long they've been around. In this case, "bad-writing" seems like an odd accusation to level at it.
