Hatred review – empty, forgettable and bland

The controversial murder spree shooter is a monochrome menace to the legacy of glorious twin-stick shooters like Robotron

Hatred is a game that longs to be hated, but it's difficult to work up the enthusiasm for a half-hearted eye-roll.

It's been controversial but, honestly, most of the controversy has been about the feuding around the game rather than the game itself. Now that it's here, it's officially about as dangerous as the interactive movie Night Trap, which caused a similar fuss over nothing in the 1990s. We're at a point in gaming history where we've seen everything from GTA to Carmageddon to Hooligans: Storm Over Europe to JFK Reloaded to three Postal games to Super Columbine Massacre RPG " so a potty-mouthed guy in a trenchcoat deciding to play Human Robotron isn't so much shocking as endearingly quaint. No matter how hard it tries, how stabby it gets, playing it begs only one question: is this all you've got, you sulky bastard?