hate.net

Short, sweet, and addicting. Love the PSX aesthetic, first thing that drew me in. Then the whole concept of "Stay as long as you like - they've fought long before you, and they'll fight long after you're gone." is just so good. Love it. It is cheap, simple, and addictive. Time will fly, but so will you :D P.S.: You might find some things, but they are secret :3

Such a vibe. It's a sweet little arena shooter, with some really interesting bits of humanity in the form of encounters you can find if you look hard enough <3. Awesome visual style and MORE than worth the price of admission!! Highly recommend getting! It deserves much more love than the Steam algorithm is giving it.

[i]"I don't understand how they can keep going. I don't understand this world."[/i] i've never been a fan of fps, myself. my aim is poor, my attack/stealth strategies are bad and the way people get aggressive real quick scares me a lot. but bonitaka had already made games in genres that i was not interested in before and i loved them so i thought "why not?". the game looked good, it wasn't against real people and the whole concept was banger. i had to give a shot (literally). the gameplay is simple and easy to remember, which is comforting. the combat is challenging in its own way and also very fun. i love how it escalates in a way that makes you panic at first, but even when you get used to it, it doesn't get boring. it really makes you feel inside some kind of eletronic sandbox, where the different types of enemies keep throwing you new stuff to deal with. i think it really captures the chaotic atmosphere of being inside a full pvp server. the fact that all enemies are bots and the whole server is kinda trying to "stop" the violence but at the same time contributing to it feels deliciously ironic. the feeling of being in an abandoned old game is also really well nailed here. the colors, the 3d models, the textures, even the dialogue of the bots at the lobby, all of them contribute to that feeling, and combined with the soundtrack, it becomes a package of mourning nostalgia. i really loved the quote in the game's description ("they've fought long before you, and they'll fight long after you're gone") because it describes pretty well that feeling of being alienated from the world. i had to use the guide to get the achievements because i'm that type of girl, and they were pretty fun to get. the secret storyline behind the game touched me. while i was playing, i kept thinking about hate and violence, and how those things are so common and so encouraged. this game doesn't touch directly on those themes, but as i unlocked the "friends." achievement, i could see that they were part of the game's narrative as well. the never ending cycle of violence is not only the game's dynamics itself -- it became part of the people's lives in it. hate creates violence that is fought with more violence, which creates resentment and more hate. you think you would end the bad things in the world if you just had a Big Red Gun and could sweep everything away, but in the end, it only feeds the cycle of violence. the message was beautifully told, and i mourn the friendships that were destroyed by things like this. this is a pretty good game. i'm sure i'll play it even after this. it's fun, it's touching and it's accessible. (i'll tell my kids this was roblox.)

Cool little game!

short to 100% but for a first game it's pretty good, i really like the art direction and the few interactions with bots. i'm waiting for new update or a spiritual sequel ^^

very charming little faux old online arena shooter, enjoyed the challenge of the fights and seeing the secrets through to the end

Hate.net shows how a abandoned server filled with bots works, just hate and automatic commands. I really enjoyed hate.net because i hunted all the achievements and you will enjoy this game more if you try to get it all too, it's a quick experience so in a single day you can get all achievements or even refund if you are extremelly good at the mechanics, i just encountered 2 little flaws, when you die some projectiles will be carried to the next run and sometimes the slow motion will be longer for some reason, but a really well made game that can run in a potato.