History Trivia / Hatred

* FanNickname:
** Many have already come to call the Antagonist "Not Important" due to his monologue in the trailer.
** Some have also taken to calling him [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Nathan Explosion]] based on his appearance and his guttural voice. Thanks to a certain someone, some people also like to ironically call him [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Jeffrey Cuddletrousers.]]
** The game is usually referred to by something involving "Edge," "Edgy," or something along those lines. Some people have also begun calling the protagonist "Edgy [=McEdgerson=]."

* AscendedFanNickname: Destructive Creations have taken to calling the protagonist "Not Important" after it became his FanNickname, although this site prefers to call him "The Antagonist" either way.

* AscendedFanon: Destructive Creations have taken to calling the protagonist "Not Important" after it became his FanNickname, although this site prefers to call him "The Antagonist" either way.

* AscendedFanon: Destructive Creations have taken to calling the protagonist "Not Important" after it became his FanNickname.

** Many have already come to call the main character "Not Important" due to his monologue in the trailer.

** Some have also taken to calling him [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Nathan Explosion]] based on his appearance and his guttural voice. Thanks to a certain someone, some people also like to ironically call him [[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation Jeffrey Cuddletrousers.]]

** Some have also taken to calling him [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Nathan Explosion]] based on his appearance and his guttural voice. Thanks to a certain someone, some people also like to ironically call him [[WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation Jeffery Cuddletrousers.]]

** Some have also taken to calling him [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Nathan Explosion]] based on his appearance and his guttural voice.

* ApprovalOfGod: Destructive Creations has given praise and support to many of the fanmade YouTube parodies of their Hatred trailer, such as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z6hNXsldMU HUG version]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_eX0BFIlKo Minecraft version]]. They also gave praise to Björn Borg's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WoV9Lai1CM First Person Lover]], which also parodies Hatred's trailer.

* StreisandEffect: ''Hatred'' was on Steam Greenlight for only a short time before being taken down. In that time it got to rank 7 on the Greenlight board. Gabe Newell emailed an apology to Destructive Creations regarding this, and it is now back on Steam. The Streisand Effect? After it was put back on Greenlight, ''it reached the number one spot in only a few hours''.
** In fact, it appears that the developer is trying to ''{{invoke|dTrope}}'' the Streisand effect as much as possible (see YMMV page). It doesn't help that websites such as Polygon and Kotaku have released numerous articles about how controversial and sickening the game is, while at the same time [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity giving the game a ton of attention.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The voice actor for the protagonist appears to be the voice actor for the Blood Mage from ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne]]''.

** The game is usually referred to by something involving "Edge", "Edgy" or something along those lines. Some people have also begun calling the protagonist "Edgy [=McEdgerson=]".
* FlipFlopOfGod: The game suffered from this pre-release regarding it's story. The developers never made it clear if there wouldn't be a story that explains the main characters motives and past, or there will be a narrative that reveals why the protagonist is committing mass genocide. Upon the game's early access release, it showed that the game falls into the former regarding story, in that there practically is none.

* StreisandEffect: ''Hatred'' was on Steam's Greenlight for only a short time before being taken down. In that time it got to rank 7 on the Greenlight board. Gabe Newell emailed an apology to Destructive Creations regarding this, and it is now back on Steam. The Streisand Effect? Ever since it was put back on Greenlight, ''it has reached the number 1 spot in only a few hours''.
** In fact, it appears that the developer is trying to ''{{invoke|dTrope}}'' the Streisand effect as much as possible (see YMMV page). It doesn't help that websites such as Polygon and Kotaku have releases numerous articles about how controversial and sickening the game is, while at the same time [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity giving the game a ton of attention.]]

* ColbertBump: The amount of controversy the press has given this game has essentially ensured its potential success.

* FlipFlopOfGod: The game suffered from this prerelease regarding the story: there won't be one, or there will be a narrative that reveals why the protagonist is committing mass genocide. Upon the game's early access release, it showed that the game falls into the former regarding story, in that there practically is none.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Regarding the story: there won't be one, or there will be a narrative that reveals why the protagonist is committing mass genocide.

** In fact, it appears that the developer is trying to ''{{invoke|dTrope}}'' the Streisand effect as much as possible (see YMMV page).

* FlipFlopOfGod: The game will either be pure gameplay or reveal why the protagonist is committing mass genocide.

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* StreisandEffect: ''Hatred'' was on Steam's Greenlight for only a short time before being taken down. In that time it got to rank 7 on the Greenlight board. Gabe Newell emailed Destructive Creations about it, and it is now back on Steam. The Streisand Effect? Ever since it was put back on Greenlight, ''it has reached the number 1 spot in only a few hours''.

* FanNickname: Many have already come to call the main character "Not Important" due to his monologue in the trailer.
** The game is usually referred to by something involving "Edge", "Edgy" or something along those lines.
** Some people have also begun calling the protagonist "Edgy [=McEdgerson=]".
* HeyItsThatVoice: The voice actor for the protagonist appears to be the voice actor for the Blood Mage from ''[[VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne]]''
* StreisandEffect: Hatred was on Steam's Greenlight for only a short time before being taken down. In that time it got to rank 7 on the Greenlight board. Gabe Newell emailed Destructive Creations about it and it is now back on Steam. The Streisand Effect? Since it was put back on Greenlight ''it has reached the number 1 spot in only a few hours''.

* TooSoon: Mass shootings are a touchy subject for many, especially due to the overabundance of school shootings in the 2000s and 2010s. As a result, releasing a video game that is meant to play this theme as entertainment is expected to get this reaction.