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Hate Plus

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A…

80 1 July 2013

Hate Plus is an adventure developed by Love Conquers All Games, released 1 July 2013 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hate Plus is

Hate Plus is an adventure game developed by Love Conquers All Games and released in 2013. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

I can't believe it! My mission was supposed to be routine data recovery on an old derelict generation ship, but instead, I ended up rescuing an adorable AI girl who grew up in a tremendously patriarchal Neo-Confucian society? And now she's discovered a bunch of messages left by the mysterious Old *Mute... and wants me to uncover with her the slow enactment of a regressive political program that caused her society to regress to Joseon Dynasty social mores?! I wasn't expecting this at all! I thought the three day trip back to Earth would be peaceful and lonely and not at all filled with reading about tragedy! And so began my hateful days...
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Hate Plus holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM and DirectX compatible card. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Hate Plus launched on 1 July 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy and Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Rogue Legacy, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Hate Plus — frequently asked questions

When did Hate Plus come out?
Hate Plus was released on 1 July 2013 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Hate Plus?
At minimum, Hate Plus needs 1.66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, DirectX compatible card graphics.

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