I don't even really have a problem with the game being tasteless or baselessly gory. It's just a bad game. It doesn't have any redeeming value beyond "kill people" and it being a admittedly very pretty gorefest.

That is the core problem with the game, it is just about baselessly killing people. But Michael, games like Quake and UT are about just killing people I hear you say. Well, yes, but they are much more than that. They are about tactical gameplay, teamwork (when playing in a team), planning, knowing your enemy and while - yes - you can play the game to just simply kill people, when doing that you are not playing it to it's full potential.

Being a game where you kill innocent people - while being tasteless - just has no deeper meaning, no value, no impact beyond the initial shock. Ultimately the game falls flat for repetitive gameplay, the initial shock will subside and give way to the obvious faults and lackluster game mechanics (because let's be honest, anyone who makes a game like this isn't very likely to care very much about having intricate game mechanics - but who knows, maybe they'll surprise me).

Should it be censored? Absolutely not, I completely agree on that. We live in a world of free speech and if you want to make a game about mass murder then by all means, you are free to do so; but it also means having to deal with the consequences. Free speech does not protect you from public outcry since it goes both ways.

Should this game have been made? Personally, I don't think so, but it doesn't have anything to do with the game's "message". Just look at the Steam front page and scroll through the endless lists of crappy indie games that have been pouring in from Greenlight. We have enough games that have only one core mechanic, that do not offer more than the initial premise and end up boring. We need more games that are fun from beginning to end, that you can sit down to play and finish and stand up with a feeling of "I had a blast!" instead of "Well, I guess that was a thing".

But I might be talking out of my ass, besides the controversy and some crappy "gameplay" trailers there isn't much to see about the game yet. I mean who knows, maybe there is going to be an interesting story about the main character, the epic tale of a hero on a quest. Maybe the game mechanics are going to end up keeping the players interested in playing beyond the first two hours and then quitting because the game is just plain boring... but again... DO you really think it is going to be? Because I don't think so...