Haven's new launch trailer is surprising from the very first second, in which the ESRB rating states that the game contains "nudity, sexual content, use of drug and alcohol, and violence". Now, the violence we knew about - it's an RPG with combat, after all - but nudity?! Goodness.
(We can't actually post the trailer here, since it's age restricted and won't show up, so if you want to check it out, click on this link.)
If you've ever read graphic novel series Saga, it looks like Haven is the video game equivalent: two lovers escape together to live out their lives on a remote and slightly inhospitable planet, while fighting off both the things that want to kill them and the tensions that threaten to destroy their relationship. After coming out on Steam late last year, the indie game gathered up a bunch of rave reviews, and finally came to Switch on the 4th February - just in time for Valentine's Day, of course.
The game promises both solo and optional co-operative play, so you can snuggle up with your boo and watch two polygonal people rubbing uglies, if that's your idea of a romantic night in. Hey, we're not judging.
Haven is out on the eShop for $24.99/£22.49.
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Please will somebody think of the children.
Meh.
O_o ummm, ok, sounds good
What an underwhelming link. Note-- the game actually looks neat, for some reason I'm recalling El Shaddai? But I was promised NSFW and that was tame 😑...😉
@Broosh I didn't mean to make it sound spicier than it was - it's really just a bit of making out, and that's the bit I took the image from!
But age-restricted videos just show up as a black screen on here, so I had no choice. Bah!
There’s nothing remotely above pg13 in that trailer and yet you guys don’t have problems posting that weeb garbage stripping poker game trailers.
@KateGray Understandable 😂 I found a statement from the devs clarifying there is never a sex scene or full-on nudity. Just before/after scenes like most films, simply the ratings board seeing them in their unders and blushing.
Not sure I'm into the relationship layer of the game.
I don't think these people know what shirts or pants are
I N T E R C O U R S E.
What a misleading headline. Nothing even remotely raunchy. Come on, NL.
Played this on Game Pass, gave it a few hours and was bored, bored, bored. I wanted to love it; the art is great and I was intrigued by the premise, but there isn't much to the gameplay or the writing.
The aesthetics were appealing, and now that I watched the trailer, the soundtrack seems really good as well
I played the demo on PC a while back when they had a preview demo for some event. The gameplay loop didn't quite grab me, and I just plain didn't care for the interplay between the two characters. Maybe they've reworked dialog and redone some VO since then but I remember thinking the characters didn't even sound like they really liked each other very much.
@LUIGITORNADO Do you mean that poker game on the Wii or is there a newer one?
@KateGray,
You did make it sound very spicy, you little tease.
@johnvboy They won't have to worry about that for at least another 9 months.
Where's the Sony Censorship crowd...bahhahahha
What's so mature in this trailer ? Maybe something mature for 5 yrs olds ?
Was perusing the eShop last night when I came across Haven - it struck me as a straight-up video game adaptation of the comic Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples.
But maybe with less F-bombs.
The ESRB rating is even more baffling once you realize what PEGI gave it.
ESRB: "Nudity", "Sexual Content", Use of Drugs and Alcohol, Violence -> gets a Mature rating
PEGI: Sexual Innuendo -> gets a 12 rating
EDIT: And here is the exact same video posted by Nintendo DE with no age restriction :/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSgfkWb3Dok
Omg! They're Nakedid! Close thy eyes, close thy eyes!
I played the game on game pass and it really wasn't that great at least not to me lol.
Doesn't anybody want to talk about games anymore? So many comments sections on this site get completely derailed like this... time and time again.
The movement and the combat look interesting in this one, but I'm wondering if it is very po-faced. Will wait for reviews.
They need to cater to the foot fetish crowd with these games. We’re weird enough, give us some love. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
Do not feed trolls.
I watched a few reviews of this game on YouTube. Apparently there were some crashing issues on the Switch port. Hopefully they get patched! I feel like this is a game that I could get into, and it's definitely on my wishlist!
@Jokerwolf And the game is called Haven. Sigh...
Age-restricted for what? Depicting an interracial couple making out in their skivvies? That's racist, yo!!
"I dun wont muh kids learnin' 'bout mixin' races at thet ayge!"
I hope giving the option to choose how you identify becomes the norm sooner than later.
@AlternateRT Asking as a European, not trying to offend at all, but why do Americans seem so prudish about this kind of stuff?
played this game last year on game pass and in my opinion it was really average, the art and music are amazing, the characters are fun too, but the combat and story are SUPER basic ang generic, also this game could use some quality of life patches too (half of the time I was lost trying to go to an island and entering the wrong one, a map would be good for start), its worth if you buy during a sale I think
@KateGray played it on gamepass. Super cute game. It's like the polar opposite of their last game which is nice.
Humm the artwork is nice, but the genre mix of... survival/romance? Doesn't seem like it'd be very interesting to me.
@Tempestryke Honestly I'm interested solely because these guys made Furi. I probably wouldn't have looked at this game if it wasn't for that.
@codyf What was their last game?
@Chunkboi79 Ahh I've never heard of Furi. I'm guessing its pretty good?
@Tempestryke Furi was their last game, it's a blood pumping boss rush type of game. It's incredible if you're into hardcore experiences.
@Chunkboi79 Sounds fun. I'm terrible at boss rushes though. ^_^´
@Tempestryke I'd give it a try, it's a pretty cheap game for the most part. I'm not much for boss rushes but I see you have some megaman stuff on your page. It might be right up your alley if you're used to that level of difficulty.
...Anyways, game looks relaxing and innovative. Also the couple you play as look cute together, that's all i have to say. Go drink water and have a blessed evening.
@LUIGITORNADO There was a strip poker game?
Well, totally get that if you were alone on an alien planet together you'd have to keep things interesting but how does that fit into game play? Could the sex scenes be old school stick wiggling mini games?
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