Halloween: The Game, which turns the franchise into an asymmetrical horror game pitting Michael Myers against a team of survivors, had its very questionable implementation of sex entirely removed in a weekend patch.
Seeing how it failed to consider that some of its characters are underage, and some potential counterparts are in their late fifties, that was the only acceptable move. For instance, one character, modeled after the late actor Donald Pleasence, could “have sex” with 17-year-old in-universe character Annie Brackett.
Whenever R-rated, over-the-top horror games come out, sex sort of has to come along with them. It might not be the act itself. No, rather, nudity and sexualized scenes tend to occur, too, but when you’re making a slasher game, actual sex does seem like the kind of thing you’d want to include. But doing it like Halloween: The Game is by no means a good path to follow. Not in the slightest.
While the act itself takes place off-screen, the player actually controls their own character throughout the ordeal, and seems to have to keep clicking their left mouse button to keep a line within the appropriate zone and, seemingly, ensure the act ends… positively? After doing so, the characters involved appear to gain a buff called “stronger together,” though we were unable to determine whether it actually had any meaningful effect in the game.
The game features heavy nudity, to the point where characters whom Michael slays are totally naked. However, so far, as spotted by Kotaku, only the sex minigame was removed from Halloween: The Game as part of its first hotfix.
Whether its developers will tone down nudity and sexuality further remains to be seen, though I must admit this is by far one of the worst attempts at emulating classic slasher horror tropes I’ve ever seen. And it’s not a great shock art moment, either.
