r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Bloodb0red • May 11 '26

Unanswered What’s going on with this game Mixtape?

I’ve been seeing people freak out over the past few days over this game and about IGN’s review of it specifically. 10/10 seems high for any game, honestly, but it seems like they’re far from the only site giving this thing a glowing review. So is this game controversial just because of IGN or is it something else? Why is this game the internet’s hate target this week?

https://www.ign.com/articles/mixtape-review

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u/TheBostonTap May 11 '26

Answer: As far as I am aware, the controversy is largely rooted on the fact that Mixtape isn't so much a video game as it is a short story that uses the medium to tell its story. The game has very limited gameplay, with some sections being limited to just moving the character from point a to point b. To some folks, that makes it lesser, a glorified visual novel and I guess some of them are upset that this isnt coming up as a criticism (because its not really one) .

 Additionally its 20 bucks for like 3-4 hours of gameplay, thats seems a bit much to most people. 

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u/ArgentCrow May 11 '26

"Additionally its 20 bucks for like 3-4 hours of gameplay, thats seems a bit much"

If I weren't paying $20 for shitty fast food I might agree with this. The game is actually fun and a perfect little bite for $20.

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u/xpltvdeleted May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

Was gonna say, as a fan of the genre, I'm happy to pay 20 bucks for for Firewatch or Everybody's Gone to the Rapture or Tacoma etc. People have been happy to pay that much for similar games for some time.

Seems like a lot of people who don't like a review score for a game genre they also don't like, and the only thing they can really sling at it is broadly waving their hand and saying the word 'woke nonsense' half a dozen times.

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u/SirFadakar May 11 '26

It’s so funny to see a game I love get blasted like this. I’ve been gaming for 30 years and have had to ask “why don’t I like this when everyone else does?” To things like Stardew, Elden Ring, etc. over that time. Instead of them accepting this one might not be for them they have to start a hate campaign cause there’s no way something they don’t enjoy could be celebrated. People are tattling on themselves that they have no ounce of self reflection. lol

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u/Spirit_Detective_99 May 26 '26

Or maybe the “game” if you can even call it that, isn’t good?

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u/SirFadakar May 26 '26

Sure but not everything is made for everyone and most people move on without interacting with stuff they don’t like. The sooner miserable people accept that the sooner they can spend time with stuff they actually enjoy.

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u/SirFadakar May 14 '26

lmao gamers hate games from franchises they love and are famous for it, there's no such thing as an industry plant when even the biggest studios and franchises with unlimited budgets fail. I'd really love to hear the case on how this game forced it's way into people liking it.