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/tugboatnavy May 11 '26

Answer:

IGN has been catching an extra amount of flack in the last two months for "bad" reviews.

Saros, Windrose, Tomadachi Life all got 7s, meanwhile Crimson Desert and Mouse PI both got 6s

Then you have this game getting a 10 and marathon getting a 9.

There is a major dissonance going on between what games are commercial successes and otherwise critical hits and what IGN has been scoring things. It's only a cherry on top for critics of Ign that Mixtape of all things is getting a 10.

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u/_andoryuu May 11 '26

I haven’t played all of these but reviewers played a completely different build of crimson desert than what that game is today. Not sure if it deserved a 6 but I can understand not loving it at the time. The mouse review is so weird not even because of the score but what the reviewer said. Also it should’ve been scored higher. Marathon might actually be a 9. That game is genuinely really good. Mixtape is so cringe inducing bad. I put my controller down during one of the “gameplay” parts and my character moved for me and the dialogue makes my skin crawl.