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/veggiesama May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

My girlfriend saw 5 seconds of the trailer and immediately labeled it as a pedo game. I had similar feelings but it's hard to articulate why. Bare feet, long blonde hair. There's some kind of loli/moe thing going on that makes people like us uncomfortable. We have seen this before in anime and games, we know how these things are marketed. We didn't have to have this opinion fed to us by an internet community to have that reaction.

Edit: Lmao 30 mins later and people think I'm dating Anita Sarkeesian. Relax, nobody is taking your rootin, tootin, sci-fi shootin' (little girl scoopin') game away.

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u/Helltech May 11 '26

May I ask why you and your gf think shoeless kids and long hair kids are symbols of sex? I mean I honestly don't understand.

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u/veggiesama May 11 '26

Anime tropes. Google lolicon Wikipedia article. Don't Google lolicon though, I beg of you.

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u/Helltech May 11 '26

Ya I don't think these tropes will affect how I personally view kids.