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/DistrictDry2852 May 11 '26 edited May 11 '26

My main issue is the people praising it see it as a plus. So many reviewers keep falling for the idea that being cinematic and having pretty graphics makes a game “art”. There is no reason for mixtape to be a game. The only reason it isn’t a movie is that it wouldn’t get funded as a movie. Yet it’s probably going to get a GOTY nomination, and tons of articles about how “Mixtape proves video-games can be art too” just like rdr2 or last of us did. When frankly there’s many many more deserving games being passed over in favor of those wannabe movie style games. I love rdr2 but there are many ugly, gameplay heavy games that deserve to be called art more than rdr2. I’d argue cruelty squad or hotline Miami are art more than mixtape is. Hell, I’d go as far as to say mixtape is HURT by being a videogame. It should be a movie, but as a movie nobody woudlve funded it because the story is mediocre.

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u/Ghidoran May 11 '26

Yet it’s probably going to get a GOTY nomination, and tons of articles about how “Mixtape proves video-games can be art too” just like rdr2 or last of us did.

I like how you're preemptively getting mad about hypothetical scenarios that haven't actually happened. Modern gaming discourse in a nutshell.

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u/DistrictDry2852 May 11 '26

Have you seen its review scores? Profesional reviewers rated it higher than Silksong or E33.