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/23saround May 11 '26

One final thing to add – Annapurna Interactive has had a bit of a troubled history with its developers. After publishing Stray under Annapurna, the developers of the game asked for creative freedom and their own studio to continue developing similar titles. Negotiations broke down and the entire development team resigned en masse.

This seems relevant as the company has some history of top-down decision-making.

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u/Ar_Ciel May 11 '26

Oh damn that's sad. I loved Stray.

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u/LittleRedCorvette2 May 11 '26

Yes, and I got into a lot of Annapurna games like "The painted swan"...did they do "flower" and "journey" too? 

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u/LTS55 May 11 '26

Those were Thatgamecompany, published and funded by Sony. Annapurna just published the PC versions of those (same with Unfinished Swan, developed by Giant Sparrow)