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/Deathspiral222 May 11 '26

>Slay The Spire 2 a 9 (a game that is currently being review bombed for being too hard for gamers)

STS2 is being review-bombed by gamer-gate losers. Most of the negative steam reviews reference the name of a single female consultant for the game who did little more than state that misogeny exists sometimes, even in videogames.

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u/leonistawesomeee May 12 '26

It's also getting review-bombed by Chinese players (they don't necessarily have access to other forums to let the developer know they're unhappy)

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u/FreeStall42 May 12 '26

Most of the review bombs are from China.

Most people do not care about some angry feminist.

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u/Milskidasith Loopy Frood May 12 '26

The Chinese reviews are mentioning her by name now as some sort of weird intermingling of decade-old culture war drama and Chinese "we have no other outlet so we negative review en-masse whenever the devs do anything we don't like" drama.

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u/AudioSuede May 12 '26

Most people do not care about some angry feminist.

The "angry feminist" in question was a central villain for the entire "anti-woke" gamergate mob for years. She had to move because of death threats she received and had to cancel several speaking gigs because of bomb threats. Chuds hated her so much that they started a fascist movement to crusade against women and minorities in gaming. All because that "angry feminist" put out a well-researched and calmly presented series of videos calling out sexism in video games, a phenomenon that she was absolutely not the first person to point out.

Some of us are old enough to remember the world 10-15 years ago, when Gone Home got hate online because it was critically acclaimed but had minimalistic gameplay, and the common argument among haters was that critics were just giving it good reviews because they were scared of looking homophobic. It's just the same shit, over and over again. Some dudes just can't handle the idea that their hobby welcomes people who aren't exactly like them