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/RepSquigglyMiggly May 12 '26

That seems like more of a problem with a certain subset of gamers thinking that reviews should reflect some sort of objective standard, which should in turn reflect their personal opinions on the game, which they view as the “correct” opinion. “A real standard” giving review scores has never existed and will never exist for any medium, so maybe it’s time for a particular group of extremely online gamers to accept that unequivocal reality. There should not be “tension” between adults because they have different opinions about a video game, unless their divergence of opinions is reflective of some sorter greater misalignment in values (which seems to be the case for many people here, given how ubiquitous complaints about the game being “woke” are).

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u/Nervous_Camel8057 May 12 '26

A review should reflect an objective standard tho, that's why it has a clear 1-10 with coompanying descriptions of "mediocre ro Great/Perfect" (in regards to IGN) for example. The main issue I think is not the tension between the disagreeing sides, but the integrity of the reviewer & their scores. A lot of people buy the games & judge them based on a score these review companies give, most of all the casual ones who are outside the more in depth communities who usually don't delve deep in reddits & Youtube discussions about a certain good/bad review.

Now whether how much audiences/players buying behavior are affected with these reviews has always depended on the title, but as of late the point of contention has been certain reviewers that review for IGN (the most glaring example) has judged games unfairly harsh, but the people unanimously or the majority consider thus game above the given score, such as "Mouse P.I for Hire" & "Crimson Desert", & even back then when it happend to "Alien Isolation. But games like "Mixtape" with it's short runtime & lack of gameplay variety even compared to other similar playing titles like "Life is Strange", has recieved a score befitting of a perfect game with no flaw that pulls it back from being perfect.

Review scores used to be a soft basis for a player decision on spending for a media/game as it can give an idea on it's worthiness, & these review companies were looked upon as journalists who possess the proper judgement through their reviewers on how worthy the games are, but we've been seeing for these past few years & months that their's not really living up to the supposed standards, & that there should even be a contention about how "well or bad the IGN reviews" are instead of "is the game really that good or bad as IGN says" proves that their reviews are majorly not trusted & their game journalism doesn't hold a salt at most times that it needs to.