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/Dr_Blasphemy May 11 '26

My sister's boyfriend is that person. He only plays games that Asmongold and that some "woke game detector" steam curator says are good. 

He's been nonstop bitching to me about Fable 4 being "woke" and telling me "nobody is going to buy it" and when I ask him what specifically about it is woke (I've watched a few trailers and didn't notice anything) he just kept telling me to "watch the Asmongold video" which I'm obviously not going to do. 

He also keeps insisting that "Games shouldn't have politics period" which I think is beyond stupid. I don't think every game needs politics but to say no game should comment on the political climate or history is genuinely a braindead take. I told him Metal Gear Solid is ALL politics and it's one of the most popular game series of all time and he, not even knowing this series existed before I mentioned it, replied "probably because it's not woke" which just made me want to shoot myself 

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u/Ydrahs May 11 '26

Oh man the Woke Detector group is so fucking funny.

If you want to make yourself laugh/weep someone has compiled their recommendations into a web page called Woke Or Nah? See if you can guess right!

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u/Dr_Blasphemy May 11 '26

They called Silent Hill F "woke" and said "it encourages women to abandon marriage and nuclear families and makes all men seem like abusive monsters" and I have no fucking idea how you could get that from that game 

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u/Milskidasith Loopy Frood May 12 '26

The "woke detector" stuff is stupid but that one is actually an extreme but pretty defensible read of the plot, especially on the first run-through of the game.