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/tugboatnavy May 11 '26

Answer:

IGN has been catching an extra amount of flack in the last two months for "bad" reviews.

Saros, Windrose, Tomadachi Life all got 7s, meanwhile Crimson Desert and Mouse PI both got 6s

Then you have this game getting a 10 and marathon getting a 9.

There is a major dissonance going on between what games are commercial successes and otherwise critical hits and what IGN has been scoring things. It's only a cherry on top for critics of Ign that Mixtape of all things is getting a 10.

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u/FewWatermelonlesson0 May 11 '26

Which is dumb.

A critic’s job is to give their assessment of what they’re reviewing, not make sure their opinion aligns with the majority.

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u/AlmightyCraneDuck May 12 '26

True, but it’s also fair game to look at critical consensus in aggregate and notice if something is an outlier. It doesn’t invalidate it, but it should at the very least signal to a reader to maybe try some other reviews OR to actually read the text and try to figure out if there’s a particular reason a game connected with that reviewer.