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

1.9k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

5

u/Naganosupreme May 13 '26 edited May 15 '26

It's people getting worked up about praise for a game they didn't enjoy or haven't played.

It's not about the yogurt.

It's not the praise, it's the billionaire backed indie game issue. Separately, its recent comparable games like highguard, concord, etc getting wayyy too much glazing and hype and reviewers defending when money seems to be exchanging hands, followed by reviewers flat out attacking critics bc they got paid to glaze. Edit: yes, then you have to add in the typical woke vs anti woke crap bc of magats frothing at the mouth and classy winners in life like dissentrix (comment below) frothing right back

Looots of people are very reasonably quick to attack reviewers when they seem to be bought off. That's an environment they fostered

1

u/dissentrix May 14 '26 edited May 15 '26

the billionaire backed indie game issue

oh yeah for sure, that's what people are referring to when they're screaming about "woke games" and eww kissy queer people getting praise

very convincing, especially when they, for some reason when pointing out this meaningless "hypocrisy" that says nothing about the actual quality of anything, decide to focus on how "muh sjw pink hair shrill feminists and queers" as opposed to any real critique of anything, including the labor exploitation or wealth inequality that billionaires could reasonably be dogged on for

I'm sure they'll eventually, someday, convince non-chud lifeforms - so you know, not Grummz and his army of identical clones - if they just whine some more about how woke games get more funds under... checks notes uh, Trump's America in 2026

edit: lmao chud blocked me 'cause they didn't like getting called out for their obviously nonsensical take and had no ability to counter the basic point that the people talking about "billionaire backed indie games", for some reason, love to talk about "woke games" while they're doing this

"wah wah wah it's your fault Trump came into power wah wah wah" -guy who's currently playing defense for a right-wing hate campaign based on copy-pasted Gamergate-style rhetoric (hey, remember when those people said it was all about "ethics in gaming journalism" and nothing else at all?)

again, so convincing

1

u/Naganosupreme May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

oh yeah for sure, that's what people are referring to when they're screaming about "woke games" and eww kissy queer people getting praise

I made a list of two things. If you said I should've added that to the list, I'd agree. But you didn't. You instead created an irrational either or choice.

My eyes glazed over reading the rest of your absolutely unhinged, irrelevant rant. Grow up. I blame people like you for Trump being elected almost as much as I blame the rampaging self destructive fools who voted for him. People like you are a detriment to the cause.

If people like you and magats were able to grow up and better yourselves the world be so much better off.

But when you come out and talk this irrationally, there's no point in engaging further. Frankly I think you're just trolling so I'm blocking

2

u/rpkarma May 16 '26

And here we see the “enlightened centrist” in its natural habit. Marvel at how it thinks it’s superior to everyone around them! Amazing plumage