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[MayauMiao]

Please guys, the gameplay has no substance, there's no meat to it. A full playthrough video dropped an hour ago on YouTube and it's ~2.5 hours long, and mostly walking and simplistic mini-games. You barely do anything. I had this on my wishlist, but skipping through the gameplay video made me realize it's all window dressing.

10/10 ~ IGN

 

[T4keD0wN]

 

[Generic]

It's crazy that I'm at the point where if critics like a game this much it's a red flag to me

They like every popular game on Neogaf?

 

[GymWolf]

Never forget

The review was right tho, the character writing made me move the game from the ssd to the garbage bin.

 

[touchfuzzy]

May 7, 2026
Mixtape is barely a game...Gameplay is almost non existent...
10 / 10.0

Yep, sounds like a journalist hit for sure.

 

[Pimpollo818]

is this one of those games where you just hold W for story?

 

[Rocinante618]

This looks like an interactive movie-game, nothing wrong but I like to, you know, just "play" a video game not watch or hold a button. I'm sure it'll find it audience but nah, this isn't for me.

 

[evanft]

This looks like shit

 

[March Climber]

What is the term for 'oscar bait' when it comes to video games?

This game seems like that.

 

[mckmas8808]

So tired of these theater kid projects

Why? You hate fun and smiling?

 

[Bridges]

From time to time I can enjoy a good "experiential" game but seeing a review that says "Mixtape is barely a game... Its gameplay is non-existent" and then goes on to give it a 10/10 is wild.

Not super interested but for how short it is maybe I'll check it out if it's on Game Pass

 

[AJUMP23]

I thought this would be just like a musical running simulator. Those rating seem high and make me feel like there is some weird subversive storyline.

 

[Moondoggy]

Good mainstream critic scores, and Liberal Hipster leaning games with little to no gameplay, name a more iconic duo.

 

[LordCBH]

Is this game the gaming equivalent to shitty Oscar-bait movies that critics adore yet audiences find insufferable?

 

[GrayChild]

Lookin' good!

........... or not.

 

[Little Mac]

I really enjoyed Dispatch ... will this be like that? I don't mind a simpler game or "interactive novel" if it has a good story to tell.

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm sure the game will be on Playstation Plus soon. Not interested in playing the game. If I was interested in liberal nonsense I would turn on TV, where they preach 24/7 their woke message.

Where are y'all seeing WOKE, exactly?

 

[diffusionx]

Why? You hate fun and smiling?

Yes

 

[Sooner]

Yeah, this seems like a game IGN, Polygon, Kotaku, etc will be all high on.

 

[Dioica]

Not my cup of tea but it looks cool. Not all games have to be hollow knight or stellar blade. I like an arty game every now and then and I'm glad they exist.

 

[FauxXeno]

I'm too old to make a proper judgement because I lived that time , maybe these the young people can enjoy it like me as a 90s kids loving Dazed and Confused and idealizing the past .

 

[Zacfoldor]

I liked Sayonara Wild Hearts so I may like this. The sound track is sick. If it's only 20 bucks and only 4 hours and if it's not super woke, I am still not 100% sure I won't be picking this up. I like weird games even with no gameplay but I can't take it being ultrawoke so I'm not sure if it is yet.

 

[rkofan87]

've been looking forward to this game for so long.

same

 

[Dioica]

I liked Sayonara Wild Hearts so I may like this. The sound track is sick. If it's only 20 bucks and only 4 hours and if it's not super woke, I am still not 100% sure I won't be picking this up. I like weird games even with no gameplay but I can't take it being ultrawoke so I'm not sure if it is yet.

I bought sayonara wild hearts but couldn't get into it. may have to try it again.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

You guys don't see that this game is going to be a thing at TGA and they are going to rub it in your face if they think you hate it now. If the game is not too woke best to co-opt it as well in order to not get it rubbed in our face during TGA. The game is probably good. If nothing else the soundtrack is excellent and it's short and seems to be about life and getting older.

Our moves may have already doomed us to this game getting ultra-glazed during TGA if it can be framed as anti-chud(which is the pejorative which they name everyone that isn't themselves). Sometimes it's best to also pick your enemies.

On a side note.......what if someone's fetish was that they enjoyed woke games. Not because they were woke but because they HATED woke games but liked to punish themselves with them. Let's say this person buys every woke game day 1 to satisfy his fetish.

Are you gonna make fun of that poor soul too? Don't you understand that he has needs.

Fucking who cares? Let them say whatever, it's not gonna make this game look anymore appealing.

 

[Jacob4815]

Is this LGBTQ trash propaganda? Characters look trans or lesbians a mile away

 

[rkofan87]

Wat's all this then!

Is this good or getting glazed for being woke slop?

I need more intelligence. Grok, to the Batcave!

Edit: I'm probably buying this. I'm not sure it is worth not experiencing it even if it is woke. Looks like a new experience. If it's woke I'll warn others.

Dispatch my friend. A must play!

'ive been looking forward to this game since the first trailer was ever released
the trailers never gave me any implication that this was woke slop but the reviews give me pause

 

[lughnasadh123]

Well something's gotta win the over-praised 'n glazed indie of the year award.

 

[rkofan87]

Australia

sorry to say but parts of Australia have been woke for a while now.

 

[Puscifer]

It's crazy that I'm at the point where if critics like a game this much it's a red flag to me

You can't me. tell the wheels weren't greased for many AAA titles the past 10 years lol

 

[Interfectum]

It's a 9/10 because 90% of the characters are LGBTQ. It's the new review scale.

 

[rkofan87]

Please guys, the gameplay has no substance, there's no meat to it. A full playthrough video dropped an hour ago on YouTube and it's ~2.5 hours long, and mostly walking and simplistic mini-games. You barely do anything. I had this on my wishlist, but skipping through the gameplay video made me realize it's all window dressing.

2 and 1/2 hours yikes
that is $5 an hour plus an additional $10 for an extra half hour
and it's getting eights nines and tens across the board what the hell

 

[adamsapple]

Those are some impressive review scores.

 

[Billbofet]

I loved Artful Escape, so I purchased this and will try it out later. Looks good to me.

 

[StueyDuck]

10's seem mental but as always, who gives a fuck what game journos think.

they wouldn't know their arse from their elbow.

 

[Hari Seldon]

A less than 4 hour game? Hard fucking pass no matter what it looks like.

 

[StueyDuck]

IGN gave a 10/10 to this

gosh look at these 2 troglodytes... no wonder they gave it a 10.

 

[March Climber]

A less than 4 hour game?

Hard fucking pass no matter what it looks like.

Arcade games are that length.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Fucking who cares? Let them say whatever, it's not gonna make this game look anymore appealing.

By simply admitting that the game may have some substance we can subdue a zeitgeist altering enemy without a single other comment.

AI is telling me it's a 90s coming of age story that focuses on music.

No one has came in with a description of how it is woke.

We need to judge each piece of content by itself instead of having kneejerk reactions.

 

[nikos]

Gonna try this based on the trailers alone. Looks like it was made for 80s/90s kids.

Anyone know how it runs on Switch 2? Deciding between that and PC.