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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.

 

[Jaybe]

There's a play though already up. There is basically no gameplay. 2 hours and 40 minutes until credits. I'm surprised they don't just option this to Netflix. Good for folks that like this type of "game" I suppose.

 

[Lokaum D+]

There's a play though already up. There is basically no gameplay. 2 hours and 40 minutes until credits. I'm surprised they don't just option this to Netflix. Good for folks that like this type of "game" I suppose.

basically a interactive movie being reviewed like a 10/10 game.... gaming journalism keeps digging deeper everyday.

 

[StueyDuck]

There's a play though already up. There is basically no gameplay. 2 hours and 40 minutes until credits. I'm surprised they don't just option this to Netflix. Good for folks that like this type of "game" I suppose.

you can see how gamergate (the original idea behind it which was that journalists are compromised, not the "grrrr women" angle it eventually took), could have become a thing with how the Big sites have reviewed games this year.

like i agree the whole scale should be used and not just 7,8,9 and 10, but IGN giving all these sloppy hate scores to big games not pushing messages to give this fucking turd a 10 is quite telling.

they are going full mask off this year it seems.

 

[Hypereides]

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

Not crazy at all. I'd honestly advice anyone take their review scores as "bizarro world". Up is down and vice versa. Most of the time, these inflated scores are meant to "push" something in the modern "gaming journalism" landscape.

 

[Plague Doctor]

There's a play though already up. There is basically no gameplay. 2 hours and 40 minutes until credits. I'm surprised they don't just option this to Netflix. Good for folks that like this type of "game" I suppose.

So the more gameplay systems a dev attempts to develop, the more chances of failure?

Makes sense.

Minimize the gameplay to the bare minimal product and then write a story to pander to critics is a good hustle.

Genius.

 

[ungalo]

Arcade games are that length.

If only we had arcade game with 10/10 reviews, but no that's only reserved for this kind of...whatever this is.

 

[GymWolf]

So this is like life is strange type of game right?

That one gave me pubic lices AND cringe fever for a month after just the first episode so i'm probably not their target audience

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Just by looking at the mug faces of those characters I know their bio, their past deeds, their future endeavors and from which countries they will adopt children.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Arcade games are that length.

Arcade games usually have some type of replay-ability. This is a one and done press W for story game for $20. Completely non-appealing at every level.

 

[March Climber]

If only we had arcade game with 10/10 reviews, but no that's only reserved for this kind of...whatever this is.

Pac-Man
SF2 Turbo
Time Crisis 2
Soul Calibur

Arcade games usually have some type of replay-ability. This is a one and done press W for story game for $20. Completely non-appealing at every level.

I'm not defending this game specifically, I'm defending against the idea and negative opinion that games below 4 hours aren't worth it.

Equating time to value will always be seen as wrong to me.