Submitted 9 hours ago by BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
Mixtape appears to have been caught in the crossfire and become the latest whipping boy for the anti-woke crowd, which is a damn shame as I found it to be an incredible experience. Makes it hard to talk positive about it on other platforms without some moron calling me buzzwords
It’s a short film at best, not a video game.
Agreed. A game is more than just being interactive. A game has rules and you can fail to overcome a challenge. That is my definition.
Sounds cool enough, although the reviews suggest gameplay is middling which is OK as long as it’s got other good/unique thing to offer.
I don’t mind walking simulators if they are done well have something to offer in terms the overall package. I actually played Soma with a mod, I didn’t find the bosses to be scary, just a bit tedious, so I disabled them, they just walk around, it’s actually a bit unnerving.
That being said, I don’t think it’s a game for me as it feels very US suburb-crntric. I grew up in a massive metropolis and while one kid did have a car in his late teens, he was sort of a child of an minor oligarch. To be honest a car would be a liability back then. You’d be sitting in traffic for 3 hours on Friday evening, it was far easier (and more reliable) to take the subway to the downtown core.
Mind you while this was a big metropolis, you have a similar sort of experience in many large and even mood citizens cities.
I watched most of a playthrough of it. I don’t agree with most of the criticisms people have that are about disliking the characters and their motivations, and a lot of things about it seem competently done, but what I don’t like about it is how it comes off as a pandering corporate slop take on a certain kind of indie game. Maybe people should play games like Night in the Woods before this.
Seems to barely be a game, as well as having little substance beyond nostalgia bait. Not really my bag.
Yeah, i feel like I’d like the vibe and music but also get bored
The latest in a long line of walking simulators aimed at sad over-the-hill millennials.
Everything I see of it feels borderline focus tested to hit the dopamine centers of random game journalists like a stinger missile annihilating a civilian target.
Hard pass.
I havent heard of the game, or anything about it. It must not have run in my circles.
Saw someone describe it as 90s Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and that was enough for me to pick it up. It’s short yeah but to me it’s a good example of games as art. The music choice is integral to the experience, I really enjoyed it and have been gently suggesting my partner play it.
I don’t pay attention to the people who yell woke at everything, what’s their issue this time?
they saw it get 10/10 from ign and assumed it was paid reviews and lgbtq woke nonsense
Never heard of it, but if it elicits that reaction on more mainstream websites and social media, they’re probably doing something right
the funniest part is people cry about it being lgbtq woke garbage and yet all it as that you could concievably describe as “woke” is you play as a woman
The only thing I’ve been hearing is that its more interactive movie than game. Guess limited game play. Lots of players aren’t liking that since its getting very high gaming critic reviews (10/10) despite not having much game play, while other widely loved games are getting lower reviews from the same critics.
I haven’t played it and barely heard of it recently.
I played Artful Escape for 10 minutes on a PAX show floor years ago and knew that game was not for me, so I expected Mixtape to also not be for me. I have access to it via Steam family share, and I figured I may as well play it, given its runtime. This is better than Artful Escape; I’m about halfway through it and will finish it tonight. I can at least sort of dig the characters and story, and I’m definitely into the presentation, but I’m not getting anything out of any of the interactive bits of it. So far, I think I would have enjoyed it better as a movie.
“Is Mixtape a game?” I remember Telltale discussions years ago, so we’ve got younger folks re-litigating this. I figure it doesn’t matter. It’s a “video game”, because we’ve got nothing better to describe it, and people who play/review other products built with the same technology that run on the same machines are best equipped to partake and enjoy it. I’ve seen many examples where, outside of accomplishing an objective or trying to “win”, the interactivity was used to great effect to convey the story. There’s a famous example at the end of Metal Gear Solid 3 where the game won’t move forward until you do something as simple as press the square button on the PS controller, but the context around that made it extremely emotionally effective in a way that movies can’t do. In the first half of Mixtape, I haven’t seen anything close to that, and that’s where it’s not blowing my mind.
Just ignore them and let it blow over. I bought it before I heard any of the hype. I have started it yet. I don’t think it’s going to be my usual flavor of gameplay but it has lots of music I like, and I grew up in the 90s, sooooo…
WTF is Mixtape in this context? In my mind, it is (many years ago) tracks recorded from LPs, 45 singles or even CDs onto cassette…
It’s a game, heavily inspired by the mixtapes of our shared youth. Some people say it’s not a game, because it doesn’t meet their definition of “game.” Some call it a “walking simulator,” which has a pejorative connotation. I haven’t played it yet, but I plan to, critics and purists be damned.
Nothing wrong with a good walking sim IMHO. Some of the best games I've played are walking sims (like S.O.M.A.)
Is this a strand type game?
Never let anyone tell you that you’re “having fun the wrong way”. 😄
its more like an interactive movie but i found its interactive parts super charming and immersive
a game that came out last week, u play as a character whose dream it is to become a music supervisor, she makes many mixtapes and the game takes you through her last one with her friends before she leaves town. so if youre a music fan youll most likely love it
Ah nice. Thanks for explaining. ☺️
I didn’t play the game and don’t plan to. Its not even a real game and only 3 hours long, like a film. From what I saw, I do not agree on the 10/10 from IGN. But I have to say, if someone likes it, its totally okay to like it. No need for any drama. Its his opinion and I don’t care what anyone says, what reason they have, its still an opinion. To me it doesn’t even look like a 5/10, but I did not “play” it anyway. So my opinion does not count I guess.
Which mixtape? 80s? Hip hop?
more new wave/post-punk
I’m not familiar with modern games really but the launch trailer had basically zero footage that looked like it could be considered gameplay other than a Wii sports minigame.
If it’s trying to be a movie, it looks like shitty movie. If it’s trying to be a game, it looks like a shitty game. I will likely never play it so I can’t imagine being upset about it.
Bad movies and bad games come out all the time, I just don’t partake. If someone thinks it’s their game of the year, we probably have different tastes and I’ll just ignore their opinion.
Chozo@fedia.io 6 hours ago
Of course the anti-woke crowd hate it; it's a story about young people finding themselves, instead of being told who to be.