NiceyIt's very good. The gameplay, art style and music are all very satisfying. The characters are charismatic and the story is told slowly as you progress the game, which keeps you wondering what will happen next. Also, the game is very generous with the items and money, so it's the perfect game to chill out. I highly recommend it
I think this is the biggest issue about the game, watching it on Youtube may cost less technically.
The main reason for the hate it's those high scores by the critics, giving a 10/10 for a 3 hours interactive story, when actual games like Mouse PI for hire gets a 6, for having too much cheese references of all things. It's not that Mixtape is bad on itself, it does have a good visual style and animations, but that's it. There's no replayability. No choices like most interactive story games. In the end, no reason for the overwhelming praise it received from critics
Fair points, I got you.
Yeah, it's definitely not a 10. Even if you overlook the basic gameplay that requires very little input from the player, the story and characters aren't strong enough to carry it to a 10/10. Pretty good soundtrack and art, though.
I agree, sad as it is to say, I'd rather play this than say...Pragmata for example. heresy for some i know.
Never heard about game/developers
i understand but usually by default, never trust the reviews of gaming media outlets, most of which are probably paid under the table by the developers themselves to make the product seem better than it actually is to the masses. general rule of thumb really.
It's not even a LiS1 competitor, tbh. LiS1 is one of the best at what it does, something all of the sequels could never live up to, whereas I don't see Mixtape being a game that garners such a following that they'll try to make a sequel to it. Granted, LiS should've been one and done, too. It was a time and place thing, perfect for that time where developers were trying out the episodic format, and that worked well for a while but eventually came to an end.
