Mixtape - GOTY? IGN agrees!

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regalterry said:
I think the old nomenclature doesn't really work anymore since, as you mention, developers don't really need to rely on traditional publishers to get their game out to the masses, and the A/AA/AAA dichotomy is a clunky and imprecise way to handle it at best.

I guess my understanding of "indie" is any sort of game that is outside the traditional game development/publishing pipeline.

As an edge case, what would you classify the dev of Stardew Valley as? SV itself is obviously an indie game by any definition, but would his next game, Haunted Chocolatier count?

The dev has a personal wealth of at least $500 million, he's rich enough to outright purchase many a publisher. Does the fact he is rich mean his next game wouldn't count as indie?
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I think Indie is a traditional game dev (and trooning) pipeline by now. It's not the issue with films/books that merely knowing it exists is a task. Gamers know about indie more than most AA/AAA releases.

Also I'll add that lots of indies get government support either through welfare or propaganda, so even the idea of artistic freedom is bullshit.

Haunted Chocolatier will be indie if the credit scenes list 5 people or less without subcontractors. The personal wealth of the people working doesn't matter (though they have the benefit of no shortage of time and money).
 
I like this take on it. He also goes over the access journalism and loot box bribes.


1) It's not nostalgia, it's anemoia, "nostalgia for a time you never experienced". Nobody lived this life and is remembering it fondly. He even quotes critics who admit they didn't experience anything like this growing up, yet they still "felt nostalgia" and treated it as authenticity.

2) It is a game for failures. If you relate to any of the characters, you're messed up. If you romanticize or praise their actions, you might be a sociopath. Every games journo and critic who says they do, should be on a watchlist.
 
How the fuck does this have more reviews than all time players


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kiwirevolving said:
How the fuck does this have more reviews than all time players
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I wish there was a way to go through all the profiles of people that have reviewed the game and see just how much playtime they have on average, or how many games they have in their libraries, because I suspect the results would be very illuminating.
 
A game designed specifically for journofags and most likely by a group of trannies secretly backed by a mega corporation. Highguard did the same thing, and Keighly is anxiously awaiting his apologies.
 
decent premise for an art film game but it doesn't hit the 90s cali vibe very well and the dialogue isn't very 90s even with the purple monkey dishwasher humor at the time. i can see why millennial and zoomers think its great.

the music is nice touch but its ruined by the character introducing them. life is strange and guardians of the galaxy did the music themes better.
 
Its for Cali and Portlandia Nepo-babies to feel like they were rebellious youths in Midwestern 90's USA.

the Company is literally owned and ran by one of the richest Nepo-Babies in the world.
 
We went from faggy art games in the early 2010s, to bland live services in the mid 2010s and now we’re circling back to faggy art games. Maybe Fortnite wasn’t such a bad thing after all if this was the alternative
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I really doubt it. The game didn't even get review bombed on Steam,
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kiwirevolving said:
How the fuck does this have more reviews than all time players
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It actually got reverse review bombed.
They bought like 500 copies in Russia and other places to give it positive reviews
Normally games have a very low review rate return for every purchase, but I think this one is like 130% the top player peak account of positive reviews.
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regalterry said:
It's been said before, the but the nepobaby that funds this dogshit "game" is the daughter of a hardline Zionist kike that donates shitloads of money to Israel, and the sixth richest man on the planet.

Where is the pearl clutching and kvetching from the usual suspects?

Aren't they upset they are directly funding the genocide of Palestinians with each Mixtape purchase?
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He writes most of their paychecks in some way shape or form so of course they're silent.
 
I misread the title as GOY of the year and had a laugh considering who funded this game. This game is hilariously lacking in diversity because the devs grew up in rich upper middle class families, hence the lack of neighbors and crackheads.
 
REGENDarySumanai said:
It's Depression Quest for this decade. Hard skip, and the question of video games being art ended when Deadly Premonition was released on the 360.
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I still hate that Jim Sterling of all people was the only critic at the time to understand that Deadly Premonition was a masterpiece. The sequel was also amazing
 
kiwirevolving said:
How the fuck does this have more reviews than all time players


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That IMO is the reddest of red flags that everything about this is astroturfed. Even if a game is bugged to Hell and back to the point of unplayablity, you will still only get a FRACTION OF A FRACTION of the all-time player base to write reviews. Hell, look at any game with a "open the game for the first time" achievement, its never 100% of players, its always around 50-70%. A significant portion of people who own games never even play them, yet I'm supposed to believe more people than have taken the time to even play the game have reviewed it? It's the most Jewish math I've ever seen, and not at all out of place to say as such given who owns the company.
 
Quijibo69 said:
I liked Stray, my hurt feelings. Mixtape looks super AIDS gay.
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Never played Stray, but it is the only jewrno-hyped game of the last few years that actual real fellow right-wingers played and enjoyed, so I also think it doesn't quite belong in that list.
 
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