Mixtape

A game about friendship and the end of an era 

Game no: 570

Genre: Others (Minigames) 
Platform: PC
Release Date: 2026

This game has been in all publications and being touted as the best game of the year. High praise all over. The story is amazing and the gameplay (or lack there off) is fun. I for one tried this game and my review is not like the others. What is Mixtape about. Three high school friends spending their last day before one of them is moving to New York. Basically this game happens in one night of a couple of hours. The game uses a custom soundtrack (hence the term mixtape) to get into the mood of the gameplay 

This is not a game. This is basically a game on rails or an interactive movie. That is why everyone can play this game. The controls are easy. There is no fail state since they made it very accessible to everyone to play. The game rangers from using the joystick to move your skateboard or simple one button pressues for the action that you need to do. The gameplay all depends on what is music is playing on the background. The music plays an important role in the gameplay but to tell you the truth I am not a big fan of 70-80s music that much. I know some of them but not all of them. Some are great while some are a hit and a miss. 

Not to say I didn't like this game but this game was not the 10/10 like everyone seems it to be. Its probably the story only relates to a certain type of demographic (basically kids who are finishing high school) so I don't have any stakes in the sotry. The backstory is more interesting that what is happening overall as a whole. The characters also doesn't get cl,osure which sucks for a videogame. But it was never intended to do that. It was basically to record the last day of highschool and it set out to do actually that. I am glad I played it at least once so I can see what is all the rave is about. Overall I can't recommend mixtape to anyone. The story was mid. The gameplay was no existent and overall everything just was left hanging. I did love the art direction and the cartoon like nature of the graphics (complete with 16 frames per second) Overall I give mixtape a B-Rank