"M6 features a powerful, larger 12-core GPU that provides higher geometry rates and updated Dynamic Caching to deliver stunning visuals and fluid frame rates in demanding games like Mixtape."

Why choose the worst game of the year? Just because it's made by the daughter of Larry Ellison?

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kridsdale1 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Just the other day I mentioned how odd it was that Mixtape felt just like AI-Art. At first glance it has great visual style and seems cool. But spend more than 5 minutes with it and you’ll agree there’s nothing there. It has zero ART inside. It’s one hundred percent vibes.

I’m not claiming this title was made by GenAI. I’m saying something much more insulting: that the human artists who made it have no talent.

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JauntyHatAngle an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Whether or not you don't like the game, it's a weird misrepresentation to say it's made by Megan ellison.

She's been the co-founder and major backer of Annapurna for a decade.

She's not a developer, she's a publisher, and this game is one of the tons of games Annapurna has put out over a decade.

I get that Annapurna is a lightning rod of politics due to ellison and is increasingly under scrutiny for many debates but they are a mainstay of the industry, hardly a blow in, and like it or not, a lot of the games industry and media really like these kinda of artistic pieces, with this being yet another instance of the age old walking simulator debate.

It should be judged on its own merits. Not it's Annapurna link and it's not a shock to see it come up in an artsy Apple Mac hipster circle.

	▲	chmod775 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Despite all the exposure the game has gotten, it currently has less online players than games like "Tennis Elbow 4" (by a factor of 4). It's not even in the top 5000, because it is objectively terrible. People would rather play the original Life is Strange one more time (despite a remaster being out), than play this game. At some point you really have to start getting suspicious why it keeps coming up. https://steamcharts.com/app/2582320 https://steamcharts.com/app/760640

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docmars 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's pretty embarrassing. It's such a poor representation of gaming. I'm surprised anyone is still talking about it.

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SockThief 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well, there's 24 people still playing it now on Steam

	▲	dprkh 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I never even heard of this game.

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bigyabai 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It would have been funny to see Tomb Raider return for it's 12th annual performance comparison in a 2026 Apple keynote.

	▲	rxyz 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They should have used Cyberpunk or Control. They are few years old now but are native Mac games with ray tracing

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surcap526 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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tshaddox an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I've never heard of Mixtape, but I'm surprised to see such a weirdly contemptuous post about a video game get so much traction on HN. At a glance, critical review aggregators are showing 80+ on this game. Is there some drama or culture war issue here that I'm missing?

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boobsbr an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It's not a game, think of it as a long FMV sequence which barely requires any input at all through it all, except in one quicktime event.

	▲	tshaddox an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Isn't that a pretty well-established genre going back at least to the 1980s? I'm pretty out of date on modern games, but I do remember Heavy Rain being widely acclaimed 15 years ago. There's gotta be something else that explains the vitriol against this new game.

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wilg an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, it's a culture war thing and the commenters here are participating in it: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/mixtape-is-at-the-ce...

	▲	tshaddox 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Ah, well that must be it then. The stench of culture war was pretty strong in the original comment, so I'm not surprised, although I'm a bit disappointed to see it so front and center on HN (especially given that it was set off by a tiny mostly irrelevant mention in an Apple press release)!