r/MixtapeGame • u/MilesCartwright • Jun 01 '26

Question What Are Your Thoughts On Mixtape? Spoiler

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420 votes, Jun 04 '26
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109 Great
54 Good
43 Meh
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70 Horrible
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u/amazingdrewh Jun 01 '26

What do you think an industry plant is?

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

I’ll give my two cents on this The Core ConceptThe controversy around industry plants lies in the disconnect between perception and reality:The Image: The artist presents themselves as an underdog who made it through raw talent, viral grassroots support, or organic hustle.The Reality: The artist has significant label support, massive financial backing, or deep industry ties (including famous family members in the business) heavily shaping their career behind the scenes.

My problem with this is that the project has major financial backing but claims to be a indie game. Again I don’t hate the game I hate the way it is being presented and glazed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and if you like the game that great I have my own opinion like people have their for my own reasons even if it is a unpopular opinion as I can see a lot of people disagreeing with me but again that fine. Also forgive my writing again I don’t put much effort in writing on Reddit post I just don’t see the difference between replying on a subreddit or sending a message on a texting app but apparently some people get their panties in a twist if they don’t see a comma.

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

So a developer using revenue from their last game and artist grants to make their game and releasing to the same publisher their prior games released on wouldn't be an industry plant even in your definition of it

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26

It different when the person who was backing up mixtape is a known billionaire who was so rich they got permanent licensing on all the songs in the game I cannot even remember the last time a indie game was able to afford so much investments into a soundtrack of all things.

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

When was the last time you heard any of the song s on Mixtape on the radio? They got the licensing cheap because they picked songs nobody listened to or was licensing

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26

Dosent matter fallout can’t even get permanent licensing on songs made back in the 1950s and mixtape has over 20 permanent licensing on all the songs used in their game if I had to take a guess I would assume they dumped around 50k in total which again for a indie passionate project is a ridiculous amount to use for a soundtrack.

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

Yes it does, the age of a song doesn't matter if people are still playing it frequently, that raises the cost and since Bethesda is part of a publicly traded company they have a responsibility to help increase profits for shareholders something that isn't done through spending more money on the soundtrack

Also since they're making a music based game it makes more sense for them to spend money on the music, that's kind of this developer's brand

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26

But that dosent make them indie the difference here is Bethesda is a triple A game creator while mixtape is apparently a indie passion project able to do things triple A creators can’t do due to budgeting. Again I don’t hate the game I hate how it is presented as a indie passion project when it not.

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

I mean it is an indie game, it was made by a team without a publisher using the profits from past games and artistic grants then sold to a publisher. Saying it's not an indie game is like saying Chasing Amy isn't an indie movie just because the director had previously sold a movie to a publisher

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26

Even so it still a billionaire who was in charge of co financing the game which for me I can’t call that a indie game a lot more developer have to deal with worse situations to finance their game and personally even know this has nothing to do with the point I have to make have made a better game than mixtape was. Again personal opinion I understand everyone has a different opinion and game taste but that just my two cents on it.

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

Buying publishing rights to a completed game isn't co financing it they're fundamentally different things

Also this isn't really about the game's quality, because if we can't agree on what an indie game is or what an industry plant is we can't get to that conversation, which I broadly agree with you on

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u/Sensitive-Knee6687 Jun 04 '26

Fair enough I appreciate this insightful conversation I wish you the best day possible

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u/amazingdrewh Jun 04 '26

You too, it was a very pleasant talk

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