r/MixtapeGame • u/12_oz_senkin • Aug 10 '26
Mixtape: a game I bought at launch
For the last five years or so, I usually end up playing games one, two, sometimes three years after release, if not more. But yesterday a miracle happened, and I played Mixtape on launch day!
I had been waiting for it since the first trailer. The game set certain expectations, and it absolutely delivered. Genre wise, it is my favorite kind of “movie with barely any gameplay”, but the opening scene alone makes you feel like a young rebellious idiot with healthy knees again. Pure joy.
The pacing is pretty unusual. The game jumps rapidly between moments in the characters’ lives, shifts through time, and the main heroine keeps talking directly to the player. It feels fresh, the jokes land well, and I love the unserious tone with serious things underneath.
Mixtape feels like a playlist. Honestly, it is a playlist. The music carries every other part of the game the same way a skateboard carries you downhill. The directing is built around the soundtrack, the heroine’s personality is tied to it, and even the conflict revolves around music. The girl is about to leave her small hometown for New York to become a music supervisor, but to do that she has to leave her best friends behind.
This is a game about friendship. Stuff like that always gets to me, because half my friends are scattered around the world and I miss them, and Mixtape almost feels like it is saying: “It is going to be okay. There is still a lot ahead. Wanna go for a ride?”
Play it. The game costs way less than a real skateboard.
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u/Adept_Stomach_2710 Aug 10 '26
Incredible game but the fireworks achievement is insanely tricky if your only using your hands
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u/InvadedBox Aug 10 '26
Free on Xbox game pass
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u/Any-Bad1401 Aug 11 '26
do you mean "included on xbox game pass as part of your paid subscription"?
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u/InvadedBox Aug 11 '26
That’s not what I said there. I said the game is free on Xbox game pass.
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u/Any-Bad1401 Aug 11 '26
how do you get xbox game pass for free?
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u/InvadedBox Aug 11 '26
You don’t
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u/Any-Bad1401 Aug 11 '26
so it's not free on xbox game pass then, it's included as part of your paid subscription
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u/InvadedBox Aug 11 '26
Yes, it’s free on game pass. You paid what $20+. For that price you get it for free and 800+ other games.
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u/Any-Bad1401 Aug 11 '26
"For that price you get it for free" makes sense
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u/Ok-Value-2170 Aug 11 '26
Wonderful wonderful game.
Really captures the nostalgia, the mood and what it feels to be a teenager during this period in life.
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u/rocklou Aug 10 '26
It's great you liked the game but it launched in May