Nadie importante

@nan0werx @drjeanbanana @6igantuar @t23548778 you are the most basic bitch on the planet lmao

@aliasz50 @drjeanbanana @6igantuar @t23548778 So we should just give them out to slop games that are 5-6s at best? Plenty of Perfect games out there: Ocarina Of Time, Halo1, Halflife2, Uncharted 2, Goldeneye, Metroid Prime1...ill be damned if journalists are going to try to give this garbage a seat at that table

The problem with Mixtape is not the game itself, it's the fact we all know, everyone, that people who are saying it's a 10 are lying. That's it. No politics, no left/right bullshit. We know you are lying when you say it's great. We just don't like liars, it's that simple.

@knightware98 funny how flawless or perfect doesnt appear here

@aliasz50 Try again chuckleface

IT LITERALLY SAYS "MASTERPIECE" BESIDE THE SCORE YOU INBRED APE

@BeguiledGamer it's also kinda dumb , the care packages usually go to content creators not publications

The community note for this is wild lmao Speaking from past experience, most of the shit i got from publishers either ended up getting donated or put in a box Hell, Activision once sent me a whole ass Spyro cake which just went with my wife to the school she taught at lmao

@drjeanbanana @6igantuar @t23548778 then there would be no point of having 10/10 because you would never use it

@aliasz50 @6igantuar @t23548778 10/10 literally means perfect otherwise it would be a 9/10.

@IDunnoFam2 @SAjoats @AI_EmeraldApple Annapurna is a publisher not a developer

@SAjoats @AI_EmeraldApple I usually don't really agree with ppl who ragebait for the sake of ragebait, but I think it's better to inform you Annapurna old devs has mostly resigned by 2024, which includes most, if not all, of Stray devs. Annapurna *is* in a very worrying state, political stuffs aside.

It is confirmed. Mixtape is a nepo-backed astroturfed game. It is developed by a small Australian studio, Beethoven and Dinosaur, and funded by Annapurna Interactive, headed by Megan Ellison. Yes, THAT Ellison family, where her father Larry Ellison, who is one of the most connected to Israel's elites, donated over $16 million in 2017 alone. Larry's son, David Ellison's Skydance/Paramount, secured nearly $24 billion in equity investments from the Saudi public investment fund, plus others from Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Meanwhile Larry himself is personally funding portions of the equity commitments in the media deals. That means Annapurna Interactive, with family ties to the Ellison wealth, has incredibly deep pockets that most indies could only dream of. This is why they were able to secure expensive music licences, massive marketing, and a multiplatform launch. No evidence that Israel or Middle East money touched the game, but the money is in the family and family talk. Critics are eating it up like slop with near-universal 9-10 of 10 ratings, while the players are skipping it, calling it an overrated walking sim. Annapurna Interactive markets itself as a "prestige" publisher, which aligns with the "high class" artsy vibe that critics love, but the audience doesn't care for. Their only massive commercial success was Stray, the cat game... Meanwhile, pretty much every other game published by Annapurna was a flop or niche... and this one is proving the same as well, with barely 2000 people playing the game on steam.

@lilyofurvalley @6igantuar @t23548778 the ign score table literally says 10 doesnt mean flawless or perfect

@aliasz50 @6igantuar @t23548778 ...absolutely stunning you can just lie this blatantly

@QuattroMKII @jifferey yes games no one ever heard like white neon , edith finch or fucking OUTER WILDS

@jifferey Annapurna is *literally* Industry Plant Inc. They put out dozens of games that nobody ever hears about, but somehow win tons of awards.

I had a hunch. Turns out I was right. It really was an industry plant. Rotten to the core the lot of em.

@6igantuar @t23548778 not really , 10/10 never meant that the game was perfect or flawless lmao

@t23548778 Because they are saying it is one of the best games ever made. They are saying it is perfect, it is flawless. You know it's not so why are you okay with them saying it is?

@Sir_Dammed journalists thought wikong was mid which is not the same as hating it

The revisionism is endless.

@revenant_MMXX Devolver is way bigger than annapurna lmao

Sneaky move at the end there saying "any other indie publisher" as if Annapurna is even remotely comparable to Devolver in terms of their founding and history. Annapurna has never published an "indie game" by virtue of being Annapurna

@TheWyattJames_ @PaulTassi the problem is that while to do send those to content creators they dont do it for actual publications for a lot of reasons lol

@PaulTassi It’s letting people know reviewers were give gifts by the publisher. Seems pretty obvious.

Lol what is this community note

@PunkishNano @tohofuny 1)Si, son como 6 grados de separacion 2)No es tanto presupuesto y esta al nivel de otros juegos de annapurna , stray probablemente fue mas caro 3)Al salir ... los reviews se hacen antes de que salga juego en el 99% de los casos lol

@aliasz50 @tohofuny 1) no, no la hay. Es fundadora, CEO y presidenta de Pictures, dueña de Interactive. 2) una publicadora indie no usa ese nivel de presupuesto por un juego experimental de nicho dentro de su nicho. 3) Correcto, al salir, no previo al mismo, lo cual es mi punto.

Expedition 33 was astroturfed, but Mixtape is a GENUINE, TEXTBOOK industry plant.

@conro let me guess , you think there's nothing wrong with the sharing of nudes without consent

Gets told by Olivia Julianna that his actions are making it look like she's a centrist ghoul and that going through hours of video of her is weird and he just keeps going. You're the snarker dude.

@PunkishNano @tohofuny 1)Fundadora , esa es una gran diferencia 2)Si y no , pagaron cosas que no pagarian sin soporte externo y por eso casi todos los indies buscan soporte externo 3)Eso simplemente es mentira, todos fueron celebrados por la critica al salir

@aliasz50 @tohofuny 1- es la dueña, ya que la seccion de videojuegos pertenece a Annapurna pictures, la cual ella es dueña. 2- correcto, lo cual implica de que un grupo indie decidio que pagar de forma considerable cosas que raramente otros pagarian en su misma posicion.+

@PunkishNano @tohofuny De hecho si los tienen , no es raro

@aliasz50 @tohofuny y una cantidad cuanto menos cuestionable de "amor y elogios" por parte de medios "oficiales" y gente con grupos substanciales de seguidores. Una compañia indie no suele tener este nivel de financiamiento para un "juego indie experimental".

@PunkishNano @tohofuny si mixtape es una planta de la industria entonces el 99% de los juegos lo son. No hay nada que separe a mixtape de edith finch , outer wilds , white neon o cualquier otro juego que haya publicado annapurna , devolver , thunderfull o cualquier otro publisher de indies

@PunkishNano @tohofuny Para empezar no es dueña , es fundadora de de un estudio de peliculas de la que luego salio annapurna . Segundo ellos son publishers no desarolladores y l9 que describes no tiene nada de especial , un estudio pequeño les presento la idea del juego y ellos decidieron pagar por e

@GrunbisThalbent @raclage @AKScans It depends on the indie studio but 1) it wasnt a press kit because it wasnt sent to the press. And yes it is common you just dont hear about because youtubers and streamers are held to a lower standart so nobody cares

@aliasz50 @raclage @AKScans I admit I'm wrong, the billionaire ties come from the publisher. That changes little. Game is 85% it's soundtrack, has no meaningful core gameplay loop. It is not industry standard for "indies" to give press kits, especially with a lack of a physical "deluxe/collector's" edition.

tell me how an ~indy game~ that dropped out of nowhere, got perfect journo scores and can not only afford a fully licensed soundtrack but also fancy goodie sets for redditor "content creators" is anything but an industry plant

@GrunbisThalbent @raclage @AKScans Spoiler: none , nobody in the team has billonaire fathers The publisher probably paid for the soundtrack and the care packages which is usual for the industry (none of those packages went to press reviewers anyway, just to youtubers and streamers)

@aliasz50 @raclage @AKScans You're so close! And who is the father of one of those 12 people? How did those 12 people afford a full soundtrack of licensed music? Why did they throw together a press kit instead of rely on the usual indie word of mouth strategy as review codes to creators in the niche?