MindsEye’s boss has suggested that creators and players who previewed the game were paid to react negatively.
The upcoming action-adventure shooter game MindsEye only just unveiled its new gameplay trailer alongside a roadmap for 2025. Having Leslie Benzies involved, a former GTA dev, the game has been drawing plenty of attention.
One new advertised feature allows players to create their own missions using the in-game creation system, and that comes on top of its hand-crafted narrative experience.
That said, despite drawing near to its June 10, 2025 release, overall reception of the game isn’t off to a great start. Many who jumped into an early preview called out a litany of issues, saying it’s a “mess,” the enemies “lacked depth,” and the driving feels “stiff,” among other factors.
Following the feedback from players, Build a Rocket co-CEO Mark Gerhard was seen responding to a question on the official Discord, suggesting that creators and players alike were being paid to talk about the game negatively.
MindsEye boss claims players are “100%” getting paid to react negatively
In the official Discord server, Gerhard was asked if he thinks all the people who “reacted negatively were financed by someone,” to which he answered with: “100%.” He didn’t specifically elaborate on this claim but did mention that it “doesn’t take much to guess who.”
It’s speculated that this could likely imply Rockstar Games, given there’s a shared community between GTA and MindsEye, and due to the history of some ex-Rockstars on the team.
When confronted about this, he claimed that there’s a “concerted effort” involved regarding criticizing the game and studio.
He wrote: “There is a concerted effort by some people that don’t want to see Leslie [Benzies] or Build A Rocket Boy to be successful that are making a concerted effort to trash the game and the studio. It’s pretty easy to see the bots and the repeated replies to any content that we put out.”
Just when things started to heat up, though, especially when pressed further about his claims, he said, “No, I never said that. I do know that there are bot farms posting negative comments and dislikes.”
Meanwhile, when a user mentioned that “implying another studio is paying previewers” to talk about MindsEye negatively is a “wild statement to make,” he responded, “Not wild when it’s true.”
