rockman zx
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I think his reviews are very well balanced and he has no agenda, I'm not annoyed by his "angry persona" so for me his is good reviewer.
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Angry Joe Elder Scrolls Online Review
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I don't like the whole Angry thing, or the skits, but Joe typically puts out very informative reviews backed up with actual game footage from when he was playing. I don't always agree with him, but that's just how opinions work. His review meshes well with the impressions I've read from pre-release.
that was a great review, and very informative. highlights a bunch of the things I felt about the game after playing beta too, sad they weren't improved for the final release. what a damn shame..
bethesda seriously.. just release Skyrim but 2-4 players. I don't give a shit if it's not made for 2-4, just let me have a friend with me, broken or not.
bethesda seriously.. just release Skyrim but 2-4 players. I don't give a shit if it's not made for 2-4, just let me have a friend with me, broken or not.
This! Too bad he is just mostly a Xbox/PC guy. If he was a universal gamer (Reviewing Nintendo games and stuff) He would be honestly one of my favorite reviewers out there.
Was really hoping this game would've been like a community driven town building MMO. Set 1000's of years before any of the games, players work together to lay the foundations of all the cities and towns in the game. Guilds start towns, there are adventurers, soldiers, mayors, shop keepers, thieves, and crafters. But nope, they focused on the combat of Elder Scrolls which no one has ever really liked. Its like they have no idea why people like Elder Scrolls games.
Weekly threads? Post last weeks video review then. Just did a quick search and he's not done a review since MGS last month.
"True, but I guess I reached a breaking point" over what, a video reviewer getting a thread for his video reviews? Oh no! Better go in the thread to share my dislike for him, people might not know!
Also your last line just stinks of jealousy, so what if some YouTube game personalities get threads for their videos?
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
Where is the inFamous review? Was waiting for it 
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
You need to quest to level 10 to get into Cyrodiil, so I fear your time in Tamriel might not be what you expect.
TemplaerDude
Member
An average game is an average game.
An average game that makes you pay every month to play it is fucking garbage.
No one should spend a penny on this shit.
An average game that makes you pay every month to play it is fucking garbage.
No one should spend a penny on this shit.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I think the other issue with review mmos is they are constantly changing, being upgraded, having problems fixed, taking user feedback and making improvements. So while this review could be considered applicable now. A year from now will it? Angry Joe does his thing and get's angry. That's his schtick. Granted I can never fully watch a whole video of his. I just can't. I skip around and move on.
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
This game will definitely be F2P well before the end of the year.
Maybe before the end of the summer.
Maybe before the end of the summer.
Maximus.
Member
I hyperbolized the weekly threads thing, so I apologize about that. No need to get so defensive over my opinion, I didn't overly criticize him or anyone's thoughts about the guy. Jealous? Not at all - more like me just aligning with peoples right to like whatever they want. No need to be so defensive and pick at little things I said.
If it does get fixed in a few months when it goes f2p, I'll have to extend my heartfelt thanks to the beta testers who paid $60-$80 for the game and $15 per month subscription to help get the game improved for me.
Don't fear, I was already aware of this.
Nope, he is an indy reviewer! XD
You've got your right to not like him, I've got my right to pick apart your pointless comment on disliking him that turns up in everyone of his video threads. Problem?
Please keep doing so too.
You can buy easely in game mounts or by farming bosses.
You can ride a mount at level 20 for less than 20 gold...
While in Elder scroll online, the mount is so expensive that you will prefer to spend real money to get it.
That's what Joe tried to say.
Then his theme song would be boring.
Fuz
Banned
Are they taking our money now or in an year?
WonkyPanda
Member
The mount is so expensive? It's 17k gold which I obtained at level 18 without crafting or selling anything to players.
It's also apples oranges. The basic mount speed is +15%, which isn't much of an increase over foot. Add onto the fact that every zone has at least 5 way shrines spread out that are FREE to travel between, I don't get your point.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Well, I knew this game seemed boring from watching the GB quicklook, but it really looks terrible in almost every way. Definitely never playing this, probably not even when it inevitably goes F2P.
It's an mmo and they don't send out review copies people can play 2 weeks before so nobody bothers.
Professor Lich
Member
I like ESO and how fun it is and I get lost and immersed in it
I like Joe and I like what he says, but that doesn't mean you have to follow his opinion. If you enjoy the game, enjoy it.
WonkyPanda
Member
Leif wrote a great review over at IGN. He doesn't get his own thread, though. He's definitely not "real" and "raw" enough as pointed out.
Sure now, but not at launch.
Well anyone can post a thread on what they want. Post a thread for his review if you're that bothered.
Giving GW2 a 10 makes his credibility on mmo reviews even less. Game in no way is a 10.
Just weird to hear complaints about spawn camping quest bosses and seeing corpses of a boss you have to fight.
The grouping mechanics definitely sound sub-par, though =/
You do understand that any member can create a thread right?
It's not like there is some hidden tribunal every few weeks where it is decided on what people are allowed to post.
If you feel strongly about his review, go post a thread about the review.
Xplatformer
Member
Yet he wouldn't have nearly the # of subscribers if he did things differently, no. Obviously many, including myself disagree with you. Better than most of the dry reviewers I've watched on video over the past 15 years.
It's not poop, and Joe says it's not poop. I've played it for over 60 hours, and enjoyed it, but the issues are too numerous to make me stick with it.
I don't think GW2 is a 10 and that's fine.
But from a value proposition (which is what he bases a lot of his review on) I think it's a 10.
Very very much unlike TESO.
Spiritreaver
Member
The 42k horse is 10% faster than the cheapest horse. Means a load of bullshit unless you're PVPing and when considering the zerg fest nature of PVP it means even less.
I have been playing this game till almost level cap and almost never use my horse.
I watched Angry Joe stream this game with his wife. He didn't play it as far I could to tell. He certainly didn't get far in the game.
FFXIV had a shit load of fucking problems at launch. No it was not buggy but here:
Absolutely trashed servers.
People were locked out of the game for days.
People couldn't enter instances.
There were server queue times that lasted hours.
A ton of payment issues. Mog Station did not work well.
There was a duping/bank stealing bug.
The game lagged immensely for many players, especially those on PS3.
FATEs were plagued with load/memory issues due to how many people did them.
FATEs were abused for XP purposes.
FFXIV's only end game was Binding Coil and 1 dungeon. (There was no reason to run any dungeon other than AK).
Gold seller spam. Many towns had their shouts overrun with gold spam, you couldn't even USE shout/say.
Economy abused by early adopters. People found ways to zip to level cap in crafting and completely destroyed relic prices. They were even rumored to sell gil to RMT.
A boss fight that a grand majority of the player could not pass through the normal queue system. Titan HM.
And I love that game. I really do. I even got to T5 of Coil before it was nerfed to any degree. I saw all of that game at launch and still recommend it. It's a great fucking game.
You know what else is a good game? ESO. Come to the official thread and read about it from people who actually play the game. Some like it, some don't. BUt it's a much more honest review than that shitty AJ piece.
I have been playing this game till almost level cap and almost never use my horse.
I watched Angry Joe stream this game with his wife. He didn't play it as far I could to tell. He certainly didn't get far in the game.
FFXIV had a shit load of fucking problems at launch. No it was not buggy but here:
Absolutely trashed servers.
People were locked out of the game for days.
People couldn't enter instances.
There were server queue times that lasted hours.
A ton of payment issues. Mog Station did not work well.
There was a duping/bank stealing bug.
The game lagged immensely for many players, especially those on PS3.
FATEs were plagued with load/memory issues due to how many people did them.
FATEs were abused for XP purposes.
FFXIV's only end game was Binding Coil and 1 dungeon. (There was no reason to run any dungeon other than AK).
Gold seller spam. Many towns had their shouts overrun with gold spam, you couldn't even USE shout/say.
Economy abused by early adopters. People found ways to zip to level cap in crafting and completely destroyed relic prices. They were even rumored to sell gil to RMT.
A boss fight that a grand majority of the player could not pass through the normal queue system. Titan HM.
And I love that game. I really do. I even got to T5 of Coil before it was nerfed to any degree. I saw all of that game at launch and still recommend it. It's a great fucking game.
You know what else is a good game? ESO. Come to the official thread and read about it from people who actually play the game. Some like it, some don't. BUt it's a much more honest review than that shitty AJ piece.
WonkyPanda
Member
That's not even the point. Reviews are typically
Placed into, you know, OTs and review threads. I don't see why it is even needed to start blasting the front page with countless reviews when you can concentrate that into one thread for a discussion about several reviews. Not a circle jerk of confirmation biases on one self-centered view point. That isn't how you facilitate open discussion.
BFIB
Member
I always like Joe's reviews, because he always looks out for the consumer aspect. Always appreciate that.
The part that worries me the most, is that its clear ESO is trying to implement these features, since this is also releasing on console, I'm sure a lot of these paywalls are heading there too.
Hopefully gamers take a stand at the nickel and diming of MMO's, especially since it looks like consoles are going to play a part in some coming up. F2P, I understand paying for some things, but for a game that demands $60 up front, to have to pay for anything after that is absurd.
The part that worries me the most, is that its clear ESO is trying to implement these features, since this is also releasing on console, I'm sure a lot of these paywalls are heading there too.
Hopefully gamers take a stand at the nickel and diming of MMO's, especially since it looks like consoles are going to play a part in some coming up. F2P, I understand paying for some things, but for a game that demands $60 up front, to have to pay for anything after that is absurd.
More honest? So you think he's lying?
Like you said, some like it, some don't. Don't know why you're so upset with his review's "honesty", when he is saying what he thinks.
midasmulligan
Member
Agreed my friend. They went balls deep-full retail purchase, monthly fee, microtrans, paywall-the whole 9. It better be one badass game. You kick consumers in the shins like that, then deliver a mediocre game? The ensuing fallout will be well deserved...
Spiritreaver
Member
Poor choice of words, but I stand by what I said.
Even those that didn't like the game said the game was worth the purchase for the amount of story/lore/pvp content. Of course a few people loathe it, but it's a given. You were in that thread as much as I was.