TheSlySoul
Member
I cannot imagine owning an Xbox One if they went with the original plan. 40 GB downloads for 900p games.
Anyways, good review. It is a good game bogged down by dumb DLC.
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Angry Joe Mortal Kombat X Review.
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Anyways, good review. It is a good game bogged down by dumb DLC.
Fuz
Banned
Great review.
Joe is an absolutely excellent reviewer, even though I don't really like his humour and I find his tastes kinda massified and unrefined. He's (almost) always spot on and fair and, more importantly, he's always on the consumer's side... which is something very, very rare nowadays. Really don't understand the hate.
Joe is an absolutely excellent reviewer, even though I don't really like his humour and I find his tastes kinda massified and unrefined. He's (almost) always spot on and fair and, more importantly, he's always on the consumer's side... which is something very, very rare nowadays. Really don't understand the hate.
I watch his reviews because his analysis and opinion tends to be measured and well thought out. It's just his manner of expressing said opinion which is irritating and so over the top it makes me wanna quit halfway.
Still, probably one of the best reviewers out there. He doesn't go easy on games and generally covers all the bases.
Still, probably one of the best reviewers out there. He doesn't go easy on games and generally covers all the bases.
Diablohead
Member
seems like a fair review of the game and a good score from joe at the end, don't forget he uses the entire 1-10 scale and not just the last 5.
It's disingenuous to ignore everything else in the base game and then come to this conclusion, don't you think?
That bit was great. Uppercut from the chair lol
Messofanego
Banned
Heh, Bobcat Goldthwait dropped that for many years now. But still does stand up and is still funny. His 2012 special "You Don't Look The Same Either" was pretty great.
Almost spit my eggs out when he did the Cooking with Ermac joke! I agree with his Micro DLC stuff (doesn't bother me personally, but I do hate to even see it there to begin with), and the DLC stuff. Goro on-disc $5 unlock, etc. I don't agree with him about story mode. This is a trim the fat version of MK9's story mode. We didn't need 50 fights where characters on the same team fought when they disagreed with each other about where to go next. When I played MK9, there were many times I just wanted to get to the next story point, but instead I kept fighting characters in the same arena because they happened to walk in your path.
Good review over all. I always enjoy Joe.
Good review over all. I always enjoy Joe.
Messofanego
Banned
dat ass on Takeda lol
Always-honest
Banned
why is the video interlaced?
I agree though. not buying this.
I agree though. not buying this.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
The beginning is amazing 
Deified Data
Banned
They're not hard to learn.
The micro is for people who don't even want to put that effort in.
You can't use Kombat Kodes online anyways, so this is irrelevant
Violence Jack
Member
Good review. I really like his segments with other joe. Shows just how much fun they have putting these reviews together.
The Jackdog
Member
Why is there a thread for every new angry joe review? isnt that what review threads or for?
Im biased cause personally i just dont like his style, nothing against the guy.
Im biased cause personally i just dont like his style, nothing against the guy.
MMaRsu
Member
he makes a ton of good points in most reviews. Also he is a gaffer
GusZamboni
Member
well, he is not too angry, and make a lot of sense in his reviews ... so not a problem
Pilgrimzero
Member
I think Joe is mis-remembering MK9 a bit. It also had cut scenes/fight scenes that didn't get together. In a cut scene someone would be hardcore super man. Then get owned in a vs fight.
Sindel was probably the worst offender.
Heck not to mention the sheer brutality of a fight that made no difference in the following cut scene.
Though the funniest bit (to me) is that MK9 is the "Mortal Kombat Tournement! and these heroes are fighting these super evil baddies, and no one ever kills anyone after a fight. "Reptile just tried to murder me, better leave him here knocked out."
No actually the funniest part of 9 was when Jax gets his arms ripped off. Where are Sonya and Smoke? Just watching this happen? Apparently. Not to mention that if Ermac is that powerful why doesn't he do that to everyone?
Not sure if MKX has those nitpicks but I expcted Joe to mention them when talking about MK9.
Sindel was probably the worst offender.
Heck not to mention the sheer brutality of a fight that made no difference in the following cut scene.
Though the funniest bit (to me) is that MK9 is the "Mortal Kombat Tournement! and these heroes are fighting these super evil baddies, and no one ever kills anyone after a fight. "Reptile just tried to murder me, better leave him here knocked out."
No actually the funniest part of 9 was when Jax gets his arms ripped off. Where are Sonya and Smoke? Just watching this happen? Apparently. Not to mention that if Ermac is that powerful why doesn't he do that to everyone?
Not sure if MKX has those nitpicks but I expcted Joe to mention them when talking about MK9.
Lumpy Onion
Member
lol that opening skit was probably my favorite one I've seen him do so far.
LegendofDragoonLives
Member
FollowTheWind
Banned
I love this review, I laughed so much hahahaha. The "how can she slap" segment, and stealing Reptiles eggs.
Lumpy Onion
Member
Glad I watched this review even though I have no interest in MK. But to be honest, he's kinda sold me on it and I'm picking up the previous MK next time I'm at the store. Mostly just hearing about the fleshed out story mode which is something I've never seen in a fighting game before. And those fatalities really satisfy the gore hound in me. If I end up digging that I will probably pick X up some day as well.
Yeah, I can safely say I enjoy hearing him talk about just about anything. Dude is probably my favorite critic now and I rarely even play the same types of games he does.
Yeah, I can safely say I enjoy hearing him talk about just about anything. Dude is probably my favorite critic now and I rarely even play the same types of games he does.
Leafhopper
Banned
What does that have to do with their question? They asked "Why do they find him funny?" not "How can anyone find [insert explicative here] funny?"
Coming from someone who likes his stuff sometimes.
Lumpy Onion
Member
And this review was incredibly positive. I don't see many things being ripped here at all.
All they need to do is refer to every other Angry Joe thread where the same questions are asked and same complaints are made.
I also laughed pretty hard on that. Great review from joe and seeing how other joe fits in perfectly with every video they make a great team together.
JavelinRobin
Banned
Reducing "victim blaming" down into the video game realm is kind of shameful. Good lord.
Deified Data
Banned
Just watched the whole thing.
I generally agree with Joe when it comes to bullshit anti-consumer tactics, but in this case I feel he's being a bit over-zealous. Not only are easy fatalities of absolutely zero consequence (since fatalities aren't typically difficult to perform anyways), but they're easily obtainable in the Krypt if you do happen to want them.
I wish he a done a bit more research about the patch that allegedly slowed the accrual of Koins - I can attest that after beating the story it took me more than an hour to spend all the Koins I'd earned, and that's not even counting the Koins you get for doing absolutely nothing like Faction payouts.
Regarding Goro, I'm kinda half with and half against him on this one. On one hand on-disc DLC is annoying, but on the other it's for a character who has zero bearing on the story - he is "extra" by default, and you shouldn't really feel like you have less of a game if you haven't bought him. He's a pre-order bonus and he's on-disc so that everyone can be on equal footing day one.
Agree with him on the annoying "buy me now" messages for bonus characters. It'd be fine if they were tucked away in a store menu option, but they have no place splashed across the main menu like that.
I generally agree with Joe when it comes to bullshit anti-consumer tactics, but in this case I feel he's being a bit over-zealous. Not only are easy fatalities of absolutely zero consequence (since fatalities aren't typically difficult to perform anyways), but they're easily obtainable in the Krypt if you do happen to want them.
I wish he a done a bit more research about the patch that allegedly slowed the accrual of Koins - I can attest that after beating the story it took me more than an hour to spend all the Koins I'd earned, and that's not even counting the Koins you get for doing absolutely nothing like Faction payouts.
Regarding Goro, I'm kinda half with and half against him on this one. On one hand on-disc DLC is annoying, but on the other it's for a character who has zero bearing on the story - he is "extra" by default, and you shouldn't really feel like you have less of a game if you haven't bought him. He's a pre-order bonus and he's on-disc so that everyone can be on equal footing day one.
Agree with him on the annoying "buy me now" messages for bonus characters. It'd be fine if they were tucked away in a store menu option, but they have no place splashed across the main menu like that.
Orochinagis
Member
I knew Joe was gonna do this review and grabs to microtransactions drama because those DLC are not esssential or alter the game yet he goes directly to that topic and invest a good bunch of time and jokes in the review.
FollowTheWind
Banned
Some of them do alter the game though, an easy fatality? They're supposed to be a bit difficult for a reason, you have to have a certain pattern memorised or nearby.
Complained about everything. Said story was short, factions were crap. A lot of crying about microtransactions that no one is going to fall for. It's not like the game is flawed because they are not using his ideas. There is too much ripping on things that are more about cattering. I think reviews are weird anyway. Fighting games take years to master. Casual people that pay 5 dollars used for games usually have prejudice to this extreme. I think games are about winning and skill, but some people expect to be athletes for button mashing. The story and added content are just bonuses and are not the core experience, yet we judge games for that. Sad
He ripped into every thing, and largely got the micro transaction/DLC stuff out of the way. The jokes worked for me, and I thought he was more reserved on it than expected. Pretty fair review IMO.
But...he perpetuates the mistake of assuming several of those characters you fight against are "already finished with complete move sets". They're not, and it's pretty obvious that they're not. They borrow moves or use old ones, and there's a lot of repetition when you fight them.
Deified Data
Banned
Also disagree with his complaints about the story. I also like a good campaign in my fighting games but I rarely expect them to be more than a few hours long - 3-4 hours for MKX is perfectly serviceable. I think some characters in the campaign could have stood to have their own chapter (Mileena, Erron Black, Quan Chi), but there were others like Jax, Sonya, and Johnny that could have made way for the newer characters. So really if you looked to balance the campaign you'd be taking out about as much as you'd add.
He also said the fighting itself is the best it's ever been and gave the game a 8/10 which sounds about right.
FollowTheWind
Banned
Complaining about everything is not the same as a negative review. He still have the game an 8/10, fail to see how thats negative. Every point he makes is real, and worth mentioning. The short and weird story, the transactions in a full priced game at release and the PC version. All valid complaints, which did not detract THAT much from the final score.
Again he gave it an 8/10...