Top 10 Angry Joe Moments

#10: Joe May Cry

It’s fair to say a lot of fans were feeling trepidatious about Ninja Theory’s take on Devil May Cry. While some ultimately came to despise the game, others were a tad more forgiving about its new direction. Joe sat somewhere in the middle, praising the game in certain aspects but coming down on it pretty hard when it seemed to purposefully mock its predecessors. But that’s not why you’re here, you came to watch that hilarious opening skit. Even years on, Joe’s reaction to DMC (which in this instance looks suspiciously like electronica band Blood on the Dance Floor) remains priceless.

#9: The Sack of Rome II: Total War

And this is what happens when someone takes a shit over a property Joe adores. As a lifelong Total War fan, Joe was not best pleased when Rome II took several steps back in key areas, and as such earned legitimate ire from Joe. A far cry from previous entries like Shogun II, the sheer amount of glitches, lack of polish, absence of fundamental features and atrocious A.I nearly pushed Joe to the breaking point, leading him to dish out this forty minute deconstruction of how Creative Assembly screwed up. Let slip the dogs of war.

#8: News Segment

Now for something a little more serious. In the wake of the harrowing events in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, the political sphere once again set their sights on blaming video games for their apparent part in inciting mass shootings. While Donald Trump continued to push this tired old discourse, Joe threw his own hat into the ring. During an interview with Spectrum News, he discussed how gaming is being used as a scapegoat by those who don’t want to make real change in regard to gun safety. Professional to a tee, Joe managed to perfectly articulate what’s so glaringly obvious to those who see through the veil of accusations now plaguing the medium.

#7: “He’s a Man, Not a God”

Rambo: The Video Game was destined to fail from the get-go, considering it was nothing more than a crappy rail shooter with boring quick time events. One that Joe managed to beat in, you guessed it, four hours. Pretty inexcusable considering how much it cost. While watching Joe lose his mind over the game’s poor quality as well as the accompany skit is hilarious, we all remember this review for one reason – the final mission. In particular, the infamous catchphrase that gets insistently yelled by one of the enemy A.I, so much so that even Joe starts bellowing it out by the end. All together now~

#6: Cuban Energy, Other Trump and F**k Konami

Metal Gear Survive was not a fun time. Nonsurvivable, if you will. At the very least we got this oh so entertaining review out of it! Where do we start? Joe losing his mind over Konami’s shady business practises when it comes to buying save slots, taking the piss out of the survival features, unleashing his inner Cuban, and generally lamenting the dismal fate of the Metal Gear license now that Kojima is out of the picture. Oh, and we can’t forget about Other Joe in his award winning role as President Other Trump. That wig is something else.

#5: “Godzilla is Attacking the Generators…”

And you thought Rambo was bad. Taking a massive, atomic dump over the King of Kaiju’s name, this dismal port was a brutal experience for Joe, and it’s all down to those damn generators and how they’re constantly losing power! One of the worst games to ever make its way onto the PS4, the lack of effort here is pretty startling. While understandably infuriated by the terrible mechanics and bizarre absence of local multiplayer, what really got Joe’s goat was how the game forced him to keep attacking generator, after generator, after generator, to the point where we’re pretty sure something broke inside him. Oh well, at least there’s diorama mode.

#4: No Man’s Lie

The initial reaction to No Man’s Sky was far from stellar, and while recent updates have allowed it crawl out of the cesspool of shame, back in its infancy Joe showed this game no mercy. While praising the opening hours for its sense of scope, Joe proceeded to break down just how much promised content was missing from the final product, and how in doing so they created a giant sandbox with barely anything in it, except a seemingly never-ending loop of system crashes. This all comes to a head when he discovered what exactly was lurking at the centre of the universe. Needless to say, he was not a happy space camper.

#3: Joe vs EA’s Battlefront: Round Two

The unparalleled greed found in this game with its loot box system was downright stunning, and that’s even by EA standards. Like many other critics, Joe was happy to give his two cents on how such appalling business practises was ruining the industry, and that the corporate masterminds profiting from it could go choke on some Force Lightning. As for the game itself, it didn’t hold up much better. Initially thrilled at the prospect of serving the Empire and killing off some rebel scum, the protagonist’s sudden leap to the light side along with the miniscule campaign length quickly dashed that dream.

#2: Ride to Hell and Back

Quite possibly Joe’s most famous review, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s for one of the most poorly received, despised and downright confounding titles to come out in the last decade. Considering just how abysmal each of its features were - from the narrative, to the graphics, to the broken mechanics to the unholy sex scenes, there was a lot here for Joe to rant about. And rant he did, to the point where the review almost became an exorcism. Genuinely insulted by its content and overall immaturity, there have been very few games that have managed to earn this much rage from Joe, but that’s Ride to Hell for you.

#1: Breaking the Law

For those of us unfamiliar with this franchise, Yakuza Zero turned out to be the perfect gateway game. Unapologetically Japanese in every aspect, it’s easy to see why Joe and Other Joe would become instant fans, which of course led to their eventual review, and arguably their most hilarious opening skit to date. Dressed up as Kiryu and Majima, the two present themselves as a pair of badasses…and then the karaoke starts. With their hilarious lip syncing of the game’s most iconic song, the two set the tone for the review in the best way possible. Still not convinced? Just take a gander at Other Joe’s portrayal of Mr Libido!