D&D: Dark Alliance - Angry Review [WORST GAME OF 2021?!]

[@user-ne4pm8cg3t]

As much as I like hearing Joe praise a really good game..there’s just something about hearing him completely trash a game that scratches a certain itch 👌👌👌

[@Adrian-qr6gk]

it's good to hear someone trash a game that deserves it. never gets boring

[@CMDRFandragon]

Amen, its more fun hearing him tear a game to shreds.

[@antonioricaud5308]

Ride to Hell Retribution was the very best angry review ever.

[@KozyGamer15]

Next madden is gonna be good

[@Dante999000]

@@antonioricaud5308 yup, best angry review of the worst game.

[@The_Wailing_Doom]

"If you buy a game at launch, you are paying the most amount of money for the worst version of a game." -TotalBiscuit

[@flammableelmo4966]

That should be a bible verse by now lol

[@ManuelFernandez-nm4hy]

Rip that legend

[@MartinMorning2]

Rip

[@aristosachaion_]

RIP goddamn if that ain't the truth tho

[@_Ciaran_Maher]

Imagine what he would say about the trash fires that get released these days.

[@ESOdanny]

We played through the whole game on the hardest difficulty and i agree it was very easy, Once you are kitted the archer will be hitting for over 1-2m damage if you spam poison and a certain move, she also has an easy time since the game has not added AI yet. The most annoying thing for me was the enemies not telegraphing their attacks, i have so many clips of them dealing damage before they play the animation, or attacking in another direction 30 meters away from you but killing you. I don't think anybody actually play tested this game. Also, did not use a single camp and the loot is so random.

[@XxWolfxWaRioRxX]

Great to see you here ESO I loved your divinity and outer worlds playthroughs, shame it had to be under these crappy circumstances though small Dev size or not this shit is unacceptable and they should be held fully accountable

[@Bot.number.69420]

I tested camps. It acts as saving or checkpoint in solo. Also using every camp lowered rewards to common. But chests still gave duplicate epics.

[@cosmickeyboard9811]

Anyyy it's ESO never thought I'd see u on the AJ show, I didn't play this game and I'm glad I didn't judging from the reviews

[@Adamsfamily1990]

I couldn't even finish the first level on the easiest difficulty,because the control is unresponsive as hell.

[@XxWolfxWaRioRxX]

@@Adamsfamily1990 don't wanna sound like an elitist but even despite its bad controls it should be easy to finish on the lowest difficulty as ive gotten halfway on the 2nd from last one

[@GamingRevenant]

100% of the budget went to the cutscenes

[@philliph.p.1985]

Yup and even those dont work sometimes

[@erainmartinez8175]

at he look so happy in the opening 0:01

[@mattpostingcinematicuniver7920]

What budget

[@runarsk8]

@@mattpostingcinematicuniver7920 a nickel and a dime

[@danielplacencia9633]

No,It went to Diarrhea and Boogers

[@TheRealKevbot]

OJ’s ability to break any game he touches is so impressive, I’d love to see a compilation video some day of all his greatest hits

[@rascoehunter3608]

OJ The Breaker of Games shall return in the next review.

[@dixon2473]

He'd be a great game tester lmfao

[@graytennyson6246]

I think you mean "greatest breaks"

[@Steak51430]

OJ The Game Breaker breaker of all games. 😂

[@rasalghul890]

Would have to be a series bro lol

[@Ariescz]

"Goblin does not notice you" - hm, must have been the wind

[@hewhobattles8869]

Is that from Skyrim or Sekiro?

[@angelreyes8714]

@@hewhobattles8869 Skyrim.

[@bogdangabrielonete3467]

I was waiting for THIS particular comment

[@EL-ISS]

"Thought I heard something." -- *sheathes sword and walks away despite you crouching in front of them.*

[@hewhobattles8869]

@@angelreyes8714 okay, cool. Thank you. Have a nice weekend

[@Raoul9753]

Level 15 Party: "Yea, we beat the Dragon, lets plunder its treasures!" Dark alliance DM: "While you go through the treasures the Dragon collected over the Millenia, you find... .... A PLATE ARMOR!" Player: "YOu mean a magical Plate Armor? With Resistances? or Special abilities?" Dark Alliance DM: "No... a plate Armor. AC 18. Isnt that awesome loot?"

[@phantomvulpe791]

This would work if you plan to surprise the player. I used to play a fighter in dnd when the dm tells me that I found just a plate armor in a chest. I asked him if that's just a ordinary plate armor I shrug and just put on the plate armor then out of nowhere he says "a cursed plate armor that is part of your family lineage as you're slowing losing part of your consciousness as your great grandfather trying to gain control of you." Now I was shocked cause I was playing a fighter human who has no knowledge of his family and to hear the DM straight up pull that twist on me was impressive. Wish I could say the same to this disappointment of a game

[@cyanide7270]

Your dark alliance loot gave you AC? Man, i got ripped iff then...

[@tribblesfoxfolk]

Accurate to the 5e ruleset then.

[@Beriorn]

In 2e finding plate armor is hype as all hell, but in 5e? Yeah, that's not THAT great.

[@phantomvulpe791]

@@Beriorn that is until full plates and dragon plate armors took the stand

[@SingularisFox]

When I saw a DND game and then went to steam reviews, I just saw that you can't create your own character. In a DND game. That was the instant I said "NOPE" and forgot about this game.

[@kevincass9917]

It's a game based on the Legend of Drizzt series, so a lot of people would still enjoy an official D&D game playing as their favorite characters. But this...? Nope.

[@TheEdwardNigmaShow]

Aren't the selectable characters prominent characters in dnd lore?

[@kevincass9917]

@@TheEdwardNigmaShow Yeah, Drizzt and his crew are pretty prominent. But this game does not do them justice.

[@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015]

@@kevincass9917, it's a disgrace and a travesty.

[@dannywild8838]

You also had Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance 1 and 2, where you also had presetted characters but they had at least enough different classes

[@georgesantos570]

Is OJ ever angry lmao. He seems like he's always having such a good time

[@BlueZirnitra]

Most people don't get visibly angry in public. AJ made a career out of being the angry gaming youtuber.

[@Nuracus]

OJ is wholesome!

[@Berg776]

Maybe in the watch dog legion rapid fire review? That's the only time i can think of oj showing some frustrations.

[@AgustinCuca]

OJ Is the dr Hibbert of the group

[@jaymcc845]

OJ is a shining example of how everyone should be in life

[@GAzcona]

This is why Angry Joe exist- to yell at these gaming companies for doing a piss-poor job.

[@deadrock1678]

Yet when he gets criticism he can't take it.

[@yourdadsotherfamily3530]

@@deadrock1678 what?… tf? Who cares?… he’s the reviewer not the one being reviewed’ Edit: this has some serious ‘I was a dev till Joe ripped my game apart’ vibes

[@TheNizoubizou]

@@yourdadsotherfamily3530 I care and many others like me that don't want to see shitty ass movies reviews or marvel garbage

[@deadrock1678]

@@yourdadsotherfamily3530 My point he can dish it but not take it.

[@grymjaw]

@@deadrock1678 Which game did Angry Joe develop?

[@twitsik8966]

OJ is too funny, he’s the reason why they can stand playing bad games because he’ll make them laugh

[@Gildedbeachrat]

He’s easily the funniest one

[@BennyGoId]

That's not how you use commas. Periods and commas are not to be used interchangably.

[@HHTwice]

@@BennyGoId you're gay

[@ThatTonnatoTenrec]

@@HHTwice And you're 12.

[@misterscratch7]

@@ThatTonnatoTenrec and you are gay too

[@wisewolf7388]

Can we just admire the comedy gold of Alex describing how the Goblin is in extreme pain and agony but yet somehow takes no notice of his wounds?

[@МихаилБганко]

Tis' but a flesh wound

[@jordanpowell2242]

@@МихаилБганко ‘Tis but a scratch, am perfect fine.’ *proceeds to kick your character to try and prove their point*

[@JokersPalace3384]

“Look you stupid bastard, you’ve got no arms left!” “Yes I have!” “Look!” “Just a flesh wound.”

[@ilikecheese4518]

i felt a disturbance in the force, as if joe was crying out in anger

[@rogermelchor9744]

No wonder why my stress level was so high today.

[@ElliYeetYT]

And if Millions of video game Copies of D&D: Dark Alliance suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[@themadknight5678]

@@ElliYeetYT lmao

[@sivartb7273]

@@ElliYeetYT worker: hey boss, you want me to shovel more copies into the furnace?

[@TheKaiTetley]

I feel that when a developer has BLUE as a micro transaction

[@frankieb9444]

Gamer: Your D&D game sucks Dev: Sorry Dev to another Dev: What's DND?

[@lordmolag45000]

I'm not a fan of DND, and even I have more respect for the franchise than these developers.

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

I got my Playstation 5 last week (which came with Astro's Playroom) and I was looking for more games to get since I just got the PS5 and I came VERY close to buying this D&D game since it just came out. Luckily, I started running out of money after buying Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Mortal Kombat 11 and decided to save the last of my money for a 2nd controller. I would have cried if I had paid $40 for this poor excuse for a D&D game.

[@courier4529]

@@lordmolag45000 I've never played it but I almost have to respect it. Complete fantasy stories with real characters being played with only paper and dice? Mad respect. It's a shame so few can translate it to video game format.

[@TipppedScales1015]

@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 R & C is a masterpiece compared to this fucking shite too lol

[@frankieb9444]

@@johnpenguinthe3rd13 The market is a mess right now, I think in some ways they are allowing companies to throw mediocrity on these new consoles so they can say "we have games".

[@Hornswroggle]

"Say the line Joe..." *"YOU DONE FUCKED IT UP!"* **crowd goes wild**

[@adarkwind4712]

…..do the roar.

[@noahpirtle8298]

“Nobody is gonna watch this or view this” 1M views and 55k likes later. Joe we love your content because of your passion for what you do. I could give a fuck less about this game, but I stayed and dropped a like because you’re awesome.

[@FaithCeil]

Very true. I watch all of his reviews and have played less than half of the games.

[@halo129830]

The ork bois from 40k is what makes it hilarious no one will watch this my foot.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

That is *TRUE LOYALTY*

[@jaygooese4242]

Worst boss fight ever! 16:00

[@jaygooese4242]

God they're so cheap 16:30

[@dunngyllite7883]

AJ: "You done fuckd it up!" Me: presses pause and runs to the kitchen to pick up popcorn.

[@fuzi5303]

Bruh I cooked some food while watching the rant and I’ve eaten it and am still watching and the video isn’t even done yet this is too good

[@kobatroy3428]

His most iconic phrase makes me get loads of snacks.

[@FearDatD]

He said it so calmly this time xD.

[@misterymisterio8778]

Thats how you have fun with a bad game. And even better, you didnt paid for it.

[@erainmartinez8175]

that they did in 12:12

[@Crazieyboy15]

“Two worlds is better.” Okay as someone who had no money for games at one point and only had Two Worlds in my library as a game I could play and beat, I can not stress how boring and repetitive a game needs to be for that sentence to be said by someone. Tragic.

[@ShonuffDaMasta]

I appreciated the mention of that game. That was a deep cut. Brought up a lot of bad gaming memories I can laugh at now. And yes D&D Alliance is bad and even worse playing solo.

[@alexdasliebe5391]

I’ll have too see if any vids cover Two Worlds, was curious when OJ said that

[@king24lakerskobe]

Two Worlds is slept on. Has some of the best RPG elements and enemy variety in any game.

[@Churrowhisperer]

@@alexdasliebe5391 watch projared’s videos on two worlds and it’s sequel, they do a pretty good job showcasing its suckage

[@vaughnhelthira1704]

@@Churrowhisperer I LOVED Two Worlds 1. Soooo much broken shit. I was practically invincible in that shit-heap of a game, lol

[@Crayasu]

1:23 "I raise my warhammer!" The lid of the bin in the background just automatically lifts up lmao

[@MAVAelitewolf-guys]

😨👻

[@xlea5gnora555]

Came down to see if anyone noticed that too

[@Sonichero151]

Bin: "my time has come" *opens because of motion sensors*

[@Artsy_arod]

He got hyped up too lol

[@nicolasalvarez423]

Ready to receive the trash game xD!

[@justinstoll4955]

Imagine being a dev hoping to make your way in the industry and wanting to work on a great project while being at Tuque during Dark Alliance's development. And you love D&D. Now imagine it's 2023 and BG3 just came out to critical and commercial success. Man, I would reevaluate my life.

[@wiggles877]

I think OJ is the Jimi Hendrix of breaking games, nobody knows how he does it, he just wills the bugs to the surface like feedback from a strat.

[@Boxed412]

The Adam Kovic of this channel...minus the dildos

[@woktheodore]

@@Boxed412 dont say that name here :0

[@word2RG]

If Jimi Hendrix was alive, youd be dead.

[@wiggles877]

@@word2RG Slightly sinister undertones to that... I suspect that joke wouldn't throw Jimi into a murderous frenzy.

[@Asian_Caleb]

As a DM myself that skit made me die laughing. I took no notice of my wounds though.

[@SamnissArandeen]

AJ skits roll a nat 20, this game a 1.

[@pedropalito7117]

The real question is why is he rolling 1 damage dice when he rolled a nat 20 on attack

[@Walamonga1313]

As a non DND player, I can't see how that'd be entertaining or fun at all. But, everyone likes different stuff

[@pedropalito7117]

@@Walamonga1313 Tabletop RPG's differ alot from normal videogame RPGs, I can understand why some may not like it

[@acatinatux9601]

"As a DM myself" you mean "As a loser myself"

[@madjoe8622]

D&D: Dark Alliance: When a phone game is trying to come and play with the big boys on consoles.

[@erainmartinez8175]

you got to be kidding 15:20

[@AntonioGutierrez-zu3rv]

I thought it was like a phone game as well

[@puddingcatsteamboat6393]

i’ve played plenty of phone games that are way way more competent and fun than this utter garbage, comparing this game to mobile games is actually an insult to mobile games.

[@Deleaubro]

It has things I genuinely like about it. It needed another year to polish and make combat feel smoother

[@johnhammond7579]

@@Deleaubro It looks like combat needs more than just a bit of smoothing over.

[@Nile-oz2go]

This is one of Angry Joe's best review in recent times. I was laughing my ass off during the streams of this game 🤣🤣

[@lamfan3591]

“Hit ‘em in the booty hole” Actually… I feel like that whole section of Kelvin could be quoted

[@boxinsteadyeddie]

“I gotta put with 18 hours of this shit?” “I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die” If that’s not a great sales pitch idk what is.

[@jokerledger5400]

"Godzilla is approaching the generator!"

[@C00LGuy47]

I *legit* forgot that the Angry Joe gang likes and plays games like D&D.

[@jai8064]

They need to actually play it on their tabletop.

[@xdrkcldx]

They dont

[@brobin2518]

They dont. They just pretend like a bunch of austintx pussies

[@Shade497]

@@brobin2518 But they legit stream themselves playing it...

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

Of course they do. They play Warhammer 40k ffs. lol

[@rogermaxson8412]

Reading the Steam reviews for this sh*t makes me realize why the games are getting worse every year. People has some damn LOW standards this days.... "It has bugs but...the .exe works, I guess...RECOMMENDED"

[@Texelion]

Yeah, I saw people defend the game on SkillUp's review too, like "it's not perfect but it's fun to play". Sometimes I wonder if people actually get a version of the games we don't...

[@Trocify225]

Same people who preach vote with your wallets lol

[@CaptainWeegi]

Same kind of a deal is going on the Xbox too. People that are defending this game over here said that the game should get off the Xbox Game Pass simply because they believed that the people who were complaining about the game are a bunch of “kids,” “cod players” or a bunch of noobs or review bombers or something like that. But honestly if this wasn’t on the Game Pass so much people’s money could’ve gone wasted and there wouldn’t be any ACTUAL criticism on the game’s reviews. Speaking of which, the game is so bad that it even caused this game on Xbox to have over 2000 different reviews on it as well, while sitting at 2.5 Stars as I’m typing this, containing with two distinct arguments about the game (in which you can just imagine what it is).

[@ZunaZurugi]

@@CaptainWeegi I think the Xbox App is so horrible (sadly) that alot of games get negative reviews because the downloader is broken or so. Halo MCC has 3.1 Stars btw.

[@CaptainWeegi]

@@ZunaZurugi Yeah, sadly that is also pretty true... I have seen obvious reasons why people would call them Review Bombers or something similar and I can't blame them for it. A lot of 1 Star Reviewers across almost every game makes no sense or rather explains super vaguely. And I don't think it's just on Xbox either. But either way, still, I feel like the people that believe this game is a 5/5 and imagine the criticisms are overexaggerated probably have too low of their standards.

[@earlthompson4414]

Nowadays it seems like these companies are using customers as beta testers.

[@earlthompson4414]

@Butt Munch that is true.

[@erainmartinez8175]

well this blows & sucks

[@JackTheripper911]

Nowadays....? Its been going on for many year's

[@royaltyfree9607]

It doesn’t seem like it…..that’s exactly what’s happening. Hype up a product, sell the completely broken product through preorders and make your millions of dollars before the game even releases, then patch your way to a more playable state or just leave it broken.

[@erainmartinez8175]

@@royaltyfree9607 how true buying it would be completely worthless

[@frostyjones8685]

This game actually has a good ending. You uninstall it and never play it again

[@matthewc5828]

This 👍

[@NewEra314]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@firepunch588]

Nah i liked the secret ending more You didn't buy the game

[@KaiKrimson56]

The best ending: Just watching Angryjoe's review and being glad you didn't fall for the hype of it sharing a name with a better D&D game.

[@darthcinema4262]

The worst ending is continuing to play the game. But the even shittier ending is somehow enjoying the game, which people with brains won't be doing

[@stickthelanding4785]

I missed seeing extreme anger joe

[@pyner0s496]

EA JOE!

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

😆😆😆 I pictured like a super Saiyan mode.

[@GrigoriPeshkov]

Me too, it's always so refreshing to see it

[@moxxiiscarlett7141]

@@FreshNews247 and EA has been there since the beginning

[@jonathansoko1085]

hes too busy doing movie nights and content zero people want to see.... this is the content we sub for... i wish he understood or cared

[@jamesoglover]

"The other players? Fuck 'em! They don't get the story!" Hilarious!!

[@IceLancer115]

Hey! That's the current campaign Im in. 2! Games to be exact.

[@hwykng82]

25:37 Time stamp for ppl, i was reading this comment when he said it lol

[@Spengey]

one of Joe's funniest reviews yet. I needed this today.

[@JackTheripper911]

Executive: "Does the game start?" Devs: "Yes but it doesnt run very well." Executive: "Perfect Cocaine for everyone!"

[@spankyjeffro5320]

Perfect cocaine? As opposed to non-perfect cocaine?

[@JackTheripper911]

@@spankyjeffro5320 something like that. Im sure you'll get the joke when you're older :)

[@battlion507]

Ah yes... the MVP! No, not that cool or badass dude who racks the most kills or the survivor wins. Just Corpo half-assery. MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT. It worked so well with Anthem.

[@フランクランドン]

“Cocaine ain’t cheap.” Dana white

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Holy cocaine, blessed by the gods

[@Leprechaunproduction]

1:23 I love keeping an eye out for the spontaneously-opening trash can in these videos.

[@SpaceDetectiveTravis]

The trash can probably knew this game was trash when he got it & just been waiting for Joe to just put the game in there & be done with it

[@DjTittySprinklez]

@@SpaceDetectiveTravis holy shit🤣 I think your right.

[@ethanielcarey2275]

That was a sign of foreshadowing XD

[@sema6008]

@@SpaceDetectiveTravis 😂😂😂

[@ramonosuke]

Imagine wanting to make a game like Avengers(which sucks as well), but with a 1/8 the budget and from first year interns. Thank you Game pass, for being the rental service on pc we needed to weed out shit like this

[@adad87821]

the only thing good about the avengers game was the first mission

[@Jack_Rakan]

Well in that case, they very much succeeded, because the quality of this is on par with Avengers.

[@antonygriffith9048]

When i decide to use my free game pass on pc I’ll try it out to see how crap it still is for the lols i guess.

[@erainmartinez8175]

at least he's happy that the begging 0:40

[@manwithballsonarm6775]

This game is just as bad as avengers. There both equally boring with the same combat

[@UberHeroMystic]

“The loot makes you look like diarrhea and boogers.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jordancarroll1217]

I was dying when I saw OJ's armor on his character 😂😂😂😂😂

[@yamadiyoo9658]

Its just so odd how someone can fail to make wood armor.

[@murfeel1173]

@Bonjour I don't think he Manscaped before putting it on! XD

[@hewhobattles8869]

23:20 Alex: Can i buy this? Merchant/Shopkeep: No. Alex: Please? Joe: NO!

[@Malkamok]

This game makes me want to replay Dragons Dogma, and that's it's ONLY merit.

[@Malkamok]

@Dale Macarena money well spent.

[@chaelsonnen2390]

Good game. Insanely excited for the second one.

[@chefbreccia2642]

Oh damn man, I totally forgot about Dogma. Yeah, think I'll do that too.

[@draysmusicalshtposts6340]

I cannot express how excited I am for 2. Because of Capcom effectively shafting the development of 1, it's essentially a tech demo, a fun tech demo, but still barren and lacking if you're like me and replayed it dozens of times. The MMO version gave a taste of what an improved DD could be but that things A: JP only, and B: dead. A fully fleshed out, single player focused (with, say, co-op based on uhhhh. Idk Souls? MonHun?) Is the dream for me.

[@MultiBeast301]

Counting the days until Dragons Dogma 2

[@Wulfspyder]

Remember when Borderlands made bosses that were stupid easy to take down, on purpose as jokes?

[@helwrecht1637]

Well now that’s just BL3 normally too. That game’s difficulty is a joke

[@MrJbedo]

@@helwrecht1637 BL3 Never heard of it.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah.

[@hewhobattles8869]

Oh hi, Vault Hunter.

[@marbl3d45]

@@helwrecht1637 bruh

[@GoodwillWright]

Outriders: "Let's sneak away while they aren't looking".

[@frosticstyle5272]

its not as bad as it used to be.. Still unplayable on older systems but at least on the newer consoles it works just fine

[@wilmagregg3131]

its sad how im not even effected by how broken it was at launch because seemingly EVERY game is broken at launch these days even WORSE then outriders was cough failout 76 cough

[@GoodwillWright]

@@frosticstyle5272 Probably the biggest difference between Outriders and what I'm hearing of Dark Alliance is that Outriders was still a good/passable game that just needed to be fixed and endgame loot to be increased. It doesn't sound like simply fixing Dark Alliance will make it that much more of a better game unless they revamp or add on a lot to the basic systems and mechanics.

[@frosticstyle5272]

@@GoodwillWright they have to essentially rewrite the entire game to fix it

[@deelloonngg]

Outriders is a very, very fun game. Don't try putting it in the same sentence as this pile of monkey feces

[@cmad2345]

I don’t even plan on buying a lot of the games he reviews lmao. His angry reviews are just hilarious

[@Lion.Uchiha]

"A game nobody cares about" lmao

[@SappeREffecT]

Nah, heaps of people care but the pain is still too raw... ... ... sadpepe

[@Lion.Uchiha]

@@SappeREffecT I agree with AJ tho.

[@jonathansoko1085]

I do not think he mean D n D in general

[@spamquisition4046]

How was the game in the DnD-sphere? I didn't really see much publicity or buzz around it admittedly.

[@Lion.Uchiha]

@@jonathansoko1085 I think he only means this game

[@CarlosThadeu]

“A game no one cares about” Me as a huge fan of D&D: Well, shit…

[@phantomvulpe791]

You're better off with Baldur's gate dark alliance over this. Pretty sure it got remastered

[@VictorVonFox]

yeah as a dnd player i had hype for this game...im not really into the isometric game like divinity and balder's gate

[@CarlosThadeu]

@@phantomvulpe791 or Pathfinder Kingmaker, that one is pretty fun.

[@mertyuip06]

Bro I’ve played Skyrim the closest thing to d and d I’ll ever play and the ps3 port is better then this game my god

[@CarlosThadeu]

@@phantomvulpe791 and pathfinder kingmaker actually has the mechanics of a d&d like game lol

[@robertheinz825]

1:24 The trash can knew what was about to happen to this game.

[@davecrupel2817]

😂😂😂😂

[@Zergling.]

holy shit

[@darkman060]

Same thing happened when he looked at Madden '21. Trash can knows crap when it sees it

[@TheJunnutin]

@@darkman060 The trash can needs their own spot on AJS! Occasional commentary on the news VOD? They did excellent job on this one 👌

[@termnus77]

'Feed me shovelware....'

[@MDCGaming87]

You’re still the man, Joe. You could’ve uploaded all 3 takes of the same review and we would’ve watched it. Keep up the great work and we appreciate everything that you and the crew do for our entertainment. Stay awesome, Angry Army. ✌️

[@jaygooese4242]

Why can this game be good?😕😐

[@Bulletproof_Trump]

Lol what a simp

[@zukazealanee]

The fact that this game has Dungeons & Dragons in the title is a crime.

[@banditferretell5231]

Even more of a crime that it's based on the amazing Icewind Dale novels

[@arrgorndenethor]

The old Baldur's gate games were amazing, the PC version not the hack n slash on console

[@holyhellman]

@@arrgorndenethor The PC version is fantastic. The console hack and slash is also good though, which is what they were trying to emulate with this game and failed completely. It at least had a mage!

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Minsc is one of the most underrated videogame characters.

[@poggianticpoggiantic1077]

@@arrgorndenethor good 'ol bioware made a great job with that

[@Wignut]

They liked the Hulk Loki scene in Avengers so much, they made the boss battles like it.

[@Stammer6]

Joe and Friends put more effort into their little sketches than the developers did into the game

[@alexdasliebe5391]

💯👍🏼Always true for the poor games. 🤣

[@wickedsbane]

Legit

[@deanthomas7003]

Lol, agreed.😂😹🤣😅

[@ZeeRose95]

The worse part is going to the shop thinking you’re going to equip the item, and accidentally sell the best item you want to equip. (PC version)

[@haraldjensen1839]

This has no importance whatsoever, but AJ looks way better without all the gell in his hair. Honestly suits him

[@Zesrii]

Hair gel is so outdated imo. Salt spray and matte pomades seriously changed my life.

[@haraldjensen1839]

@@Zesrii or just comb it☺

[@imsentinelprime9279]

@@Zesrii too bad I'm not a white guy. I'm black so me putting that crap in my hair would fuck my shit up.

[@Zesrii]

@@haraldjensen1839 That doesn’t work for my hairstyle. It would immediately fall down on my forehead.

[@Zesrii]

@@imsentinelprime9279 Yeah black hair is way different and I know nothing about it. I know straight hair that’s it

[@dark_fire_ice]

"Someone who cares, like Wizards of the coast," haven't been paying much attention to D & D lately, huh

[@dark_fire_ice]

@@maxclubhouse9968 I have a box full of mtg, I am the sad

[@yannym4605]

As much as I would like for DnD to lose its crown so the tabletop community would diversify a bit more, but DnD is still the reigning champ.

[@dark_fire_ice]

@@yannym4605 I just want these massive multinational corporations to stop trying to find "general audience," for niche IPs. The margins are higher in specialized products, but profits don't matter anymore with these bloated corpses

[@MaximillianGreil]

D&D's in a great place right now. There's LOADS of players. 5E is super accessible.

[@dark_fire_ice]

@@MaximillianGreil yeah, but Wizards doesn't want that to continue, just look at their press releases

[@miniclip13sa]

"Two worlds is better" that's something I never thought I'd hear of ever again

[@dave4560]

Two Worlds is actually a good game

[@darkhorse13golfgaming]

I hated Two Worlds 😂

[@miniclip13sa]

@@darkhorse13golfgaming Same, I think I tried it right after I finished Oblivion for the first time

[@manupainkiller]

I almost shed tears of proudness, upon hearing that ! :D

[@rylanwalker442]

Again? As in someone told you that before ?

[@noahgray543]

AJ: "No one is going to watch this!" Me: *checks views* "1.1 million..."

[@aivreescend7945]

As a person who never touched DnD and know nothing about how it works or the lore within it. Seeing the bosses with cool title names like Nazghul The Earthtumper, or Ash-Rak The Earlobber, Malekith The Kidneyblaster. Then suddenly hit with fcking Kelvin as the last boss like. I can't even.

[@WolfVahnDOOM]

Kevin 🤣🤣

[@Orion3T]

Kelvin isnt a boss, and the giant who takes his power isnt the last boss or even 2nd last.

[@insiainutorrt259]

neverwinter nights and mask of the betrayer is the good dnd games dont even know of anything even close but hose are just good games overall mask of the betrayer is amazing

[@ZunaZurugi]

@@insiainutorrt259 Baldurs Gate (PC games not ps2) Ice Wind Dale and Neverwinter games are all good. Drizzt DoUrden also appears in some of those as a cameo..... they did him dirty in this game.

[@nightowl5698]

My group fought kelvin last night , we beat his ass so hard that he glitched out and the cut scene would not play out, so we had to restart ….

[@wizzzer1337]

I feel bad for the level artists, the levels are pretty. Too bad everything else around it looks so broken.

[@Stalkingwolf]

yes design looks pretty good.

[@mr.mysteriousyt6118]

level designers are why the reason why you can just run past levels, you mean the graphics designers ?

[@wizzzer1337]

@@mr.mysteriousyt6118 yeah I meant the artists... it seems like whoever is responsible for engineering the IK rigs and collisions is either a troll or a chimpanzee.

[@keving7505]

That task goes to the environment artists, prop artists and level artists.

[@dr_cachetes6822]

Yeah, we have a classic case of "we wasted all our time, effort and money on the graphics, that we forgot everything else" thing, maybe these guys should think about making an animated series insead of a game.

[@rollercoaster478]

''You are disconnected'' ''No, you are discontinued'' ''This game should be discontinued'' haha perfect :D

[@shaggy2124]

1:24 "I raise my warhammer" *trashcan raises lid in an effort to imitate*

[@KainGerc]

I actually thought that was intentional at first and they were going to do some kind of joke relating to how trash this game is.

[@whiskeyearned1543]

Joe commands loyalty, even from house hold appliances.

[@bucktiger33]

It's a ghost!!!

[@minun0955]

Seriously though, is that normal? It's kind of creepy.

[@joekershner117]

My jaw dropped when I saw that! That's definitely a ghoul

[@chrischris3849]

"Can you imagine?" OJ: "Imagine!? I'm living it!"

[@puddingcatsteamboat6393]

I played one whole level as the barbarian, half a level as the archer, turned the game off and uninstalled. thank god it was on xbox game pass so i didn’t have to feel the pain of having given actual money to these crappy developers.

[@Zergling.]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@otakon17]

It's weird, they made LiveLock which was perfectly playable. Nothing amazing but not a bad game by any stretch of the imagination.

[@SoNGY8888]

You kinda did when you paid for gamepass

[@ricardoreis7298]

On Steam you could've easily asked for a refund.

[@JohnGoetzGaming]

But they got money up front from MS. So they gave money to the dev to get it on gamepass

[@Cultureghost]

What killed it near instantly for me was that you couldn't rotate your character while attacking, which made the combat feel clunky and inorganic.

[@kc_cobra]

They wanted to emulate the feeling of having a bad DM running homebrew.

[@mrcopycat2355]

Hot damn! They got it just right

[@lxlKHARMAlxl]

"The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator"

[@nightsong81]

"He's a man, not a god!"

[@brandoneisenhauer8735]

This is cringe

[@h.f1093]

"The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator""The generator is losing power...Godzilla's approaching the generator"

[@Gala-yp8nx]

Saying that sentence is the fastest way to give Angry Joe an aneurysm.

[@ryanturney672]

Im glad I bought Godzilla for 20$ it sells for 250 cad now

[@GrimDMasterMind]

More effort was put in Other Joe's armour than the devs put in the game...

[@sonofjesus9923]

Tuque: Makes a shitty game. 2K: We're taking notes.

[@NoahDaArk]

You know what’s funny? These guys don’t even have the excuse of being a small studio because just today (September 1st, 2021), Joe uploaded his review of Aliens Fireteam Elite and while the devs didn’t get off without some critiques, Joe thought it was an great game! It just goes to show that a small team can indeed make something great

[@brilicusgaming6922]

@@NoahDaArk Goes to show Tuque didn't even try and just gave the middle finger to the fans and Salvatore.

[@logosofgame4273]

Even the narrator for this game's trailer sounded like he knew this game would suck.

[@Youtuber1033]

I found only One interesting thing in the game, where voice actor that introduce 1st mission of Icewind Dale is actually Crispin Freeman who is also voice actor of Gothic 3 Main hero char.

[@FrogOf4Chan]

@@KZbinr1033 He's also Siegfried from most of the soul calibur games

[@enjoythestruggle]

@@KZbinr1033 Yeah and he's Alucard and Jeremiah Gottwald.

[@manupainkiller]

@@KZbinr1033 I thought Gothic had the same voice actor, for the main hero. All 3 of them.

[@daboyz2374]

This whole game’s loot Dunkey: “Don’t laugh, this gives me poison protection”

[@giantdad2414]

I just watched dunkeys dark souls video yesterday he's really funny

[@lordcorgi6481]

I'd sit through that D&D campaign just to hear Alex as the DM.

[@ultimate4323]

18:27 That little "...ow..." had me dying. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@solidskullz5736]

“No one is going to watch this” that’s where you’re wrong homie

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

Ok. Do a little one shot d&d session with Alex as the DM. Such a cool intro guys.

[@kurlykrenins]

Would love to watch that

[@ddjsoyenby]

yes.

[@adelina513]

I would absolutely watch that. And then make my gaming group watch it.

[@HumanPerson_final]

Seeing them play some table top games in general would be cool.

[@kamina9901]

I think they accidentally released the game in game-journo difficulty.

[@malbeth8700]

No, someone probably misspelled "Tether" somewhere XD

[@erainmartinez8175]

well this sucks

[@et3inuyasha]

I wasn't expecting much from this game. But I have fond memories of both the old Dark Alliance games on the Xbox and PS2, and I love me some Companions of the Hall. To see just how BAD this game is breaks my heart. I'm sorry you had to go through this Joe.

[@brilicusgaming6922]

They did R.A. Salvatore dirty with this game I have all the books featuring these characters abd I was excited to play the game, but I was disappointed, game kept lagging, terrible loot, enemies were just completely useless, no checkpoints except for the camps which is stupid because it basically gives you the choice of get "better" gear or get a checkpoint so your not sent back to the start of the mission. The fact that they made a terrible game and used such iconic characters for the game is just another slap in the face.

[@fffx2]

So, am I the only one that noticed Other Joe is wearing a "world's okayest dad" shirt?

[@joelopez6967]

it was for a skit we had planned but canceled it. so it was a free shirt for me

[@alib315]

@@joelopez6967 you are lying, you are my dad

[@medevilkarma]

Hi dad

[@JoshuaJacobs83]

Come on Joe, it’s a game based on D&D. Did you expect deep fighting mechanics, a rich fighting system, role playing, complex plots and interesting characters? Oh right. Those are exactly what we expected haha. Thank you for your sacrifice

[@gerbill13]

worse thing is the Compant actualy employed a Lore youtuber. just to ignore all his lore

[@serraramayfield9230]

@@gerbill13 HOW

[@gerbill13]

@@serraramayfield9230 they had Aj Pickett I recall

[@KazeKoichi]

They are interesting characters. In their book they are, not in this game.

[@Slimjim2147]

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 2 back on ps2 was the first d&d thing I had ever played, back when I was 9. I didn't even know what d&d was at the time. Now I'm an avid fan. Knowing this game shares the name, and possibly more makes me so depressed.

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

Same story for me only it was Baldurs gate Dark Alliance 1 (wich is now on modern systems)

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

I can't help but thinking of the dwarf(rogue?) when you used his ransack ability as a spamable, he say: "Have another" then the 2nd time was "Take that" then it looped. So when you were really bashing the button it sounded like he screamed "Have another fist fu**"... I was instantly in love with his vulgarity xD

[@ZunaZurugi]

And those ps2 dark alliance games were already really bad and this is even worse its quite unbelivable. But i found it cool that you could unlock Drizzt DoUrden in the old Dark Alliance games..... here he and his friends are the main cahrakter and i wish they were not xD

[@mrsupreme5316]

"I am the god of pain and torture!" Damn, didn't expect to see Ride to Hell Retribution in this review

[@artursjaunzeme9074]

"I know none is gonna watch this" Dude, just to remind you. This is exactly why we even subscribed in the first place. This is exactly what we want to and will be watching.

[@503leafy]

Disappointed Angry Joe is probably the most popular viewed videos.

[@Timeyy]

I feel the same way bro, I don't care much about movies or TV shows but I watch every game review on the channel

[@Lunaria.Praesentia]

The more I see games like this and Cyberpunk, the more I'm convinced we are living in an era where we, the players, the customers, are the new alpha/beta testers of the games, except we even pay them (full price) to be, not the other way around

[@mackey4568]

Have you thought of back in the day when video games were first being made like pong and all these other games, The only people who really knew how to create these where are the nerds. Now it seems like businessman have come in and infiltrated art and are seeking money instead of putting passion into their work.

[@x-mobius0ne]

Which is why my interest in modern games has absolutely plummeted

[@mikeyd1216]

I couldn't imagine this being a business model of so many companies if it wasn't very profitable.

[@inf3243]

Two problems: the astronomical costs of creating modern games, and that games can be easily patched after release. So studios feel immense pressure to launch their game as soon as it's technically playable to start generating income (pay their employees and funders), and that launch isn't terribly important because they can always keep working on the game and patch it later. All games are broken pieces of shit for most of their time in development, but the state at launch is becoming less and less important these days - unless the audience keeps it angry over stuff like this. This looks like it needed another 6 months in the oven, but they probably completely ran out of money. Covid probably disrupted the studio, too (if the game started development in 2019, it's spent basically its entire lifecycle in a work from home situation, which isn't going to be great at all).

[@Lunaria.Praesentia]

@@inf3243 I understand but It's still depressing how "expandable" at a certain point the launch of a game is nowadays, even so, there has been many highly anticipated games that were in development long before the pandemic and this issue still persisted, let's not blame covid ENTIRELY for all this, fortunately there's still some companies/game studios that actually give a damn about the launch of their games, like Fromsoftware or Santa Mónica for example, first impressions are very important IMO

[@nemovirus2103]

Thank you for doing a review on this game. My son and I were actually very excited about this game. We played it for a couple hours but just like you said all the bugs and lack of anything to actually do has made us not even pick it back up again sadly. Great video! Sadly a very poor game, that could have been so much more.

[@wilmagregg3131]

if you like dnd games pillars of eternity 1 or 2 and pathfinder kingmaker and pathfinder wrath of the rightious are great choices to play though they are topdown and not multiplayer

[@HUNTERSDREAM]

There's also Solasta if you want a tabletop-like D&D experience.

[@Kaminex]

Kinda felt this game was bad when you watching the gameplay trailer and the devs played the archer as melee and barely used the bow.

[@erainmartinez8175]

& I thought Quiet place for the ps4 sucked

[@freddymcshreddy6586]

I’m starting to see why actual DnD is turn based. Cause when it’s real time action everyone can just pile on and stun lock the bosses forever.

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj454]

but remember everyone says tUrN bAsE iS bOrInG

[@gollese]

Games shouldnt have to be turn based to prevent such things. Turn based is board games for me. :|

[@jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj454]

@@gollese yeah you need movement and flashing colours to keep the stupid entertained there to dumb for strategies in turn base combat

[@RMeitzen]

You can do that with turn based games too. As a matter of fact the best strategy to play turn based games (on pc at least) is to just CC the enemy before they can hit you in the first place.

[@XicorVT]

@@gollese Turn bAsed like old FF game are my fave stuff so much thinking and setup to do with action rpg just press this 2 buttons

[@johannesdolch]

All of AJs Best Videos start the same way: "Nobody's gonna watch this, but i record it anyway..."

[@xCriticalStrikex]

"I guess someone else cared like wizards of the coast." that has to be the biggest joke of the video wizards are notorious for their terrible board games and for cancelling android netrunner, they literally couldn't give a F***

[@sarahluise3153]

@Dizzy Gear stfu 5e is great

[@jacobgoodrich6984]

@@sarahluise3153 5e is meh, only reaches great with homebrew mechanics. pathfinder 1e and 3.5e are much better.

[@WafflezDay]

@@sarahluise3153 Don't bother; older edition elitists are the worst.

[@DarthSoto78]

@@sarahluise3153 5e is commercialized that is not the same as fun. It may seem fun to new players, but us older players know how gutted the game is next to past editions, and how much more fun the game was when you could create a character with more options. Rather then picking an Architype, and the game auto builds your character.

[@Dremons7]

We literally went from Baldurs Gate to this

[@Nynja123TRT]

BF2042 has now taken the crown and sits upon the throne of "Worst Game of 2021". Still, Dark Alliance still remains the *worst* D&D IP I have ever played.

[@jamoecw]

"commons and uncommons" "log in" is it an MMO? cause then all of this would be par for the course for a cash grab day one MMO. maybe loot boxes are in year 1 patch.

[@jamesgrose510]

It sounds more like Wizards's attempt to make a Vermintide clone, but with a focus on the bosses instead of the mobs. I had those vibes from the gameplay trailer too.

[@TheN8ism]

If by MMO you mean 4 player coop then yes. It’s an mmo.

[@SirAthiro]

"It's on a game nobody cares about." That doesn't stop me from enjoying the review.

[@CaptainTitforce]

Yeah, Ride to Hell is one of my favorites still. And I don't think anyone cares about that game.

[@irijah1]

From other reviews, it seems a decent amount of ppl were looking forward to this... Alot of d and d fans in the world too bad it's crap

[@gamingwithgeekwares4416]

Being a massive dnd and drizzt fan I was really looking forward to this. May be the only person on the planet but this is a pretty massive disappointment

[@SirAthiro]

@@gamingwithgeekwares4416 Nah. As another said a lot of people were wanting this game to be good which sadly isn't. I was simply quoting AJ.

[@vahlok1426]

This game hurt so much to play for me and my friends that we started a new D&D campaign for the first time in about five years.

[@gembocobo9484]

I guess that's a good thing grats on the new campaign~

[@kevindelaasuncion6731]

That was the goal of WotC from the beggining.

[@goofball1_134]

Baldurs gate 3 makes this game look ever worse. I think thats why devs hate it, it makes their games look like low effort trash.

[@boredfangerrude]

So, we got "Can't do shit mode" years ago and now we have "Can't see shit mode". Oh boy....

[@acheron16]

Legless Joe: "I have no legs, and I must run"

[@danw7864]

Drizzt killing everything and being way better than his party is pretty lore accurate actually

[@MystearicalX]

Yeah I had the same thought lol.

[@YourMomMyBed8000]

YUP...but this is a game lmao. It must be balanced if you're going to keep track of kills/etc

[@razenburn]

Yeah, they really should have made this a single player game with meh AI party members. Actually... What if it WAS a single player game and somebody on the dev team decided to make it multiplayer at the last minute? That might explain the abysmal connectivity and communication issues.

[@TheRlDennis]

@@razenburn I'd say it's rather unlikely a developer wanted to do this, but rather that the publisher may have willed it into existence. DnD is kinda niche, but if they think you'll rope in other people to play with you they stand to gain money from it.

[@danw7864]

@@YourMomMyBed8000 yea I wasn’t defending the game haha. Just sucks they doing the characters like that. I grew up with those books at like age 10 haha

[@DrKrocket]

To be fair, how the single entity bosses go down is how they typically go down in actual D&D.

[@drbright6608]

Ahh yes, remember the tale of Boreme, Legless, Gimply, and Airsgone, as they fought the great evil Sourman at the gates of Moredoors. An epic tale...

[@roftone]

Ah, I see that this game follows the Raid: Shadow Legends approach to story telling.

[@xelldincht8149]

lol i had the exact same thought

[@darthcinema4262]

This game is like if Raid Shadow Legends and Avengers 2020 hate fucked and gave birth to this game.

[@lmpnizkit]

This was hilarious.. “no I’m not coming out you’re gonna laugh at me!” Lmao

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

Should have done that in pride month just for the lolz.

[@Dragon211]

Cyberpunk: Our game release was terrible! Dark alliance: Hold my beer.

[@xevious21]

@@Azhrei2000 Is it though?

[@Aurinkohirvi]

Amazon New World: we pulled it back. And again. And again. Now we don't know what we do. Magic the Gathering: it was garbage, we mercy killed ours.

[@robsolf]

I guess you could say it has the bugginess of Cyberpunk, but it also has the dull, uninspired, lazy gameplay of Avengers. so it's like 2 games in one! ;)

[@3rdWorldGamer]

@@Azhrei2000 Cyberpunk was actually playable too...

[@xevious21]

@@Azhrei2000 well enemies actually attack you in Cyberpunk(after a second) , this is just appalling.

[@stephanie41115]

Angry Joe looks like he has lost some weight. Good for him

[@dardanik]

Angry Joe has two body shapes, which he swaps according to the year: 1) Mario. 2) Luigi. Right now, he's going back to Luigi.

[@Revan-eb1wb]

and he has longer hair. Maybe he found his inner ''john wick''

[@bobbystrunk7602]

He's really not a big guy ever if he does gain anything it just makes his face look plump his body doesn't look much different from 10 year old videos it's really all in the face but it happens to me too if i lose weight it's all from the face first and looks funny till you get balanced out

[@TheChadTI]

Was thinking the same.

[@jasonarnold1990]

All the yelling lol

[@undeadhound3402]

*Me first seeing the trailer:* YES! *Me seeing this title:* Aw dammit…

[@DainnGreywall]

"Nat 20" "alright, roll for damage" *proceeds to only roll 1d8* My immersion is as broken as this game is right now.

[@CelticAkumathefirst]

1:24 look how the trash bin reacts at the same time when Joe says "I rise my War hammer"

[@cameronvalencia6023]

Trash bin all like :O

[@oblivious8868]

Trash Can: My body is ready

[@varunkapur5640]

"Nobody will watch this!" - Na, Joe. I am going to watch every video you make because they are entertaining beyond belief! 😂😂😂

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

Well, at least the worst case scenario didn't happen... Angry Joe has no mouth, but must scream/rant

[@wearsjorge55]

1 million views for a video he thought would get barely any is pretty great

[@NoahDaArk]

“Nobody will watch this!” *1.1 Million Views Later* “…Some of you will watch this!”