For all the Astrobot fans who are downvoting the video and saying they are very disappointed with me for wanting Black Myth to win. I fail to see how I was "disrespectful" to "people that liked Astrobot" just because I was sad that Black Myth Wukong didnt win Game of the Year. I didnt "REFUSE to cover it" as some of you claim, I cant cover every single game that comes out most years. some shit happened in my personal life that I couldnt cover that game at that time when it came out the way I wanted. I LITERALLY SAID, we arent saying Astrobot is Trash - It won 3 awards. We said its good. All ive said is that Astrobot is an easier critic pick and you guys go nuts?! Look, I understand why you are upset that I didnt play and love it as much as you did, and that i didnt cheer when it won Game of the Year. But If i have to censor my reactions and make sure none of your feelings are hurt if I wasnt in Astrobots Corner the entire way for you guys then what's the point of first raw reactions? And I CAN be upset/sad/disappointed that the game I played and wanted to win didnt win, even if I didnt play every single other game on that list to completion, im sure many of you making these comments havent played all of the games that were nominated this year either. Grow a pair. Im happy for you that Astrobot won, and you are happy that it did. I preferred Black Myth Wukong for Game of the Year.
Every year this happens, we all got bias on what we want to win it’s never that deep. If it’s your game of the year then let it be so one mans award show shouldn’t take that, people need to relax.
Right on Joe - Wukong is the FIRST GAME made by a independent studio and with that kind of quality going against a juggernaut like Sony, it defo should have won GOTY for sure but it is what it is - at least it is the people’s champion on players voice which I think matters more, who gives a crap what journalists thinks?
You didn't play/beat any other nominated game right? (please correct me if I'm wrong) so facepalming when Wukong doesn't win just shows ignorance. Edit: Also about Wukong being "hated" by journalists is (mostly) complete bullshit because if it really was it would've reviewed poorly and wouldn't have gotten nominated for GOTY at all. It got a shit ton of votes ... It just didn't get the most votes like Astro Bot. And yes I have played and finished every nominated game in the category except for Metaphor which I'm currently halfway through.
Exactly! If each award was decided solely on the popular vote only the games with the largest following would win. Imagine games such as Fortnite, CoD, Pubg and basically any of the top 10 most popular games would win nearly every category. At the end of the day it doesn't matter who wins what. All that matters is what game was your favorite.
Same with the best strategy game last year. Mario Rabbids was fantastic but he can't take games with cartoony visuals seriously. It's probably his biggest flaw with his reviews.
Agreed. Even if you don’t like the game that won, you should be respectful that a bunch of other people liked it. I didn’t like Baldur’s Gate 3 personally, but so many people loved it, so I can’t complain that it won last year.
I equate it to when you cheer for your team in a sport and not the opposing team; you may not know the players on the other side but you cheer for “yours” due to favoritism or a inherent bias due to having previous experience with one thing over the later. It’s not necessarily a bad thing but it can cut one off from trying something new.
I disagree. I agree that he doesn't have full context, but if you play a game and are passionate about it, you kinda get upset if you think it was snubbed. He's human and has feelings like we all do. No disrespect, no crazy stuff.
I’m disappointed they talked thru the part where that Sony-contracted winner gave open props to Nintendo and Super Mario Bros. That was something worth talking about minute about rather than what they did talk over it for.
1000% agreed. I think too many years of reviewing games the expectation for the Angry Joe's and Alex are so far high the channel has become a place for whiners to cry out.
Aj loves the sound of his own voice too much to listen, OJ's too dumb and Alex is an undeservably arrogant poser who thinks he's the gate keeper of quality in entertainment when he's really just an insecure little boy in a big mans body.
Man i like this show but I absolutely hate how AJ and Alex think theirs is the only opinion is the only correct one and if you don’t agree you don’t know what you are talking about.
@@happymask8042 or any example is doom not winning the music award a couple years ago when music is like food just like there are people that don’t like fish their are people that don’t like blood metal so saying that is better is a completely subjective opinion. I wanted ghost of thusisma to win the music award but I wasn’t disappointed when it didn’t.
He does that with every game with cartoony visuals. He doesn't play anything if it's not realistic or mature in some way. It's pretty sad actually. I love his takes and reviews and stuff but he really needs to let go of the stigma against these games.
Very offputting from someone who supposedly misses the good old times of gaming where games like astrobot, ( imagine Spyro, Crash, Ratchet & Clank, Gex and so on... ) were more of a thing in mainstream industry ), unless he meant the COD days...
Astro bot is just a huge playstation advertisement circlejerk with a game attached to it and the music is painfully annoying, I can see why he doesn't like it.
@@happymask8042 This is exactly the problem, and its apparent every year. It's alright to have a preference but they should at least withold dismissal when they don't even know what these games are about.
Personally, I'm glad that Astro Bot won. Considering Team Asobi is made up of what was left of Sony's Japan Studio after Sony shut them down, and Sony doubling-down on live-service games, it's great to see a well-made 3D platformer that, though it's full of references to PlayStation's history, still turned out to be a game that a lot of people loved.
Can't wait for these companies to discover the horror of live service games. It's just too much to manage to make them viable. Plus, gamers like to own their games.
@@HidekiNishi7 I can’t stand that people are saying “oh it only won because of the references to past Sony” as if having cameos is enough to push a game to become the highest rated of the year. It’s a ludicrous statement, the haptics, the artistic direction, the controls, the lack of reusing gimmicks for more than a level or two keeping it constantly fresh and having its own original ideas. It’s a top tier industry staple that took from the best, did its own thing and sprinkled fan service for people in the older demographic. It’s non stop fun from start to finish which is what games are supposed to be
I hate how most people look at the game awards. Everyone looks at it from only their own and their group of people’s perspective and doesn’t give credit to what the nominees actually have achieved. Yeah Wukong hit the jackpot in China’s market and a lot of the western audience, but their game is very much targeted to a small category of players. Much alike Fromsoftware’s audience. Astrobot hit every single kind of player with their very varied gameplay for all kinds of audiences. And for the people who are calling it just a stupid kids game don’t realize how big of a market it actually is, that’s why Nintendo is so huge. I played both of the two favorites and whenever i need to make my mind up about which game i liked the most it always comes down to fun. Whichever i had the best time with. And yeah you can moan all you want about the jury and how they are too casual and bad at video games. But the jury probably had their most fun with Astrobot, such as i did. Just try all the games instead of complaining about it instead and have the most fun, isn’t that the point of video games?
Y’all should probably play all the GOTY nominees before you decide which one is gonna win. It feels like you picked Wukong cause it’s the only one you made a review on.
Yeap. They shit so much on the game journalists, and praise the public vote. The journalists may be biased and have an unrelatable way to look at games. But the average player is even more biased lol. Most people played maybe one or two of the nominees, and just vote on that one. Public vote is just a popularity contest. Game of the year should not just mean more popular.
@@Kolvarg players are gonna play games that interests them, and its not their fault or being "biased" when they don't play games that don't have any appeal to them and vote for the games that do.
@@chatter4427 I'm not saying it's their fault, I'm just saying you can't seriously believe someone who has only played 1 game out of 5 is able to judge whether it is a better game than the other 4. That's the point. The award is for the quality and the creative and technical value of the game, not for the game that appeals to the most gamers.
It's ideal if they do play all the nominees, but realistically they can't. Even if it's so good, Astro Bot is still too niche to be GoTY, it's only available on PS5 and a fully platformer game. It has no impact on gamers, because of the mentioned reasons and also it didn't invent anything new.
Grown ass man looking like someone just passed away in his arms because wukong didnt win. And then he makes a massive rant comment telling astro fans to grow up. Hahahaha
It's one of Joes biggest flaws. The man does not know how to take it on the chin and keep it moving gracefully. Like a kid throwing a tantrum in a candy store.
The fans do need to grow up though. They literally complaining about his reaction on a game....that's childish in itself. They doing the same thing that they getting bothered by. Is he supposed to fake his reaction? Grow up
Lmao right on the money. My game didn’t win either but seeing him cope and cry just gave off such a bad taste in my mouth. He and Alex were so negative the whole stream
My GOTY was Metaphor and I’m SO HAPPY Astrobot won, that’s a WIN for real gamers and sends a MESSAGE to Sony the types of games they should support unlike CONCORD! Astrobot winning should CLEARLY be celebrated by all gamers
A GOTY award only brings in more attention to a game. The only thing Sony cares about in terms of making more of that type of game is how well it sells. I would assume the award will help it sell a bit better, but only Sony really knows if the sales warrant more of that type of game.
@@j0nnyism yes, especially when it's so long. However it's jarring that they would pick astrobot when it doesn't fit the trend of self serious expansive worlds. Other than Zelda not really any other games are lacking story narrative.
@j0nnyism Honestly, I think Metaphor could stand to be longer. Near the end, it feels like a whole dungeon was cut out. You get a major boss fight, some massive story reveals, and go straight into another boss fight with little prep time. I suspect that the magic academy was originally supposed to be an explorable dungeon.
I disagree with you on Astro Bot. The game is simple pure fun and released in a perfect state without any glitches or patches needed to play. It also being a celebration of PlayStation is just an added bonus for us that have been with the platform this long. Wukong is also a great deal of fun but man Astro Bot just brings out the joy in video games. I’m happy a platformer won it and I hope we get more high quality games like it from Sony because I’d love to see a bunch of their older mascots like Sly and Jak/Daxter make a come back. But I also think it has to do with preference. I personally like to try and play a variety of different games like platformers/fps/rpgs. Don’t think Angry Joe is a platformer guy given that I can’t remember him every reviewing those types of games plus he stays away from Nintendo which just so happens to be the best place to play those types of games. And that’s fine, me personally I don’t like strategy games and that’s something AJ really likes. In this case I’m very happy the platforming game beat the action game.
@@docjellybeans2972 yeah no duh wukong won that since it was played by more people on both PS5 and PC. I played both and I still think Astro Bot is the better game. I’m just not a huge fan of them being closed off to the idea of a platformer beating an action adventure game.
@@RayearthIX K. Wukong was just pure fun and one of the greatest games I have ever played. Soooo the entire point of video games is - to be fun. So your logic, wukong won.
They fixed everything we asked for: - No rushed speeches - Addressed the industry layoffs in a beautiful way - NaughtyDog, Elden Ring, Witcher 4 announcements - Great live performances What more could you ask for? 10/10
@@shrumgus5608 That's not what the critic and fan scores say. Every other nominee has tons of fans who say they are mid. Astro bot doesn't have a single review under a 9/10 in the entire world.
Man, I love Angry Joe- been watiching him for over a decade. BUT his smug, condescending attitude towards Astro Bot really rubbed me wrong. Not a good look. It's an incredible, innovative game but those things really don't translate when you simply watch gameplay. You have to hold the controller to get why it's so special. It is just pure joy, and even if it's not for them personally that doesn't mean it wasn't deserving.
for some years this channel is becoming more and more disconnected from the current era of gaming. way to conservative old thinking.. times are changing but they don't want to and it's going to hurt the channel more and more
He's entitled to his opinion but damn does it come off ignorant and childish to shit on the GOTY while not having played it at all....WHEN IT'S LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO REVIEW GAMES
@@tusux2949 this train of thought can be applied to all games nominated for game of the year. They're all influenced from older games. Regardless, how does your statement correlate to mine?
It's a PS5 exclusive, kind of on SONY for making is exclusive that so many people don't know about it. It's extremely stupid. GOTY my ass, more like PS5 GOTY. No one else can play it without purchasing Sony garbage.
@@jadl3278yea but the only ones that were barely cross gen were LBP, Uncharted (which I don’t think that’s a mascot), Jak and Ratchet. I think the closest was Sackboy considering Astro’s costume variety is literally something LBP already had since the first.
@@MancoDanko don't forget crash bandicoot. That's another one. Just idk I feel mascot for sony just doesn't mean anything. Same with xbox and halo and gears.
I would've respected Joe's opinion more had he not had a such a strong immediate reaction and feelings of disgust and disappointment in Astro Bot winning. It's okay to have love for Wukong, but why the disappointment in a game that he didn't play winning the award? He has no point of reference or comparison as to why A won over B. Makes absolutely no sense to me. "We're not saying Astro Bot is trash" and then he immediately discredits its win by saying " We knew, we knew. There were too many journalists out there that had it out against Wukong... Chinese developer... One-hit wonder... " Almost every reviewer and outlet saw Astro Bot as a love letter to not just Playstation's history, but video games as a whole.... not as a corporate shilling disguised as a game. And his pinned comment about not being able to cover every single game. Now I don't expect him to cover everything... too many games, no one has that much time. But to not cover the tentpole and milestone game releases of the year? This is your job and profession. About 30 hours for a standard playthrough of Wukong, 50 for a more complete playthough, but couldn't find time to play 15-20 hours to play through Astro Bot. And I'll say it...if it wasn't going to be Astro Bot, Metaphor would've beaten Wukong too.
@@amampathak Yeah that's absolutely insanity on his part. His outrage does not line up with his coverage, or lack thereof, of all the other nominees. His opinion would've been somewhat salvageable had he been more modest and low-key in his disappointed reaction. But the over-the-top "highway robbery" reaction that he put on display, along with the many excuses that were immediately spewed out... none having to do with the game and its own merits... but speculative, conspiratorial, and baseless claims of a rigged system out for Wukong. Plus them talking over the winners who were giving praise to the pioneers of the industry and the ones who inspired them to make great and fun video games in the first place (Mario). These guys were just too neck deep in salt to even care what was going on after the winner announcement. What I'd like to ask Joe is... instead of your disappointment of Wukong not winning, what was your disappointment in Astro Bot winning?
Have a little respect for Astro Bot, don’t downplay what team ASOBI has accomplished. My game of the year was Metaphor, but that doesn’t mean Astro Bot doesn’t deserve it.
Dam the fact that they haven’t play Astro bot hurts their credibility in my eyes how can their opinion in the award even matter at this point if they haven’t play all the games that were nominated? This is not a good look for what their channel is based on.
@@SpikeTheWolf but they have time to review mediocre games like King Kong so how does that make sense when Astro bot was praised so much from both fans and critics in my opinion the goty was a toss up every game could have being the goty and I would be satisfied except for Elden ring because I’m not a fan of a DLC being nominated for goty they should have a category for that but how can they complain about their game not winning when they haven’t even played the game that won?
@@mrdisaster5880 cuz you guys kept telling them to play kong?? And majority of ppl said wukong is going to win despite what the "game journalist" score was.
They just flat out refused to comment at all whenever final fantasy 7 rebirth comes up in nominations because they know they should have covered it but instead reviewed rage bait games for cheap views
They missed out on multiple goty nominees. What a shame. Big reason why I don't watch this channel as much. They don't actually play the video games that a video game channel needs to play to be taken seriously. How the hell did you miss any of the goty nominees and this is your job? Oh that's right, because whining about madden makes more money. Well now you traded credibility for money. I don't want to hear it.
@@j0nnyism Straight from the TGA FAQ: Nominees for most categories of The Game Awards are chosen by an international jury of over 100 global media and influencer outlets, selected for their history of critical video game evaluation. Game Awards producer Geoff Keighley is not a member of the jury and does not vote on the nominees or winners. Similarly, The Game Awards Advisory Board has no involvement in the awards process and learns of the results at the same time as the general public. The same outlets who didn't necessarily vote Black Myth Wukong the victor did absolutely vote them in as a nomination.
i watched a streamer cheering for Astro bot to win and his excitement when it won , it made me realize that they tried really hard to improve the awards. If Astro bot deserved to be nominated, it deserved to win. I think we should stop complaining so much.
Astro Bot winning hopefully has Sony developing more 3D platformers Astro Bot also winning should be a non issue but getting annoyed that it won is such a disappointing reaction
"WuKong got robbed..." My dudes, HAVE YOU EVEN PLAYED ASTROBOT?! Do you have little joy in your life to try something so wholesome? Come on... Edit: people going "your comment is not proof AstroBot should have one"... Sorry, was I supposed to write up a fucking video essay in the last hour with my proof or something? It received critical acclaim, way higher scores. I'm not saying WuKong is bad at all, but Joe's reaction was just wild.
L take guys it sucks to hear your negative take on Astro winning when it sends a big message to Sony about going trying to be trendy and failing while a fun 3D Platformer won GOTY but you 3 have your opinions and I have mine.
I eman there is a reason why Nintendo is so huge.. Mario platform era are op.. thast when Nintendo used to win like everything.. cause it was creative.. just like it takes two was creative.. i played it after wondering why it won goty and it 1000% deserved it. The thing is ths year had so many souls like.. but almost no platformers.. its as fresh
No game channel worth it's salt should miss any goty nominee. Its okay to miss a fighting game nominee or something but all the goty nominees need to be played and covered or else you simply have no credibility. Hope they learn from this. Next year when the nominees come out and there's a game they skipped over they better stop everything they're doing and play it.
@@wardy4903 I agree no one told him to cover games for a living, put his big boy pants on and do his job or stop whining about the 1 nominee he covered not winning
@@Trocify225same should be said with that,if you’re giving your opinions/review of a movie or tv show and you haven’t even seen it then your opinion is invalid lol
Silent Hill 2 was robbed. How the hell wasn't that nominated but a dlc was for goty. Very interesting that it happens this year when there's a popular Konami game. INTERESTING.
Astro Bot is a game that is pure unadulterated fun with its entire focus on making a fun game with tight and refined mechanics and great player experience. It isn't trying to tell a deep narrative, it isn't trying to have UE5 cutting edge graphics, it isn't trying to monetize every aspect of the game... it is just FUN. It released feature complete (though they did add a time-attack mode later on for free), and it released with little to no major bugs or glitches. If that doesn't deserve GotY, I don't know what does. I personally would have given it to Metaphor or Final Fantasy, but I have absolutely no complaint with it going to Astro Bot, because Astro Bot is excellent. Joe just is wrong on this one.
that's fair atleast for me it was between black myth,metaphore and astrobot and whichever won i was happy regardless.But ofcourse the black myth only glazers ar losing there mind over astrobot winning
@@SpikeTheWolfthey did but they just got edged out. Being nominated is a huge accomplishment all of its own. It’s the same thing as with sports. Two finalists are equally deserving because they had what it takes to get there to begin with. But in the end you get edged out just a bit.
The game is an ad not a game. Astrobot shouldnt have won because it only ticks one box while the other games tick multiple. Wukong didn't win because its Chinese, and American's cant go giving the Chinese any praise.
Disappointing reaction from you Joe and crew, while I too was rooting for Wukong, I understand why a game like Astro Bot would win. It feels like you are regressing Joe and becoming a more curmudgeon version of yourself
Indeed, I never played Astro Bot and thoguht Metaphor would win. My reaction isn't to mindlessly hate on the event, I'm hoping Astro comes to PC since even in the comments people are saying Astro Bot is a very good game regardless.
Yea it’s pretty stupid to get upset about a game u haven’t even tried. It’s still the perfect game for casual journalists to enjoy though. Still a great game
The same people that vote for the winners are the ones that vote for the nominees. There's no conspiracy with journalists not voting for Black Myth. Astro Bot was a great game front to back. Black Myth was a fun game that had great boss battles, but a lifeless, bland world outside of those boss battles
You guys didn't play Astro bot, Metaphor, or Final Fantasy Rebirth. Elden Ring DLC doesn't count, so Ofcourse all you'll be cheering for is Wukong, doesn't make it right though. 🤔
Astrobot deserved game of the year, everything in the game was seeping with every sense of what games use to be, Wukong to me is just another souls game.
Crazy that people are so salty about Astro Bot when it got 9/10 and 10/10 across the board. Who cares if it’s a platformer. 😂 Personally I wanted Balatro to win for the indie scene but I’m happy for Astro Bot.
@@nashdiy8570 Because people have different preferences and opinions on what games they like. Sure it got 9/10 and 10/10 across the board. Yet that doesn’t mean every single person thinks it’s a 9/10 or 10/10 game. This is why I don’t look at what a game gets across the board. Mainly because I have my own preference of games and my opinions vary.
@@DaroffApFire Games only exist to have fun. If you aren't having fun, what's the point. Astro bot is pure fun and the most well designed game. The other nominees all have faults. Astro doesn't.
50/50 is a horrible idea. Gamers can be bias, prejudice or uniformed. Ponies will vote PS, Xbots would vote Xbox, and Nintendrones would vote Nintendo. Not every gamer played all the nominees so they would just vote for the one that they did play, and gamers also review bomb or overly glazed like on metacritic. Maybe raise the percentage to 20-30% but anything more would be an unreliable gauge.
You just need to look at what got nominated to see how these awards would go, three of them were Gacha games and another was a DLC that a lot of people complained about bieng nominated. If you want Genshin Impact to win GOTY every year then go ahead and let fans vote (most of the gacha games also offer insentives to players if they win).
@@amampathak don't worry, the same conversation will start again next year with an influx of new gamers. 😭 I've been watching for the 10 years and the same arguments make me wanna cry lmfao.
Ok, I understand that Astrobot is a cartoony platformer and that's not everyone's cup of tea. But I played both games and I'm sorry to say this, but Wukong aint't got shit on Astrobot in terms of game design and the quality of production and basically every single metrics you can possibly apply to a game. It's just a better game overall, whether you like this style or not.
@@MrJambola123 "I'm sorry to say this" as in "I really wish there was a better game against Astrobot this year". Yes, I'm not such a big fan of cartoony platformers either, my favorite game this year was actually Silent Hill 2 remake. Does it mean, I think it's objectively GOTY? Definitely not.
@@luckymark571 Yeah, but what was the peak online for BMW and for Astro bot? The Astro bot didn't even make it to the list of players' choice nominees.
They even managed to miss the moment the SONY studio praising Nintendo, a moment that comes once in a lifetime. They were completely silent in all of his speech about the studio and generic stuff and they didn't even stop for a single fucking second when he was praising Nintendo. Jesus Christ! Also, about Black Muth Wukong, enough is enough! We've seen this type of game so many times before. Hell, even Stellar Blade is the same. BMW is a one-trick-pony, you just fight with a list of moves again and again and again and again and nothing else. Big fucking deal! Overhyped AF.
I was torn between Final Fantasy seven rebirth and Astrobot. In the unknown I’m glad that Astro bot did win. It deserved it in the end. It’s a fun game through and through. No shading, micro transactions, no battle passes. Just a great game from start to finish.
did you even play Wukong or have the skill to go past the 1st chapter? Let me guess you have 20 mortgages and 50 kids so you got no time but Astrobot is casual enough it allows you to play, yeah?
No, because it's a ps5 exclusive, and you have to have a latest Sony controller to be enable to play it. Now, when is the last time you played a full length UE5 game that looks as good as Wukong and runs as smoothly as Wukong? Wukong is major technical achievement in next generation game engine, which will be the industry standard for all UE5 game yet to come. The innovation of Astro bot is incomparable to Wukong.
@@Freestyle80 Ofc i played! The game serious issues with between bosses areas and later zone level designs , u cant give TGA for amazing boss fights only dude.
@@gnayiefnus1327 Wukong major technical achievements ? Apparently you are dont know anything about game development.. You cant even jump of a stone with invisible collision boxes. And all the assets are scanned, that`s tech that`s been for quite a while, so let me know where the major technical achievement is.. I can name u many other UE5 games right now
Isn’t Black Myth Wukong just another Soulslike? Sure, it might be a good one, but is it really innovative? In my view game or movie of the year needs to be more than just the “best” movie. It needs to be something new.
Yes.. and Elden ring won last year.. so technically that was the bmw.. peolpe like bmw but hte problme is.. what did it bring ? It’s from China? It doesn’t even have maps.. there is no way to progress the game if ou can’t beat a boss.. other games you can go to other areas.. like Elden ring.t Not every one likes souls like. And if Mario oddesy, etc came out.. it would have won.. just ike it takes two won.. because it brought new ideas to the table.. and look how little cartoony looking games were even nominated.. I’m happy it didn’t win.. its fun to see all these guys get mad lol
@@guywglasses313 legitimately one of the best platformers ever made, or at least deserves to be in the conversation. It was able to take inspiration from many other great platformers and craft something incredibly creative and unique with some of those ideas
Can’t Joe be happy that a game with no micro transactions, season passes or the team behind it having no controversy? He’s just gotta be salty for no reason.
Nope, he's being a dismissive hypocrite. I wanted Metaphor to win but Astrobot winning is absolutely a love letter to the industry. Don't see how you can be mad at that. A game made with love and simply to have fun, and it succeeded beautifully.
@@PA__san Same, I would've picked Metaphor too but I'm so happy Astro Bot won, it sends a message to the industry that we don't need huge open worlds or long games to have a GOTY, sometimes the new studio with a small team can create something very special. Also, 3d platformers deserve more love than they get.
Geoff doesn’t pick the journalists just the outlets, from there the outlets decide how to come to a consensus on nominees/winners. It’s always been like this since 2014.
I'm glad the comments on him about Astro Bot. Everything isn't some politics thing. WuKong has a limited appeal regardless of any fake outrage scandals. It won action game, but when it comes to best game....EVERYBODY loves Astro Bot. It impacted in the same way a NES Mario did. Every kid w/ a PS5 and the parents that brought it for them loved this game, as well as all the journalists. It was a shoe in. I think any room full of ppl would have voted that unanimously. its a platformer at the end of the day, it hits a core in gamers of all types that an action game based on chinese mythology isn't going to for the majority of the west. It was a great award show and one of the best nights in gaming in a long time. Lots of hype, heart, surprises, and fun. It was a good representation of everything.
@wardy4903 what this guy said. It's funny the anti woke/diversity crowd is championing a game that sold well precisely because it was diverse and aimed at a minority group, made by a minority developer, and filled with minority culture (by western standards) who happen to be a massive part of the global population. The Chinese made their first AAA game and it was good...of course it does numbers.
Wild idea but maybe Astro Bot won because its the best option? It's crazy that this is their profession and they couldn't put any time into a game, but managed to make such strong opinions about it.
Don’t criticize what you don’t understand. It’s very special that a platform exclusive E rated platform game did so well to win game of the year. We’ve waited years for Sony to do something like this. BMW got plenty of trophies.
It just looks dumb. Yay another third person sword game with a knock off cowboy bepop with a main character that checks every diversity check box. Got the Porsche sponsorship though. So its gonna be an amazing game im sure you know so much about it based off a 1 minute trailer😂😂
Or maybe it's a message that the award is rigged af lol, a casual platformer with over 10 hours of play time aint GOTY material, no matter how good it is, doesn't mean it's a bad game either. Should've been Wu Kong or Metaphor.
huh? Gamers voted for Wukong, not Astrobot. It's 60 random ppl that were picked to be the jurors for GOTY. Not the average gamer you're mentioning. Hell BMW even won IGN's gamer choice for GOTY and also won at the Golden Joystick Awards which is also purely fan base.
Im not a fan of turnbased arpgs like baldurs gate 3 , but man do want buy a few copies just because Sven Winke is amazing and everything he said i wholeheartedly support 1billion percent.
You should give a chance man. I didn’t think I was into that style of combat either but it won me over. Everything about the game is amazing. Especially the story, cutscenes, voice acting, quests, and tons of player choices that affect the outcomes.
I cannot recommend BG3 enough. Even as an RPG lover it took me a while to really get the hang of the combat, but the raw quality in its genre is nothing short of miraculous.
Astro Bot winning is great for the industry(small team, niche genre outside of Nintendo). Not to mention Wukong is an 8/10 Soulslike, and Astro Bot is a 10/10 pure fun ride 3D Platformer. I get that you guys like soulslikes more than platformers but that doesn't mean its a better game.
It’s kinda like people have different opinions. I know it blows your mind when you think of that right? You may think Wukong isn’t a better game that doesn’t mean people have to think that way as well. I don’t even know why people are getting on them for saying Wukong is the better game. They are reviewers of course their opinions won’t be the same as others. I played Astro Bot to me it’s not a 10/10. Yet that’s just because I don’t really enjoy platformer games. I would give it a 7/10 at best. I enjoyed Wukong from start to finish and is my second favorite souls like game. With Elden Ring being my number 1 spot. Wukong to me is a 10/10 game.
@@ramby4436 Firstly, people can have opinions, and mine was stated in response to Joe and team's opinion. As for Wukong, you can just read the steam reviews that gamers have on it - great game with some flaws. Astro Bot on the other hand is described by anyone who has played it to be a 10/10, until the awards because people want their preference to win. You say its a 7/10, but I doubt you can explain your reasoning on it in context with its genre. So you're measuring the game by your enjoyment rather than what it means for its genre and what it does to push gaming as a whole. Thats what people think of them, and its better to accept it an celebrate a special game instead of whining over it winning.
@ I say it’s not a 10/10 game because to me it’s just like any other platforming type of of game. I don’t enjoy platforming games that much. Also yes I’m basing my 10/10 rating for Wukong so to my enjoyment of the game. How else am I supposed to rate it? I didn’t know I hade to rate my game on what it does to the genre or gaming as a whole.
Wukong is mainly hyped by Chinese, which are currently review bombing Baldurs Gate for Sven announcing GOTY and Astro Bot for winning. Not getting GOTY is good punisment for them. Game devs did NOTHING to calm down the situation, so sorry no sorry for not getting the award.
Can't think of a better outcome for a fanbase who thinks they deserve to sweep every award because their country made one real game finally that's just a copy of god of war.
You speak like Chinese aren't considered gamers? It speaks to their culture so of course they enjoyed it and so did many others outside of china, Chinese gamers opinions aren't somehow invalid. Of course people are bummed out by this but it happens every year. People behave toxic over what wins and what doesn't
Astro Bot made me feel like a young gamer again. Wukong made me feel like a feeble old man who probably shouldn't be playing video games anymore. Both games were deserving but I'm happy with Astro locking it down.
I know people are mad about astrobot winning, but this game was something else, it had me and my son playing it daily on the couch and I could see his love of gaming develop with it. To me anything other than astrobot winning would have been a disappointment
@@smokego123did ign also make all those fans give 6/10s to wu kong while no fans gave astro bot lower than a 9/10? This critic review cope doesn't work when astro bot also has higher fan scores too.
@@wardy4903 Astro is good but sold much less, understandably so. Statistically other nominees are fighting 10-20+ times worse odds and still are doing great.
I’m tired of this high pedestal AJ and Alex think they’re on, now OJ is piggybacking. Astrobot is a fantastic game. This proves no matter what they say, they’re still Xbox fans and this is just Sony hate on their part. Bet you they’ll make a separate video defending themselves instead of actually checking the game for themselves
That's the question, all these PS kids are crying over Astrobot cause they can't fathom reality where ppl have different opinions, so why are they watching this channel then @@eljank3
So, complaining about mobile games? How are they supposed to pay for all this? Rooting for Wukong and using some rhetoric to justify it winning, although what exactly did it do differently from other games in the genre? You will always find something to complain about even after getting the show in a decade.
Winning of AstroBot game can have consequences. If well done platformer can beat AAA complex productions... what next? Honestly, I wasn't too excited about any of GOTY nominated games. There was no game with hype like eg. BG3 or Elden Ring (previous winners). This year games which I am interested in are: CoDBO6 (solid game) and Silent Hill 2 (but it's remake, so difficult to expect GOTY).
Thats what you get Jo. Youre saying Nah and you REFUSED to play or cover it. Youre not covering games for us, youre covering what you like. And thats fine but you cant claim to cover all games for the people and then you dont
Bingo! And I finally decided this is the video that is worth the unsubscribe because they lost full credibility now. They’ll have to earn it back before I consider watching their content again. I’m happy majority is calling them out and standing up for Astrobot’s studio. The game is brilliant. Not every game has to be souls like. How narrow minded of them. This channel has been spiraling downward for a while now and you’d think they’d fact check and actually do their job and play games especially GOTY nominees, but they don’t. All bark and no bite. They didn’t play the game so their opinion is invalid. Case closed.
You've got to remember that Astro Bot is also a simple platformer so journalist were actually able to play it. Games like Black Myth Wukong take skill and it's very rare for a hard game to win. Elden Ring won a lot, but that's because it took over the industry that year so it had to win a lot of awards
Wukong is painfully average. There are dozens of soulslikes and many have won GOTY. It’s not unique, it doesn’t need to or deserve to win again. Other games with unique ideas and originality need space to shine and be recognized. Astro Bot is a fresh of breath air. It deserves it
this is a giant game review channel - full reviews of each of the GOTY nominees should be the bare minimum. You guys are dropping the ball big time on game reviews.
I do agree i thikn they should review all goty noms before the awards would be fun.. but have to go into unbiased.. they are really bias towards realistic souls like.. its clear thats their genre.
@@GreatMisterE bro they barely review games anymore. The only GOTY nominee he played was Wukong. Should probably see why the other games are contenders before getting upset his game didn’t win just because it was the only game he actually played.
All couple of millions of them, not bad not goty worthy imo though. Let's see how the numbers will inflate, how many consoles will this lovely game sell after winning... It's amazing I'm sure, but dang if it's Omega niche product.
@@SpikeTheWolfI played Astro bot, Wukong, and Metaphor. Out of those three, Wukong was the worst, while Metaphor and Astro bot were the two best games I played this year. Either one of those id be happy to win. Wukong just wasn't amazing, it was great but not goty material
A long time AngryJoe watcher here, like 10 years long. I usually agree with 95% of there takes but this is one of the worst ones. I understand you mentioned that you had personal stuff going on and that is completely fine, the angry army has been understanding of any issues you had and at understanding that theirs only 3 of you and reviews take a long time. I’ve never complained once. However you cannot say that Astro bot didn’t deserve it when you’re supposed to be a pretty reliable and unbiased reviewer. When Alex complains saying Asobi is not an indie studio, saying Sony rushes there companies, everyone saying Wukong deserved it and it was all politics that Astro bot won…. And then you say that they are not what larian spoke about… THEY LITERALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT ASOBI!!! people with passion, with creativity, taking leaps when they’re making a game against Nintendo, the king of platformers. He literally was so humble that he thanks Nintendo, there direct competition. But you would not be aware of that because you talked over it. Not even trying to be a Sony fan boy but Sony let’s there studios cook, they trust there studios, and yes they make horrible decisions and choices I agree, but don’t say Asobi doesn’t deserve it because of Sony. You guys are always saying “it’s not all about politics” then you blame politics lmao the journalists literally voted for wukong to be up there! Of course player choice would be a game that’s on all 3 platforms… compared to a smaller, indie made, platformer, ON ONE CONSOLE. Come on guys, no one’s saying you can’t have a preference but you came off ignorant, rude, and acted like the people you complain about on Alex’s weekly news. Us fans have every right to speak up against this, it’s what you would do!
Guys, I love the show, I watch most of your youtube stuff and I'm subbed on Twitch to you guys, but sometimes you have these weird blindspots when it comes to stuff like this. Black Myth is a good enough game, but it wasn't even the best game of its type that came out this year, nevermind the Game of the Year. "How did Sekiro win game of the year" Yes Alex, how did the Sekiro win game of the year? Also, how did Elden RIng win game of the year in 2022? It's almost like your conspiracy theory isn't actually true and games journalists love those games. Maybe they just prefered Astrobot to Blackmyth. Which came out after the Elden Ring DLC which was better than it on its own. It doesn't have to be a conspiracy, it can just be people prefering something over something else.
Why does Joe always sound like every whiny cry baby "hardcore gamerzzz" on Twitter? Why? "It's a conspiracy the journalists hate it!" Dudes starting to sound like that Grumz guy.
Yes. Him fabricating a conspiracy is nonsensical. Elden Ring won 2022. Sekiro won 2019. They are hard games. What's so hard to understand about people having different opinions?
For all the Astrobot fans who are downvoting the video and saying they are very disappointed with me for wanting Black Myth to win.
I fail to see how I was "disrespectful" to "people that liked Astrobot" just because I was sad that Black Myth Wukong didnt win Game of the Year. I didnt "REFUSE to cover it" as some of you claim, I cant cover every single game that comes out most years. some shit happened in my personal life that I couldnt cover that game at that time when it came out the way I wanted. I LITERALLY SAID, we arent saying Astrobot is Trash - It won 3 awards. We said its good. All ive said is that Astrobot is an easier critic pick and you guys go nuts?! Look, I understand why you are upset that I didnt play and love it as much as you did, and that i didnt cheer when it won Game of the Year. But If i have to censor my reactions and make sure none of your feelings are hurt if I wasnt in Astrobots Corner the entire way for you guys then what's the point of first raw reactions? And I CAN be upset/sad/disappointed that the game I played and wanted to win didnt win, even if I didnt play every single other game on that list to completion, im sure many of you making these comments havent played all of the games that were nominated this year either. Grow a pair. Im happy for you that Astrobot won, and you are happy that it did. I preferred Black Myth Wukong for Game of the Year.
Every year this happens, we all got bias on what we want to win it’s never that deep. If it’s your game of the year then let it be so one mans award show shouldn’t take that, people need to relax.
Right on Joe - Wukong is the FIRST GAME made by a independent studio and with that kind of quality going against a juggernaut like Sony, it defo should have won GOTY for sure but it is what it is - at least it is the people’s champion on players voice which I think matters more, who gives a crap what journalists thinks?
You didn't play/beat any other nominated game right? (please correct me if I'm wrong) so facepalming when Wukong doesn't win just shows ignorance.
Edit: Also about Wukong being "hated" by journalists is (mostly) complete bullshit because if it really was it would've reviewed poorly and wouldn't have gotten nominated for GOTY at all. It got a shit ton of votes ... It just didn't get the most votes like Astro Bot.
And yes I have played and finished every nominated game in the category except for Metaphor which I'm currently halfway through.
astro bot won 4 awards
Nah u r basically Adolf bro...I'm joking
"Players should decide." Bro, look at what we got in the player choice category. 3 Gacha games, a dlc, and Wukong. Get real lol
Maybe those gachas wouldn't be rising to the top if the rest of the industry got its stuff together. They're up there for a reason.
Wukong won Players choice. AstroTurd sucks.
@@thevannmann the gooners had 3 gacha games that split them. imagine if they combined
@@Fxrrxt2xright there up there cause nothing else is good lol doesn’t mean they’re good 😂
Exactly! If each award was decided solely on the popular vote only the games with the largest following would win. Imagine games such as Fortnite, CoD, Pubg and basically any of the top 10 most popular games would win nearly every category. At the end of the day it doesn't matter who wins what. All that matters is what game was your favorite.
I love it that a game he refused to cover or play won all the awards lol
Cuz its a platformer..
@@PuppetMaster-BladeBaby games are the best
why did he refuse LOL
😂 man it's injustice lmao
Same with the best strategy game last year. Mario Rabbids was fantastic but he can't take games with cartoony visuals seriously. It's probably his biggest flaw with his reviews.
Joe you can't not play a game and then be upset when it wins. You don't even know why it won lmao
Agreed. Even if you don’t like the game that won, you should be respectful that a bunch of other people liked it. I didn’t like Baldur’s Gate 3 personally, but so many people loved it, so I can’t complain that it won last year.
I equate it to when you cheer for your team in a sport and not the opposing team; you may not know the players on the other side but you cheer for “yours” due to favoritism or a inherent bias due to having previous experience with one thing over the later. It’s not necessarily a bad thing but it can cut one off from trying something new.
I disagree. I agree that he doesn't have full context, but if you play a game and are passionate about it, you kinda get upset if you think it was snubbed. He's human and has feelings like we all do.
No disrespect, no crazy stuff.
It won because it was neutral, wukong was already being criticized for not being DEI
@@savotato I also know this will be lost in the chat feed but a happy early holidays, 1 week away :D
I’m disappointed they talked thru the part where that Sony-contracted winner gave open props to Nintendo and Super Mario Bros.
That was something worth talking about minute about rather than what they did talk over it for.
Agreed. They missed a really cool moment of appreciation.
@@kylebarclay9352Yeah thanks for taking all our best ideas and putting your name on it.
They were to busy coping
1000% agreed. I think too many years of reviewing games the expectation for the Angry Joe's and Alex are so far high the channel has become a place for whiners to cry out.
Aj loves the sound of his own voice too much to listen, OJ's too dumb and Alex is an undeservably arrogant poser who thinks he's the gate keeper of quality in entertainment when he's really just an insecure little boy in a big mans body.
Joe wanted Black Myth to win because its probably the only nominee he actually played lol
Because it sold hundred fold times than astro bot
@@ngadiminsim3244 Player count is all that matters? Damn, I didn't know that Genshin Impact is the best game ever... get a grip.
@@anoshiki11231 Yeah it matters. Because the ones with the higher player count sold more copies which means higher profits.
Let alone being the only soul game he manage to end. So he could beat on his shoulder some more too
@@ngadiminsim3244 to nobody surprise? Again making an exclusive on a platform nobody owns make your buyer pool small
Man i like this show but I absolutely hate how AJ and Alex think theirs is the only opinion is the only correct one and if you don’t agree you don’t know what you are talking about.
Mannn...its like people are normally like that
@@ruick78 And you think that's a good thing?
Dogmatism at its finest. Joe still can't accept Mario Rabbids winning best strategy game last year despite it being a fantastic game.
@@happymask8042 or any example is doom not winning the music award a couple years ago when music is like food just like there are people that don’t like fish their are people that don’t like blood metal so saying that is better is a completely subjective opinion. I wanted ghost of thusisma to win the music award but I wasn’t disappointed when it didn’t.
well opinion is opinion.
ppl who only play wukong think astro boy is trash, vice versa.
both are great game in my honest opinion.
I like Joe but man the smug dismissive attitude against Astro bot feels very off putting
He does that with every game with cartoony visuals. He doesn't play anything if it's not realistic or mature in some way. It's pretty sad actually. I love his takes and reviews and stuff but he really needs to let go of the stigma against these games.
Very offputting from someone who supposedly misses the good old times of gaming where games like astrobot, ( imagine Spyro, Crash, Ratchet & Clank, Gex and so on... ) were more of a thing in mainstream industry ), unless he meant the COD days...
Astro bot is just a huge playstation advertisement circlejerk with a game attached to it and the music is painfully annoying, I can see why he doesn't like it.
@happymask8042 that's funny that you say that considering he gave Cuphead a 10 and completely fanboyed all over it in his review
@@happymask8042 This is exactly the problem, and its apparent every year. It's alright to have a preference but they should at least withold dismissal when they don't even know what these games are about.
Come on Joe, you're better than this. I didn't play Wukong cause I have no interest for it, and I won't say it's a bad game for it.
Personally, I'm glad that Astro Bot won. Considering Team Asobi is made up of what was left of Sony's Japan Studio after Sony shut them down, and Sony doubling-down on live-service games, it's great to see a well-made 3D platformer that, though it's full of references to PlayStation's history, still turned out to be a game that a lot of people loved.
Can't wait for these companies to discover the horror of live service games. It's just too much to manage to make them viable. Plus, gamers like to own their games.
It won't change, look at Tango. If people still pay more for live service, they will make more, it's a 1% to find money glitch but still.
@@HidekiNishi7 I can’t stand that people are saying “oh it only won because of the references to past Sony” as if having cameos is enough to push a game to become the highest rated of the year. It’s a ludicrous statement, the haptics, the artistic direction, the controls, the lack of reusing gimmicks for more than a level or two keeping it constantly fresh and having its own original ideas. It’s a top tier industry staple that took from the best, did its own thing and sprinkled fan service for people in the older demographic. It’s non stop fun from start to finish which is what games are supposed to be
Only reason its cool is because of that backround story otherwise the game is basic
I hate how most people look at the game awards. Everyone looks at it from only their own and their group of people’s perspective and doesn’t give credit to what the nominees actually have achieved. Yeah Wukong hit the jackpot in China’s market and a lot of the western audience, but their game is very much targeted to a small category of players. Much alike Fromsoftware’s audience.
Astrobot hit every single kind of player with their very varied gameplay for all kinds of audiences.
And for the people who are calling it just a stupid kids game don’t realize how big of a market it actually is, that’s why Nintendo is so huge.
I played both of the two favorites and whenever i need to make my mind up about which game i liked the most it always comes down to fun. Whichever i had the best time with.
And yeah you can moan all you want about the jury and how they are too casual and bad at video games. But the jury probably had their most fun with Astrobot, such as i did.
Just try all the games instead of complaining about it instead and have the most fun, isn’t that the point of video games?
Y’all should probably play all the GOTY nominees before you decide which one is gonna win. It feels like you picked Wukong cause it’s the only one you made a review on.
Yeap. They shit so much on the game journalists, and praise the public vote. The journalists may be biased and have an unrelatable way to look at games. But the average player is even more biased lol. Most people played maybe one or two of the nominees, and just vote on that one.
Public vote is just a popularity contest. Game of the year should not just mean more popular.
Wukong was at least available on multiple platforms. Astro bot was only on PS5. It doesn't feel like a GOTY for all gamers being exclusive.
@@Kolvarg players are gonna play games that interests them, and its not their fault or being "biased" when they don't play games that don't have any appeal to them and vote for the games that do.
@@chatter4427 I'm not saying it's their fault, I'm just saying you can't seriously believe someone who has only played 1 game out of 5 is able to judge whether it is a better game than the other 4. That's the point. The award is for the quality and the creative and technical value of the game, not for the game that appeals to the most gamers.
It's ideal if they do play all the nominees, but realistically they can't. Even if it's so good, Astro Bot is still too niche to be GoTY, it's only available on PS5 and a fully platformer game. It has no impact on gamers, because of the mentioned reasons and also it didn't invent anything new.
Grown ass man looking like someone just passed away in his arms because wukong didnt win. And then he makes a massive rant comment telling astro fans to grow up. Hahahaha
It's one of Joes biggest flaws. The man does not know how to take it on the chin and keep it moving gracefully. Like a kid throwing a tantrum in a candy store.
he himself cant even play wukong properly hahahahaha
The fans do need to grow up though. They literally complaining about his reaction on a game....that's childish in itself. They doing the same thing that they getting bothered by. Is he supposed to fake his reaction? Grow up
Lmao right on the money. My game didn’t win either but seeing him cope and cry just gave off such a bad taste in my mouth. He and Alex were so negative the whole stream
@@Kratos510ehe's supposed to behave like an adult, not like some manchild
My GOTY was Metaphor and I’m SO HAPPY Astrobot won, that’s a WIN for real gamers and sends a MESSAGE to Sony the types of games they should support unlike CONCORD! Astrobot winning should CLEARLY be celebrated by all gamers
Do u think metaphors length held it back for many of these random journos don’t finish games they review
A GOTY award only brings in more attention to a game. The only thing Sony cares about in terms of making more of that type of game is how well it sells. I would assume the award will help it sell a bit better, but only Sony really knows if the sales warrant more of that type of game.
@@j0nnyism yes, especially when it's so long. However it's jarring that they would pick astrobot when it doesn't fit the trend of self serious expansive worlds. Other than Zelda not really any other games are lacking story narrative.
@j0nnyism Honestly, I think Metaphor could stand to be longer. Near the end, it feels like a whole dungeon was cut out. You get a major boss fight, some massive story reveals, and go straight into another boss fight with little prep time. I suspect that the magic academy was originally supposed to be an explorable dungeon.
people that like astrobot is the minority by far
I disagree with you on Astro Bot. The game is simple pure fun and released in a perfect state without any glitches or patches needed to play. It also being a celebration of PlayStation is just an added bonus for us that have been with the platform this long. Wukong is also a great deal of fun but man Astro Bot just brings out the joy in video games. I’m happy a platformer won it and I hope we get more high quality games like it from Sony because I’d love to see a bunch of their older mascots like Sly and Jak/Daxter make a come back.
But I also think it has to do with preference. I personally like to try and play a variety of different games like platformers/fps/rpgs. Don’t think Angry Joe is a platformer guy given that I can’t remember him every reviewing those types of games plus he stays away from Nintendo which just so happens to be the best place to play those types of games. And that’s fine, me personally I don’t like strategy games and that’s something AJ really likes. In this case I’m very happy the platforming game beat the action game.
Exactly. Astro Bot is just straight fun, and arguably that is the entire point of video games - to be fun.
@@docjellybeans2972 yeah no duh wukong won that since it was played by more people on both PS5 and PC. I played both and I still think Astro Bot is the better game. I’m just not a huge fan of them being closed off to the idea of a platformer beating an action adventure game.
@@RayearthIX K. Wukong was just pure fun and one of the greatest games I have ever played. Soooo the entire point of video games is - to be fun. So your logic, wukong won.
@@docjellybeans2972 If it's meaningless, then why do you care enough to bother responding here?
@@RayearthIX Cuz you people need to learn and not support this cancer that just puts people against one another.
They fixed everything we asked for:
- No rushed speeches
- Addressed the industry layoffs in a beautiful way
- NaughtyDog, Elden Ring, Witcher 4 announcements
- Great live performances
What more could you ask for? 10/10
Way too much anime
pay to win sony awards with a 4 hour childrens game winning and more time given to ads than games? out of place muppets jokes? nah, 2023 way better
Way too many celebrity appearances
Lol consumers be like 10/10 it was perfect my wallet is ready.
@@colonelsanders1774 I'd love more anime than fucking concord 2.0
It's crazy to me that they were genuinely upset. Like they had a horse in the race. Their entire day was ruined because of the game awards.
Only watched this highlight but jesus Joe was so salty. Did he play Astro?
Hell no he didn’t
Mid game
astro bot is an npc game lmao
@@shrumgus5608 That's not what the critic and fan scores say. Every other nominee has tons of fans who say they are mid. Astro bot doesn't have a single review under a 9/10 in the entire world.
@@shrumgus5608 mid comment
Man, I love Angry Joe- been watiching him for over a decade.
BUT his smug, condescending attitude towards Astro Bot really rubbed me wrong. Not a good look. It's an incredible, innovative game but those things really don't translate when you simply watch gameplay. You have to hold the controller to get why it's so special. It is just pure joy, and even if it's not for them personally that doesn't mean it wasn't deserving.
for some years this channel is becoming more and more disconnected from the current era of gaming. way to conservative old thinking.. times are changing but they don't want to and it's going to hurt the channel more and more
@@zennedy0586 agreed I was super disappointed acting like astrobot was a babies game and no good. I beat both and atstrobots creativity was unmatched
Same boat as you... been watching Angry Joe for over a decade and he is entitled to his opinion but man he's coming off as smug.
He's entitled to his opinion but damn does it come off ignorant and childish to shit on the GOTY while not having played it at all....WHEN IT'S LITERALLY YOUR JOB TO REVIEW GAMES
Remember he doesn’t have time for games, only tv and movies
We've already played it, it's called Super Mario. Hardly a GOTY contender.
he cant have his own opinion?
@@tusux2949 this train of thought can be applied to all games nominated for game of the year. They're all influenced from older games. Regardless, how does your statement correlate to mine?
It's a PS5 exclusive, kind of on SONY for making is exclusive that so many people don't know about it. It's extremely stupid. GOTY my ass, more like PS5 GOTY. No one else can play it without purchasing Sony garbage.
Sony has officially found their Mario. It's only taken 30 years!
Now watch them just push under rug and say "We dont have any ips."
Yeah, it's literally a Mario game. 😂
Sony has had a ton of mascots. They just throw them away every couple of years.
@@jadl3278yea but the only ones that were barely cross gen were LBP, Uncharted (which I don’t think that’s a mascot), Jak and Ratchet. I think the closest was Sackboy considering Astro’s costume variety is literally something LBP already had since the first.
@@MancoDanko don't forget crash bandicoot. That's another one. Just idk I feel mascot for sony just doesn't mean anything. Same with xbox and halo and gears.
ur comment section is more level headed and reasonable than you are, quite refreshing
Always has been
Joe reacted to Astro Bot winning Game of the Year like he found out a relative died.
Pop
I would've respected Joe's opinion more had he not had a such a strong immediate reaction and feelings of disgust and disappointment in Astro Bot winning. It's okay to have love for Wukong, but why the disappointment in a game that he didn't play winning the award? He has no point of reference or comparison as to why A won over B. Makes absolutely no sense to me.
"We're not saying Astro Bot is trash" and then he immediately discredits its win by saying " We knew, we knew. There were too many journalists out there that had it out against Wukong... Chinese developer... One-hit wonder... " Almost every reviewer and outlet saw Astro Bot as a love letter to not just Playstation's history, but video games as a whole.... not as a corporate shilling disguised as a game.
And his pinned comment about not being able to cover every single game. Now I don't expect him to cover everything... too many games, no one has that much time. But to not cover the tentpole and milestone game releases of the year? This is your job and profession. About 30 hours for a standard playthrough of Wukong, 50 for a more complete playthough, but couldn't find time to play 15-20 hours to play through Astro Bot.
And I'll say it...if it wasn't going to be Astro Bot, Metaphor would've beaten Wukong too.
Somehow he ended up not covering Metaphor, Astro bot or Rebirth, 3 of the 4 nominees, DLC doesn't count, and even that, was alex.
@@amampathak Yeah that's absolutely insanity on his part. His outrage does not line up with his coverage, or lack thereof, of all the other nominees. His opinion would've been somewhat salvageable had he been more modest and low-key in his disappointed reaction. But the over-the-top "highway robbery" reaction that he put on display, along with the many excuses that were immediately spewed out... none having to do with the game and its own merits... but speculative, conspiratorial, and baseless claims of a rigged system out for Wukong. Plus them talking over the winners who were giving praise to the pioneers of the industry and the ones who inspired them to make great and fun video games in the first place (Mario). These guys were just too neck deep in salt to even care what was going on after the winner announcement.
What I'd like to ask Joe is... instead of your disappointment of Wukong not winning, what was your disappointment in Astro Bot winning?
Have a little respect for Astro Bot, don’t downplay what team ASOBI has accomplished. My game of the year was Metaphor, but that doesn’t mean Astro Bot doesn’t deserve it.
Same
Well said!
The ASOBI team made a PlayStation ad, and Sony paid for the award because its their 30th anniversary. Thats it.
Bullshit!!Wukong was on another fckn lvl of gaming.It's clear as fckn day why that game won game of the year gtfoh
Don't try and dismiss the hate campaign before the game ever fckn came out and you know it
Dam the fact that they haven’t play Astro bot hurts their credibility in my eyes how can their opinion in the award even matter at this point if they haven’t play all the games that were nominated? This is not a good look for what their channel is based on.
they played rebirth and metaphor? for me this award was metaphor, rebirth or astrobot
I mean it's 3 dudes?? Who play many pc than console games. They can't play everything. It's not ign.
@@SpikeTheWolf but they have time to review mediocre games like King Kong so how does that make sense when Astro bot was praised so much from both fans and critics in my opinion the goty was a toss up every game could have being the goty and I would be satisfied except for Elden ring because I’m not a fan of a DLC being nominated for goty they should have a category for that but how can they complain about their game not winning when they haven’t even played the game that won?
@@SpikeTheWolfThen their opinion on it is completely irrelevant
@@mrdisaster5880 cuz you guys kept telling them to play kong?? And majority of ppl said wukong is going to win despite what the "game journalist" score was.
They just flat out refused to comment at all whenever final fantasy 7 rebirth comes up in nominations because they know they should have covered it but instead reviewed rage bait games for cheap views
They missed out on multiple goty nominees. What a shame. Big reason why I don't watch this channel as much. They don't actually play the video games that a video game channel needs to play to be taken seriously. How the hell did you miss any of the goty nominees and this is your job? Oh that's right, because whining about madden makes more money. Well now you traded credibility for money. I don't want to hear it.
It's sad to see a once fairly respected reviewer just jumping on the rage bait trend. The lowest form of journalism.
it's very weird lol
Glad someone noticed it.
Wasn't the same people who gave Astro Bot goty, also think that BLACK MYTH WUKONG WAS WORTHY TO BE NOMINATED AS ONE OF THE TOP 5 GAMES OF THE YEAR?
yes but that goes against the narrative.
Imagine claiming that they could've ignored it, when it broke player records on Steam.
No they don’t choose the nominees
And it won best Action game. If there was some industry conspiracy, they wouldn't have voted for it there either.
Culture warriors gotta cope
@@j0nnyism Straight from the TGA FAQ: Nominees for most categories of The Game Awards are chosen by an international jury of over 100 global media and influencer outlets, selected for their history of critical video game evaluation. Game Awards producer Geoff Keighley is not a member of the jury and does not vote on the nominees or winners. Similarly, The Game Awards Advisory Board has no involvement in the awards process and learns of the results at the same time as the general public. The same outlets who didn't necessarily vote Black Myth Wukong the victor did absolutely vote them in as a nomination.
9:31 Joe you literally are the same. You let politics color all of your opinions. Anyone who doesn’t think so doesn’t follow you on twitter.
Is there something I’m missing about Joe not liking Astro Bot? It’s awesome
He grew up as an xbox player
Did you even watch the video?
He didn’t play it.
Because he’s not a true gamer. He could get a ps5 in a second and it wouldn’t hurt his wallet at all. Football team ahh gamer.
I don’t think he played it 😂
i watched a streamer cheering for Astro bot to win and his excitement when it won , it made me realize that they tried really hard to improve the awards. If Astro bot deserved to be nominated, it deserved to win. I think we should stop complaining so much.
Gamer fanbase is the worst part of gaming, you would think Genshin impact won GOTY the way their acting
Astro Bot winning hopefully has Sony developing more 3D platformers
Astro Bot also winning should be a non issue but getting annoyed that it won is such a disappointing reaction
Maybe they’ll finally bring back my boys jak and daxter
@@Rudra-u6r I would love a new Spyro.
"WuKong got robbed..."
My dudes, HAVE YOU EVEN PLAYED ASTROBOT?! Do you have little joy in your life to try something so wholesome? Come on...
Edit: people going "your comment is not proof AstroBot should have one"... Sorry, was I supposed to write up a fucking video essay in the last hour with my proof or something? It received critical acclaim, way higher scores. I'm not saying WuKong is bad at all, but Joe's reaction was just wild.
he could use it by the looks of it
None of what you stated is proof of why it should have won.
Play a Mario bro sunshine. That's astro bot, lol
Alex played it
@@nuke2099 some games just need to be experienced to understand why.
L take guys it sucks to hear your negative take on Astro winning when it sends a big message to Sony about going trying to be trendy and failing while a fun 3D Platformer won GOTY but you 3 have your opinions and I have mine.
I eman there is a reason why Nintendo is so huge.. Mario platform era are op.. thast when Nintendo used to win like everything.. cause it was creative.. just like it takes two was creative.. i played it after wondering why it won goty and it 1000% deserved it.
The thing is ths year had so many souls like.. but almost no platformers.. its as fresh
@@npcimknot958 Exactly, its so fresh and creative
There is unanimity in all the comments, play the fucking games before commenting on it.
But what about the movie and tv reviews??😂
No game channel worth it's salt should miss any goty nominee. Its okay to miss a fighting game nominee or something but all the goty nominees need to be played and covered or else you simply have no credibility. Hope they learn from this. Next year when the nominees come out and there's a game they skipped over they better stop everything they're doing and play it.
@@wardy4903 I agree no one told him to cover games for a living, put his big boy pants on and do his job or stop whining about the 1 nominee he covered not winning
Angry Joe is angry at US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@Trocify225same should be said with that,if you’re giving your opinions/review of a movie or tv show and you haven’t even seen it then your opinion is invalid lol
Silent Hill 2 was robbed. How the hell wasn't that nominated but a dlc was for goty. Very interesting that it happens this year when there's a popular Konami game. INTERESTING.
One thing I’m thankful for is a DLC not taking all the awards.
yea if erdtree won "GOTY" i think people would of lost it more over astrobot winning
That's one thing both sides can totally agree on
Did you guys even play Astro bot?
They didn't
@Chr15Payne smh
I think only Alex did, but lets play COD for the 100th time
@@luckymark571 Definitely should have covered rebirth, astro bot but it's alright bro it's their channel.
Astro Bot is a game that is pure unadulterated fun with its entire focus on making a fun game with tight and refined mechanics and great player experience. It isn't trying to tell a deep narrative, it isn't trying to have UE5 cutting edge graphics, it isn't trying to monetize every aspect of the game... it is just FUN. It released feature complete (though they did add a time-attack mode later on for free), and it released with little to no major bugs or glitches. If that doesn't deserve GotY, I don't know what does.
I personally would have given it to Metaphor or Final Fantasy, but I have absolutely no complaint with it going to Astro Bot, because Astro Bot is excellent.
Joe just is wrong on this one.
that's fair atleast for me it was between black myth,metaphore and astrobot and whichever won i was happy regardless.But ofcourse the black myth only glazers ar losing there mind over astrobot winning
Hear hear 👏👏
And the others didn't have that??
@@SpikeTheWolfthey did but they just got edged out. Being nominated is a huge accomplishment all of its own. It’s the same thing as with sports. Two finalists are equally deserving because they had what it takes to get there to begin with. But in the end you get edged out just a bit.
The game is an ad not a game. Astrobot shouldnt have won because it only ticks one box while the other games tick multiple. Wukong didn't win because its Chinese, and American's cant go giving the Chinese any praise.
Disappointing reaction from you Joe and crew, while I too was rooting for Wukong, I understand why a game like Astro Bot would win. It feels like you are regressing Joe and becoming a more curmudgeon version of yourself
guy who didnt play game upset many such cases its good, give it a shot
Indeed, I never played Astro Bot and thoguht Metaphor would win.
My reaction isn't to mindlessly hate on the event, I'm hoping Astro comes to PC since even in the comments people are saying Astro Bot is a very good game regardless.
Yea it’s pretty stupid to get upset about a game u haven’t even tried. It’s still the perfect game for casual journalists to enjoy though. Still a great game
Best part was seeing flute guy go through all those flute's, changing each instrument when a different game comes up that's crazy
Yea he knows what he is doing. Lol
Flute guy goes hard because he actually played astrobot... 😐
The same people that vote for the winners are the ones that vote for the nominees. There's no conspiracy with journalists not voting for Black Myth. Astro Bot was a great game front to back. Black Myth was a fun game that had great boss battles, but a lifeless, bland world outside of those boss battles
L take, the people spoke for themselves. GOTY deserved to be Black Myth Wukong
Black myth wukong isnt an open world.
@@zachmali4071 there I fixed it. Not an open world per say, but the areas outside of boss battles are not anything the write home about
@@chunkytona6597 everything nominated, except for erdtree for obvious reasons, deserved to win.
Game that is only played on one platform shouldn't goty unlike it's something super amazing like Zelda
This is sad to watch.
Not Astrobot winning, but how ignorant Joe is.
Stop. He just hated Astro Bot. He ain't a bad dude.
@@A_RUclips_Commenterhe's terrible
if we are going on sales black myth is way ahead 18m vs what 2m sales ?
Then don't watch lol. You don't like someone's opinion then don't cry about it
You guys didn't play Astro bot, Metaphor, or Final Fantasy Rebirth. Elden Ring DLC doesn't count, so Ofcourse all you'll be cheering for is Wukong, doesn't make it right though. 🤔
Astrobot is a phenomenal game, get off your knees Joe and open your goddamn eyes
Judging by your past comments you are blatantly a sony fanboy
So satisfying to see Joe disappointed. Go Astro Bot!
It's like AJ is slowly becoming the villain lol
Astro cringe bot lmaoo, get a life, Wukong >>>>> entire playstation games
@@J.a.v.i No it's you sony ponies are villain
Astrobot deserved game of the year, everything in the game was seeping with every sense of what games use to be, Wukong to me is just another souls game.
Just another Mario game
@@metalxjack A damn good one Mario game that's not about Mario or Nintendo.
That's a rare thing.
Crazy that people are so salty about Astro Bot when it got 9/10 and 10/10 across the board.
Who cares if it’s a platformer. 😂
Personally I wanted Balatro to win for the indie scene but I’m happy for Astro Bot.
@@nashdiy8570 Because people have different preferences and opinions on what games they like. Sure it got 9/10 and 10/10 across the board. Yet that doesn’t mean every single person thinks it’s a 9/10 or 10/10 game. This is why I don’t look at what a game gets across the board. Mainly because I have my own preference of games and my opinions vary.
@@ramby4436 Astro bot has a better average reception than every other game.
@@wardy4903 Doesn’t mean that everyone thinks it’s a 10/10 game.
Im just salty silent hill 2 won nothing 😂
Balatro winning would've been hilarious as it is pretty much crack in videogame form.
Astro Bot was pure joy from start to finish. I'm so glad it won.
Yes but I think there should be more criteria for game of the year other than "fun".
@@DaroffApFire Games only exist to have fun. If you aren't having fun, what's the point. Astro bot is pure fun and the most well designed game. The other nominees all have faults. Astro doesn't.
Literally every argument of each Astrobot supporter crying despite winnig is 'fun', seriously? That's the argument?
50/50 is a horrible idea. Gamers can be bias, prejudice or uniformed. Ponies will vote PS, Xbots would vote Xbox, and Nintendrones would vote Nintendo. Not every gamer played all the nominees so they would just vote for the one that they did play, and gamers also review bomb or overly glazed like on metacritic.
Maybe raise the percentage to 20-30% but anything more would be an unreliable gauge.
Agreed. It'll be just a popularity contest.
You just need to look at what got nominated to see how these awards would go, three of them were Gacha games and another was a DLC that a lot of people complained about bieng nominated. If you want Genshin Impact to win GOTY every year then go ahead and let fans vote (most of the gacha games also offer insentives to players if they win).
We got 3 Gacha games, 1 dlc and wukong in players choice, so I see what you mean.
And as we all know, journalists have no bias or ulterior motives
@@amampathak don't worry, the same conversation will start again next year with an influx of new gamers. 😭
I've been watching for the 10 years and the same arguments make me wanna cry lmfao.
Ok, I understand that Astrobot is a cartoony platformer and that's not everyone's cup of tea. But I played both games and I'm sorry to say this, but Wukong aint't got shit on Astrobot in terms of game design and the quality of production and basically every single metrics you can possibly apply to a game. It's just a better game overall, whether you like this style or not.
What's the story in Astro bot about?
This kid
I love how people say "I'm sorry to say this" as if it makes them more correct
@@MrJambola123 "I'm sorry to say this" as in "I really wish there was a better game against Astrobot this year". Yes, I'm not such a big fan of cartoony platformers either, my favorite game this year was actually Silent Hill 2 remake. Does it mean, I think it's objectively GOTY? Definitely not.
@@kosmosyche cook💅
I disagree with Joe all the time but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying his videos. Y’all need to chill.
A well deserved game!
Copy Pasta from Mario Odyssey? No
@Bender3712 copy pasted from God of war? No. Copy pasted from persona? No. Literally a remake? No. Literally a dlc? No.
@@Bender3712Wukong is literally a copy pasta of GOW 😂
@@luckymark571 Yeah, but what was the peak online for BMW and for Astro bot? The Astro bot didn't even make it to the list of players' choice nominees.
@@Bender3712you mean the player choice of 3 gacha games and the whole country of china player choice? Sure lets make player choice award a big deal
They even managed to miss the moment the SONY studio praising Nintendo, a moment that comes once in a lifetime. They were completely silent in all of his speech about the studio and generic stuff and they didn't even stop for a single fucking second when he was praising Nintendo. Jesus Christ!
Also, about Black Muth Wukong, enough is enough! We've seen this type of game so many times before. Hell, even Stellar Blade is the same. BMW is a one-trick-pony, you just fight with a list of moves again and again and again and again and nothing else. Big fucking deal! Overhyped AF.
I'm fine with astro bot winning goty even though i have no intention of ever playing it. I'm happy that elden ring dlc didn't win a single award
Why? Just because it was a DLC? SOTE was a phenomenal experience. If you don't want a DLC nominated for GOTY make a better game than a DLC. 😊
I was torn between Final Fantasy seven rebirth and Astrobot. In the unknown I’m glad that Astro bot did win. It deserved it in the end. It’s a fun game through and through. No shading, micro transactions, no battle passes. Just a great game from start to finish.
Honesty guys everyone saying " why Astro Bot? " did you even play Astro Bot ??? The moment i played it i knew its gonna be game of the year..
did you even play Wukong or have the skill to go past the 1st chapter?
Let me guess you have 20 mortgages and 50 kids so you got no time but Astrobot is casual enough it allows you to play, yeah?
@@Freestyle80obviously they’re a child. No adult is seriously playing astrobot
No, because it's a ps5 exclusive, and you have to have a latest Sony controller to be enable to play it. Now, when is the last time you played a full length UE5 game that looks as good as Wukong and runs as smoothly as Wukong? Wukong is major technical achievement in next generation game engine, which will be the industry standard for all UE5 game yet to come. The innovation of Astro bot is incomparable to Wukong.
@@Freestyle80 Ofc i played! The game serious issues with between bosses areas and later zone level designs , u cant give TGA for amazing boss fights only dude.
@@gnayiefnus1327 Wukong major technical achievements ? Apparently you are dont know anything about game development.. You cant even jump of a stone with invisible collision boxes. And all the assets are scanned, that`s tech that`s been for quite a while, so let me know where the major technical achievement is.. I can name u many other UE5 games right now
Isn’t Black Myth Wukong just another Soulslike? Sure, it might be a good one, but is it really innovative?
In my view game or movie of the year needs to be more than just the “best” movie. It needs to be something new.
Yes.. and Elden ring won last year.. so technically that was the bmw..
peolpe like bmw but hte problme is.. what did it bring ? It’s from China? It doesn’t even have maps.. there is no way to progress the game if ou can’t beat a boss.. other games you can go to other areas.. like Elden ring.t
Not every one likes souls like. And if Mario oddesy, etc came out.. it would have won.. just ike it takes two won.. because it brought new ideas to the table.. and look how little cartoony looking games were even nominated..
I’m happy it didn’t win.. its fun to see all these guys get mad lol
oh yeah astrobot was real original ,not another platformer or anything
Astrobots stole play styles from Nintendo games
@@guywglasses313 legitimately one of the best platformers ever made, or at least deserves to be in the conversation. It was able to take inspiration from many other great platformers and craft something incredibly creative and unique with some of those ideas
90% of games that win are just really good. Gow 2018 wasn't anymore innovative than elden ring was, or sekiro, or tlou part 2
Okami 2 was the biggest one out of them all
Can’t Joe be happy that a game with no micro transactions, season passes or the team behind it having no controversy?
He’s just gotta be salty for no reason.
Nope, he's being a dismissive hypocrite. I wanted Metaphor to win but Astrobot winning is absolutely a love letter to the industry. Don't see how you can be mad at that.
A game made with love and simply to have fun, and it succeeded beautifully.
@@PA__san Same, I would've picked Metaphor too but I'm so happy Astro Bot won, it sends a message to the industry that we don't need huge open worlds or long games to have a GOTY, sometimes the new studio with a small team can create something very special. Also, 3d platformers deserve more love than they get.
Right? And the Astro bot dlc was free!!!!
says the guy getting salty that people dont like his favourite game Astrobot, not everyone needs to like PLATFORMERS
@@Freestyle80 He doesn't sound salty tho, you high?
Geoff doesn’t pick the journalists just the outlets, from there the outlets decide how to come to a consensus on nominees/winners. It’s always been like this since 2014.
I'm glad the comments on him about Astro Bot. Everything isn't some politics thing. WuKong has a limited appeal regardless of any fake outrage scandals. It won action game, but when it comes to best game....EVERYBODY loves Astro Bot. It impacted in the same way a NES Mario did. Every kid w/ a PS5 and the parents that brought it for them loved this game, as well as all the journalists. It was a shoe in. I think any room full of ppl would have voted that unanimously. its a platformer at the end of the day, it hits a core in gamers of all types that an action game based on chinese mythology isn't going to for the majority of the west. It was a great award show and one of the best nights in gaming in a long time. Lots of hype, heart, surprises, and fun. It was a good representation of everything.
but it won player s voice?
@@guywglasses313China doesn't get to decide goty.
why didnt "everybody" play astrobot ?
@chatter4427 they obviously did hence the overwhelming public support and praise for the game
@wardy4903 what this guy said. It's funny the anti woke/diversity crowd is championing a game that sold well precisely because it was diverse and aimed at a minority group, made by a minority developer, and filled with minority culture (by western standards) who happen to be a massive part of the global population. The Chinese made their first AAA game and it was good...of course it does numbers.
Wild idea but maybe Astro Bot won because its the best option? It's crazy that this is their profession and they couldn't put any time into a game, but managed to make such strong opinions about it.
Don’t criticize what you don’t understand.
It’s very special that a platform exclusive E rated platform game did so well to win game of the year.
We’ve waited years for Sony to do something like this. BMW got plenty of trophies.
Joe you literally said "Ass" then paused for effect before finishing with trobot. So yeah you're saying its garbage without saying its garbage. 6:14
The best part is the vast majority of people saying Wukong was robbed haven’t played Astro Bot 😂❤🎉
I played Astro Bot for 30 min and it was boring as F….. overrated
@@JackTheBlack1585 Sure you have lol
PC masterrace wont play stupid console games....
@@JackTheBlack1585 people are capping. ASTRO bot was cool but it's just Sony Mario. So essentially a better Mario beat Black Myth Wukong lmfao.
@@crookim shut up grandpa we aren’t in the console wars era anymore so cringe.
Their reaction to intergalactic is predictable
It just looks dumb. Yay another third person sword game with a knock off cowboy bepop with a main character that checks every diversity check box. Got the Porsche sponsorship though. So its gonna be an amazing game im sure you know so much about it based off a 1 minute trailer😂😂
I mean I think we ALL knew how we'd react that stuff looks so generic and SLOPPY.
@@Fataltyler08how did you see a 1 minute video with no gameplay and came to that conclusion?
Astro Bot winning should be a message to developers that gamers want simpler yet fun games and don't need every game to be darker and more violent.
Yes! The real world is dark enough already! We want fun and joy! ❤
Or maybe it's a message that the award is rigged af lol, a casual platformer with over 10 hours of play time aint GOTY material, no matter how good it is, doesn't mean it's a bad game either. Should've been Wu Kong or Metaphor.
huh? Gamers voted for Wukong, not Astrobot. It's 60 random ppl that were picked to be the jurors for GOTY. Not the average gamer you're mentioning. Hell BMW even won IGN's gamer choice for GOTY and also won at the Golden Joystick Awards which is also purely fan base.
then why did the gamers vote for wukong but not astro?
Astro bot just copied all the good things from Mario games, it wasn’t innovative at all…
Im not a fan of turnbased arpgs like baldurs gate 3 , but man do want buy a few copies just because Sven Winke is amazing and everything he said i wholeheartedly support 1billion percent.
You should give a chance man. I didn’t think I was into that style of combat either but it won me over. Everything about the game is amazing. Especially the story, cutscenes, voice acting, quests, and tons of player choices that affect the outcomes.
I cannot recommend BG3 enough. Even as an RPG lover it took me a while to really get the hang of the combat, but the raw quality in its genre is nothing short of miraculous.
You'd be surprised the amount of times i heard that from people that gave the game a chance and absolutely loved bg3
I fall asleep every time I play a cRPG though I love that guy's outlook of game development BG3 just isn't for me either
Maybe try it with a friend or partner, very fun
Stellar Blade should of at least been one of the nominees in the first place. I am so disappointed that it wasn’t.🤦🏾♂️
Eh very good game nothing crazy
Facts
@@J0YSTTIICKwas it less deserving than a mobile card game being nominated?
*should have
Also, no, it was an average game that only got attention for the gooner value.
He'll no, I was very far in it but it's fun n not goty. Yakuza 8 would get nominated b4 stellar blade
Astro Bot winning is great for the industry(small team, niche genre outside of Nintendo). Not to mention Wukong is an 8/10 Soulslike, and Astro Bot is a 10/10 pure fun ride 3D Platformer.
I get that you guys like soulslikes more than platformers but that doesn't mean its a better game.
100%
It’s kinda like people have different opinions. I know it blows your mind when you think of that right? You may think Wukong isn’t a better game that doesn’t mean people have to think that way as well.
I don’t even know why people are getting on them for saying Wukong is the better game. They are reviewers of course their opinions won’t be the same as others.
I played Astro Bot to me it’s not a 10/10. Yet that’s just because I don’t really enjoy platformer games. I would give it a 7/10 at best. I enjoyed Wukong from start to finish and is my second favorite souls like game. With Elden Ring being my number 1 spot. Wukong to me is a 10/10 game.
@@ramby4436 Firstly, people can have opinions, and mine was stated in response to Joe and team's opinion.
As for Wukong, you can just read the steam reviews that gamers have on it - great game with some flaws. Astro Bot on the other hand is described by anyone who has played it to be a 10/10, until the awards because people want their preference to win. You say its a 7/10, but I doubt you can explain your reasoning on it in context with its genre.
So you're measuring the game by your enjoyment rather than what it means for its genre and what it does to push gaming as a whole.
Thats what people think of them, and its better to accept it an celebrate a special game instead of whining over it winning.
@@ramby4436 Why are you so upset with this guy giving his opinion?
@ I say it’s not a 10/10 game because to me it’s just like any other platforming type of of game. I don’t enjoy platforming games that much. Also yes I’m basing my 10/10 rating for Wukong so to my enjoyment of the game. How else am I supposed to rate it? I didn’t know I hade to rate my game on what it does to the genre or gaming as a whole.
Wukong is mainly hyped by Chinese, which are currently review bombing Baldurs Gate for Sven announcing GOTY and Astro Bot for winning.
Not getting GOTY is good punisment for them. Game devs did NOTHING to calm down the situation, so sorry no sorry for not getting the award.
Can't think of a better outcome for a fanbase who thinks they deserve to sweep every award because their country made one real game finally that's just a copy of god of war.
You speak like Chinese aren't considered gamers? It speaks to their culture so of course they enjoyed it and so did many others outside of china, Chinese gamers opinions aren't somehow invalid. Of course people are bummed out by this but it happens every year. People behave toxic over what wins and what doesn't
I enjoyed astrobot but come on saying it’s better than metaphor/ff7/black myth is insane
Imagine being a professional game critic and you couldnt find time to play astro bot. Revoke your gamer card now.
Astro Bot made me feel like a young gamer again. Wukong made me feel like a feeble old man who probably shouldn't be playing video games anymore. Both games were deserving but I'm happy with Astro locking it down.
ASTRO BOT SWEEPSSSSS. EXTREMELY DESERVED
Only won because of the vote being weighed 90% to media websites lol.
Nah
@@TheBlayner yah
😂😂😂Fk No. Woke Mind Virus at its finest
100% it’s the only actually next gen game that came out this year.
I'm actually fine with Astro Bot winning.
Can we talk about Palworld? One of the most played game EVER and not even get nominated....
Because it's not released yet. It's still early access. What should have been nominated was Satisfactory though
im extremely happy astrobot won goty
I know people are mad about astrobot winning, but this game was something else, it had me and my son playing it daily on the couch and I could see his love of gaming develop with it. To me anything other than astrobot winning would have been a disappointment
As someone who didn't play a single 2024 release, I'm happy Astro Bot won. Of the GOTY nominee's, Astro Bot looked the most appealing to me.
Black myth, an 8/10 game lost to astro bot, a 10/10 game, what is surprising?
Cuz it’s rated by IGN and that it got review bombed by journalists that have completely lost their credibility
@@smokego123 ign gave it a positive review what are you talking about
@@smokego123did ign also make all those fans give 6/10s to wu kong while no fans gave astro bot lower than a 9/10? This critic review cope doesn't work when astro bot also has higher fan scores too.
@@wardy4903 Astro is good but sold much less, understandably so.
Statistically other nominees are fighting 10-20+ times worse odds and still are doing great.
@@mr.d4830 Do sales even matter for these awards?
I’m tired of this high pedestal AJ and Alex think they’re on, now OJ is piggybacking. Astrobot is a fantastic game. This proves no matter what they say, they’re still Xbox fans and this is just Sony hate on their part. Bet you they’ll make a separate video defending themselves instead of actually checking the game for themselves
Ofc it happened last year
Why are you still even watching them?
That's the question, all these PS kids are crying over Astrobot cause they can't fathom reality where ppl have different opinions, so why are they watching this channel then @@eljank3
Time to unfollow them. There's nothing fun about listening to three miserable people hate on everything.
Don't be stupid astrobot is a regular game nothing special,bmw was way better
So, complaining about mobile games? How are they supposed to pay for all this? Rooting for Wukong and using some rhetoric to justify it winning, although what exactly did it do differently from other games in the genre? You will always find something to complain about even after getting the show in a decade.
Winning of AstroBot game can have consequences. If well done platformer can beat AAA complex productions... what next?
Honestly, I wasn't too excited about any of GOTY nominated games. There was no game with hype like eg. BG3 or Elden Ring (previous winners).
This year games which I am interested in are: CoDBO6 (solid game) and Silent Hill 2 (but it's remake, so difficult to expect GOTY).
Thats what you get Jo. Youre saying Nah and you REFUSED to play or cover it. Youre not covering games for us, youre covering what you like. And thats fine but you cant claim to cover all games for the people and then you dont
Bingo! And I finally decided this is the video that is worth the unsubscribe because they lost full credibility now. They’ll have to earn it back before I consider watching their content again. I’m happy majority is calling them out and standing up for Astrobot’s studio. The game is brilliant. Not every game has to be souls like. How narrow minded of them. This channel has been spiraling downward for a while now and you’d think they’d fact check and actually do their job and play games especially GOTY nominees, but they don’t. All bark and no bite. They didn’t play the game so their opinion is invalid. Case closed.
You've got to remember that Astro Bot is also a simple platformer so journalist were actually able to play it. Games like Black Myth Wukong take skill and it's very rare for a hard game to win. Elden Ring won a lot, but that's because it took over the industry that year so it had to win a lot of awards
Wukong is overrated as hell.
GTA 6 is EXTREMELY overrated!
Wukong is painfully average. There are dozens of soulslikes and many have won GOTY. It’s not unique, it doesn’t need to or deserve to win again. Other games with unique ideas and originality need space to shine and be recognized. Astro Bot is a fresh of breath air. It deserves it
They are so miserable. Just sad.
this is a giant game review channel - full reviews of each of the GOTY nominees should be the bare minimum. You guys are dropping the ball big time on game reviews.
I do agree i thikn they should review all goty noms before the awards would be fun.. but have to go into unbiased.. they are really bias towards realistic souls like.. its clear thats their genre.
They feel like a tv show movie review team more and more ngl
@@npcimknot958 Hard Agree, there's enough time to play all the games before the award shows.
As if you are the barometer of how shows need to be run
@@GreatMisterE bro they barely review games anymore. The only GOTY nominee he played was Wukong. Should probably see why the other games are contenders before getting upset his game didn’t win just because it was the only game he actually played.
I think of all the games nominated this year, joe only played Wukong. Astrobot is a fantastic gsme that appeals to both adults and to children.
All couple of millions of them, not bad not goty worthy imo though.
Let's see how the numbers will inflate, how many consoles will this lovely game sell after winning...
It's amazing I'm sure, but dang if it's Omega niche product.
i think it was more like rebirth vs metaphor vs astrobot
After methaphor won rpg and narrative it was methapor vs astro
Astro bot deserved the win over black myth wukong.
yeah, it was more like metaphor vs astrobot
Why? Prove it.
Yal never played the other games but astro bot.
@@SpikeTheWolfI played Astro bot, Wukong, and Metaphor. Out of those three, Wukong was the worst, while Metaphor and Astro bot were the two best games I played this year. Either one of those id be happy to win. Wukong just wasn't amazing, it was great but not goty material
@@bingusdingus39 too hard for you huh kid
A long time AngryJoe watcher here, like 10 years long. I usually agree with 95% of there takes but this is one of the worst ones. I understand you mentioned that you had personal stuff going on and that is completely fine, the angry army has been understanding of any issues you had and at understanding that theirs only 3 of you and reviews take a long time. I’ve never complained once. However you cannot say that Astro bot didn’t deserve it when you’re supposed to be a pretty reliable and unbiased reviewer. When Alex complains saying Asobi is not an indie studio, saying Sony rushes there companies, everyone saying Wukong deserved it and it was all politics that Astro bot won…. And then you say that they are not what larian spoke about… THEY LITERALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT ASOBI!!! people with passion, with creativity, taking leaps when they’re making a game against Nintendo, the king of platformers. He literally was so humble that he thanks Nintendo, there direct competition. But you would not be aware of that because you talked over it. Not even trying to be a Sony fan boy but Sony let’s there studios cook, they trust there studios, and yes they make horrible decisions and choices I agree, but don’t say Asobi doesn’t deserve it because of Sony. You guys are always saying “it’s not all about politics” then you blame politics lmao the journalists literally voted for wukong to be up there! Of course player choice would be a game that’s on all 3 platforms… compared to a smaller, indie made, platformer, ON ONE CONSOLE. Come on guys, no one’s saying you can’t have a preference but you came off ignorant, rude, and acted like the people you complain about on Alex’s weekly news. Us fans have every right to speak up against this, it’s what you would do!
Astro bot was the most fun platformer ive ever played. Pure joy throughout the whole time. I understand why it won.
Joe said it was ASSTHROW BOOTY!
Guys, I love the show, I watch most of your youtube stuff and I'm subbed on Twitch to you guys, but sometimes you have these weird blindspots when it comes to stuff like this. Black Myth is a good enough game, but it wasn't even the best game of its type that came out this year, nevermind the Game of the Year.
"How did Sekiro win game of the year" Yes Alex, how did the Sekiro win game of the year? Also, how did Elden RIng win game of the year in 2022? It's almost like your conspiracy theory isn't actually true and games journalists love those games. Maybe they just prefered Astrobot to Blackmyth. Which came out after the Elden Ring DLC which was better than it on its own. It doesn't have to be a conspiracy, it can just be people prefering something over something else.
FF7 Rebirth was robbed of the GOTY award, not Wukong. But Astrobot is a cool game
Don’t get the AJ crew getting started on Rebirth, they hate it even more for some reason without playing it a second
Rebirth is my personal GoTY and yet I correctly predicted Astro would win because it's the only game with unanimous praise.
Why does Joe always sound like every whiny cry baby "hardcore gamerzzz" on Twitter? Why? "It's a conspiracy the journalists hate it!" Dudes starting to sound like that Grumz guy.
Yes. Him fabricating a conspiracy is nonsensical. Elden Ring won 2022. Sekiro won 2019. They are hard games.
What's so hard to understand about people having different opinions?
@@chilihunter7392it's the journalists! Duh! They can't be trusted and are out to get us! (Heavy sarcasm)
@@chilihunter7392the journalists they hate us waaahhhh!
Astrobot deserved it. If you don't think it was a genuine contender for best game of the year you didn't play it.
"if you disagree with me, you didn't play the game" perfect logic there bud
BMW was a solid action 7.5/10 game, Astrobot is the best platformer since Mario Galaxy, is not even close