History YMMV / TheAngryJoeShow

** Ya/You (done) fucked it up![[labelnote:Explanation]]One of Joe's premiere {{Catchphrase}}s, he'll utter these words just before an Angry Review intro, which is a sign that he was angry and/or disappointed at the game.[[/labelnote]]
** '''''[[ItsShortSoItSucks # HOURS!?!?]]'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Another of Joe's many {{Catchphrase}}s, where "#" is the time it takes to complete the game; note it's not simply a BigWordShout, but rather gratuitously done in SlowMotion. "FOUR HOURS" comes often, with variants involving [[SerialEscalation even shorter times]] ("'''''THREE HOURS!!!'''''" or "'''''TWO HOURS AND FIFTY-TWO MINUTES?!?!'''''"), or other phrases done in slow-mo (particularly in his ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'', with "'''''[[CriticalExistenceFailure FLY OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND EXPLODE!!! FLY OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND EXPLODE!!!]]'''''" and mocking the perpetual BulletTime drive and shoot sections by yelling how enemies shot at rides off dead for another hour while players are still firing "'''''INNNNN SLOOOOW MOOOOOTIOOOON!!!'''''").[[/labelnote]]

** [[CrackIsCheaper BECAUSE FUCK YOU, GIVE ME MONEY!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the modern and frequent use of microtransactions in video games, Joe will often call out the title's publisher for its blatant greediness by citing this reason, especially if the game already has a substantial price at retail.[[/labelnote]]

** People getting excited for Joe having the opportunity to cover Nintendo by getting a UsefulNotes/WiiU became this once Nintendo instituted aggressive copyright claims in the winter of 2014, which caused Joe to swear off from covering them and prevent fans from finding out his apparently positive responses to the Wii U and its games.

** During his UsefulNotes/XboxOne interview with Major Nelson at [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s E3 2013]], Joe questioned why Microsoft was persisting with the more extreme UsefulNotes/DigitalRightsManagement measures since they could just remove them from the console. Nelson did not take kindly to this and got mad at Joe for the insinuation that Microsoft could remove the Xbox One's integral DRM measures at the flip of a switch. Less than a week later, Microsoft announced that DRM measures would be removed following a patch upon release.

*** [[VideoGame/Fallout76 16 times the detail.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Although technically lifted from Creator/ToddHoward during the [[UsefulNotes/E3InThe2010s E3 2018 Bethesda conference]], Joe emphasizes the egregious lie in his ''Fallout 76'' Angry Review by showing a clip of the game's textures [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjrDbSgB9IU&t=11m47s destabilizing itself]].[[/labelnote]]

** For the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 introduction in his ''Killzone Shadow Fall'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT4XLwDjer0&list=PLBBDDA4B202570E78&index=14 Angry Review]], he uses a green shirt over a green screen to cast himself as a disembodied floating head...[[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]], though it's possible [[SpecialEffectFailure to see traces of the green shirt]] in the video.

** In his streaming of ''VideoGame/Persona5'', he quickly got flak for not liking its soundtrack, dismissing it as "jazz shit" and not actual music. This didn't suit well with both fans of the game and jazz fans, in general. As for the game itself, while he doesn't pan it as a bad game, his obvious disinterest rubbed fans the wrong way. They criticise him for not even trying to engage himself in the game and was deliberately trying to nitpick it at every turn.

* HypeBacklash: Joe often gets carried away by the hype for games he's interested in. When one of these falls short of his expectations... well, that's when he gets ''really'' angry.

*** From his rant over ''Ultimate'', Joe complains about the new characters not being recognizable enough, one of which is ComicBook/RocketRaccoon. Fast forward to 2014's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and Rocket is suddenly very popular and recognizable to the point the Guardians have started to become A-list superheroes.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: While Joe hasn't explicitly stated he does not want certain publishers not to adapt intellectual properties of licensed series into video games, he hates that some resulting products, such as ''VideoGame/Ghostbusters2016'', ''Rambo: The Video Game'' and ''[[Franchise/StarTrek Star Trek Trexels]]'', have absolutely nothing in common with that licensed work at all besides the title and is a complete mockery of that property due to the way these games present themselves through their game-play and being guilty of Joe's aforementioned {{pet peeve|Trope}}s.

* JustHereForGodzilla: There is a sizeable potion of his fanbase who seems to only watch his Angry Reviews where he tears bad games apart due to his entertaining rants, skipping his reviews on actual good games, his news show and his television and movie reviews, entirely.

* PetPeeveTrope: Joe has an assortment, some of whom will ultimately affect the score for an Angry Review.
** FourPointScale: him and his team absolutely insists on averting this for their reviews due to their complete disdain for most of the industry's news media adopting it and general audiences not fully understanding the show's approach to video game reviews. Joe has repeatedly reminded viewers that a 5/10 means what it ''should'' mean - "average", not "bad" as most of the media labels.
** {{Microtransactions}}: per HarsherInHindsight, due to the overabundance of this throughout the medium and having seen such egregrious price tags that makes his blood boil (like a weapon skin in ''VideoGame/{{Valorant}}'' costing nearly $100), Joe is forced to dock points off of an Angry Review if they're present.
** ObviousBeta: similar to {{Microtransactions}}, if a game (especially a "live-service") has severe issues at launch involving GoodBadBugs, server instabilities, game crashes and inconsistent presentation/visuals[[note]]Screen-tearing, missing assets and textures, disppearing heads-up display/user interface, etc.[[/note]], Joe will take these things into account for an Angry Review and score the game for what it is at release, not for what it can/will be post-launch, even if these issues might be resolved down the line.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Joe's habit of interrupting Alex and Other Joe during discussion videos (especially when he's actually angry) kept getting a lot of flak for a good long while. Thankfully, it appears that recently, he's been trying to curb this habit and allowing others to finish their points before trying to rebut them.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** In his review of ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank'' he claims that the movie is just a bunch of cutscenes from the game edited into a movie. This is a false claim as the movie was actually finished before the game and was even showed off at [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/10/ratchet-and-clank-movie-showing-at-cannes-in-may film festivals before arriving into theatres.]]
** In his ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'' Angry Review, he noted a few changes that appeared to be made for casual players at the expense of the dedicated fans: a simplified button layout, slower gameplay, and 2-on-2 battles. The button layout is basically the same as the layout in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2''[[note]]It replaces the assist buttons with the Infinity Stone and character switch buttons[[/note]], and many of the dedicated fans don't consider the latter two changes to be problems.
** In his movie review of ''Film/BoratSubsequentMoviefilm'', Joe is under the impression that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan Kazakhstan]] is a fictional country.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: Whenever Joe gives an EightPointEight review, expect someone, or a large amount of detractors, to comment about how "wrong" he is. His complete aversion of the FourPointScale (expanded on the main page) can make this worse.

*** As a result, Angry Joe attempted to resolve this situation by uploading an Extended Review Discussion with Other Joe and Alex. Although they were able to flesh out their reasons for disliking ''Part II'' and also claiming that they never had any vendetta against creative director Neil Druckmann, there were fans that still panned him, regardless because of his stance on the game. It got to the point that Joe was infamously banned from [=ResetEra=] (a notoriously far left-leaning games forum that professional journalists frequent) for his low score of the game and certain statements he said during it.

*** [[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Fly off to the right and explode!]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In ''Ride to Hell: Retribution'', Joe saw the main character get thrown into a bike crash without any controller input.[[/labelnote]]

*** [[VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution Fly off to the right and explode!]]

*** [[VideoGame/OneTwoSwitch Set your Joycon down on its side.]]

*** [[VideoGame/MaddenNFL Four faces! The same fucking four faces! They did not even change the position of the faces!]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: From his ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' Angry Review, the cutaway scene where Corporate Commander pushes ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' out the door despite being light on features takes on a new perspective after the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Mega Man Legends 3]]''[=/=]''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' fiasco.

** His frequent complaints about {{Microtransactions}} and how they will become more and more invasive in AAA games has rung true when in reviews since 2017, he has covered games where microtransactions have become overloaded with difficulty and progression often compromised to try to cram RevenueEnhancingDevices down players' throats and new ones being patched in after launch to dodge reviewers.

** For the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 introduction in his ''Killzone Shadow Fall'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT4XLwDjer0&list=PLBBDDA4B202570E78&index=14 Angry Review]], he uses a green shirt over a green screen to cast himself as a disembodied floating head...[[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]], though it's possible [[SpecialEffectFailure to see traces of the green shirt]] in the video.

** For many people Joe putting "Last of Us 2" at #2 on his "Worst Games of 2020" despite giving it a 6 out of 10 came off as cheating and pandering to the most vocal detractors of the game(with many arguing that putting it on the "Disappointing" list would've made far more sense), not to mention many felt his hatred towards the game was for very shallow reasons[[spoiler: over Joel getting killed off]] and that he was far too whiny and unprofessional in his review(with him missing actual plot points due to streaming it and getting distracted by his own rants). The fact that even other reviewers who weren't so hot on the game like Jim Sterling said that those who were giving the game negative scores mainly because of [[spoiler: Joel's death]] were being very stupid and shallow didn't help. Other argued that even if they didn't agree with Joe on the game that he still had a right to put it on the list regardless of the rating.

** In his Angry Review with ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'', he panned the game and gave it a 6/10. Although some people agreed with him, some game journalists and some fans have accused him of being either "toxic" or sexist for constantly hating on Abby and the game, with some of them even blaming him and his review for the death threats sent against Creator/LauraBailey (Abby's voice actress). Further criticism of his review comes from his actions when playing on stream - complaining about a perceived anti-male agenda, looking at the leaks before the game came out, and "not paying attention to the story it was trying to convey" and naively believing a fake leaked story about the game on 4chan was real.

*** As a result, Angry Joe attempted to resolve this situation by uploading an Extended Review Discussion with Other Joe and Alex. Although they were able to flesh out their reasons for disliking ''Part II'' and also claiming that they never had any vendetta against creative director Neil Druckmann, there were fans that still panned him, regardless because of his stance on the game. It got to the point that Joe was infamously banned from [=ResetEra=] (a left-leaning games forum that professional journalists frequent) for his low score of the game and certain statements he said during it.

** Joe gets invited to the [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2010/11/angry-joe-vga-2010/ 2010 Spike Video Game Awards]] to do an interview with [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2010/12/vga-victory/ fan-submitted questions]]. Awesome: how did the interview go? Uh, what's a kinder term for a [[http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2010/12/geoff-keighley-vgas-interview/ trainwreck]]? The main problem was that Joe was HoistByHisOwnPetard - from the start, he made it clear his trip to the [=VGAs=] was "going behind enemy lines", showing that he was planning on being angry and hostile. All producer Geoff Keighley had to do was stay cool and Joe would look like a clown for playing his character while conducting a serious interview.

** In his Angry Review with ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'', he panned the game and gave it a 6/10. Although many people agreed with him (for the most part), some game journalists and some fans have accused him of being either "toxic" or sexist for constantly hating on Abby and the game, with some of them even blaming him and his review for the death threats sent against Creator/LauraBailey (Abby's voice actress). Further criticism of his review comes from his actions when playing on stream - complaining about a perceived anti-male agenda, looking at the leaks before the game came out, and "not paying attention to the story it was trying to convey".

** A little more minor one, but his ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' Angry Review [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdQWtkH0aQ&feature=youtu.be&t=24m26s had him laughing]] [[https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/12/16296256/destiny-2-armor-hate-group-symbol-kek-kekistan-flag at the story]] that a symbol from the game was removed due to it resembling a white nationalist meme of "Kekistan". Joe laughed it off and didn't see the connection of the "Kekistan" symbol to white nationalism, so his accusations become more jarring when one can simply google the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge#/media/File:War_Ensign_of_Germany_(1938-1945).svg Nazi Reichskriegsflagg]] and compare it to the flag of Kekistan to see the connection.

** For many people Joe putting "Last of Us 2" at #2 on his "Worst Games of 2020" despite giving it a 6 out of 10 came off as cheating and pandering to the most vocal detractors of the game(with many arguing that putting it on the "Disappointing" list would've made far more sense), not to mention many felt his hatred towards the game was for very shallow reasons[[spoilers: over Joel getting killed off]] and that he was far too whiny and unprofessional in his review(with him missing actual plot points due to streaming it and getting distracted by his own rants). The fact that even other reviewers who weren't so hot on the game like Jim Sterling said that those who were giving the game negative scores mainly because of [[spoilers: Joel's death]] were being very stupid and shallow didn't help. Other argued that even if they didn't agree with Joe on the game that he still had a right to put it on the list regardless of the rating.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: When Alex first joined the set for movie reviews, he was widely disliked for his overly negative points, and being seen as bland compared to others. Throughout 2019 and 2020, Alex began growing on a lot of people, particularly his slightly snarky attitude that has led to some genuinely funny moments. In addition, his contributions to the Angry Reviews' skits have increased and instead of making only negative points when he's present in discussions, he'll say positive aspects, while backing up his statements, something that's proven to be valid for many viewers. Out of all the Extended Review Discussions with Alex, many fans believe that ''The Last of Us: Part II'' review was him at his best for pointing out flaws that were correct. With Delrith leaving the show, Alex is now responsible for the Rapid Fire Reviews, which has been lauded by fans for its well-spoken dialogue and honest critique, as well as presenting an interesting and contrasting style to Joe's review format, leading some to affectionately dubbing Rapid Fire as the "[[{{Foil}} Calm Alex Show]]".

** '''''[[ItsShortSoItSucks # HOURS!?!?]]'''''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Another of Joe's many {{Catchphrase}}s, where "#" is the time it takes to complete the game; note it's not simply a BigWordShout, but rather gratuitously done in SlowMotion. Variants of this include games [[UpToEleven with even shorter times]] ("'''''THREE HOURS!!!'''''" or "'''''TWO HOURS AND FIFTY-TWO MINUTES?!?!'''''"), or other phrases done in slow-mo (particularly in his ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'', with "'''''[[CriticalExistenceFailure FLY OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND EXPLODE!!! FLY OFF TO THE RIGHT, AND EXPLODE!!!]]'''''" and mocking the perpetual BulletTime drive and shoot sections by yelling how enemies shot at rides off dead for another hour while players are still firing "'''''INNNNN SLOOOOW MOOOOOTIOOOON!!!'''''").[[/labelnote]]

** When reviewing Episode 3 of ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''', he comments on Zemo reading ''Literature/ThePrince'' as a sign of his HeelFaceTurn, assuming that Machiavelli's philosophy is about turning over a new leaf. Anyone even remotely familiar with Machiavelli's philosophy on a surface level will tell you otherwise.