I pretty much always think to myself, "I agree with this guy". If nothing else, he speaks his opinion without bias, something you can't trust from companies like IGN or Kotaku.

An objective review is a myth. We are not robots and neither is he. I don't trust anyone that way.

He gets written off as a man child because of his stupid gimmick, but he actually makes very well-formed salient points in his reviews. It's cool to say you don't like him, but writing him off simply because of his persona is disingenuous. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying you did that.) The "angry rants" are just supposed to serve as a proxy for the viewer's actual anger over the game's faults, IMO.

Yeah, and I don't approach things I dislike in games that way. It's cool if his anger resonates with you, just doesn't with me.

Also, why is the guy mad he got ELEVEN ascendant shards from the strike? Frankly that's a better reward than the exotic helms!

It's the 'grass is always greener' effect. I don't think Bungie should show you what other people get post-game.

Split rewards into a separate, personal summary screen and include stuff like total XP, armour found in the field, glimmer, as well as any special end-of-level rewards. So people appreciate the totality these artificial rewards, at least.

Let people be happy with what they got, and if they REALLY want to know, they have to actually ask other people what they got. Rather than instantly seeing a 'rare' ascendant shard against 2 exotics and freaking-the-fuck-out.

I think this sums it up nicely.
http://youtu.be/meiU6TxysCg?t=1m18s

I don't know, Joe has always felt all over the map to me. Sometimes he nails just about everything I think about a game, sometimes he's way off base and gets a bit too nitpicky. I really think he shouldn't have had that clan complaint in there. Few people have to deal with such a large group.

I guess Halo and a few other games conditioned me for the low amount of in game story, though Halo did have a lot more going on without going to the EU so, and the approach really doesn't work that well for casual fans compared to the hardcore. The implementation of the Grimoire is a HUGE blunder though, having it in game would have help some. Most games with this type of storytelling have everything in game.

Gameplay-wise I understand the complaints. Grinding isn't for everyone, but it feels pretty good, decently rewarding if you don't lose your mind from occasional RNG bullshit. More satisfying than Borderlands at least. And there are a few ways to get guaranted awesome gear with Exotic Bounties, leveling the Cryptarch, and Xur at least. Having played a large chunk of Vault of Glass now has cemented the fact that Bungie "gets it" for the most part with the mixture of genres in Destiny. And competitive feels as solid as ever, though a bit light on modes and options.

I have issues here and there, but I also play a LOT of games and Destiny has that special something for me. I'm a bit surprised by the overall reactions, but not really by Joe's. I think that Machina video was pretty close to the truth for a lot ofreviewers, but a game that has to be lived in for the best experience does fight an uphill battle. In the end, I'm enjoying it and that's what matters to me. People should always seek out the games that resonate with themselves, and I hope anyone here or whatever that didn't like it can find something else.

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And even that was hardly a "lie". They interviewed a guy pre-release that isn't practiced at interviewing, and he name dropped a planet. And the planet he names is one that we never see gameplay of, screen shots of, or get further information. The most we could hope for is that Saturn was supposed to be a surprise that this guy accidentally leaked. And even if that's the case, a leak is hardly a promise to deliver within a time frame.

Knowing there there is 6+ years of development ahead of Bungie makes me think I should be about as angry about not visiting Saturn as I am about not getting dragon action in the first Hobbit installment. It's not as if we didn't get to go to Mars or something, a planet that was actually talked about extensively from a technical and artistic angle.

But I understand that people can feel betrayed by different levels of misleading statements, whether those statements were intentional or not.