Angry Joe will be uploading some Rome 2 footage soon!

[sanbourne]

Anything interesting there?

[vietanh797]

I think that only about the Legion's symbol is new. If you don't recover the symbol you won't be able to re-raise you lost legion(but you can raise a new legion)

[kamikazee786]

you can knock down the entire wall, well thats nice

[Milotic]

I'm really curious how moddable the game will be

[RandyRhoads]

All the journalists asking the same tired questions over and over are really annoying, Google some interviews before doing one of your own god damn it.

[Toho]

joe should calm the hell down.
its almost unprofessional how he is conducting the interview.

[Heinz Guderian]

The fact the Lead Battle Design position is in the hands of a white middle aged bespeckled Protestant man probably from Surrey makes me feel alot more confident about R2

[Kahvipannu]

joe should calm the hell down.
its almost unprofessional how he is conducting the interview.

That's how Joe is... He is just a nerdy guy, who loves many things, including video-games, and usually get VERY exited over things.

Some people might see that as a flaw, but I think becouse he isn't "part of the machinery", he can and will talk/ask things some others might not do.

You should check out the Witcher 3 interview He can barelly ask any questions. But the guys at CDProjektRED know him, they actually invited him to the studio when doing Witcher 2, so... You know.

[Revan The Great]

The fact the Lead Battle Design position is in the hands of a white middle aged bespeckled Protestant man probably from Surrey makes me feel alot more confident about R2

Nothing inspires confidence more than a middle-aged white man, especially if he's balding.

[bengalg3]

*corrected youtube link.

[Chirurgeon]

bad link

[bengalg3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NltYhi58tQ

Interview with the lead battle designer.

[Shea O'Gorath]

Just put NltYhi58tQ in the youtube brackets

[terryn]

Hi,

What a great clip. They shouldn't call him Angry Joe, they should call him Really Nice Joe. I can't wait for Rome 2!

[Kraxis]

Hi,

What a great clip. They shouldn't call him Angry Joe, they should call him Really Nice Joe. I can't wait for Rome 2!

The name is a bit of a dig at the 'big' reviewers who always posts 9/10 reviews for something that is big and expensive... Like say posting a 10/10 for Simcity (shame on you Eurogamer Sweden). In comparison to them he is indeed 'angry' as he is comparably pissed when things are bad. Try searching for 'Angry Joe Colonial Marines' or 'Star Trek'. That fact of the matter is that he is blunt rather than truly angry, though he happens to get into that area now and then.
Then again I have heard people call him things like 'overblown rager' etc so what do I know (other than I like his brutal honesty).

[richbasv]

they should call him Really Nice Joe.

[VanGoth]

I like the man, had some good laughs with some of his reviews and the "worst games of..." series. People like him and TotalBiscuit are the ones i gather info from when needed, they are way more credible than modern day gaming journalism i think.

[Totalheadache]

nothing new here to see...

he's done some good stuff but i found his review of shogun2 rather simplistic.

[Dave Scarface]

I can't believe Angry Joe failed to get any answer on how the AI has been improved on the battle map. All the lead battle designer seemed to want to talk about was the battle mechanics, units, and graphics. Later in the interview Joe asked him about the AI again to which we got the same company response "the AI diplomacy is now much more improved and you can see why the enemy attacks you" This is the lead battle designer keeping tight lipped about improvements to the AI on the battle map. So I guess they really have no encouraging news to tell us about concerning the BAI then

[Kraxis]

I like the man, had some good laughs with some of his reviews and the "worst games of..." series. People like him and TotalBiscuit are the ones i gather info from when needed, they are way more credible than modern day gaming journalism i think.

TotalBiscuit has a similar brutal honesty in reviewing, but in interviews he comes off as a total douche, even if that is not his intention. He is clearly a better voice than a visual presence. Still like his effort to make reviewing based more on actual reviewing rather than hyping.