Themes of loyalty and trust are nestled between the flashy clothes and beef between crews. These influential artists were assembled for this incredible game, each with skills beyond belief. You may never see them pick up a mic, but every aspect of this game comes from the inner workings of the rap game.
You create a character with a decent set of physical attributes — height, weight, body type, etc. You join the crew of the final boss from Vendetta , D-Mob voiced by actor Christopher Judge , and work to earn their trust by battling your way through the local circuit. Outfit your fighter with expensive outfits and bling to make him stronger, the rap dream writ large, albeit with more punching.
Keeping up with his acting appearances in the weirdest stuff, Henry Rollins plays your personal trainer, ready to level up your skills and teach you different fighting styles: kickboxing, street fighting, submissions, wrestling, and martial arts.
His appearance was an unexpected gift in an already batshit crazy video game. The game dates itself several times.
The Daily News. News Games News. Updated: What happened to the new Def Jam video game? By Web Desk. Must Read. Best Picks John Edney - Each fighter you make can be customized with literally hundreds of unlockable items, from all manner of bling to a complete wardrobe and set of full body tattoos.
Most definitely, the ability to customize your game avatar is one of the more impressive elements in this game, and it even has a game impact, as your use of bling determines how much the crowd likes your fight, letting you get powerful finishing moves off more often.
Additionally, the single player campaign is quite long, which it needs to be, because the interface isn't tweaked correctly to satisfy hardcore multiplayer. On the other side of the fence, this game has a really worthwhile fight engine that only suffers from two major problems.
First, the controls aren't quite sloppy, but if the countering and blocking system were a bit tighter, it'd be significantly easier. Second, and this somewhat exists because of the first, this game has a ridiculous learning curve, one that took me several hours to get adjusted to.
Until such a time as you can keep the momentum of a fight in your favor, and learn to deal with opponents that block and grapple effectively, you'll encounter frustration after frustration. Not an endearing trait in my book.
A custom soundtrack and some truly righteous graphics finish this title's impressive pedigree of features. If you can deal with controls that aren't optimal, and take some getting used to, you may like this title. Remember that this isn't Def Jam: Vendetta, and doesn't suffer its problems, but in fact has a set of its very own.
That said, I had a great deal of fun with this game, and I'd recommend it to anyone. From running kicks to the crotch to neck-snapping body slams, Def Jam: Fight for New York is a bloody, brutal fighter that is as painful to watch as it is fun to play. I'm a huge fan of fighters, but in recent years I've grown a little bored of the formulaic approach to the look and play of the genre's best games.
I was floored to find that a game that blends real world rap stars with five forms of fighting would finally bring me back to a genre of which I had grown weary. Many are assuming that what they are hinting at will be a remaster or remake of the original Def Jam: Fight for NY for next-gen consoles in lieu of a new game.
If this proves true, it's likely that EA and Def Jam will be using a remaster as a way to gauge potential success of a true sequel.
The popularity of hip-hop has only grown since when the original was released. Groups like Run the Jewels have appeared in Gears of War 4 and produced their single "No Save Point" for Cyberpunk , while other artists like 21 Savage featured in the original promo campaign for Mortal Kombat
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