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How to destroy a franchise

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

1) Take out everything that made the first two games cool

2) Add new crap that doesn't work and makes you want to punch the developer in the face.

3) Come up with the most god awful plot and unbelievable events to ever grace the 360 to date.

Controls are a nightmare. I could go in the bathroom with a notebook and take a crap and come out with a better control scheme than this. I also now have the god-like ability of making a door swing open to hit my opponent by merely making a gesture with my hand. This is crap. But worst of all, AND I MEAN WORST OF ALL, is that the cool finishing/blazing moves that I loved from the first two are nowhere to be found.

I guess it wouldn't be THAT bad of a game if I wasn't comparing it to the first two but this is retarded when a franchise of this calibur switches to better graphics on a next-gen system and comes out being not even close to the equivalent of the other two. I can smell Electronic Arts from here. And they smell like garbage.

Def Jam Weirdness

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: April 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is retarded. Sorry that I have to start my review like that but seriously, this is one of those games where I try to explain it to people and the words fail me every time.

I'm not saying it's the worst game I've ever played. For one, the graphics are really impressive and the way the levels are affected by the music is pretty interesting. Looking at the character models, you can tell exactly who you're looking at, i.e. The Game looks like the Game, Big Boi looks exactly like Big Boi, etc. The fighting engine is okay, if limited and not overly responsive. The music is okay as far as today's hip-hop goes (sorry to say it but rap music these days is in a sorry state... that's a whole other conversation though) but luckily you can upload your own music to play with and this feature works well.

The premise of this game is what makes me scratch my head. I mean, a typical scenario in the game would go something like this:

The record label exec you work for needs you to sign an artist, but Ghostface Killah might be there to stop you, so you two have to duke it out.

As ridiculous as it sounds, that's pretty much what the game is and it also has a lot of fighting which gets repetitive fairly quickly. The game has a weak frame around it which attempts to incorporate a kind of lifestyle management aspect like what to wear, how much to spend on your girlfriends, how much to spend on artists and their records.... but it all gets boring pretty quickly, especially when you're really just having the same fights over and over.

I've played online and like with most fighting games, I found the lag times to be a bit of a pain. Sometimes I'd have a clean match and other times, my opponent would be teleporting all over the level.

I'd have to suggest a rental on this one first or at least try the demo out. Seriously, this game is just really weird in too many ways to count to make any kind of recommendation.

There's one other thing that I should mention. I find it kind of sad that this game promotes the exact same kind of violence that gets the rap industry into so much trouble all the time. While it's all handled in a tongue in cheek way (I mean, fighting Sean Paul for whatever reason is just plain silly, no matter what), the fact that this is an officially licensed product from a well known record label makes me wonder what the intended message is.

Wow...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: March 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is a let down. I was waiting for the next installment for a long time, (over a year). I would think any game in production for longer than a year would be, at the very least, mediocre. WRONG. This game doesn't make it past unsatisfactory, not by a long shot. As many others have stated the controls are terrible. I actually controled the game better with a banana peel, and one of those paper fortune tellers. People "give it up" for the grafix. I won't agree. They are not impressive. That might be biased on my part because, I read reviews that compared them to real life. That is my fault. The sound track. I'll leave it at that. Story you ask? Not very good, I reply. In the end this game was a waste of time. If I was the CEO of EA, I would work on hiring a full time wizard to give people the time they wasted back.

EA ruins another game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: March 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had higher hopes for this game considering the fighting genre has become pretty stale as of late and the pedigree of the last Def Jam but once again EA went and screwed us like they know how to do oh so well. Four kick/punch buttons are mapped to the A,B,X and Y. Why? I have no idea since they all deliver a similar yet useless move that does almost nothing to the opposing character. Your power moves are unconviently placed on the second analog stick,which by the time you get to,you have been kicked or thrown in the exact direction of the stage hazards EVERY time. I should learn to block you say,I tried that too but proved useless like all the other moves. The newest addition,the scratch,is actually a pretty cool idea. Though,once again,is also fairly useless since the computer is quite adept at staying out of harms way. I actually found that by the middle of the game,the controller is quite useless! It doesn't respond to anything you input and by the time it does,you're dead. I love a challenge and I don't think any game should let you walk through on the first try but when its just poor execution,that's unforgivable.
Moving on to a lighter note. The graphics are really pretty,the music and characters they are based from play and look excellently. Especially with the addition of custom soundtracks. The story,while cliched,suits the mood of the game. Multiplayer fairs a little better but offers up nothing more than a little diversion or a half an hour between Wii Sports bowling matches with a few beers with buddies over.

Dissapointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was so looking forward to this game being a big fan of Def Jam Vendetta and Fight for NY but was so dissapointed to see this game was no where near what I expected. Why couldn't they had just mad Fight for NY but with better graphics? This game is just garbage all the way round from the slow game play to the limited controls. Complete dissapointment.

Just a pure blast of fun slobber knocking

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 15
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Def Jam Icon is one of the best games to have hit the console systems. First off if you have had the other versions of the def jam games for the xbox ps2 and psp . You will honestly want to pick this game up for sure . The graphics are some of the best i have seen , the back grounds alone are in a class of there own. The audio tracks in the game are verry well done and match up to the game verry well . The controls are extremly well done verry little time needed to learn what does what. There is a great amount of replay in this game , seeing all the backgrounds that you might have not seen yet , also all the characters that are in this game.

A cool feature they put into this game is being able to design your own character to play in the game. This really adds to the replay value , gives you the chances to make a crazy looking toon ..etc.

I been a gamer biggest part of my life and can honestly say if you have a xbox 360 or the sony playstation 3 any version is a great choice to buy for that system !
This game is worth buying for sure and really is great to see on whatever setup you might have. If you got a 1000w sound system hooked up to your console this game will be insane to play it on . If you dont have a 1000w sound system the game still sounds good off a regular tv set.
If you got a high def tv the graphics will really look hot . For using regular tv's the game does not look bad at all . Im using a Song FD Trinitron Wega model kv-20fs120 and the graphics looks great. A cool feature on that tv that i use with games is the picture mode , lets me change the video modes for the tv .

I would have rated the game higher then 5 stars if it was there to use for sure cause this game is well worth rateing higher !

WHAT IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT? ITS GREAT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have no idea why this game got such bad reviews...at first i was a little disapointed because the controls felt slow and i COULD NOT beat the cpu. i then realized it was on hard by default, so moved it down to medium and now i can win a fight.
The graphics and backgrounds are amazing. some of the best graphics ive seen. as for the speed of the game. you can not throw 5 punches in one second in real life, as you cant do that in this game. the speed of the fighting is as it would be in real life. As you get further into the game your skills do improve and you do become faster but not unrealistically faster.
The "build a label" is also GREAT! you create a character(VERY IN DEPTH) and begin a story...as the story goes on you start to sign artists to your label...set their royaltys(how much they get when they release a song, i give them around 27% - 35% depending how good i think they will be, the more u give them, the better they will do for your label) you budget their releases( air play, appearances, costs for goods and such) once you get a couple artists releasing singles, if you distribute the money right, you really start getting PAID! you can track how good your artists singles are doing on the billboard top 5 which shows what number it is and how many units have been sold...its really cool. the clothes custimaztion is also VERY NICE...all kinds of brands, ecko, sean john, jordan, southpole, everything you would expect from a hip hop store.
Another cool thing is the news that comes on your tv. Its usually Roxy(from 106 and park on BET) who brings you the news as you would see it on tv in real life.

Dont listen to the other reviews...once you get your label started you will love it...I DO, but that is MY opinion and im sticking with it...i would definetly recommend this to people who know and like hip hop, very fun game!

Not Nearly as Good Def Jam Vendetta

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: June 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was really looking forward to this game, breaking my normal habits of only buying used games. I loved Def Jam Vendetta, and I thought the new feature of utilizing music, including MP3s from my collection would put a great twist on the game mechanics. Sadly, the best parts of the previous game were lost - there is no training, the fighting styles can't be mixed and the game was somehow both short, and far too repetitive.

The concept of becoming a producer could have been interesting, but wasn't. And the overarching story was rather predictable, and at times a bit too far from reality, even for a fighting game.

Repetition

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: May 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very repetitive. If you like doing virtually the same thing repeatedly while changing clothes on rare occasion, this is the game for you. Talk to your boss, go fight, talk to your boss, go fight, ... ZZzzzzzzzzzzzz

repetitive frustating and slow moving

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game have a pretty solid create a charater and the story line is somewhat interesting. i also like the way you can dress your charater in the latest fashions. The graphics look pretty cool when you first start. on the negative side is the fighting mostly this being a fighting game i dont recomened it. the amount of charaters that you have to choose from is weak the last game had alot more. your gonna hear the same couple of songs over and over if your favorite song is on the game it won't be your favorite for long. i got this game for $60 plus tax the game is'ent worth $20 I say if you dont belive me rent it hate it and take it back.

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