Damn Disappointing.

User Rating: 3.5 | Def Jam: Icon PS3
By lwa02vkc | Review Date:
Def Jam Icon is a huge disappointment in comparison to its predecessor Fight For NY in PS2. It certainly didn't live up to my expectation. I was a fan after Def Jam NY. Still playing Def Jam NY on my PS2 on a regular basis when I bought this Icon. Now, having spent about 3 hours on Icon, Im no longer a fan. This game is a rip off,. Do not buy it. Don't make the mistake I did. It's definitely not worth it.

In Icon, the characters dont move as gingerly as before, and the fighting mechanics are just stupid and slow. I have never seen a fighting game where the fighters move and punch in such slowness. and the stupid DJ scratching made the whole game ridiculous. Scratching a CD in the middle of a fighting game ??? Maybe Def Jam producer was attempting some innovation in a fighting game, but this CD scratching idea is completely wrong and off base.For a game series which had accomplished so much in PS2, it's incomprehensible that this Icon is such a disaster.

The menu of the game is so simple, yet the titles of the menu are difficult to understand for a non-american gamer. 'build a label' , 'throwing' ??? what is that ??? when you are browsing the character roster to select your fighter, you will see a slowness when the character switch to another character. this slowness in a next-gen console ??? if it is in PS2, it's understandable, but in a next-gen console, incomprehensible. Common man.

This game sucks. Rent it if you still want to try it out.






The game sucks !

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