Some fresh ideas can't save this fighter.
User Rating: 6 | Def Jam: Icon X360
The Def Jam series has always been great for fighting fans,wrestling fans and casual gamers. This time,all that has been thrown out the window and while there's a lot of new stuff,it's disappointing. First off,the idea for selecting your song before each fight,then controlling the beats using the controller to inflict more damage on your opponent is a great idea but falls short due to the slow style of fighting. Honestly,you never feel like you have total control of your character due to lag between button presses. Gone is the variety of moves from past games and you'll start repeating moves quickly. The story mode and character design mode are well done with a ton of options. There's a pretty good roster of fighters and lots of music tracks. Graphics are well done also. This game could've been the best in the series had the controls been better and one last annoyance been removed. During the fight the background responds to the music by explosions or something spiking you to cause extra damage,but it happens at random and many times will cause you to lose a fight. Fans of the past games will be disappointed and hopefully EA will go back and and learn from their mistakes. 
