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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 !

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.

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.

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.

I Got This For PS3.. But I Am Sure Its Exactly The Same For XBOX360

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Gross!

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 the same as the previous games but still fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Yes this game is different from the previous Def Jam games but it's not as bad as most people are saying it is. There are some things to get used to which makes it frustrating for someone who liked the original games.

But then again, each Def Jam game has been different from one another.

In Def Jam Icon it's a whole different fighting system. Unlike the last games you have to actually use the song while fighting. You must use the rhythm of the song to your advantage. You use the songs and the rappers differently.

Overall with the exception of the short storyline the game was very enjoyable.

not that bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is not as bad as people are saying it is.

Fight....for a day

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game has defenetly improved in graphics since its last tittle, fight for NY. The controls are easy to master but the counters are a bit tricky to use. One of the major options in this game is the ability to use your own sound track in the fighting scenes. In general you donthave to be a hip hop fan to enjoy this game, you can fight to punk, rock, metal or if you like.....classical. The enviroment will come alive with whatever music you choose. The only down fall to the game is that you can finish it in one day, if your really devoted to it. It has a medium replay value and the mini game of managing your rappers sales is a good way to earn money to buy bling. Overall, i beleive the game is worth buying, its fun and what better way than to releive strees than kicking the crap out of your friends.

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