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If its like the first, its gonna rock.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: May 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

DJV 2! Wow, this will be awsome. In case you haven't heard of the first one I'll lay it out for you, this might help you understand the 2nd one. The first one was jam packed with def jam artists, including DMX, Ludacris, and more (no EMINEM though?) But, back to the game. It had a good fighting system with plenty of grabs, counters, punches, kicks and all of the rap you can imagine. It supported up to 4-players in a free for all or team attack. DJV also had a unique story that rolled the game along perfectly. Not to mention, some great fights between the ladies (yeah). If its anything like the first one I'm going to buy it.

DEF JAM: FIGHT FOR NY

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: May 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

YO, DIS GAME IS GONNA BE 2 HECTICK 4 SUM PEEPZ. EA HAS CONFIRMED DAT SNOOP aka CROW WILL B IN IT, ALONG WID XZIBIT, FLAVA FLAV, FREEWAY, LIL KIM, SLICK RICK, BUSTA RHYMES AND SUM NXT PEEPS. EVN IF YA FAVRIT RAPPERS AINT IN IT, EA HAS CONFIRMED DAT DA GAME WILL ALOW U 2 CRE8 UR OWN PLAYA USING ALL SORTZ. 5 DIFRENT FIGHTIN STYLES WILL B IN DIS GAME, AND 10 DIFRENT FIGHTIN MATCHES. CANT W8 4 THIS GAME 2 DROP. SEPTEMBER 2004, DA FIGHTZ BEGIN!

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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: May 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everyones played Def jam vendeta 1 and if u haven't..... wi'll leve that blank. DJV2 has new rappa's new diva's WEPONS and my favorite ONLINE PLAY. First sum of the new rapp's will be the VILLIN Snoop Dog, Slick Rick, X-Z Xzibit,Freeway,busta rymes, an i herd they gon' ad sum crews like wu tang clan, but i have 2 give it up that they still have my favorite rappa DMX. All i now for the diva's is that they have carmerin diaz, Pam Andersin(up up up) and lil kim. This game is rated M so they disided 2 spice it up and put sum wepons in it. Bust sum bottles on peps head or for bounus matches break that ******'s car. Aigh't i'm out. 1

Def Jam Is Back By Harish A 11 Year Old

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Def Jam Vendetta was a huge success but the main problem was the game was too short. There were absolutely no weapons of and no variety of different match types. The option of create a wrestler was also not there. Apart from those minor glitches the game was good. Def Jam Fight For New York will be a much improved sequal. To start off with there will be about 45+ artists in the game including ones from the first title such as Redman, Method Man and Ludacris. There are lots of new ones like Busta Rhymes, Ice-T, Lil Kim, Flava Flav, Carmen Electra, Sticky Fingaz and Snoop Dogg. If you haven't played the first let me fill you in. You had to fight your way to the top by defeating D-Mob's crew. Once you got past them, it was you and D-Mob, before the match there was a cut scene where D-Mob shot your good friend Manny. Once you defeat him he goes to prison and the game is over. Fight For New York has a brand new stoyline. D-Mob has been broken out by someone and that someone is you. D-Mob returns to find his place threatened by a new comer Crow. You play as one of D-Mob's crew trying to fight your way to the top and take down Crow. Along the way you will be helped by your trainer Henry Rollins. As you progress through the game you earn more cash and just as well you have a place to spend it. You can get new tattoo any time you want. If you want a new hairstyle you can pay a visit to the barber and if you want to bling bling in a new outfit visit Jacob the Jeweler.
The gameplay mechanics have been thought over and have been significantly improved. When you begin you choose one of the five different fighting styles: kickboxing , street fighting, martial arts, submission and wrestling. You start with this style though as you progress you can have two additional fighting styles. Each style has different moves at it's disposal. Martial Arts will be based on timing and executing your kicks and punches whereas wrestling will be based on grappling and suplexes. The controls are going to be relatively simple. There will be two strike buttons one for punches and one for kicks presumably, a grapple button to lock on to your opposition and a run button. These will be on the four main buttons on the PS2 anolog joypad, X, square, triangle and circle. The movement will be controlled same as the first Def Jam. The biggest new features are the new weapons and match types. The action is going to be bigger, badder and better with all new interactive weapons ranging from bottles to two by fours. Tons of new match-types have been added like inferno match, demolition match, ring-out match and cage match. There is also last title's free for all. These match types are all accessible in the battle mode. The crowd now can also get into the action by helping you.
They can hold opponent back while you deliver crushing blows to his head. This a great new feature that will certainly do the game a world of good or so we hope. There will also be brand new brutal BLAZIN(finisher)moves. Unlike last time around you will not be fighting in a ring instead in of many street like, urban areas. The environments are fully interactive. To give you an idea I'll tell you a couple of these environments. You could be brawling in the middle of a parking lot or on a dark alleyway. You could throw your opponent on to the graffiti walls. The graphics have have been improved using a an excellent system. The lighting effects are going to be a big part of the game and it looks amazing. As you would guess this is not going to be a cartoony type, cel-shaded game. This is a hip-hop, street brawling all-out action game in the New York Underworld. The graphics are going to be dark and mysterious but that does not mean it is bad. The wrestler models are going to be crisp and the environments really will look like what they should. In modern gaming graphics play a big part in the overall score and this is not going to disappoint. I don't even have to mention about sound as game speaks for itself. There are lots of different varieties of music from the different artists. The online play is not yet confirmed. It will mostly not be there and that is quite sad considering with online this could be the game of 2004. EA Big have scheduled this game for release, late September 2004 and this game will be out on Playstation 2, X-BOX and Gamecube.
I hope you have found my review helpful.
Check out my other reviews for Spiderman 2 and James Bond Everything or Nothing also for PS2.
Thank you for taking your time to read my review. I appreciate it.

If All Goes Right...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 8
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

...this could be the best game to ever grace the fighting genre. As we know, last year's Def jam Vendetta was no slouch, in fact it won the hearts of gamers and critics all over the place. It recieved no poor reviews, and some critics went as far as calling it one of the best fighting games ever. And with its unique formula that nobody thought would work, combining hip-hop and wrestling, it was a truly special game.
Now it is back, and much, much bigger. There are many more options to boot. For one, there is now an in-depth create-a-fighter(Thank God!!)and many more details. there are too many fighters to count, and an overhaul of hip-hop artists. Why 50 Cent and Jay-Z are not included is beyond me, but Snoop Dogg is the lead villian this time through, which is cooler than a cool winter day. Now the girlfriends are better too, and they even inlude Lil' Kim, hip-hop's godmother Kimora Lee, and Carmen Electra. Win big and you will unlock these honeys. Also coming are major facelifts and sound improvements. There are new, and much better beats than last time, and many more too. And the graphics are a MAJOR overhaul, with incredible looking fighters and environments.
If all goes right, this could become the coolest game on your shelf. We'll just have to wait until September rolls around...

Frantic Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: September 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Before I get into detail, I have one question burning in my mind. WTF did Carmen Electra do for the hip-hop community? Okay, so she had a CD WAAAAAYYYY back when, and that CD was a bigger flop than David Hassellhoff's, but...on with the real review. Alright, last years Def Jam had D-Mob, notorious gangster and all-around punk. He took your (...) and now he wants to take you. You win, and he pulls a gun out. The cops get him. Well, this year, you Create-A-Fighter from scratch, and select everything (I mean everything. Voice, height, etc.) Once you have created a fighter, you bust D-Mob out. You then begin fighting on D-Mob's crew, going against Crow (Snoop Dogg). You fight to take his clubs and everything else he has. Well, later on, he get back at you once you beat his "warrior" Crack (Fat Joe). I'm not going to give anymore info out, but the story is very complex. Now, onto the goodies.
Goodie #1- Lil' Kim. I love Lil' Kim. And she is such a good fighter. You can choose her as a girlfriend, as well. But, Lil' Kim, to me, makes the video game.
Goodie #2- You can smack the ISH out of Carmen Electra. Somebody needs to.
Goodie #3- All the fighting abilities. I love the variety. It makes the game replayability go up.
Goodie #4- The story. The story is re-vamped and excellent. You can follow it and enjoy it and, amazingly, believe it.
Goodie #5- The finale'. The graphics. The graphics are perfect. I have no idea what that other guy is talking about when he says the thing freezes. Mine doesn't. The lighting is right, the "bling" twinkles and the blood is real. It is so awesome.

So, I highly recommend this game to any fighting fan, any rap fan, any Lil' Kim fan, ANYONE. This game is so good. It is the perfect combination of what can happen when people come together... I think. GET THIS GAME. THERE IS NO REASON NOT TO!

I'm not 13 and this game is well worth the money.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Just picked this up last night and I stayed up until 1am playing. It's volumes above the first, you have more control over the look and feel of your character and have the option of purchasing new haircuts, tattoos, clothing, and jewelry as you progress through the game. The combos and attacks are alot harder and you have the option of picking up weapons (bottles, pool sticks, debris) or getting help from onlookers in the crowd who will grab your opponent while you hit him. The first major boss character is ICE-T (if he were on steroids) and he's pretty easy to take down. The only (minor) disappointment for me was how they could make a Def Jam fighting game and not include LL Cool J(?) But the artists included are extremely life-like and say some pretty wild stuff before and after matches. I'm guessing the final match up is between your character and Snoop-Dogg or Crow as he's called in the game. Pick this up, you won't regret it at all!!!!!!!!!!!

The most entertaining fighting game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 18 / 20
Date: September 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Although I am not a big rap or wrestling fan, I love fighting games. Since I enjoyed Def Jam Vendetta, I figured Def Jam Fight for NY would be worth checking out. It has turned out to be the most entertaining fighting game I have ever played.

The game's single-player storyline revolves around a turf conflict between rival gangs, in which the ownership of clubs and other territory is determined by fights. Over the course of the single-player story, you unlock new fighters and venues which can be selected during other game modes, and develop your character.

The create-a-fighter feature was brilliantly incorporated into the story, and provides a good deal of control over the look of your character. You choose the body type, height, weight, skin tone, head shape, eye shape and color, hair style and color, facial hair style and color, even eyebrow shape and color, and select from one of five fighting styles to start out (kick boxing, street fighting, wrestling, martial arts, submissions).

As you progress through the game, you earn points which can be used to improve your fighter's abilities and learn new moves and up to two additional fighting styles. You also earn money, which can be used to purchase clothing, jewelry, tattoes, and hair styles. The number of choices, which is huge to begin with, increases as you get further through the game. The better dressed you are, the more the crowd favors you, which helps during fights by increasing your "momentum" meter. When this meter is full, you are able to go into "blazin" mode, where you can perform special moves.

Due to the variety of fighting styles and fight modes available, I think this game will appeal to anyone who enjoys fighting games regardless of their style preference. If you prefer martial arts you can create a fighter that uses kick boxing or martial arts (looks like kung fu in the game), if you prefer wrestling you can create a fighter that uses wrestling and submissions. If you just want smack the hell out of people and aren't concerned with style, you can create a fighter that uses street fighting.

Even my fiancee, who doesn't care much for video games, has found it entertaining. She watches the fights, then when it comes time for me to buy new clothing or jewelry for my fighter or choose a new hair style, she helps me choose (I know a bit about fighting, but nothing about hip hop fashion).

Pros:

Intuitive controls
Great create-a-fighter feature
Impressive graphis
Lots of variety (fighters, venues, styles, clothing, fight types, etc.)

Cons:

I figured I should include a pro and cons section so that this review would be balanced, but I've been sitting here for a few minutes and still can't think of anything about the game that I don't like.

Not your grandmother's fighting game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is super cool!!!! I started playing it and could not stop for 4 hours. There is a cool story mode and battle mode. There are fighters to unluck as well as venues. With the money earned you can buy new clothes, shoes, Jewelry, and hats. I recomend this game 100%. There are so many fighters and fighting styles to choose from. The coolest thing is that you get to create your own fighter when playing the story mode. If you are thinking of getting this game, think no more and get it. You will NOT be disappointed.

Mediocre fighting system

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: September 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The concept was great: a fighting game with lots of different styles and a halfway decent story. The execution was simply poor. This game has some good features like nice sound, good graphics, lots of characters to play. Unfortunately the game suffers from huge gaps in the fighting gameplay itself.
Since the upside of this game is mentioned in other reviews I'll cut to the downside. The game is mostly won or lost by who can throw the other guy into the crowd the most. While the occasional crowd involvement would be good, this is more repetitive and really detracts from the whole thing. The other hugely glaring error is the lack of moves. There are many moves that you can unlock but unfortunately these are all blazing moves. Your bread and butter softening up moves are extremely limited. This also gets very repetitive, almost boring. Simply put the game had potential but suffers from a lack of fighting options. Try Pride FC or WWE:Smackdown series for a real set of move options. Actually, just try WWE or Pride FC in general. Your $$ can be better spent elsewhere.

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