Def Jam Fight for NY (2004) (VG)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Scott Henshaw

Writer:

Doug Barber (writer)

Release Date:

20 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Ride Or Get Rolled On

Plot:

D-Mob, after being arrested for involvement in a shooting, is broken out of police custody. Now, his crew is involved in a major turf war with Crow, with control of New York's underground at stake.

Plot Keywords:

New York | Street | Martial Arts | Wrestling | State In Title

Cast

Snoop Dogg	...	Crow (voice)
Christopher Judge	...	D-Mob (voice) (as Chris Judge)
Method Man	...	Blaze (voice)
Sticky Fingaz	...	Himself (voice)
Busta Rhymes	...	Magic (voice)
Fat Joe	...	Crack (voice)
Redman	...	Doc (voice)
Danny Trejo	...	Trejo (voice)
Omar Epps	...	O.E. (voice)
Ice-T	...	Himself (voice)
WC	...	Himself (voice)
Ludacris	...	Himself (voice)
Henry Rollins	...	Himself (voice)
Carmen Electra	...	Herself (voice)
Kimora Lee	...	Herself (voice)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:M

Company:

Electronic Arts

Trivia:

In the subway stage (125th st. subway station), the "1" train is running on that line. In real life, "1" train's 125th st. station is outside, not underground.

Quotes:

Crow: You see what Crack done to ya punk ass friend Blaze? Dat bitch went down fasta than a fi' dolla' ho!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "X-Play: Don't Cross the Streams" (2009)

Great story, sad ending.

Def Jam: Fight for NY is a great game, and it's not short. Beginning in story mode, you have to train yourself to get stronger and face bigger, better fighters. During the long adventure, you'll start to build fame and gain a good reputation. At the end, those who hated you will have joined your side. To me, the ending feels sad because you started off unknown to the community and you've now became the true warrior- forever, with a well known standing name. Your once enemies are now your troops.

However, I think the producers lacked on the ending. So much movie clips in the beginning and so little in the end.

Graphics- Very clean and smooth. Frame skip is excellent and rarely any slowdowns.

Sound- Ouch! Do you hear all that bone-crunching and snapping? High quality sound effects makes you feel it!

Music- Sadly 25 artist tracks in the game.

Gameplay- Challenging to learn. That's why there's a gym to train you to become a pro in no time.

Replay value- Very high. If you love hip hop artists and movie stars and like to see them fight one-on-one, Def Jam is very fun to play. Over 30 characters and lots of stages to choose from. Some stages got rules like- Ring out, subway match, burn 'em and window match. Can't go bored.

Overall rating- 8/10.