After creating your hero, you are inducted by local hood D-Mob into his crew to help save his reputation. The story mode is excellent and the themes of loyalty, betrayal, greed and street justice are told just as well here as in any hip-hop song. Ride or get rolled on!” -Snoop Dogg as Crow
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You know there’s only one code out here that matters. D-Mob was always talking that old school “loyalty” bullsh*t. A modern comparison could be 2012’s Sleeping Dogs only with less blood spattering and more ball busting. Vicious, bare knuckle, black-eyed, blood and splinters kind of fighting. Fight for NY gave us a different level of interactive carnage toned way down from Mortal Kombat but way up from Street Fighter. This is indeed a violent game but it’s seriously engrossing. Weapons like cue sticks, bottles, drain pipes, crowbars and more were introduced. Environmental attacks were revamped so instead of bouncing him off the ring ropes you could smash your foe’s face into a JCB or slam his head in a car door. The different fighting techniques let you chose how exactly you wanted to cripple your challenger and even let you mix two particular styles together. Instead of ring ropes you had blood thirsty spectators who would hold your opponent as you beat him down. Clubs, rooftops and subway stations were the new arenas. Still essentially a wrestling game, producer Josh Holmes made Def Jam: Fight for NY more of a brawling simulator and the grittiness was increased ten fold. The game was well received and a sequel was green lit. The soundtrack featured contributions from all the artists so it worked as a platform for their talent too. Released in 2003 Def Jam: Vendetta received praise for the weight and momentum of the four player fighting system, the large 3D fighting arenas like Smackdown! and the bone crunching finishing moves that made you wince and laugh at the same time. EA Sports began to take notice and collaborated with legendary music label Def Jam to create their own wrestling game with rap superstars such as DMX, Method Man, Redman and Ludacris.
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In the early 2000s wrestling games, specifically the WWF Smack Down! series by THQ were huge. It may not have set the world on fire but playing it now, it certainly influenced how combat mechanics and visuals are utilized today and proved that fighting games could bring drama to their story modes too. I played it intensely over and over again so getting back into it was easy. I remember getting it for Christmas over a decade ago when my love for hip-hop was as strong as my love for fighting games. ”Ī particular Music Monday from a few week’s back inspired me to play Def Jam: Fight for NY again. “A beaten dog may fear you, but the second you turn your back he’s gonna strike.
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