Or was it whiskey? But Def Jam: Fight for NY wasn’t like it and gameplay was absolutely brutal and ridiculous. I find the gameplay too monotonous and having to learn dozens of combos isn’t my cup of coffee. That Freight Train That Hit You, That Was Me All of them were voiced by their real counterparts and just imagine how much EA invested in voice acting alone. Furthermore, punk-rock legend Henry Rollins played the hero’s trainer, and actress and model Carmen Electra was featured as a potential girlfriend. Snoop Dogg portrayed the main villain – Crow – while actor, Danny Trejo, acted out one of his henchmen. With others, like Redman and Busta Rhymes taking on starring roles. Performers like Ludacris, Sean Paul and Xzibit were featured in the story. Most of its success came from the impressive cast consisting of musicians, actors and other celebrities. It even featured intrigue and betrayal, with friends turning into foes and supposed villains becoming trusted allies. Similarly to Need for Speed: Underground, the plot was told through brief cutscenes and never overstayed its welcome. It was a simple, but nonetheless enjoyable story, especially for the genre. They were opposed by Crow’s crew, who wanted for nothing less than to maintain a dominant position in the city. After saving D-Mob, the protagonist of Vendetta from being imprisoned, the character joins his crew to help him take over the city’s fighting scene. In Def Jam: Fight for NY, however, players were not delivering pizza, but rather jaw-shattering hooks.Ĭhoosing from preset facial and body features, players took control of a custom character created at the start of the game. A hero’s motivation to fight is just as important as how Johnny Sins ended up becoming a pizza boy. Neither does porn, but context sure as heck doesn’t hurt.
Some might argue that fighting games don’t need a story. We also examine the game’s brutal fighting system and yet another knockout (no pun intended) soundtrack from EA. In this article, we take a look at Def Jam: Fight for NY after its 15 years on the market and how it redefined storytelling in the fighting genre. Offering a roster of well-known performers, a surprisingly good story and a satisfying fighting system. Released in 2004, it completely turned fighting games as we know them on their head. But unlike the former three, Def Jam: Fight for NY was actually somewhat more grounded in realism.įor starters, do you like hip hop music and fighting games? Do you enjoy having two rappers busting in each other’s teeth? That’s exactly what Def Jam was.
And characters with unrealistic physique and scorching fireballs further distance the genre from anything conventional. Whether it’s Tekken, Street Fighter or even Mortal Kombat, most of them feature complex combos unattainable by mere mortals. Even today, most fighting games revolve around some sort of a fantasy.
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