Def Jam 2: Fight for NY

[Timber]

This game is fucking hot! 2 hours in so far...

The Create a Fighter isn't deep in the looks department but it's on par with EA Big's other games (NFL & NBA Street). But there is a ton you can do with the attire, more than any other game I've played and I haven't come close to unlocking everything. As for the fighting styles, so far I've only went with wrestling so I'm not sure what learning a new style does. You can set up 4 different finishers though and they're all way over the top versions of wrestling moves and striking combos from what I've seen so far (not a whole lot unlocked so far).

The story mode is 1000x better than the last game. You get a little apartment where you'll get text and voice messages from the fighters & shop owners after every fight. Then you've got the map screen where you can go to any of the shops, tattoo studio, barber shop, training gym (Rollins is your trainer) or any of the venues, which become unlocked as you win. So far each venue has had 2 or 3 normal fighters to beat then you get that level's "boss" who is a little harder to beat. And I've had one battle royal, one match to get a girl and a kind of "boss" match against Ice-T. Wining the match gets you $ & development points but you can get a lot more $ if you do a huge variety of moves in the match. Development points are used to upgrade your fighter’s stats, buy new finishers or learn a new style. Money is used to buy everything, things can be as cheep as $5 for a bandana or as much as $8000 for some jewelry (so far).

The soundtrack is great if you're a hip hop/rap fan but if you're not then you aren’t gonna dig it, duh. They still don't play the songs during the fights but the beats during them aren’t as repetitive as they were in Vendetta.

I'll post more impressions later. I've gotta get back to this.

[Roufuss]

This game is fucking hot! 2 hours in so far...

The Create a Fighter isn't deep in the looks department but it's on par with EA Big's other games (NFL & NBA Street). But there is a ton you can do with the attire, more than any other game I've played and I haven't come close to unlocking everything. As for the fighting styles, so far I've only went with wrestling so I'm not sure what learning a new style does. You can set up 4 different finishers though and they're all way over the top versions of wrestling moves and striking combos from what I've seen so far (not a whole lot unlocked so far).

The story mode is 1000x better than the last game. You get a little apartment where you'll get text and voice messages from the fighters & shop owners after every fight. Then you've got the map screen where you can go to any of the shops, tattoo studio, barber shop, training gym (Rollins is your trainer) or any of the venues, which become unlocked as you win. So far each venue has had 2 or 3 normal fighters to beat then you get that level's "boss" who is a little harder to beat. And I've had one battle royal, one match to get a girl and a kind of "boss" match against Ice-T. Wining the match gets you $ & development points but you can get a lot more $ if you do a huge variety of moves in the match. Development points are used to upgrade your fighter’s stats, buy new finishers or learn a new style. Money is used to buy everything, things can be as cheep as $5 for a bandana or as much as $8000 for some jewelry (so far).

The soundtrack is great if you're a hip hop/rap fan but if you're not then you aren’t gonna dig it, duh. They still don't play the songs during the fights but the beats during them aren’t as repetitive as they were in Vendetta.

I'll post more impressions later. I've gotta get back to this.

Learning a new style adds to all your moves, and makes you more versatile.

And yea, this game is the new hotness, it's a shame barely anyone will play it because of the rap influences, but I think it adds an awesome style to the game, and well, as a fan of rap in general I think it's great how they crammed so many people in here, as well as still keeping a boatload of the original people.

No on the ground moves anymore, but that makes the game alot fasted paced, imo.

And the only reason the songs don't get as repetitive is because there are literally 4 times the amount of songs in this one as well. It's awesome that there's so much shit to unlock, plus the huge ass haul of attire means I want to play through story mode ASAP, with someone completely different from the dude I picked.

If you're coming into this expecting more like what you saw in Def Jam Vendetta, I think you'll be disappointed, but if you go in expecting a quality product, I think you'll love it. I wouldn't even classify it as a wrestling game anymore, like I said earlier, it's basacially a 3d Pit Fighter that dosen't suck.

[Korly]

So, there are officially no ground grapples? 'Cause I can't seem to get them to work.

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Whoo Thank Jesus for that.

What kills most wrestling games for me is the amount of time spent doing ground submission holds. Even though DJ2 isn't really about wrestling it's refreshing to see changes such as this.

I might just cave and get the PS2 version, since it'll be weeks before my Xbox gets fixed.

[Advocate]

The one thing I hate about the game is the ... MANUAL! I mean the game is freaking smokin', but the manual is retarded. The "info" in that booklet is ... lacking. If you need help finding out how to coun5ter and perform ground grapples ... good luck. The amount of info in that thing is ... like the amount of brain cells in Jessica Simpson ... none. I

I'm at Sean Paul, got my ass kicked by Skull, lost half my health due to that match, and can't get it back. And Sean Paul is fast; a pain in the ass, and freaking hard!

But I love the game. The music is crazy and the move set is insane; especially after 3 hours of playing. BTW ... Carmen Electra is my g/f. (YEAH YEAH!)

[Timber]

I put in 5 hours of game time yesterday (that's what it says but I played it for like 9 hours) and I'm only 50% done with the story mode.

I just hit the turning point where I'm fighting for Crow and I love how my guy isn't cocky before matches anymore and just stares saying nothing all the time like he hates doing it. Had to change my attire for that part of the game, I'm now all ninja like in appearance with no bling.

So, there are officially no ground grapples? 'Cause I can't seem to get them to work.

There are ground submissions but they all start from the standing grapple. I didn't go with submissions as one of my three styles this time but I'm gonna try that out the next time I play through.

The one thing I hate about the game is the ... MANUAL! I mean the game is freaking smokin', but the manual is retarded. The "info" in that booklet is ... lacking. If you need help finding out how to coun5ter and perform ground grapples ... good luck. The amount of info in that thing is ... like the amount of brain cells in Jessica Simpson ... none. I

Rollins tells you how to counter via a few text messages later in the game. Here's what I've gotten so far.

Hitting toward your opponent and block at the same time just as he's about to strike you will counter the strike. Hitting a strike at the exact second they go to grapple you will counter that. The AI seems to be able to do this flawlessly later in the game but I'm not perfect with it yet.

I'm at Sean Paul, got my ass kicked by Skull, lost half my health due to that match, and can't get it back. And Sean Paul is fast; a pain in the ass, and freaking hard!

I'm not sure where you're at. I don't remember my health ever carrying over to another opponent. But just keep playing and try to get the timing down on countering and you'll be ok.

[Opaque]

I hate wrestling games. I hate rappers.

However the prospect of beating the shit out of rappers is appealing. A rental I say.

[Roufuss]

I'm not sure where you're at. I don't remember my health ever carrying over to another opponent. But just keep playing and try to get the timing down on countering and you'll be ok.

I know right where he's at.

The fight before Sean Paul, the ex boyfriend of your girlfriend challenges you to a fight. Your health carries over to Sean Paul right after that, since it's back to back.

Sean Paul is a bitch, as well. Just hit him hard, and hit him fast. He'll mostly use striking attacks that, once you block, leave him WIDE OPEN to a counter attack, so hit him then.

[Korly]

62%


This game has a way better story mode than the first one.

[Timber]

Just finished the story mode and it seems like I can still keep going. I went back in and Rollins left me a message saying there was a tourney I could fight in. I've gotten to the point where the game is really easy on normal so I'm upping it to hard tomorrow. I had more trouble with a 2 on 2 match (with my partner starting at 1/2 health) right before the end that I did with Snoop at very end.

I hate wrestling games.

Well this isn't really a wrestling game. Just think of it as a fighting game with some wrestling moves thrown in.