What Made Def Jam: Icon Trash?? 

I can honestly say this game is trash. I played it when I was was young around 9 years old around 2009. I will say at times it was fun, other times it just got so fucking boring. The storyline was ok and I think being the head of a record label and being able to sign artists was cool in a way, but it was executed very poorly. I think they should’ve left off where you became the king of New York in Def Jam FFNY, and where you would be able to recruit fighters. That would’ve been way better. I will say that the customization on Def Jam icon for your character was somewhat good maybe not as good as Def Jam FFNY in certain areas like the Jewelry. But it was decent, like they had every single pair of Air Jordans in the game so I did like that lol 😂 and since I’m a sneaker head. Plus they had the Timberland boots in different colors lol. So my character was fresh as fuck lol 😂. But yeah back to the gameplay it just was poorly executed just like the storyline. There weren’t that many styles in the game. Yeah they had different styles but sometimes it would be hard to distinguish which style is which because the way the fighting mechanics is in this game which was ass looking back at it. I hate the fact that the Japanese company AKI who worked on the wrestling WWE games did not work on this game because I believe it would’ve been a lot better. The company that worked on this game just destroyed it completely. Plus they took out the blazing moves like why in the fuck would you take out the blazing moves!!! That was one of the the best parts of the fucking game SMH. Plus they took out Weapons,Special Attacks,Special moves,Finishing Moves,Finishers & more SMH. Plus they took out free for all, and they took out tag-teaming. And took out other game modes and a lot more stuff. This game is and was pure trash. I rest my case…. 😂

I remember thinking the scratch mechanic was dope hitting your opponent with shit by changing the song to your music.

To give it credit, Icon had some great ideas, like being able to sign artists, manage them and set budgets for their songs when they release, the customization was good, and the graphics were good. But the storyline was terrible and short af, plus there was only 27 or 28 characters in the whole game and the gameplay was slower and bland. To me the game was still enjoyable, but not great.

It basically goes like this, if you want a fighting game with singers and you want it to play like how they really fight in real life, play Def Jam Icon. If you want the same game but the moves are over the top and over exaggerated, play Fight for NY or Vendetta.

This Game should've never exist at all and as for the new Game,The safest way to save money is making a Remaster of Vendetta and Fight for NY.

I remember when this first came out I was in denial because I thought the graphics were so fresh that I played it for hours even though the controls were trash. Me and my gf at the time played against each other all the time, that, saints row, and bioshock were the reason for all my red rings of death burning out my 360s lol

They knew the project wasnt going to be funed much so they just release a beta game just to get some of the money back they spend on it.

Def Jam Vendetta was my favorite

i actually liked this game beside the camera angles the lightings and the slow gameplay you actually had to be good at it and couldn’t get bailed by a last minute K.O

This was a tragedy vendetta and ny deserved better

I had this game when I was younger because I was a huge fan of the first two. Story mode was solid but extremely short, Gameplay wise a huge step back from FFNY & the online play was ok when it wasn’t lagging every 2 seconds, Somehow I kept matching up against the number 1 ranked player on XBox & he used to beat the shxt outta me because the lag was unbearable lol

Akademiks went on a drunken rant with Adam 22, you should cover it.

I wish there were weapons you can pick up and use too bad they didn't added that

I remember when this dropped my pops made me choose between this and NBA Street Homecourt. I chose Homecourt and ran with it. Played Icon later at my homie's house and I was so happy I didn't choose that game lmao. It was ok but the game just didn't hit for me. I used to play Fight For NY for HOURS. Like I was addicted to that game but with Icon after a few matches I was over it. Bought it for 3 dollars and played it during Lockdown and it was far worse than I remembered lmao.

you speak the truth

They should make new Def Jam for PS4, Ps5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

I Fucked Wit Dis Game🤷🏾‍♂️🤣 Not More Than The First 2 But Dis Game Was My Shii

I got a hot take for this game. I actually played and like some people here said, it had some good ideas but the execution was off. So my hot take is, Def Jam should let a Japanese company take the Icon mechanics and make it a 2D fighting game but with rappers. Just let the rappers turn in character sheets and the devs can take it from there. Instead of this gritty street tale that the games have been, this can take a more anime, fantasy approach. That would be a LOT better than what we got with Icon. I was very disappointed at what we got. Made me wonder how did you go from two pretty stellar games to this one dud and it dies off. But since more rappers are starting to jump on the anime bandwagon, a Guilty Gear/Blazblue type fighting game with rappers sounds pretty sick, to me.

keep up the hard work, it'll pay off eventually my brother

The Turn Table feature is a automatic win for me

I loved this game I still got the copy lmao

I think they tried too hard on the "music" aspect. Def Jam was a fighting game with rappers and not a fighting game about rappers. When did you ever see someone beating the heck out of promoters to sign an artist? The same team wasn't on this one and it shows.

Now would be a great time to try revive the series. Fuck being the guy who has to pick the roster though, there would be so many cats who would throw a fit on twitter or instagram if they got left out lol... Can you imagine how much Freddie Gibbs would spaz out if he didn't get in lol

When i first played this game for the first time i was confused by the controls but i got the hang of it, the dj scratch mechanic was cool and all but switch song over and over got a annoying because of the fact when you keep getting hit by hazards

He said "okay so the first problem you see it's from THIS CAMERA!" 😆😂 6:30 He wasn't playin'! 😆😆😂😂😂

Honestly when they removed the finishers and the AKI engine is what fucked it up

Maybe I'm a masochist, but now I wanna do a quick playthrough of this on the channel 😂. Would anyone peep?

Def Jam Icon was really trash because they wanted to end the series what's the best way to do it? By making a shitty game

This was fun but different. We didnt care as much because of the graphics

The game wasn’t that bad actually bro it’s a bunch of grapple moves and other fighting styles to use. I agree they could’ve done more but maybe it was rushed.

I honestly just didn’t like how they removed the blazing moves from the game I just didn’t think that was necessary, it’s like removing the fatalities from Mortal kombat kinda weird💯 but other than that I always Fw this one to it was good in it’s own way🔥🎮

this game isn't trash, people just can't let it be it's own game and not constantly compare it to ffny

Imagine if AKI (now Syn Sophia) would start making new wrestling fighting games

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As someone who don't care about rap this game does absolutely nothing for mem I loved DJFFNY because of the gameplay, I think Snoop was the only person in the game I had heard off before the game, that didn't matter as the gameplay, storymode and customization was king.

I don’t even wanna watch the video I saw the title fucked around and clicked just to say this to the title EVERY•FUCKIN•THING it was the absolute worst move they could’ve made with this bullshit ass game and that’s why most people don’t even like talking about it it’s a disgrace of a game if ever one was needed

I actually like def jam icon if they were able to do icon 2 I think def jam might have still made a few more fight games

I kinda like this game but only for the record label tycoon mini game inside the game lol

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man many ideas for this game just went to idk what the creators were thinking and this was the the time when the UFC games where coming up as well mixing the boxing style in fight night along side if the mix fighting that UFC does with this engine would have done badass blazin moves but no idk what stuff they were smoking but I want some of that but yes the custom shit that you can do to your character were amazing best customized I ever seen but that can't save it and big plus 2 things no female fighters which there is proof that they were going to be add to the roster after doing the story but cut for no reason and also not every one in the story mode makes it into the roster like why can't you fight as every one back in the first def jam and even fight for NY some people that only made one cutscene that only had like one line or didn't say anything were on the roster after finish the story but man this game has its ups and downs manly downs but people ask would you play this game then all of these new games that come out today (SR reboot THPS5 ext) sadly yes but hey at least the game is finish but that's alll

Super Trash! I Bought It Back In The Day On XBO 360 Stiff Ass Gameplay Only Thing Good About Icons Is The Soundtrack Good Music lol

Loved this game. Not more than FFNY (I did like the 4 player wrestling game style more, just for multiplayer with friends) But Icon had cool ideas. Scratching to make the environment hurt your opponent, having control of the song made your player hit harder so controlling what song was playing mattered, the heavy hits with the right stick were nice, the different fighting style actually felt unique. Character customization was good. The bad: only 1v1 fights Single player story was borring Overall liked this game a lot, when it launched I was in high school

Nice video

*Icon was a great fight engine but they didn't have enough fighters nor enough modes. if the story mode itself was still playable once you beat it, the game would've had a longer shelf life. they should do a new game with all the artists from all 3 games plus new Def Jam artists....use FFNY's fight engine with an Icon mode where you can manage artists for like 20 years, have girlfriends, release generated AI songs, etc....and a 24/7 mode where you can fight online for money or customized chains. tbh im surprised Def Jam hasn't moved towards doing a new game by now, the market is RIPE for something like this.*

I'm like this game because the graphics look like gta and I'm hope have another def jam graphic like def jam icon

Not gon lie i fucked with this story mode the hardest the other games before this one was cool but nobody wants to play with old ass rappers we need a updated 2010s version with online

You gotta know how to play it in order to like it, I feel like icon had alot of great features

Come on! I want to hear the music.

Short answer. The mechanics.

To me, it isn’t trash. I’m glad it’s not like FFNY, I wanted something different and there we go.

I beat this whole game in one sitting

Def jam fight for ny had 69 characters, not 67

found this due to hashtag DefJamFFNY

Going from 67 characters to 29 in the next game isn’t that surprising anymore. Ps2 games felt like they would have nearly like 100 characters (or more) but now your lucky if a game has +50

Lol 😂 completely agree with you but tbh without playing the storyline this game was beyond pointless

only good thing about ICON was the music reacting to the backgrounds. They add that +FFNY game mechanics & u got a fire game 🔥

Fight for Ny but the leader of the game was snoop dogg n y’all tellin me dis game was ahh nah da nut guzzling is crzy 😂

Def Jam icon disappointed me on a whole nother level

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They should have never made this game at all. and should've just left the def jam game series alone. because I know that the people who help made the last two games for the PS2 console didn't not have nothing to do with this. because this is not Def Jam at all people this is literally another fighting game from another freaking universe. because Adding the word Icon for the game was a bad and terrible ideal. Because it literally freaking change everything else about the game that made it so fun and amazing. witch was the 4 selectable fighting styles using items as your advantage the blaze finishers tag team matches. Free for all cat fights it's a shame and so very freaking disappoint that we did not have that and plus the story plot of this game was freaking terrible and boring no classic rememberable reality or fiction characters from the last two games like D - MOB Magic crow. and how you gonna bring out a new def jam game at the time when it was released to the public and not have D - MOB in the freaking game when you know he was the big main villain in the Def Jam game series

Folks make you throw em! 🤣🤣

It should have been obvious it was gonna be mediocre because of you know who's name is on the cover. Just two letters with a reputation of destroying series. Granted they weren't the developers but we can all agree whatever EA touched didn't turn to gold, it turned from dirt to shit.

To me it wasn’t trash I actually love this game I’m getting it for Christmas I love it it’s on my top 10 list

This game was good I enjoyed the hell out of it

I just played this for the first time and it is trash lol the only good thing is the music and the graphics. It's wayyy to sluggish and nothing exciting about the gameplay. Fight for NY is the best.

This game was garbage, I dunno how some of y'all can defend this. You could make different fighting styles in ffny, it was fast paced, had cool finishers, weapons, interactive environments, sponsored clothing, ect.

I actually fw this game. The idea is actually pretty decent! It would be dope as hell & not get as much hate if it wasn’t a “Def Jam” title. It could have been a stand alone game and been cool.

First 💙💪🏾

Every character got same moves

Like this game doesn't even follow the story

def jam icon was my childhood so I could never shit on this game lol, that shit is nostalgic for me.

Lol a darker and grittier def jam fight for NY has more colors than this game

While really neat and exciting at times, the game became very repetitive and boring at times.

All of them icon clothes are too baggy so it's a little slower fighting but honestly I love all the defjam fighting games and the new one should have every past character and a creat your own character and that would be the best of every game ever 100

That what i am talking about don't make a another def jam game that doesn't follow the story the story in this game sucks

I love ICON idk why the internet hates on it that game was amazing

Even though i never played this game, i would have to say that this game is just awful. the characters move slowly and there's no blazin moves, weapons, environmental attacks and more. 😔👎

This game was too slow

Vendetta is the worst, it's all about perspective or opinion, enjoy life!!!

I dont even need to see the rest to know why this game was ass. They ditched what made vendetta and ffny good. That's all

I don't know why you guys keep saying def jam icon is good game like bruh this game it hot garbage it sucks worst def jam game ever made

Yea this game was trash 😂

This game wasn't that bad tbh

Remastered is trash. They gotta remake stuff, No remastered Shyt is lit

Rubish at it finest

Why do people love icon it is trash

Def jam icon remastered

Icon was Horrible and Hot trash juice

They shouldn't took out the features they had in ffny.. i enjoyed it but ffny well forever be the goat