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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- A long, long time ago we as a people were graced with the fighting game called Def Jam Fight For New York and it was absolutely insane.
This is a nostalgic review and or Retrospective of Def Jams fighting classic, the golden middle child that outshines both Def jam Vendetta and Def Jam Icon. It is a gem of a game in the middle of other more lackluster fighting games and It stands the test of time.
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Chapters:
Standing Out 00:00
Rappers and Tactics 00:32
Fighting For New York 06:11
What Happened to Fight For New York 07:27
Wrapping Up 09:29
Referenced Footage:
-Making of Fight For New York • Behind the Scenes - De...
-Fight For New York Cutscenes • Def Jam: Fight for NY ...
-Subway Match • Def Jam Fight For NY S...
-Def Jam Vendetta Gameplay • Def Jam Vendetta *Play...
-Def Jam Icon Gameplay • Def Jam Icon T.I. VS T...
-White Boy Rapping Kanye • White Boy Rapping - So...
-Soul Caliber Gameplay • Video
-Mortal Kombat Deception Gameplay • MK Deception single ha...
-Smash Bros Melee Gameplay • Super Smash Bros. Mele...
-Def Jam Fight For New York Team Battle • TEAM FIGHT | Def Jam F...
-Submission Win Fight For New York • Win by submission? Def...
-Def Jam Icon 2 Prototype • Def Jam Icon 2 Prototy...
-Def Jam Fight For New York Tournament • CEO 2019 DEF JAM FFNY ...
-Def Jam Fight For New York All Blazin Moves • Video
Music: (in order of appearance)
-Def Jam FFNY Loading Screen OST
-LISA The Painful - Mens Hair Club
KENKURA Lazy Evenings
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This game is amazing. I would love for a remaster, but I'm sure the licensing for characters and music would be a nightmare.
And the fact it will likely feel off and hollow with strange choices in the artstyle and graphics
Well, i guess licensing characters would not be a big deal for a big company like EA but the personalities maybe.
If THPS could do it by just replacing whatever they cant license with fitting replacements then Def Jam should be able to as well
I’d buy the remaster only if they add a online multiplayer to it
Honestly don't need the music
With how shitty licensing can be to navigate these days, a game like this could literally not be made today. If you have this game and a working PS2, hold onto it. Shit is basically gold now.
Happy to have 3 copies.😤😭they costed a pretty penny but hell worth it
I got my copy for $70 used on ps2. I see some going for $100 plus. I got lucky.
lmao
Just emulate it, dawg. Don't waste your money on a copy. This game on PCSX2 is objectively the best version of this game.
@@who1718 facts. It’s going up in price like crazy. Bought my first copy in 2019 it was an anniversary gift from my Wife. Then bought the other two in 2021 each for $100 (not all at once of)
@@theobell2002 I tried in 2018 but my laptop couldn’t run it. Remembered I had a PS2 and decided to say bump it and start collecting. Almost have every childhood game I used to have plus some.
Growing up impoverished, Fight For NY was EVERYTHING for yourself & your family when everyone wanted to crowd around the tv playing the ps2. If you were from the hood, this was a dream to play against your favorite icons with yourself, and the story DEFINITELY doesn't get credit. BEST FIGHTING GAME STORY
HELL YEAH me and my cousins played this shit almost every weekend. We had a good rotation. This, Midnight Underground if we wanted to race, I would watch the boys play GTA San Andreas and beg them to let me do two player mode! 007 Agent Under Fire so we could all play on GameCube with 4 controllers. Man this Era was so fucking dope!
This truly is a wrestling game. AKI made wrestling games. But I fully agree that this storyline is great, especially after the first one having a pretty generic story.
@stuckwchuck @MissSimone02 my step dad was from the projects in Kansas City back in the 80s and he moved to TN with this game when he started dating my mom who was much older. I do MMA now and I'm knee deep in the sport chasing a UFC dream and needless to say this game was life for this country boy grooming up! I use to fight with all my friends and cousins over this game! Haha
Truth
I’ve never played either of them but they are on my list! Trying to set up emulation on my series S and these games are at the top of my list. Always wanted to play them! Can’t wait!
You'll never get games like this now days. I missed the variety and diversity games had back in 2000's.
2000-2010 is for sure the golden era of gaming
This game improved on Vendetta in every way. A prototype was found last year and it was going to be EVEN BIGGER and BETTER than what we got. Ice T and Carmen Electra loved working on the game and would love to see the Def Jam franchise come back. The lead producer prefers this game over Vendetta.
I would love to see this prototype.
@@realamericannegro977 Its on Hidden Palace!
@@evanhanley6437 I found it thanks
@@realamericannegro977 No problem!
What’s the difference with the prototype? Is there more fighters? Stages?
Oh man, 2003-2005 was such a great time for gaming. Thanks for taking me down memory lane man. Love your content!
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I think 2007 was the peak when Halo 3 came out
FACTS
@@derekknowles5805 2008 with Fallout 3
The 2000's in general IMO was the best decade of gaming ever.
Man, you just unlocked an old memory of mine, I used to play this game when I was a kid! It feels great when you see something and voila a very old record buried very deep in your brain gets out a memory you never thought you had in the first place because as time passed on you forget its existence.
That's the reason I make most of these videos, revisiting old memories and then getting recommendations from people in the comments about more stuff
I fucking love this GAME so many amazing memories! Thank you for this!!
This game still holds up in 2023. The fun factor is still there. The sounds are still as bone crunching. And the soundtrack?!… *chef’s kiss”
Def Jam was a great two game series. I’m glad that we got those two games. Confused on why they never made a third game but at least we got these TWO.
Precisely 😂
They did, Def Jam Icon for the 360 and PS3. It was pretty bad but had its charm. Then they made a horrible sing-a-long Def Jam game on the XBLA marketplace.
@@kupokinzyt Don’t know where you made that up man. Vendetta and FFNY are the only two they made. *wink* *wink*
@@kiddkingpin7414 I can see you're being sarcastic but it doesn't really work because Icon did at least attempt to do the same thing, along with new stuff. You had multiple characters, new ones like Lil Jon, T.I., a huge story-line and a new fighting system that involved the environment syncing along with the music. It was bad, yea, but only in the sense that it didn't copy FFNY and tried new stuff. I enjoyed it and think if you're a fan of the series, you shouldn't overlook it.
@@kupokinzyt I’m just gonna bow out now. 😂
This classic has been getting alot of attention lately, and it's well deserved
This was an EA game? I'm wholly convinced EA has a dual personality; the developers who were extremely talented, and the corporate who just wants to see how much money they can make.
This game is one of the few we all played as a family, I remember us all letting Mom win, she was so happy and bragged about it for a week lol.
Awesome memories you got playing this lol
This game is amazing in every sense , great work man .
This game has been talked about more lately, so it would be interesting to see if anything comes of it in the future from Def Jam.
It was better on XboX but all the cornballs will disagree.
This game is, in my opinion, one of THE best PS2/Original Xbox/GameCube games, PERIOD. I remember playing it for the first time when it released, and it had me HOOKED. I’ve literally played through the story tens of times, and it NEVER fails to still feel fresh and engaging in every way. I actually plan to do a playthrough of this on my channel soon, and I can’t wait to relive those great memories.
Great vid MrHammers!
also psp !!!!! That's the version I play
Even as a kid, I found it hilarious that skinny af Snoop was the final boss 🤣
What a game though, remake would go huge
Him and fat Joe were the hardest to beat in the game
Snoop was a MONSTER. I broke my controller trying to beat him lol
I mean, you can be skinny when you got ride-or-die henchmen that move like acrobats while being built like fridges
Skinny as he was, Crow was a menace. He was the only Martial Arts based character who could KO opponents with his heavy strikes. Whenever I played with my cousins, Crow was always banned. 🤣
I started off skeptical but ended up convinced that this was a masterpiece. Great job!
One of the best games of all time. The fighting was so satisfying as was the customisable options
This game really takes me back in a long time. It’s a combination of both wrestling and fighting games,but mostly it’s more street wrestling rather than a fighting game. How could you not play a game where you play as Snoop Dogg or any of the other celebrities to choose from.
This game is really ahead of its time. It may not be as popular as Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter,but this game alone shows how much work and passion they’ve made for this.
One of the best fighting game I had ever play as a kid. Love how you choose different kind of fighting styles as you progress to the story line.
Def Jam Fight for NY is a very good game, it has a story, good characters, excellent animation, great graphics and a good story.
The story really was good tho, i remember playing through it multiple times with each fighting style. Good times.
i remember watching my brother playing DJ FFNY on ps2 when i was a kid. he had a very rough time beating Fat Joe and Danny Trejo. i also remember beating the game on the PSP. good times. love your vids
Fat Joe gotta be the hardest fight for sure
@@MrHammers the psp version doesn't get enough praise
@@MrHammers Fat Joe beat the brakes off of me too, man. He was a monster.
A game like this would work but the current state of the music industry should definitely impede its execution. Everyone (labels especially) are too obsessed with rights of images and likenesses. It’s even hard to just feature their music by itself. Def Jam or whoever finances the game would probably have to fork over a fortune to clear rights, on top of game production expenses.
As someone who owned it for PS2 and for Gamecube when it originally released, glad to see videos being made about this gem. I remember watching my older cousin playing it and having to convince my mom to buy it for me. So many of my other friends got in trouble for even playing this game at other people's houses bc it was Mature and we were like 8-9 years old
Def Jam aka Mortal Combat for rap lovers. Before playing this game, I never thought that the rappers in the game can act so well even if it's just caricatures of themselves
I remember countless hours trying to beat Scarface and Sean Paul in the Jamaican bar, just to find out i was playing on the hardest difficulty lol
I bought a PS2 about like 3 weeks ago and DEF JAM FFNY it feels like i’m reliving my childhood 😁
Holy Shitballs!!! This was one of the best fighting games of all time!! I wasn’t really a big hip-hop fan either but this game has it all. Being an old school Street Fighter fan, Def Jam holds its own against any fighting game!!!
I pulled my Xbox out today with this game. purchased an original sealed copy from Lukie games few years back. Love this game
You did this game justice with this video. I’m dying for a follow up to the def jam series. It’s a guaranteed jackpot, so I don’t understand why it hasn’t happened yet. My and my friends loved this game as a kid and I remember this and tony hawks underground 2 being the only 2 games I had on my psp when I moved to Atlanta, and I’d say those two games, along with living in Atlanta, DEFINITELY molded me into the young adult I would eventually become.
This game was awesome!!!
I'm so happy people are talking about it more and more these days!!!
My sister, our nephews and I would play this game for hours after school. Lol We couldn't get tired of it! 👏👏👏
Perfectly timed vid haven't played this game in years, memories just came flooding back. Miss fighting games like Def Jam and The Warriors.
Awesome video. Not to mention that mixing different fighting styles would result in a unique character everytime. I think there's a lot of combinations, depending on which style you pick first and so on. This was a great game.
This game is definitely in my Top 10 of all time. There’s no denying it’s age in certain aspects but there’s also no denying how incredibly fun it is. The replayability is through the roof. Gameplay can be unforgiving but so rewarding when you finally get the W. I’d love a remaster but would definitely settle for a new title as well. Maybe this time include more legacy rappers and rappers outside of the Def Jam umbrella.
Man's hit all the right nostalgia buttons, subscribed
Team method man all the way
goated game and there is a discord server + upcoming ceo tournament, i am apart of the server and a top player and ive coached players and made a few guides here and there- but a great video i must say im glad people shed light over this game
Nice! I used a CEO tournament clip towards the end. Glad to see people still playing this gem
The beats as the game was loading before a fight was the most hype stuff ever man loved it. Soundtrack is so nostalgic now
Man I had this on PSP. The soundtrack, the characters are impeccable! The fighting traits that guarantee effective combat are Martial Arts, Street Fighting, And Submission.
wow.. just wow. of course it was insane, it was made in the 00s!
one of the fighting game all time classics, for sure.
I recently got an ps2 emulator and this was one of the games I've been playing, and damn I wish I tried this one out growing up.
I bought this game and chamillionaire's sound of revenge on the same day. Best day ever.
Underrated album
The fact that this is recent makes it even more exceeding.
Love it, thanks for making this video.
Legit one of my favorite fighting games of all time, thank you for covering this
Hands down. The best part of the game for me were the slow mo KOs. They were so devastating, iconic, and so varied that it NEVER got old for me. That level of hype and satisfaction you see that "KO" vibrate as your opponent gets knocked the fuck out made me feel like a bad ass every time. This is one of the most Legendary fighting games of all time.
One of the greatest fighting games of all time
easily
THE greatest
LOVE THIS GAME !!! Love that you’re Showing it Love 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for covering this bad boy, this game is the definition of slept on. The over-the-top story and moves ontop of just really really solid gameplay made this one of those games that still stands out to this day
this game is an absolute gem! played so much of it, still one of my all time favorites.
This was my first xbox game
And at that time I didn’t know that this was a crazy expensive game to buy now like geez
Bruuuuh!!!! I totally forgot about this game! Thanks for the awesome video and the nostalgic flashback
one of my favorite games of all time and I'm the same way with fighting games, great video, really tugged my nostalgic heartstrings.
This game finally getting the recognition it deserves ✊🏿🔥✊🏿
Man I miss EA BIG games like fifa, NFL, NBA street with def jam . I miss the early 2000s gaming period 😪
Same! NBA and NFL Street were fantastic and of course SSX Tricky
@@MrHammers Tricky was my shit! I forgot all about it and as soon as you said "EA Sports Big" it came flooding back.
This was pure gold my brother. Thank you so much for this review. I never got the chance to beat it as a kid, because I had rented it from the local blockbuster, but spent as much time as I could playing it. I still remember Ludachris having that dope pin, where he would hand stand on your body. Too bad I mad him tap in that match lol
Man im glad you have this video. Instant share👌🏾
I’m surprised Eminem or 50 cent wasn’t in this game
Didn’t know that Danny Trejo was in this awesome
Ahhh the memories, I worked for EA for the last 20 years and this was one of my first couple of projects I worked on (as QA) :)
This was my absolute favorite game growing up. This is making me want to find my old GameCube and play it again.
That’s my favorite game of the PS2 era. I spent sooo much time one that game, way past beatin it, and nobody could beat me who picked up a controller. Classic for real!
Ive been waiting for this one for days
Preciate ya my man
Still play this game to this day, so many style combinations.
Yes! Was hoping you were gonna cover this.
I also think you should do a full retrospective of this game. It's well needed and deserved and i'd really appreciate it.
Keep up the good work bro
Personal favourite on the ps2. Honestly played this for hundreds of hours. Come on man let's bounce!
THANK GOD you went over this game
This game is my childhood, one of the best games ever made imo
Thank you for this wondeful trip down memory lane. Forgot about how good this game is. Packning up my old ps2 slim for a quick rerun
I'm still playing DJFFNY, but playing in hard mode because when I was a kid, I was awful for videogames. Now I can beat Fat Joe and Bonecrusher together (one of them fucks my teammate up easily, so I'm always the last man standing most of the time in double team).
There won't be any game like this...
I hope I am wrong.
Sorry for my english, not my first language.
I just recently bought this game and it’s still better than most of the fighting games out today
AWESOME video! Being a huge fighting game fan and growing up playing this along with many other fighters I Can't believe I never saw this video up until this point and it's about damn time this game gets the recognition it deserves lol. This game is easily in my top 10 and STILL holds up and even outshines some fighting games today and also wanna take this opportunity to say that if you have played or still play Def Jam and enjoy it, very highly recommend Urban Reign, basically Def Jam but made by the same developers who made the famous "tekken" series and is just as much of a hidden/underrated gem as Def Jam FFNY.
*also tiny tidbit in the video I wanted to correct, when you mentioned the only ways of getting ko"d in "DANGER" being haymaker, blazin move, weapon, and environment, while those are all true you missed heavy grapple attacks from Wrestlers, double team/crowd moves, kickboxing grapple combos could KO if opponent didn't escape in time, and flying attacks from Martial Artists running off of something would KO as well.
I never played this Def Jam. Only Vendetta and now I feel like I've missed out on a great game
FFNY was superior in everyway imo. Fantastic game
Finally.
Thank you.
Ly.
Just watched Max Dood play this game. Was a damn good time. Great vid man
Video was great. Song at the end is amazing. Subscribed
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Love it wish they'd make a remaster though or just re-release
Man it may have been short but another banger video. I wish I grew up with this games but picked up the series while in high school like 7 years ago. Starting with Vendetta, I love WWE and their games and when I got V I was blown away. Seeing rappers I grew up listening to was just amazing with DMX being my fav in the first one but couldn't make it for FFNY. When I got FFNY it was over, just blew me away even more. The roster was so much better and the combat is too crazy with me and friend of mine who also has it are finding new things since we been back on it within the past few months. I still play it on my og xbox and trying to play with every style combo so I know my way around this damn near perfect game. For icon...we dont talk about it but everything about it other than the fighting it's a pretty cool game but that's it lol. If anyone is out there trying to play FFNY physically get it on xbox or ps2, gcn just ain't it
To give Icon credit. It got me into T.I.’s album at the time with its song “what you know about that” I got really into their song with Eminem on that album too “touchdown”
@@Nah-NoNeed_ man icon had a great roster and the soundtrack was even better. I some how never got into ti and been hear his songs all my life but now I gotta check out them eminem track
thank you for this video man, Hands down of the best fighting games ever created! great work!
Mrhammers you sir continue to make such great informative Retrospective videos 🤝
Thank you sir ✊
5:39 The Knoccouts can also be done by strong grapples if your fighter has wrestling as their first fighting style, wrestling in general or wrestling twice maybe. Not sure if it has to be level 3
Yup and weapons too
I'm definitely like you. In terms of not being a big fan of fighting games. I've played your typical classics, plus games like both Injustice games, and some of the newer Mortal Kombat games. But I feel this game, X-Men Next Dimension and Mortal Kombat Deception are my all time favourite fighting games. I really wish someone would bring out a new X-Men fighting game. I don't understand why no one has made one so far
Video is very well put together. Great content. I remember when this came out lol
For it's time, it is phenomenal. And the genius of having the characters be rap artists & include their music to help boost record sales.
Video dope!
This era of gaming 2009 and below is truely the best! I feel like developers poured a lot of talent into these games before big corps game around and cash grabs
Def Jam has been getting a lot of love lately.
Definitely bringing back memories of the days of PS2, my all-time favorite console. Sounds like it's yours too.
Criminally underrated game
So you think hip hop music was too much back then? Have you heard any of the garbage out nowadays? The music featured in this game still beats to death anything released in the last 10 years.
The last 15 you mean ???????
You know when MySpace HELPED promote Pu5$y Quality Rap
One of my fav games growing. I wish they could give us a current gen update for fight for NY. I’d love a new def jam game with everything that made this one so great
AYOO That Method Man Line is crazyyyy 2:15
A really good game that I'd love to see you do a video on is Crime life Gang Wars
I believe it's right up your alley
Never played Def Jam but I loved No Mercy on N64, had no idea AKI was behind this game. I was really into 2000's rap/hip hop back in my high school days. I was that dumbo that would be blasting my music nearly blowing out my car's speakers lol. It's too bad Icon didn't turn out so great though. Coulda had my dude Rich Boy with Throw Some D's 😂
Hahaha for sure. Those N64 wrestling games were so much fun, but FFNY was just something really special. You definitely missed out if you were a big fan of hip hop AND wrestling games haha
Hearing COMP playing has me hyped already. That track causes riots.
I was playing this game this weekend with my son and it's fun and brought back so many memories
I hope they remake this game
Still got it, still playin it 🥰
Boy how time flies.. I remember seeing this demo as a kid at the airport just passing through, thinking to myself I can’t believe this is what video games look like on this new system
16 or so years ago this game kept me hooked, at that time this game (in my area) was laughed at but for some reason i saw the potential this game has and bought it.
i bet if i start playing this again on my ps2, i will be hooked for days on end.
The mechanics together with fighting style mixing when playing with your own made character, is just out of this world awsome.
Not me clicking this video immediately to see if you provide a way for us to play def jam in 2022
I wish haha. Just emulator is it