Peak 6th gen. I fucking love Def Jam, man.

FFNY was a product of astral alignment. Shittons of licenses, AKI at the height of their powers, EA willing to throw a ton of money at a single project in a pre-DLC world, and consoles that were just powerful enough to pull everything they wanted off. You will never see this game or anything like it again. Thank god it only took their second try to nail it.

You couldn't ask for better presentation. Everyone is either a truck-sized mountain of muscle, a shredded Bruce Lee-like, a model who moves like Catwoman, or Flava Flav. Blazin' moves are more "oooooh"-worthy than any Mortal Kombat fatality. Music is constantly blasting and it's good shit. The game looks great, especially on Xbox, with particular standouts being the fire ring and power plant. It's an insane look top to bottom but it never winks or nudges, this is 100% sincere 2000's cheese and it rules.

The game's systems are perfect fighting game rock paper scissors while leaving room for AKI's wrestling background to shine, resulting in a hybrid unlike anything else before or since, even when compared to Vendetta. The fact that it holds up competitively (admittedly with a banlist but there are like 70 characters here, chill) blows my mind. The KO system is a standout, as you can only land one when an opponent is weak and you either use the environment, a weapon, hit your finisher, or do a style-specific finisher (eg: wrestlers hitting a big grapple). It creates heaps of tension whenever health meters are in the red and means matches never, ever end boring.

I only ding this game half a star because the camera is a bit shit, though this is more true in 4p than in 1v1. You can still end up with a character positioned behind another and not really be able to see what they're doing sometimes. It doesn't matter often, but when it does it does.

For this last playthrough I intentionally didn't take wrestling or submission, which I'd never done, and I regretted it. Strikes in this game are effective, don't get me wrong, but turning someone's brain into jello and getting a KO for the privilege is my favorite feeling on this bitch of an earth. Still had a great time all the way up to throwing Snoop out a window yet again.

Shoutout to my fellow Bonecrusher Gamers.

A good game:
İ love customization and this has an amazing one
Fights we're good and the blazing moves were so good

This game make me like fight with anything i saw

This is one of those games I would fall in love with it if I played it when I was a kid. It's so badass and stylish. You step into the gangsta world and rise up through the ranks by beating the shit out of people. The whole cast consists of real life rappers like Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and Ludacris. Tbh, not only rappers, badass dudes like Danny Trejo and Henry Rollins are in the game lol.

The game has a satisfying combat with its awesome animations and solid depth. There are 5 different fighting styles for you to pick and you can combine any 3 of them max and each combination has their own unique moveset.

There is also a good learning curve, you can't just mash buttons to go through the levels. You gotta use the enviroment, learn how to counter and break grabs. Especially in the late game, you'll need to figure out the timings of your opponents because your mindless agression will be punished by their counters. You gotta know how to be defensive too.

Hardest part is the early game because you start with only one fighting style and your stats are very low compared to your opponents. So, expect to lose majority of the early fights 2 to 3 times but you'll pick it up eventually.

Anyway, this is a manly as fuck game with its brutal combat, gangsta as hell characters and stylish visuals. Also, the soundtrack is absolutely fire. I found myself hyping myself up before the fights while listening to the awesome tracks of the game lol. Totally worth playing.

After playing the PSP Port/Prequel, I'm playing the main Def Jam FFNY. It lacks some stuff which I understand is due to the PSP game being made two years later. However it more than makes up with it's superior graphics which might as well be an early Xbox 360 title. AKI have improved their engine significantly since the WWF No Mercy days, even if it's not a wrestling title anymore, there are still aspects of wrestling in it. Not to mention the whole story is crazy, without going into spoilers, and has quite a cast and soundtrack.