Now THIS is STREET FIGHTING! | MAX PLAYS: Def Jam: Fight for NY - Part 1

[@Phyrrax]

Now THIS is really a certified hood classic!

[@SuperFusionAJ93]

BA DUMP TIS!

[@LandofBrickForests]

Yes sir. 😊👍

[@faux...7827]

Damn son where’d you find this?

[@just_2swift]

@@faux...7827 THE EMPIRE

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@faux...7827 walk witcha boys

[@Dredizzle]

The grappling system along with the crowd interactivity was so fresh and unique for the time. Not alot of fighters have really used that concept ever again.

[@liltakifuego3993]

cries in MK interactables*

[@Dredizzle]

@@liltakifuego3993 the stage traps in MK games were dope as hell. I think deception was the first game to introduce them but that’s a different concept compared to the crowd interaction in def jam.

[@Vscustomprinting]

I remember it being a bit clunky but cool for the time, the sequels lost a lot of appeal...

[@Dredizzle]

@@Vscustomprinting yea the only other game after FFNY was Def Jam Icon. It was an awesome showcase of the tech capable on the 360 and PS3 but was hated by diehard fans like myself due to the gameplay and combat direction it took. Even the lead creative behind the game came to terms with that after the fact.

[@Dredizzle]

@Michael Fox yea for sure. alot of games had similar systems or share similarities but the crowd interactions with the tag team moves are still very unique to the franchise imo ofc 👍🏼

[@JinyuSZN]

2:47:19 Max: "GET THAT SHIT OUTTA HERE, THIS IS MINE NOW" The music: "Get outta here with that shit, man." Max: "YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID" That shit got me crying every time man

[@adrianescalante8313]

PAHAH. I’m dying!

[@Iqzzy-KO]

I need Max's whole playlist that was playing during this stream because some of the songs banged! :)

[@JinyuSZN]

​@@Iqzzy-KO The songs Max used for the entire playthrough are from "Anarchy Reigns" soundtrack

[@Iqzzy-KO]

@@JinyuSZN Oh wow really? I would have never guessed! Funny enough Here We Go is the only song I know! But anyway thanks! Is it the same for Part 2 as well?

[@JinyuSZN]

@@Iqzzy-KO Yeah

[@jackjackson811]

Watching Max get bodied by Cruz only to beat Sean Paul on the first time was infuriating, awe inspiring, and hilarious.

[@HindsightWithHustle]

Yeah that’s that THQ difficulty spike man lol.

[@aaronbenton8156]

Until he tries to beat Fat Joe

[@RetroPanda13]

Been playing this game for more than a decade, when it comes to FFNY, my go to style is Submissions (or Wrestling) because using one of these two styles enables you to do a Strong front grapple and switch to a Rear grapple, since the game punishes you if you're using the same moves more than twice in a row, these two styles allows you for an easy access to more variety. The other 3 styles don't let you do that, and if you pick Sub or Wrestling as the 2nd or 3rd style, you cannot do that still, they have to be one of your 1st style. The pros and cons to each style is that : - Martial Arts : You can give faster strikes and it's easier to counter your opponent BUT you're much weaker in terms of damage and sometimes the style disable other styles to have some KO moves. - Street Fighting : Well obviously the power of your punching moves are stronger but you're a little too predictable. - Kickboxing : A great style to combo your opponent BUT the game will often penalize you for using it, meaning less money. It's probably the best fighting style of them all. - Wrestling : Access to easy rear grapples BUT you're a little one sided as your best option is always to grapple. - Submissions : Weakening a limb means less damage from the opponent BUT it's an extremely slow (as in you cannot win fast with it) and boring style to some players. My go to combinations are mostly (IN THE WRITTEN ORDER): - *Submissions* (it's the most basic one but the Sleeper hold is a very broken submission in the early game). - *Kickboxing* (It's the beginning style but it's litterally the ONLY Kickboxing style that lets you use the Kickboxing's punch combo as the strong grapple, as all other additional styles will automatically be assigned to the punch moves). - *Submissions + Kickboxing* (The submissions are quite effective with it and it makes your win condition much faster, there's a very good Submission moves with it). - *Wrestling + Kickboxing* (You can KO someone so fast with it as it combines the most useful combo of the Kickboxing with the heavy moves of Wrestling that can KO opponents). - *Submissions + Wrestling* (If you switch the order of these two styles you have a different set of moves and submissions to use, it's the style that fits a pure wrestling game style as well as a pure Def Jam Vendetta gameplay).

[@MEGVTRON]

Damn thats crazy bro

[@Sxdbaldy713]

Nerrrrd

[@Los20163]

I would recommend starting with either wrestling or streetfighting then after that if you chose wrestling first, then do streetfighting second then vice versa along with kickboxing, martial arts or submissions. But martial arts for me is not a good style for what they give you. If anything you really have to rely on the wall jumps in the blazin move.

[@Los20163]

I actually agree with you on what you are saying Mathieu Belda

[@Vscustomprinting]

Thank you.. the nature boy salutes you from his grave

[@TedizMayne]

2:32:24 Max’s reaction is priceless, lmfao. We all reacted like this when we lost to him back in the day.

[@RushValentine]

And the best part, that happened when Max streamed in the Mother's day.

[@papa_sloth_gaming547]

​@@RushValentine 😅

[@Lagunero7199]

😂

[@peighnesshonourchign9164]

The game is dumb easy. I dont get how he can play fast games like SF n KI but can't handle this slowmo fighter.

[@JMrealgamer]

😂🤣 Yeah I remember that!

[@MergedWarriors]

This game had so much content and is the definition of the 2000's bling era. Despite being a licensing hell because a lot of the playable rappers did not get payed for it. Plus almost all of the roster would nowadays be put behind a paywall which is the sad truth about fighting games. You even could have friends come over and have him use his memory card to have his CaC fight against yours. Sure the story mode could get a bit dragged out at the 2nd half of the story with fighting at the same venues or slightly modified versions of them but it wasn't as noticable when the fighting itself is so satisfying. This game had everything. Supers, stage finishers, a ridiculously large roster where literally everyone who appeared in the game one way or another is playable, a solid 2000's soundtrack list, and a shit ton of costumizable options for your CaC. Man I miss this game. This and Vendetta were fun to play with. Icon ruined and killed the franchise unfortunately. I even still remember the rumors back then of a new FFNY version with extra characters like 50 Cent, Eminem, 2Pac and Biggie.

[@RemyL75]

.... We don't talk about Icon.

[@essam007]

@@RemyL75 was icon the last released game?

[@rtushaaaa]

@@essam007 yeah icon was the nail in the coffin for this franchise. they got rid of the old studio got a new studio and engine and completely butchered the games iconic fighting for a sound shockwave system.

[@RemyL75]

@@essam007 yep. And it SUCKED. Also, made you do work to keep track of the top songs, etc. But again... We don't talk about Icon lol

[@MergedWarriors]

@@RemyL75 Lol I know, but had to mention it in this case.

[@OsOl0K0_ttv]

THIS GAME WAS MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD! It's amazing to see you play it. It's ridiculously good!

[@notoriousmike3307]

Me too man me too

[@Junatersis]

This, Urban Reign and Beat Down Fists of Vengeance were my childhood

[@mistertea4487]

​@@Junatersisfist of vengeance was sick, the streets of rage one with blonde goth katana lady?

[@SlimmCutta]

First off whoever told Max to go martial arts first in style did him a major disservice lol, obviously a beginner lol, always go street fighter, wrestling, or kickboxing first, unless your advance, but the progression since picking up street fighter as a second style Max has learned a lot in the arena, glad to see him enjoy this diamond class of a game 🙌

[@Hubbalarkin]

I thought the same thing when the chat recommended martial arts. I cringed hard as hell and went "please no..."

[@ShadowMoon878]

What you expect from a bunch of 12 year olds who think martial arts is the best coz they played too much Tekken?

[@SlimmCutta]

Lol facts @@ShadowMoon878

[@ancientorphan3262]

I understand that it's all for the content so doing this for the fans comes 1st but yea I agree choosing marital arts for the first fighting style is a NO 🤣

[@Troupe_Master]

Lol this was the only game I played when I was young I had a handme down Xbox and only this game because I was poor..so when I tell you I know this game like the back of my hand I do and man....then telling him to go martial arts made me cringe so bad it's one of the worst styles in the game

[@kingsman5121]

55:44 it’s kind of insane how well “My Town My City” works for this game

[@jjayala5512]

Max choosing Max Anarchy's music was the best choice of rf music. Every song was perfect with the fights.

[@wretchedknight2195]

On god that shit was so good I thought it was a part of the game for a second lmao😊

[@RP-ph4lr]

Man, I’m so happy to be able to re-live this game through Max playing it for the first time and now realizing that Chris Judge went from D-Mob to Kratos

[@davidwhite206]

Damn, he did D-Mob back in the day? Respect!

[@edattacks]

Yea when I seen that name I was thinking "That name shouldn't be familiar" That's crazy

[@SomeRandomMario]

"I need a weapon! I need a weapon!!!" Said Max in a stage with two bottles on the speakers, and three dudes holding pipes... lmao loved every minute of this.

[@cagethelonewolf]

Not even that. Him refusing to special during danger or just throwing them Into fans. The wall jump is hard to do. But koing isn't as hard as he making it look. Congrats on winning a ps5

[@53Spawn]

@@cagethelonewolf Im pretty sure thats a bot lol

[@rando5638]

@@cagethelonewolf Yeah, I was screaming at the monitor every time he ignored his special bar filling up as well *XD*

[@KingJadInfiniteHope]

1. for anybody who’s never played this game and wants to give it a try, first off emulation is your best bet unless you want to pay 150-200$, or know somebody that has the game already. 2. when you play this game, DO NOT MASH BUTTONS. it’s not a street fighter/mortal Kombat style fighting game. it’s a fighting game with wrestling game controls. (grapple button, one punch button, one kick button, a run button, and L1/L is your modifier.) 3. for your first time, DON’T PLAY ON HARD, and DON’T choose martial arts as your first fighting style or you’ll most likely give up quickly. STREETFIGHTING, is the easiest style to use (it’s also the best speed running style). (Look at number 4 if hard mode doesn’t intimidate you.) 4. if you want to make the best character statistically possible, choose Martial Arts, Streetfighting, & Kickboxing, in that order. 5. YES, JEWELRY makes a difference, the more expensive your jewelry is the faster your “blazin” (finisher) meter fills up. 6. getting “perfect” matches & getting more points by doing more moves, gives you more money to spend, so make the matches LAST, don’t end them quickly. try to use your blazin 4-5 times in EVERY MATCH. 7. USE THE ENVIRONMENT, using the crowd is a good thing but DON’T try to use the crowd as a way to end the match. USE THE WALLS/CAGE. 8. THANK YOU MAX, for showcasing one of the greatest games of all time, (my second favorite).

[@KronosSion]

Number 4...You're talking about Drunken Kung Fu right?

[@RetroRanter]

Wait it goes for how much now?! I'm gonna give my physical copy a hug.

[@theobell2002]

Please stop overhyping MA + SF + KB (the second and third order of styles do not matter, btw). While this fighting style is considered top tier, there are 10 other style combinations in the S tier category and 7 other styles in the A tier category. Also, jewelry is not THAT important. Your charisma stat is not just affected by your jewelry. You will gain charisma for doing a certain amount of crowd moves, blazin' moves and reaching certain story thresholds and beating the story itself. I have 2 fighters who don't even wear jewelry (for aesthetics reasons) and they do just fine filling up their Blazin' meter as their charisma stat is already at like 85%.

[@KronosSion]

@@theobell2002 what are the 6 other S tier styles?

[@RibiRoo]

I once made a capoeira/kunf fu style character on the xbox version but forgot the order in the martial arts I selected. Never was able to recreate it again.

[@pluviasalutor1290]

Even if they can't make a game exactly like this, due to licensing, I'd love to see a game that has similar mechanics. From the combining of styles to form your own, a well done story, and a large cast, with fun supers and Damn good customization. Loved this game back in that day.

[@yishay]

I'm working on it

[@Jet_Set_Go]

Midnight Fight Express is kinda similar (is a beat em up tho, still fun asf)

[@sp123]

AEW all out is using this same engine, but its a regular wrestling game.

[@pingu8015]

sf6 world tour baby

[@adonailr9667]

SF6 babyyyy

[@DigitalHIFI09]

3:38:29 had me cracking up hard. They were in sync twice😆

[@Plasmacat1]

This game in modern times will be a Microtransaction hell hole with some NFT crap from Snoop Dog. What an amazing game.

[@theuchihakidd]

Imagine

[@malikmcclain6048]

And I would buy it all

[@magdieldexter]

@@malikmcclain6048 >Part of the problem

[@xLuis89x]

yeah, make your own character! , but you have to pay money to unlock specials, HELL NAW

[@redchili6927]

It's almost as if having a cast of famous people costs money or something.

[@thisismybassgun]

My favorite thing about this game is watching people go "...what, there's more?!?" Also, the fact that it's maybe the funnest fighting game ever

[@mp32298]

I miss this game and EA Big titles

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

This game , God hand and urban reign..

[@thisismybassgun]

@@TheEnigmaticBM39 Godhand really deserves a remaster.

[@LordRaptor]

It's embarrassing how fighting games that used 3D models from the PS2 era still have better facial animation than the overwhelming majority of fighting games today that use 3D models.

[@amuro9624]

The cutscenes look better than that awful NBA 2k campaign mode

[@ColorfulReaper8854]

More effort put into older ganes than recent ones has that effect.

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

That emotion chip!

[@FlameJackstar]

Or Starfield, for that matter.

[@StephonZeno]

@@ColorfulReaper8854 The good ol' days where games actually had to be properly tested and finished before release.

[@ValorDucky]

Sean Paul fight was too funny. Chat: "Sean Paul is gonna wreck you! Everyone had problems with this fight" * Sean Paul kicks Max, then taunts like he's hot shit. * * Max proceeds to beat the living crap out of Paul with no additional damage * Max: "Problem fight, huh?"

[@53Spawn]

For real lmao. Man overcame Ice-T and everyone else just felt like fodder afterwards until.....*cracking noises*

[@tevinmoss12]

Wait till Snoop. He gave me problems as a teen always threw me out the damn window after I did all the work lol.

[@GorrillaVision]

Sean Paul is wack though so that means the chat sucks at the game Busta Rhymes and Snoop are way tougher

[@GorrillaVision]

@@tevinmoss12 he was a legit challenge

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

Lol did he beat fat Joe yet?

[@mrdudetou]

The funny thing is the PSP version has improved mechanics like ground take downs for some ground and pound. That was awesome.

[@Jet_Set_Go]

I replayed that a few days ago, it's hard for me to go back to the classic after that

[@Plutonic_Blue]

The gameplay seems a lot slower on the PSP, gonna have to try it but I like how fast paced the ps2 version is

[@curryis828]

PSP version was just pure trash

[@mrdudetou]

@@curryis828 Each there own.

[@TK-421_66]

Max’s character looking like when mom says we have Guile at home. So damned good

[@carbodude5414]

I particularly like how the Martial Arts style's stance is a homage to Ryu's stance

[@seanchan4478]

I don't get it, and it's not isolated to this game. Why, when you have a winning formula in a game, why would you not do that again? Def jam was awesome, but im also looking at you netherrealm Conquest, street fighter world tour, dynasty warriors 5 xl, etc

[@RaptorPegasus]

It's also certainly not isolated to this genre *fucking please Capcom give me Dragon's Dogma 2* Edit: prayers heard

[@Dang3rMouSe]

@@RaptorPegasus yes, Dragon's Dogma 2 plz Capcom🙏 So many unique aspects to that game.

[@seanchan4478]

@@Dang3rMouSe Capcom is proud to announce dragons dogma 2, a collectible card game for your mobile device.... nooooooooo!

[@ViewtifulFGC]

Well... the reason this game was never created again was because according to the rappers who were in this game. Most of them were not paid. So they probably don't trust the industry to pay them again

[@seanchan4478]

@@ViewtifulFGC that does suck, but for real, I'd play this game with all OCs

[@ijustsawthat]

How the hell we don't have games like these nowadays? We come so far in the tech side, and still this game is way more fun to play than most of games nowadays!

[@Cheezyfeet86]

You can thank Def Jam Icon for that

[@Plutonic_Blue]

@@Cheezyfeet86I don’t even know how they went from this to Icon and saw nothing wrong during the entire development process. Icon is legit trash lol

[@StephonZeno]

The PS2/Gamecube/Xbox era had some of the greatest games of all time that have aged like wine. I've bee playing many PS2 games recently and I'm surprised by how well so many of them hold up to this day. Some were even more fun and had more content than modern games.

[@LectricVonThunder]

The streets been waitin for this one, Max!!

[@x_ice_bullets_x1703]

😂

[@pati_difuso0924]

😂👍

[@terronmcadams9563]

🤣🤣🤣 straight up

[@kaidybear3664]

LMAO THE LIL KIM VS CARMEN ENDING WHERE THEY DID THE SAME INVINCIBLE MOVES AT THE SAME TIME AND MAX SCREAMED HAD ME DYING.

[@nico_dgc]

LOOOL ME TOO 😂 @3:38:28 I couldn't believe how perfectly timed that all was. THAT is proof that the Ai is reading your patterns.

[@qmchale5130]

"No Foreplay" is Lauren's finishing move. Lauren's the sketch artist at the beginning.

[@ONLY1U.]

His interactions with the merchants is hilarious especially at SUS 🤣

[@erickdelgado3014]

Not only is this a hood classic, BUT the character creation is mad under rated, the need to give it the REESPEKKT it deserves

[@terryts2]

To break down the hip hop scene of this time, Def Jam was as a record label THE big dog in town. The Wal Mart of the market. Yea there were others (Roc A Fella, Bad Boy, Universal, Cash Money, No Limit, and so many others to name) but Def Jam was the biggest. They also have branches of their label so they have a hand in a lot of artists and labels and such. Russel Simmons was the head of it and Kimora ( who is in this game) is his lady.

[@lamarco18]

Roc was under the def jam label. That's why you had Roc artists in this game. I think snoop was the only outlier

[@jwm1444]

@@lamarco18 Pretty sure Snoop was on Interscope at the time and was a replacement for 50 Cent.

[@iraford5788]

Yep absolutely correct.

[@HonkeyKong54]

Aftermath and interscope was shitting on Def jam

[@Y0U2BER]

One of the best fighting games ever made. Easily THE best wrestling game ever made. The Anarchy Reigns soundtrack works really well with this too.

[@kobemj23]

I'm like 20 minutes into this and I'm surprised Max didn't realize his character's stance was an actual shoto's (Ryu's) 😂

[@Uniqueness021]

28:30 the best back and forth ever 😂

[@blakejones409]

This game has the best character customization in the industry. The amount of options of how to customize a particular article of clothing is spectacular. Though the fashion might be dated the mechanics of this system beats it's modem day counter parts.

[@Charlie_Xmas]

this is my Favorite game of all time and i'm just happy you're putting eyes on it for potential new fans to enjoy. i'm in my 30s now not a lot of younger folks know about this game

[@Shadyman526]

28 here and I remember playing this game with my friend! I don't even like/play fighting games but this game was hella fun.

[@seanchan4478]

I don't need a hd remake, just please put it on Xbox live or psn store. So many ps2 classics I'll never get to play again. This, dsw5xl, soul cal 3, dot hack.

[@jebVlogs556]

I'm right with you @AlexTheShredder this game is long since forgotten

[@ultraunique3476]

Hell they don't know about the PS2 and Nintendo64 golden era of gaming. And how gaming developers back then actually cared about the customers.

[@jebVlogs556]

@@ultraunique3476 facts FAM

[@theprowler18]

This was one of my favorite, underrated gems of that year (2004). Story mode is basically the classic hip hop/turf war tale that features prominent hip hop/rap artists of the day in respective roles and fighting for D-Mob (Actor that is known for Kratos and Lee) and Crow (essentially a ruthless don version of Snopp Dogg) and you fight for D-Mob and Blaze (Method Man). This gets dark and brutal real fast (ranging from Subway Fun, to win you have to stun a person on a track at the right moment to get mutilated by an oncoming train or the climatic penthouse window battle where you have to knock the living shit out of the opponent into a window that breaks and spells their death) and playing it again, I found for newcomers, you have to go hard, fast, utilize the environment effectively, use the modifier to pull off different moves, and use the blaze mode for either a massive damage hit or if done right, KO. Matches can last either 30 seconds or a few minutes depending on how tough the opponent is. Glad people are discovering this one of a kind gem that you couldn't even make nowadays.

[@iraford5788]

Yep definitely 100% agreed.

[@mewxtwo]

This game is a classic man. You described it perfectly.

[@RichhSwaggSmookyGang]

At least 5,000 hours in this agree with this statement

[@dablaccaiyan9152]

Max : this is kinda fucking sick Entire gaming community: now you know why we all want another Def jam game or a remaster of Fight for NY

[@kingcaligula4697]

This game was my childhood lol. I cant count how many replays i have done on this game as a kid, Its the one game i regret losing track of due to it being such a rare find now a days to find a copy.

[@mical2great]

If you have a good computer/laptop get dolphin emu...durin covid the only reason i got it was to play this game

[@kiaba360-4]

@@mical2great or PCSX2.

[@HiImKangarou]

Max, reversal-ing a throw is just done by doing a strike. And "crowd-interaction kills" are done by hitting an enemy into the crowd where they're slumped over, and then grappling them.

[@DarkMoonRaven100]

You can also heavy throw to get it normal throw just pushes them back to you.

[@terryts2]

I played the absolute crap out of this in my teen years. The memories…

[@peanutyellow7924]

If you didn't play this you just was not living back in the day 😂😂😂

[@derrickhaggard]

Max this story mode is awesome as you're essentially playing as a CaC underground fighter in what could be described as a awesome gripping crime drama.

[@karialy1479]

What exactly is CaC?

[@ryanm.8720]

@@karialy1479 Create a Character.

[@karialy1479]

@@ryanm.8720 Thanks.

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

He's already finished the game on Twitch. Just releasing the playthrough in parts on KZbin.

[@SickLiq]

Man I was dying through a lot of this. Hysterically funny.

[@KRIVIQ]

For real, dude was dying inside after getting ko'ed

[@leonardwashington7189]

Hearing Kratos call me a little Bitch and bashing me for playing video games is hysterical

[@ROBBYROOYT]

3:38:29 That's the first time I've seen that in this game, that was amazing. So damn cool!

[@keith9129]

Watching max be awakened to his inner hood ninja was an absolute treat

[@KingCrimeTime]

Everyone has an inner hood ninja

[@azenar1894]

@Master Monkey I understood that reference

[@PandemicPete]

@@azenar1894 lmfao I remember that hahaha

[@tonberryhater2286]

Store owner: yo that's a hot look playa Hood Max with just a bandana,underwear and tins: :) Lolololol

[@DarthKrillin]

@Master Monkey IT'S THE CHINDER CHANDER NINJER DAGGER

[@Rd-sl5dx]

I remember trying to get Dmobs fighting stance. His was so intimidating from the first game

[@theobell2002]

You can get it by starting with wrestling and then adding kickboxing and streetfighting or martial arts and submissions. This is for 3 styles and the latter style is one of the best styles in the game. For 2 styles, you can add any other fighting style to get the stance except martial arts. (Adding only martial arts retains the original wrestling stance).

[@twinkpeaks9993]

Max is a man of culture, the amount of anarchy reigns music that played during the fights was great

[@НиколайЛамберт]

When I got it in my youth, I knew almost no onr of those. American rap wasnt that big in my coutry so I vaguely knew maybe Snoop Dog and Ice-T... Ad wasnt a fan of rap music. Game still blew my mind and was my favorite for a loooong time. Amazing arena interactivily, lots of movesets, ability to levelup and customise your character tied into storyline, crazy stulish. I still dream of games like that. But never again I met such a masterpiece.

[@TheRunningComedian]

God I love this game. I've replayed it over and over and over mixing different fighting styles, and trying to recreate my favorite rappers and rock stars.

[@jbzhummerh2gamer]

A thing I do at the Foundation is get my stamina/special meter up with taunts. Once it starts to slow down I grab the weapon on the subwoofer & then taunt a few more times before starting the fight. A faster way to build up the meter would be to grab that weapon 1st then taunt. Your opponent will stand there & watch you, you must move toward them to start the fight. More good advice - In the FFAs of 4 or 3, it's sometimes best to let 2 opponents fight each other. You can recover health & taunt to gain back stamina/special meter. Street Fighters are good for making lots of money, that is once you get good enough to play around with your opponent. Once I learned how to do this, I kept on beating my opponent, adding up the points (even as they kept on being low), & then once I was done I'd have thousands of dollars to my name.

[@skaels]

I played this is in highschool. Had a fun time watching and getting nostalgia bumps. I wish they would add this to the PS4 Now or something.

[@soulechelon2643]

aw man just watching this makes me want to play this game again. Was so fun. Best wrestling game to this very day imo. I know copyright issues stop it from coming back (along with Def Jam Icon failing miserably) but it'd be awesome to see some sort of spiritual successor to this.

[@VioletMaeve]

I wouldn't mind for the Def Jam crew or another crew to just make a game around the combat of Fight for NY. Really what made it more interesting was the iconic Rappers, but the combat was really fleshed out than most of us realised. We could play a game with just characters and still have fun with it without Blaze or Doc.

[@silverhanma]

if you want you could use pcsx2 or dolphin and get a rom

[@el00morro00]

Everybody picks the dumb martial arts style and they never learn to knok out using flying or aerial takedowns, this game was a product of it's time and it was so freaking good to take your memory card to a friend's house and do tourneys, great chilhood times, also yeah the jeancos were the thing to wear, everybody was Fred Durst wanna be back in the day.

[@SneekeySneekey]

Man that leg parry around 1:30:09 looked really good. Its the little things that just makes me say “damn that’s nice”

[@XellosNi]

Come to think of it, I think the other fighting styles had easy access moves that result in a KO once they land in the danger zone. "Martial Arts" is technically starting off with Hard Mode.

[@MansMan42069]

And also Pro mode, because Martial Artists have superior parries and throw techs.

[@xLuis89x]

@@MansMan42069 and also martial artists can do some nice combos to do an easy KO with the flying kick, like throwing someone in danger into the crowd and then run to a wall and BOOM, or just finish a combo into someone in danger and while they are recovering, you run and do the wall jumpkick and you finish them so fast that way, talking as an experienced player in that game

[@DuNdAlALa]

@@xLuis89x I think when you pick up the third level of Martial Arts you can kill with counters

[@theprowler18]

Having given the game a spin again, the best style to start with is Street Fighting, as the haymaker can not only do massive damage but KO a sucker at the right time. Plus, utilizing the environment effectively and timing the counters for grapples can make the difference between wining or losing big as Max has demonstrated in this snippet.

[@XellosNi]

@@theprowler18 I actually remember steamrolling earlygame with Kickboxing. But that Haymaker DOES help in a pinch when you can land it.

[@PathFinder1490]

One of the things I loved in the Tekken entries was Tekken Force/Scenario Campaign mode. With SFVI’s World Tour mode, I hope they incorporate the beat ‘em up / Def Jam style fights in that mode.

[@tjreardon8495]

Probably just a bunch of street fighter style fights I imagine

[@aspreedacore]

Tekken 4 tekken force!!! The reward you get is the best credits EVER

[@BknMoonStudios]

The character customization and the custom opponents will make or break World Tour mode. I'm hopeful and very much looking forward to it. :)

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

They need to make a sequel to this. This time with a better character creation mode. One that allows you to do more than pick your fighting style. Where you can customize your character's moveset.

[@thebuffhermit]

So they did make a sequel and it was horrible

[@chunky_mustard5312]

@@thebuffhermit we don't speak on icon 😂😂

[@jordantaylorwilliams8227]

They did, it sucked. Def Jam Icon

[@wolfazassin803]

@@thebuffhermit I actually really liked Icon. I know I'm in the minority but I enjoyed it

[@Hypno_BPM]

EA Big was actually great games , loved NBA Street

[@GalletaGalletosa]

this game is incredible, and it had a lot of advanced gameplay options like parrys and counters

[@razztastic]

This is what a fighting game should play like. Interactable stages, custom characters that look like they actually fit into the roster, amazing impactful animations, and dynamic combos. The PS2 truly is one of a kind. I wish I still had mine, I used to play the shit out of Armageddon on a fat ass Sanyo CRT TV when I was a kid lol

[@mr.smellgood2794]

This game is still alot of fun. I remember it was so much trash talking back and forth with friends playing this. I wished at it's height in popularity. It would have had a small tournament in the old Evo days.

[@ephemera-noctourniquet]

I would pay so much money to see a fuckin Def Jam tourney in mother fucking EVO. I wonder what the meta was like

[@Hypno_BPM]

just to correct the intro, Def Jam didn’t have every big rapper in the early 2000s, they did have huge names though. The reason there’s so many rappers from other labels in this game is cuz the first game was huge so it was seen as exposure for the rapper/label to be in the sequel. Def Jam Vendetta was mostly all Def Jam rappers but FNY expanded out of DJ.

[@gzoe247]

They didn't even have 50 or the game

[@MattR8605]

@@gzoe247 50 was supposed to be in it but backed out. Idk about Game.

[@theobell2002]

@@MattR8605 Complete rumor. I have never seen any evidence for the claim that 50 Cent was supposed to be in the game. I know Teck looks a lot like 50 Cent but it's much more likely that he is a stand-in for DMX, not 50 Cent. It was confirmed by DMX himself that they wanted him back for FFNY but he declined because he wasn't satisfied with his payment. Another thing to consider is that we fight Teck in the Hunt's Point Scrapyard in the story (the spiritual successor to DMX's venue in Vendetta, the Junkyard.)

[@theobell2002]

@@gzoe247 Def Jam: Icon has The Game.. but that game is bad. lol

[@Cryme2face]

@@gzoe247 50 cent was rumoured to be in San Andreas as well. But he had his own game (Bulletproof) coming out so he didnt appear in neither of the game. Eminem was also in Bulletproof so he wasnt in def jam also. Not sure about Dre though.

[@HakaishinCat]

Thanks for checking out this classic max, lots of parents probably werent happy about this game lmao but this was a huge part of my childhood and honestly probably one of the first "fighting" games I ever played of my own volition. The single player was revolutionary for the time

[@1Ksheffi]

This game was a straight banger back in the day. I borrowed it from one of my friends and played the absolute shit out of it. Spent a lot of late nights with this one. I hope there's a spiritual successor to this someday.

[@53Spawn]

The transition of Max and Ice-Ts relationship: Starting: I HATE HIM! I Hate him!!! Ending Ice-T, THE HERO!!!

[@NateN8Nayt]

Just realized from watching the opening credits, the kratos is the voice actor for d-mob

[@qmchale5130]

Yep.

[@cw4099]

No, T.C Carson is the voice of Kratos.

[@NateN8Nayt]

@@cw4099 not for the newest game(s). Christopher Judge is doing his voice now.

[@joeybagodonuts2198]

Hey Max! It is Joey Bag O' Donuts here! (The dude that was helping you learn how to play the game better when you were live streaming the game) I was so happy to see the 1st part of the def jam ffny video series posted! This was such a blast when you were streaming the game! Was really fun helping teaching you the game and seeing you enjoy this for the first time and it was also a lot of fun helping educate everyone in the chat too! I am really hyped for the CEO tourney coming up next week! Maybe some time me and you can play the game together if you would ever like? (I could be your tag team partner in a yo video games lol) ;) Anyways, this was an awesome time when it happened and I am loving reliving it through the vid and can't wait for the rest! :D

[@MansMan42069]

Really wished someone taught him how to run towards walls/pillars to do Flying Attacks earlier.

[@joeybagodonuts2198]

@@MansMan42069 To be fair, I did not show up to start helping until after he had defeated Nyne or OE at the foundation. People told him how to do wall runs, but he had to learn and adjust to the game. So he was taught how to do them early on. And you will see in the later vids when they come that he was really starting to catch on. But he was taught how to do the wall runs, and they really are not that useful for the record

[@MansMan42069]

@@joeybagodonuts2198 When has Martial Arts ever been useful save for the better parries and counters 🤣

[@joeybagodonuts2198]

@@MansMan42069 Martial Art wall runs, although can KO, in most cases, get blocked, whiffed punished, or missed. The split kick can at least hit people laying on the ground and still KO them. I did not advise Martial Arts as his first style, I did help Max learn the mechanics and helped him to start building a top tier easy to use build (that requires Martial Arts as the STARTING STYLE because that is the only part of the style ORDER that dictats builds outside of the combination of styles). I also helped prevent him making a build that would have made the playthrough a struggle The advantages of Martial Arts tho are the following: Faster block canceling when Martial Arts is your Primary style (meaning 1st style), he had Parry + (allows for most punishes on parry scenarios and does health and like damage) I helped prevent him turning it into Parry - (also known as the judo throw) Martial Arts also gets most of the games safe moves that are full of I-frames and are even safe to parries Like the scissors kick move he got as a heavy kick when he added Street Fightering. There are actually many great uses to Martial Arts, the wall run is just arguably without a doubt the worst imo, unless you give yourself Parry -, than that is worse than the wall run. That aside, Martial Arts is actually super useful, you just have to understand the game utilize it

[@MansMan42069]

@@joeybagodonuts2198 A shame that the main KO feature isn't why it's useful. Too many awesome things aren't explained.

[@chunky_mustard5312]

This will forever be my favorite video game. The first couple of memories I can remember are this game on the original Xbox

[@elmorebalonis8998]

This is my favorite fighting game of all time. One of my top 5 favorite games of all time. This game is truly exceptional and unique. That choose your girlfriend though, damn. I also like that you went from Heihachi to Guile in just one change.

[@17Master]

I thought I was just going to play this in the background to give the view, but this game actually looks amazing. Seeing the learning process into eventually taking down the tougher opponents has been a ride.

[@vietnamsemonky4082]

This game was insane and honestly should be appreciated for helping push MMA when it was still “underground” and only barely starting to push towards the mainstream. They never named the moves really but to have armbars, heel hooks, and other submissions in this game is insane to me considering the time.

[@Unchainedful]

As much as I love this game, this game did not push MMA. Pride and UFC were doing that on their own. MMA would get the spotlight with or without this game.

[@vietnamsemonky4082]

@@Unchainedful I’m saying it helped push it in the sense that it put those images in our head, like come on what young kid who played this knew what an Armbar was or submissions in general? I’m saying it probably brought in new fans.

[@GeZz.]

this was cool AF to watch on stream , an old game that is a gem.

[@vincewilliamss]

@@DragonHeart613 him discovering super metroid was awesome

[@marcusbullock2753]

I want more fighting games like this in the future.

[@amuro9624]

Nowadays I wouldn't know half of the rooster probably lol. There's also a chance that they would do something like this but with tiktokers or something cringe like that lol

[@sussygussy5457]

@@amuro9624 hopefully we get to beat the shit out of them with our custom character so it’ll be good

[@essam007]

Lol best you’ll get is a KZbin rewind battle royal or Tiktok dance dance off...

[@vincewilliamss]

@@amuro9624 like mgk in WWE 2k22 😂

[@xLuis89x]

@@sussygussy5457 or they would end up having the best AI and the best moveset possible and beat your ass, Lol

[@MikeLaRock88]

I remember expecting Ice-T to come out as an undercover cop in this game. But he barely had any parts in the story. It would make sense though, Law and order SVU, New Jack city and the clothes he wears in the game are definitely Fed attire

[@skyshroudsrelics7909]

1:30:33 "lEG HEALTH?!" Max screamed with confusion and fright.

[@rcblazer]

I'm sure watching Max obliterate Sean Paul serves as catharsis by proxy for some viewers who remember getting laid out by him back in the day.

[@kylesmith1118]

This. Right. Here.

[@Blackreighn]

The character creation part was way too funny.

[@habibinasimm]

@1:09:30 I just about died of laughter. The stars aligned

[@carlmurphy2416]

This game was honestly incredible, and I'm not even a hip hop fan. My favourite style was street fighter, nothing more satisfying than knocking someone out with a massive haymaker.

[@TalkTopicscity29]

It's a travesty that they never remastered this game Def Jam icon was garbage I would spend hours playing this game and I'm proud to say I actually still have it in my possession.

[@Noidontupload]

Max: “he’s low as shit dude” His opponent: “alright, time to be ridiculous”

[@GhostandChromis]

My favorite game of all time. I still play it to this day.

[@mariomcp]

This is an outright hilarious playthrough. The game is great, the story is funny, and the reaction to everything being so early 2000s is amazing. I cannot wait for part 2. Seriously. This is great stuff, Max.

[@cheehee808_]

Aww man, I get why the mute but this game had some awesome music. I can still remembering walking out to fight fat joe with the intro to “take a look at my life”. That ah*t was so legendary lol

[@jackmanleblanc2518]

Watching Max play a new game always reminds me that he's just a bit of a slow starter. It takes him a little bit of time to figure out how the game works, but he has so much fun figuring things out and once he figures out how a game somewhat works he suddenly is really freaking good at it. That last fight against Sean Paul couldn't have gone any better. I really wish I could get this game again, but it's been lost for a long time now.

[@Darius-dv3sc]

It's funny, I'm just replaying this now and you posted it. Perfect timing lol! This game was such a huge part of my childhood. Glad to see it being rediscovered and given more appreciation. Can't wait to see more!

[@707zacbuster]

Idk who the voice actor for the hero was for the GameCube version of FFNY but his blazing shout always got me excited when I played this game. EA has been fucking up the last few years with other sports games. Just give us a remaster with online play and they'll somewhat redeem themselves

[@theobell2002]

It's the Rough voice option. It's the same voice actor as Solo in this game.

[@707zacbuster]

@@theobell2002 he voiced solo? I never knew that holy shit

[@neptoondigital7321]

"What would Hood Max do?" is not the timeline i thought i would live in.

[@tazzilla]

HEY, PARRY IS ACTUALLY IN THE GAME. WHEN YOU SEE THE OPPONENT IS ABOUT TO HIT YOU, TAP BLOCK+THE DIRECTION YOUR OPPONET IS IN AND YOU CAN DO A HARD COUNTER. READ YOUR OPPONENT. LOVE THE VID BY THE WAY.

[@MatthewRStevens]

Man chat made it hard for him starting with martial arts... Street fighting and kickboxing instant knockout potential is so useful

[@mattc5647]

I still don't know the benefit of martial arts, beside having cool flips.

[@MatthewRStevens]

@@mattc5647 I might be wrong, but I think each style gets a hidden stat buff

[@agrippa2012]

@@mattc5647 speed mostly, good to combine with the other styles

[@TheAnimeGYt]

Holy crap that Art!!! Plus being a huge fan of this game for a long time I'm so happy to see other people try it out and absolutely give it a chance, and pretty much enjoy it as much as I did maybe even more👌🏾

[@IndieTimmie]

Every other version aside from the Gamecube version let's you change the voice of your character. Such an amazing classic. Ice-T is an insane difficulty spike for sure.

[@Skitz0frenix]

And the graphics look way better on the other versions

[@DuNdAlALa]

Even the PSP version you could do the voice changes. Sure you didn't get the full cutscenes but it was still loads of fun

[@theprowler18]

Just emulating the PS2 version is enough to see how much fidelity and good looking this game is even 18 years later now. Not to mention, I found the best way to deal with that spike is to rely on building stats and getting a handle of when to strike, counter, and utilizing the environment to whittle him down until you literally can KO him at the start. Once you pass him, you can build your points to get new styles and some big finishers. That's nothing compared to the major jump in difficulty, the moment you have to deal with special area conditions tied to the story (first being Danny Trejo assassination attempt and having to defeat him by having him get total by a train).

[@DJDALTON24]

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! Def Jam Fight For New York is cemented in gaming history for Max and i'm 100% here for it!! Thank you Max for giving this game it's spotlight and opportunity❤️❤️😭🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@Hellrider_145]

This video hit me in right in the nostalgia. This game is so well made, it is mechanically sound and really fun. I remember the hours and hours put into brawling with my friends back in the day. Good stuff

[@ZakuIIKai]

The even crazier thing is AKI would go on to become syn Sophia and make the Style Savvy and PriPara game. Absolutely wildest trajectory of a game developer.

[@Starboy-3027]

OH a core memory this game is 😭 I'm so glad Max is playing it. Man this was a great 4 hours

[@Danks6990]

One of the best games of all time! No Cap!

[@WisecrackJax]

Snoop is OP af in this game.

[@mr.roboto8720]

yeah, he's literally the final boss

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

He's the only martial arts character who can KO with a heavy strike.

[@lexofexcel886]

@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu And not just with heavy punches, but heavy kicks.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@lexofexcel886 i don't remember him knocking people out with kicks. I only remember it happening with hand strikes. But i ain't played the game since I was a kid

[@theobell2002]

Sticky Fingaz is more OP.

[@J._10999]

Certified nostalgia! Max steps into the hood!

[@mj45isgreat]

It’s honestly gonna be impossible for a company to make this game again. From voice acting, to all hip hop clothing brands, to the soundtrack. They even had Jacob branded jewelry. It’s freaking nuts. But here’s to wishing