Fight Club review
by Steve Parsons 
{ Apr 19th 2005 at 4:53PM }
Fight Club was one of the best movies of the last twenty years. To bookend that, Fight Club,
the
game, was one of the worst games of the last
twenty years.
The title is a bit old now in game terms. I mean it's from last year for crying out loud! However, it's not every day
you can find a game review that smacks a game extremely hard. How does 0.5 out of 10 grab you? Not only that, but it
makes a pretty good comment on the video game industry as a whole. Fun read. Very true. We're in Tinseltown. The Ed
Wood of gaming can't be far off.
It's ironic, really. Last year a game DID come out that would have done Fight Club justice. The vastly underrated Def
Jam: Fight for New York. Maybe I was alone, but I got a real Fight Club feel from that game.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dom @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
Can be found for $10 at www.ebgames.com if you're feeling masochistic.
vakerorokero @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
I remember how mad I was that this game was Playstation 2 exclusive. Thank god it stayed like that. Reminds me of the Acclaim games. mmmm, bad memories. remerber the Ninja Turtles game that had that top view??? hard, boring, and no turtles in the screen.
Hoover @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
Fari warning: Def Jam is a fun game, until the late levels of the story mode. At which point it becomes nearly impossible to K.O. your opponent. It takes 3 or 4 special moves to K.O. them when they are in "danger" status, yet mysterioulsy , they can K.O. you in just one. Very frustrating.
The only way to K.O. the later opponents is to do a "Blazin'" move, but to do that, you have to grab them. Normally, you can grab opponents all you want, but when you activite the "Blazin" mode, they actually start to move faster and they reverse all of your grab attempts into special moves of their own. Arrrggg.
Worth a rental, but too frustrating for long-term play.
Adman @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
I agree, Def Jam: Fight for New York definitely had a Fight Club feel to it, especially when I personalised my character and removed all of the bling and just had him with spiky hair and a pair of jeans.
Great game, great graphics and not a bad story element to it.
otakucode @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
So in Def Jam you were fighting to overcome the wimpification of society bred into all males and reclaim your more primal instincts? I haven't played it, but I always got the impression it was just a typical fighting game, maybe with some dumb gangster-related story tacked on, I never thought it might be insightful like Fight Club (not the game, the book and movie).
John @ Dec 18th 2005 9:46PM
#5, you're basically right, but i think what they meant was that def jam very accurately captured a much grittier and "hard core" style of fighting game - which wouldve been better for a title like fight club. very down and dirty.
i have to admit that def jam was one of the best fighters ive played in a long time - smooth refined control, nice special combos, great graphics and a steady learning curve. even if you hate rap, pick it up. great fun.