Def Jam: Icon makes me hate games

[ParticleReality]

So I'm borrowing my friends copy of Icon and everything was going fine at first. It was a little hard getting into the grove of fighting but I got into it and was kicking some ass. As I moved along it got harder which I knew was going to happen but holy fucking shit, this DJ turntable stuff is bullshit.

I'm fighting The Albino in the orange vest for the first time using Pimp McGee and he'll just throw me into shit, DJ, throw me into shit, DJ, and beat me before I'm able to land a blow on him. Now, I know how to break free from grabs but sometime it doesn't work. Sometimes I'll just motion for a kick or something or nothing will happen and my opponent will land 8 hits before I can do anything.

I see what they were trying to do with the game. They were trying the whole fight night thing with total control attacks and I think thats great but personally, I'd rather just combo on them with face buttons and save those for finishing/desperation moves. But no, I can't do that. The face button attacks are pretty much useless as they're blocked or countered perfectly ever damn time.

But hey, maybe I'm playing it wrong. I'll put more time into it tomorrow after I figure out why the fuck Medal of Honor: Airborne doesn't have check points(What the fuck EA?).

[Sho Nuff]

But hey, maybe I'm playing it wrong. I'll put more time into it tomorrow after I figure out why the fuck Medal of Honor: Airborne doesn't have check points(What the fuck EA?).

Oh oh oh oh, you're actually okay here. The same thing happened to me where I got killed and then got airdropped in again, and I was like WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS HORSESHIT THERE'S NO WAY I'M RESTARTING THIS LEVEL. As soon as you complete each objective (blow up the guns, put wang in Hitler's mashed potatoes, etc) there's a checkpoint, and if you get killed, you airdrop in with that objective already complete. It actually speeds shit up a lot if the next objective's on the other side of the map, just eat a grenade or something and then respawn wherever you want.

Man the aiming is really wonky in that game.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I sure am glad that the producer of Def Jam: Icon is now running Microsoft's game group. How could that possibly be a bad idea!

[The Sceneman]

now MS just needs to hire the 'EA Trax' guy

[Sho Nuff]

I think Airborne would have been better with DJ ATOMICA

[Joe Molotov]

The only thing I enjoy about Icon at this point is the music.

Ouch.

[demi]

But hey, maybe I'm playing it wrong. I'll put more time into it tomorrow after I figure out why the fuck Medal of Honor: Airborne doesn't have check points(What the fuck EA?).

Oh oh oh oh, you're actually okay here. The same thing happened to me where I got killed and then got airdropped in again, and I was like WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS HORSESHIT THERE'S NO WAY I'M RESTARTING THIS LEVEL. As soon as you complete each objective (blow up the guns, put wang in Hitler's mashed potatoes, etc) there's a checkpoint, and if you get killed, you airdrop in with that objective already complete. It actually speeds shit up a lot if the next objective's on the other side of the map, just eat a grenade or something and then respawn wherever you want.

Man the aiming is really wonky in that game.

And you know what else isn't complete - all those soldiers you wiped out already. Want to drop in the action at another objective? Whoops, you just dived right into a pile of soldiers!