Def Jam Icon [jtag/rgh] -

: Gone are the deep grappling and submission systems. Icon plays more like a standard, somewhat clunky street fighter. The JTAG/RGH Experience

"The environments blowing up to the beat is still one of the coolest things I've seen in a fighter, even if the actual fighting is a bit stiff."

: The game’s biggest hook is that the environment reacts to the music. Hits land harder on the beat, and stage hazards (like gas pumps or speakers) trigger in sync with the track. It’s a cool visual gimmick, but it can make the combat feel floaty and less precise than the AKI-developed predecessors. Def Jam Icon [Jtag/RGH]

: For a 2007 title, the character models are still surprisingly detailed. The facial animations and cloth physics were top-tier for the early Xbox 360 era.

Playing this on a modified console offers a few specific advantages and considerations: : Gone are the deep grappling and submission systems

: One of the best features of Icon is the ability to use your own music to influence the fights. On an RGH system, managing your music library on the hard drive makes this feature much easier to utilize than the original retail dashboard.

"If you go in expecting Fight for NY 2, you'll be disappointed. But as a standalone experimental music-fighter, it's actually pretty fun to mess around with on an RGH." Hits land harder on the beat, and stage

: Running the game off an internal HDD or SSD via Aurora/DashLaunch significantly improves the long load times the original disc suffered from.