A good game but has flaws that keep it from being great.
Gameplay: The game is has an all new game play system that mirrors the Fight Night franchise. But the problem is that game play online is a little slow like most of EA games. The all new DJ controls add a lot of fun to the game play by being able to trigger big beats by holding the L trigger and spinning the right joy stick. Or switching the whole song by holding the L trigger then spinning the left joy stick until your character's other hand raises then you spin the right joy stick. But over all the game play can be slow.
Sound: Great sound and is the key to the game play. Most of the fighter's have their own song in the game and they sound perfect and not at all like just video game music. The music in fights can be a third person in the action causing hazards in levels of the fights to go off from big beats. Like a big beat causing a car to spin or speakers shooting out some extra base to get an opponent flying.
Graphics: The real highlight of the game. Each of the rappers in the game had their faces laser scanned so each rapper's face is incredibly accurate from every pore. And for the created character you make can look exactly the way you want him to look so no two people will look alike. The environments look very good and every detail is just perfectly done. This game in my opinion is one of the best looking 360 games with real people and environments.
The Good: Great graphics that show what the Xbox 360 can do. Crisp clear sound, 2 members of the Wu Tang Clan, good selection of clothing and jewelry and a real good story.
The Bad: No old school rappers, short story, slow online play, sorta slow off line play. The "hood hang outs" have no speech, not a challenge for experienced players and doesn't hold up to Fight for New York's game play.