: 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.
: Gone are the deep grappling and submission systems. Icon plays more like a standard, somewhat clunky street fighter. The JTAG/RGH Experience 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. : One of the best features of Icon
: 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. Icon plays more like a standard, somewhat clunky
"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."
: You can use the analog sticks to "scratch" the music like a DJ to trigger stage traps. It’s unique, but it often feels like you're fighting the controls rather than the opponent.