The basic elements of combos are Openers, special attacks that start combos Auto-Doubles, button presses following special attacks that create automatic hit sequences Linkers, required to join several auto-doubles together Enders, a sequence which finalizes the combo with increased damage and Manuals, attacks chains entered outside of the traditional combo structure. The gameplay in Killer Instinct retains its traditional combo-based mechanics. While the graphics are nothing special, the music helps makes this game an above average N64 fighting game. I give this game an 7/10.Further information: Killer Instinct § Gameplay The addition of the training mode significantly increases the score of this game as it makes it much more accessible to those who invest the time. Overall, this is a challenging but rewarding N64 fighting game. There were quite a few 3D arenas spanning from south american temples to the streets of the USA. The game (similar to other N64 games) suffers from some muddied colour palettes (especially in the darker levels), but still manages to look good when the special moves and combos are pulled off! While the 2D characters are cool to look at, they don’t move especially fluidly which I think is important given the emphasis on combos and speed. The graphics got the job done but were nothing fancy. Similar to the first Killer Instinct, the score is outstanding and could be listened to on its own. By the end of the training, I was pulling off cool combos and made it much further in the one-player mode! If the player makes a mistake, they can try again – practice makes perfect! This mode really made the difference between being a frustratingly hard game (as I was struggling with the one-player mode), to one that was challenging but rewarding the more time the player invests into the game. Each exercise has multiple stages, and guides players from easy to hard moves. The training mode walks players through each of the main types of moves – special moves, autodoubles, combos, combo breakers, and counter moves. This last mode really stood out for me as up to this point in time, very few games (if any) had built-in tutorials on how to improve as a player. I really liked this depth which made the game all about skill rather than spamming cheap moves (like some of the early Mortal Kombat games). As much as I played though, I just could not fully comprehend how to pull off cool combos or how to defend against them.Įnter the impressive number of options and modes this game provides! There was the obvious standard one-player and versus multiplayer modes, but the game also includes a tournament mode (to set up games with multiple friends), team battles (where players choose more than one fighter), practice mode, and training mode. I quickly learned that the gameplay was dependent on combos, as were combos breakers and counter moves. My favourite was Spinal the Skeleton!Įach character felt really different in how they played with unique move-sets and interesting combos. The most generic character was probably Jago the ninja, but even he was a lot of fun to play control. Players can choose from 10 fighters ranging from humans, through to ice monsters, to werewolves and even a skeleton! I was thoroughly impressed with the roster of characters because they each had such a unique design and a cool factor not often seen in fighting games to this day. Having not played the game for at least 15 years, and having not reviewed an N64 game before, I thought it would be fitting time for a revisit!Īt its core – this is a competitive fighting game for the N64. Early in the life of the N64 – my brother and I rented Killer Instinct Gold – at the time the graphics dazzled me, and I was super impressed with how cool the characters were, and how crazy the killer combos could get.
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