Review: Killer Instinct

Now what we refer to as button mashers haven't exactly had the best response among gamers lately however there were quite a few games in the good old days that managed to pull off the magic of button mashing perfectly. One of those games was Killer Instinct on the SNES.

Killer Instinct introduced game play that allowed for endless combo chains as well as a large variety of unique characters. It was a port of an arcade title which at times the console versions wouldn't come out to be quite as fun as their arcade counterparts but that wasn't the case this time around. The game looked almost identical to that of the arcade and, except for a few minor changes, it was the exact same game but now you could play it at home whenever you wanted without coughing up quarter after quarter at the arcade.

I can't exactly say that it's an easy game that you an pick up and master in your first play. However it is more or less your average fighting game which you will need to take time to master the combo moves for each character before being able to dominate the computer opponents. Of course there are multiple difficulty levels in the game from easy to an extremly hard difficulty for those who've mastered the game.

Every good fighting game needs to have multi player. Killer Instinct is no different as it has two distinct modes of multi player. Te first of course being basic 2-Player action where you and another friend can face off against each other. That's the basics but there is also a tournament mode that will allow you a multiple friends play against each other in a series of battles. Tournament mode isn't anything too special and should just b avoided unless you have multiple people to play against. If it's just you and one other person it would be better to simply stick to the basic one on one two player mode.

Overall Killer Instinct has everything that you look for in a fighting game. Originality as well as simple controls. The multi player in the game isn't anything extraordinary but it doesn't need to be since it is just your basic fighting game after all. It's one of the best fighting games for the good old SNES and this still holds true today.