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Killer Instinct (Series) Review
Posted: 10 months ago, last updated 6 weeks ago.
Author: @GeekDadGamer and Jo Robertson.
Overview
Killer Instinct play is classic combo-based attacks where players need to memorise combinations and series of button presses to trigger attacks. This starts quite simply but soon expands into a highly skilled chess-like series of Openers, Auto-Doubles, Linkers, Enders and Manuals. Each of which require specific skills and knowledge of the game.
Game Details
Content Rating: PEGI 16
Release Date: 22/11/2013
Price: 75% off
Platforms: PC and Xbox One
Genres: Fighting
Accessibility: 13 features
Developer: @IronGalaxy
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Commitment
Players: You can play with 2 players in the same room and up to 2 players online.
Costs
Killer Instinct
 | Xbox One | Free | – | – |
 | PC | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
| Xbox One | – | – | Free Xbox Game Pass |
Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition
Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
You will need Xbox Live Gold (must be 18 to create, then configure family accounts for younger players) to play online with Xbox One. You can purchase characters, cosmetic items and game currency.
Age Ratings
Killer Instinct Definitive Edition was rated PEGI 16 for depictions of arcade style violence containing blood/gore. This game features sustained arcade style violence containing frequent blood effects. Movements and reactions are exaggerated, however blood appears more with certain characters, often humans. A variety of weapons can be used, including guns, swords and elemental attacks.
ESRB MATURE 17+ Blood and Gore, Suggestive Themes and Violence. The action is frenetic, and certain attacks cause the camera to zoom in or shake the entire screen. Large blood-splatter effects sometimes occur during fights, staining the ground. Characters perform more dramatic finishing moves that involve impaling/stabbing, throwing opponents off buildings, melting opponents into pools of lava. At the end of fight scenes, there are occasional depictions of dead carcass eaten by victors or bloody meat in victors' mouths. During the course of the game, a female character is depicted in a revealing outfit, as her breasts sometimes bounce. A female character also performs a finishing move in which she flashes her breasts at an opponent—though only her back is depicted.
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Accessibility
Our Killer Instinct Accessibility Report details 13 accessibility features:
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