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Killer Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: January 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best fighting game ever. There are loads of characters to choose from all with loads of special moves. The best thing about the game are the ultra combo's with hits in excess of 80 hits. The graphics look like they are straight from the arcade and the game play in two player mode has the greatest appeal than i have seen in any other game

Best Most in depth fighting game PERIOD

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: July 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

OK, as you may have heard, this game is for advanced gamers. But, I must say...my dad paid $... for this game, and it is well worth it.

This game is DEEP! Fans of the original Killer Instinct or Killer Instinct 2, or even of a fighting game that ACTUALLY has strategy to it, this is THE game to have. I must say it is at least 10 times as good as Mortal Kombat (such a simple fighting game). This excludes street fighter of course, but this game is much deeper than street fighter ever was (or probably ever will be).
KI Gold is not weak at all. This can dish out an awesome 90 frames per second. Other 64 titles look at 30, 40, maybe 60 fps, while KIG dishes out 90. OK, the characters are 2 dimensional. So what? The immerse interactive realistic 3D environments back this up. Interactive? Yup. You can combo your opponent into exploding barrels, helicopter blades, stone statues, trash cans, and much more! And of course, knock offs are back. It's possible to finish your character off the side of a building, a bridge, or even smack em straight into an oncoming train! The no mercies are back as well. Each character has 2 no mercies, a mini ultra, and the original ultra combo. You want more? OK. By fighting your way through difficulty levels of the arcade mode, you unlock special options that you can turn on to maximize gameplay fun. Make fireballs faster, pull of no mercies at even the start of their second life bar, cheap juggling, and for all those cowards: no blocking. These are only a few of the many unlockable options. Still want more? Well OK. When i say this game is deep, i mean it. Quite frankly, this game literally has over ONE MILLION different combos!! That aught to be enough to occupy you. Strategic manual and autoduobles enable you to create massive combos. Parry moves alow extended combos, and the Ultra Combo Breaker could save you from defeat at the last second (not to mention bragging rights). Super moves that drain your super bar are also available. Pretty much anything that happens builds your super bar. Super moves include super finishers that add an awesome 4-6 hit finish to a combo and high damage, super linkers to create huge combos, and shadow moves that give you a shadow when used in a combo. Must you have more? Here you go. New team modes of gameplay allow 1 on 1 fighting with teams of up to 9 characters. There's the classic tournament mode, and a training mode that teaches you everything you need to know to master a character. By beating training mode on different diffuculty levels, you unlock colors for all your fighters, which include the awsome white, the even more awesome gold, and the completely awesome shadow color! What else could there be to this game? Why, saving scores, of course! Unlike the original Killer Instinct for SNES (best fighting game for it as well), all of your top 5 biggest combos with individual characters and the damage for each combo is saved into the game. The fastest times you defeat people in is also saved. What more could you ask from a fighting game? How about difficulty? KIG has 5 modes of difficulty. By beating it on the hardest setting, you unlock the master difficulty level. If you happen to beat this level, your efforts will not go unrewarded, and by rights of battle, you will recieve...well, that's a surprise.

The only problem with this game is non-mono sound. While the difference between stereo and mono is hardly noticeable, it is nice to hear the great tracks in their fullest sound. Of course, even monaurally, the songs are awesome.

Let's recap. 10 characters + 1 hidden boss character, 90 fps, amazing interactive 3D environments, knocking off of the stage, no mercies and huge ultra combos, many special unlockable options, ONE MILLION PLUS combos, special maneuvers to maximize combos, super moves, combo/ultra breakers, new team and training modes, practice mode, new cool colors, saving all of your awesome achievements, and very easy to master difficulty levels to work your way up to a true KI Gold master.

This game combines the greatest elements to make the greatest fighting game: speed, action, novice to pro, simple to strategic, a few minutes of fun to a gameday of superb fighting, variety, great environments....this game has it all.

A fighting fan without this game is not a fighting fan at all.

Fight on!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Lately I've been grabbing old N64 games to play on residence - my brother and sister wanted the Gamecube at home, so I began hunting through video game stores for any N64 gems worth filling out my collection with. I'd avoided KI Gold on its initial release because it got mixed reviews and was horribly expensive (remember those first gen N64 games? Exactly.), but since I owned every other Rareware game, I decided to grab it. After grinding the controllers to a bloody pulp in all-out tournaments with my roommates, I'm left wondering why Rare never followed with a KI3.

The fighting engine in KI Gold is completely insane. It's ridiculously fast, brutal, and fully animated. KI really puts other N64 fighters (particularly the Mortal Kombat series) to shame. The engine has some pre-programmed combos and also allows you to invent your own. I'll admit it's not as deep as Street Fighter - mindless button mashing can create some intense crowd-pleasing combos whereas Street Fighter is more skill-based - but you'll need all the help you can to survive. There are a slew of one-hit finishing moves that can instantly deplete your second energy bar, and the AI isn't shy about pulling these on you every chance it gets. What's also interesting is that while the fighting is strictly 2D, the arenas are full 3D, and certain moves such as throws will change your character positions in that space.

The graphics are excellent - it's a little odd at first seeing 2D sprites on a 3D arenea, but you get accustomed to it. The soundtrack would've been worth releasing another CD for (like they did with the first game), and the controls are sharp. If you're like me and still go for a little retro gaming, Killer Instinct Gold is probably the best fighter you can get for the N64.

For non-fmv fans.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the greatest tranfers from arcade to home system. The graphics indeed look almost just like the arcade and the sound is the part where it will shock you because we all thought the 64 couldn't handle such quality arcade stereo type of music but the 64 was able to handle it!!! Everything is there except for Jago's spirt move and some back grounds were altered. The bad thing is that due to nin 64's limited capacity of memory, the cool cinemas were taken out and each character is limited to one ending instead. But still alot codes and secrets make this game worth playing and of course when you unleash the ultra combos-sit back and watch it's gonna be a bumpy ride. Have a nice day.

BEST OF THE BEST FIGHTERS GRAPHICS THE BEST

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

LOOKING FOR A FIGHTER THIS IS IT AND ITS A MUST HAVE FOR THE N64 I SEARCHED AND SEARCHED AND THIS KEEPS YOU UP ALONG WITH MORTAL KOMBAT 4 ANOTHER MUST HAVE GAME .DONT BELIEVE ME GET IT BEFORE ITS ALL GONE AND IM A N64 FAN I KNOW GAMES LIKE JACK KNOWS JILL .THANKS FOR READING MY REVIEW . PEACE

Mad Combos

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best fighting game ever, It contains mad combos and Ultras and some Great Finishing moves.

Fun Stuff

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is so lovely. I used to play it for SNES. I would like to have so give it to me.

Best arcade fighting series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a fast paced fighting game that is fun. Playing the 2 player mode is fun to see who is better at it. I think a bit more characters would have been better.

Ki is Back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This sequel to ki is awesome i was very impressed on how well the characters were i'm kinda disapointed that they didn't keep cinder in it he was my favorite in the first ki. i love all the characters. my favorite one in this game has to be Jago & Saberwulf. if you enjoyed ki 1 wou'll enjoy this game.

The Best Fighting Game ever created . . . Period

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I know it is 2007 and this game was released in 1996. But let me be the first to say that this game is the best fighting game ever created. The runner ups are Street Fighter II and the Marvel vs. Capcom series. People say that Killer Instinct is a knock-off of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. That may be true. But it has taken the best elements from both games, combined them, and then added a new dimension to it that sets it apart from the rest. There has never been a game with a combo system this intricate. Even 11 years later, I still believe this is the best fighting game as far as gameplay is concerned.

The combo system is deep, and a major portion of the gameplay revolves around it. I wouldn't recommend this game to beginners because no amount of button mashing will get you any higher than 6-8 hits. This game is like chess not checkers. If you want to unlock the full combo potential via 70+ hitters, then you need to know the combo theory. It takes a little time to learn. But fortunately, there is a training mode to teach you the basics, followed by some beginner and mid level combos.

This is still one of the most engaging fighting games even in recent years. You want a challenging game that will take some time to master, look no further.

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