You can only use 8 characters. You have to pay 5 dollars for each other character you want. What a complete joke. Why wouldn't it say this in the description before people waste their money What a rip off..

This game didn't really have a long replay value for me because you soon get bored of the gimmicks. Anybody can memorize a series of buttons. The skill and true fun of a game come when need to think more about the match to win. That's the formula for a long replay value.

I like how all the characters are pretty well developed and have their own styles and uniqueness; Including TJ Combo in this package is a nice plus; He's the most fun of all the characters in Season 1 or 2; The graphics are pretty nice too; The price wasn't too bad either

The ultimate failure of this game is perhaps its greatest draw which is the long combos; This game requires less skill and strategy than other fighting games because it heavily relies on simply memorizing a chain of buttons to pull off devastating combos.

There are dozens of reasons to play fighting games. You might like a robust combo system, you might enjoy sexy fighters in revealing costumes that can "kick high", you might like beating up your siblings or friends in a virtual fashion that won't get you in trouble or you may enjoy the more serious...

Positives Fluid animation; deep and rewarding combo system; excellent tutorial dojo; unique purchase scheme

Negatives Sparse on content; no single-player story or progression modes; potentially offensive characters

During the '90s, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat dominated local coin-op arcades as the fighting games fans preferred. But for hardcore fighting fans craving something different, Killer Instinct satisfied a certain itch with its extensive combos and stunning graphics.

Combat is deep; yet accessible and easy to learn; Combos are fluid and can last longer than ever; Feels so good to hear that Ultraaaaaa combo yell; Jago; Thunder; Orchid; Glacius; and Thunder are back..

And how does Sadira fit in; No story mode; Free; with a pay per character model

The Xbox One's first fighting game is a reboot of one of Rare's most beloved classics, but is being free-to-play doing it more harm than good

A unique combat system that keeps the best of the earlier games and adds in some useful new ideas of its own; Decent graphics that make the best of the original designs

The microtransaction system is ruinous to the variety of the game; especially online and especially as there are too few characters anyway – or game modes for that matter

Killer Instinct isn't what you'd typically call "free to play," and that's bloody marvellous. See, us hacks were quick to mislabel Xbox One's debut fighting game after its E3 showing, but we eventually learned that things were slightly more nuanced than just "F2P.

Fluid; brutal and versatile action feels fantastic on the new D-Pad; Handsome crisp visuals benefit from gratuitous particle effects; Exhaustive playable tutorials and smart business model

Desperately needs the story and arcade modes ASAP; feels a bit flimsy; Jago vs Jago match-ups are already wearing thin; Some classic characters still MIA; more memorable arenas would be nice

I've been playing Killer Instinct until my thumbs hurt. The left analog stick didn't give me the level of control that I needed so I switched to the Xbox One controller's new-look D-Pad fairly early on in proceedings (side note: it's much superior to the Xbox 360's for fighters).

Fighting games are hard. For many they're impenetrable. Sure, you can do a hadouken; that quarter circle forward motion is ingrained in the psyche of most gamers of a certain generation, but beyond that Well, things get complicated. And online Forget it.

Killer Instinct is back to bust heads and break combos after an almost two-decade-long hiatus. Once you decipher the game's free-to-play pricing , you discover a bombastic brawler whose balanced fighting mechanics buck the trend towards very long, very technical combos while still providing an...

Fights are intense and engaging; Combo and counter breakers emphasize mind games; Online play runs smoothly; Ultra Edition includes classic Killer Instinct

Barebones online and offline modes; Lacks replay sharing

News that Killer Instinct was returning for the launch of the Xbox One set corners of the fighting community alight. Can it live up to expectations after more than a decade out of the lime light Matt Maguire has the verdict.

The series' brutal, combo-driven gameplay has been given a nice update; An intriguing new character; The narrator is still hilarious; Great netcode

No lobbies yet; Only six characters at the moment; No campaign mode yet