
Automatic combos: rather than press the necessary buttons in order to deliver the individual attacks that form a combo, in Killer Instinct the combos are automated and can be enabled by inputting a determined button or special move (which led to the character to deliver a string of hits). The player who depletes his or her opponent's second life bar wins the bout. If a character finishes with his or her opponent's first life bar, the fight stops and resumes like a round, but the winning character still keeps whatever amount of energy he or she had at that moment.

There are also several features that distinguish it from other franchises: A double energy bar: instead of winning two rounds, each player has two bars of energy.
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The game borrows the attack set of Street Fighter and is also inspired by the finishing moves from Mortal Kombat.

Killer Instinct is a fighting game featuring one-on-one combat.
