Finish Him Part Eight: Killer Instinct Gold, Pray for Death, Primal Rage

Killer Instinct Gold

Jago impales the antagonist with a thrown sword, or immolates them with a charged energy blast; Fulgore uses a beam from the sky to turn the enemy into a goopy mess, or he turns into a mech to shoot them; TJ Combo punches the foe into the sky, or whips out a gun (!) to shoot them; Orchid toasts the loser with electricity…

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Finish Him Part Seven: Jackie Chan in Fist of Fire, Kasumi Ninja, Killer

“This game is a grim view into the dark heart of humanity.”

-Xerxes on Killer Instinct, Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 47K Games of All Time

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Finish Him Part Five: BloodStorm, Blood Warrior, and ClayFighter 63 1/3

Oh no, it’s Strata’s follow-up to Time Killers, BloodStorm! I remember reading how gory and crazy this game looked back in Electronic Gaming Monthly… or was it EGM2?

Easily the grossest thing I’d seen in a game up to that point

Hellhound dismembers the antagonist, save for her/his torso; Mirage plants a bomb that blows the enemy apart; Fallout punches the head off (boring).

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