Killer Instinct 2013

Is it still worth playing?

Double Helix Games and Iron Galaxy's 2013 fighting game, a reboot of Rare's Killer Instinct series, released as a free to play launch game for the Xbox One and later for Windows 10. Its combos are built from named parts. Openers start them, Auto Doubles add automatic hit sequences, Linkers join several together, Enders finish with extra damage, and Manuals are chains entered outside that structure, while an Ultra Combo can only end a match. Any of it can be answered. Combo Breakers interrupt an opponent's combo, and Counter Breakers cancel a Combo Breaker but leave you open if mistimed, while a failed breaker locks you out of another attempt for a while. Combos that can always be broken, and breaks that can be countered, still keep a match changing hands today.