Best examples of Instakill in games

[Era of not Yakuza]

Yakuza Kiwami 2 has this heat action that allows you to instantly defeat any enemies in the area, even sub-stories "bosses".







This made me want to see more examples, especially boss fights that you can end with one action/attack. Spider-Man 2 (Ps2) had one particularly funny

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Unreal Tournament.
Facing Worlds.
INSTAGIB.

At least 2 hours on a single match.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Gears gnasher shotgun gib and headshots

 

[BadWolf]

Maker's Finger

Maker's Finger is an item available in Dragon's Dogma. "The ultimate arrow, said to kill instantly." The Maker's Finger is a powerful and expensive arrow that can instantly kill most enemies- even Dragons can be killed with a successful shot. The Maker's Finger also has the power to kill...

dragonsdogma.fandom.com

 

[My Blue Heaven]

playing that one stage of halo 2 with all the jackals sniping at you on legendary, omae wa mou shindeiru

 

[Deleted member 3082]

Turok 2's Cerebral Bore.

A homing device that latches onto the enemy's head, drills into their skull, forcibly ejects their grey matter and then explodes.

It sounds just as unpleasant as it looks too;

 

[Dylan]

It's kind of an obvious answer but Sekiro's stealth kills are pretty much always satisfying.

 

[Kito]

Bushido Blade: The Thread

Oh, what I would do for a new installment...

 

[Lant_War]

 

[CerealKi11a]

Using the hidden blade to assassinate people from incredible heights in the original AC was pretty fun.

also second the shotgun in Gears.

 

[Komali]

This will always be funny to me.

 

[chandoog]

Arkham Origins Electrocutioner 'boss' fight.

 

[Rookhelm]

When you finally get the magnum in resident evil. One hit kill headshots on zombies

 

[Samaritan]

Ghost of Tsushima's standoff mechanic is one of my favorites, really drives home that classic samurai movie feeling.

 

[Cokomon]

The Mysterio fight in the Spider-Man 2 movie game.

 

[Deleted member 79517]

I was just playing Hyperstone Heist last night with my brother, and were both "fondly" reminiscing on Super Shredder's special move that immediately turns you into a regular turtle. For some reason, I found that particularly affecting as a child.

 

[Kayla]

Last level in titan fall 2

 

[Era of not Yakuza]

The Mysterio fight in the Spider-Man 2 movie game.

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[hikarutilmitt]

Bushido Blade: The Thread

Oh, what I would do for a new installment...

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YES

Hell, give me a remake that combines 1 and 2 and plays more like 1 and I'd b happy.

 

[Baked Pigeon]

Edit - nvm

 

[RelaxItsJustMe]

Love em.

 

[etrain911]

The one hit tuning fork in BOTW comes to mind, extremely fragile but drops most normal enemies like that. I also think of Ghostrunner where the central conceit is that you and your enemies both die in a single hit.

 

[Morrigan]

Sekiro stealth kills, especially the throat slit

Ghost of Tsushima's stand-off (can't find a better gif with multiple chains, sadly)

Love em.

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WTF @ this thumbnail

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Shadow of Mordor's were brutal, and they put together so many different animations for them.

 

[RelaxItsJustMe]

Sekiro stealth kills, especially the throat slit

Ghost of Tsushima's stand-off (can't find a better gif with multiple chains, sadly)

WTF @ this thumbnail

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Yeah Baiken's (the character in the thumb nail) uh, something alright.

 

[Billy Awesomo]

Oringal Guilty Gear was super broken you could attempt to insta kill all day long lol

 

[TimeFire]

Love em.

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Baiken got the best IK in the game hands down.

 

[Deleted member 23158]

Gears series Gnasher, can't find any good recent gifs (e.g., Gears 5) tho.

Before you go that there is a mismatch between the barrel and where the bullets land it's cause Gears 1 had center screem aiming (so the bullets come from the middel of the screen rather than from the barrel of the gun), future installments have a barrel aim or a hybrid.

 

[ArchStanton]

The explosive-tipped arrows in The Last of Us, Part II. Very satisfying (sorry, on mobile at Trader Joe's, so no gifs here, lol).

 

[eraFROMAN]

Punch-Out is built on these

 

[MistahS]

🤤🤤🤤

 

[astro]

Headshots in Mass Effect 3.

 

[The GOAT]

I think Gears still has the best feel with the Gnasher, as shown above.

 

[spman2099]

WTF @ this thumbnail

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Unfortunately, that thumbnail accurately depicts her Xrd redesign, which is just absolutely pathetic. They absolutely butchered her. This has been the generation of ruining the best female characters in fighting games.

 

[data west]

The pinnacle. Still.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Batman: Arkham Fear Takedown

 

[fadedbones]

Headshots in Mass Effect 3.

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Thiiiis! Also the missile launcher, can't remember the name right now. The sound it makes when letting it fly for a little is INCREDIBLE

 

[Cronogear]

Gears series Gnasher, can't find any good recent gifs (e.g., Gears 5) tho.

Before you go that there is a mismatch between the barrel and where the bullets land it's cause Gears 1 had center screem aiming (so the bullets come from the middel of the screen rather than from the barrel of the gun), future installments have a barrel aim or a hybrid.

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This. Also sniper rifle headshots

 

[Zaied]

The Zankoku in Shinobido 2:




Maxed out, you can chain it to like four or five enemies (depending on their tier, and maybe the difficulty) and it becomes one of the most glorious stealth kill moves ever.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Unfortunately, that thumbnail accurately depicts her Xrd redesign, which is just absolutely pathetic. They absolutely butchered her. This has been the generation of ruining the best female characters in fighting games.

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Thank you. I was a fan of the original Baiken design, I couldn't believe how they massacred my girl. An absolute embarrassment to the point I'm not even sure I want her to return in Strive.


By the way, the "Destroy" in GG1 was an insta-kill for BOTH rounds, the stupidity of it is still incredible.

 

[spman2099]

Thank you. I was a fan of the original Baiken design, I couldn't believe how they massacred my girl. An absolute embarrassment to the point I'm not even sure I want her to return in Strive.

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I want to see her return in Strive and get a design that isn't weeb trash. Maybe if we get a new Baiken design in Strive (that is actually good) we can forget her Xrd design ever happened.

 

[Tatsu91]

Ghost of Tsushima's standoff mechanic is one of my favorites, really drives home that classic samurai movie feeling.

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It felt so satisfying definitely.

 

[FZed]

Batman Arkham Origins

 

[Benny Del Toro]

Onimusha's Issen mechanic

 

[Darkknight2149]

Not sure if you have seen the aggressive gameplays for TLoU, but they are pretty funny.

 

[TimeFire]

Unfortunately, that thumbnail accurately depicts her Xrd redesign, which is just absolutely pathetic. They absolutely butchered her. This has been the generation of ruining the best female characters in fighting games.

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Yeah. Her design in XX is so, so cool. I prefer almost everyone's XX design to their Xrd ones to be honest. Except for maybe Dizzy and Ky

 

[Rockodile]

Shotgun mist in FEAR

 

[Zukuu]

Any close up shotgun to the face.

 

[Z-Beat]

Ghost of Tsushima: Ghost Stance

AC4 Black Flag: ALL THE BOARDING PISTOLS

Prototype: Om nom nom nom

And of course, any Halo: headshot

 

[Inkvoterad]

Shinobi for ps2 was all about that. Attacks would basically oneshot enemies and keep them in some static pose, and when you cleared the room the character would do some edgy jojo style pose or sheath his weapon, and every single enemy you hit/killed would like split in half at the same time with over the top blood spurts.

i also love how MG Revengeance encourages you to utilize the zandatsu for quick instakills and spine fluid/hp regain. Amazing mechanic that looks so incredibly stylish.