For many who ignored it, following the bloody finale of Mortal Kombat 1’s tale, which noticed Liu Kang and the group dispatch the Fatal Alliance of Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, a model of PS2-era jobber Havik came upon that no longer most effective do different timelines exist, however that they may all use a little bit extra chaos. This brings us to the brand new storyline, which sees him invade Liu Kang’s timeline, and kidnap Geras to infuse his MacGuffins with the ability to take over all timelines.
For many who was hoping the timeline crap would come to an finish after Mortal Kombat 11, we’re afraid it’s at its height right here, as we’re handled to other variants of the entire solid, together with a Council of Kangs-esque quantity of Havik. On the other hand, the opposite – and a ways much less tiresome – facet to the tale comes to our trio of DLC opponents: Cyrax, Sektor, and Noob Saibot. We care for the aftermath of Sub 0’s betrayal of Earthrealm and the way it has affected the robo-enhanced duo, with Cyrax particularly being the guts of this storyline (till she disappears for a large chew of it, as is custom for just right characters).
One drawback we had with the unique sport’s tale was once Johnny Cage, who treads the road of being a just right personality and a popular culture spouting device, and this time round he’s insufferable. Each and every line out of his mouth is mainly a reference, together with one this is nearly actually “this is rather like Recreation of Thrones Season 3 Episode 9”. A majority of the humour within the growth falls utterly flat, however Johnny is the worst.
Which is bizarre, as a result of this growth additionally contains Animalities for each and every personality, which can be in most cases moderately humorous. When you don’t wish to pay for the DLC to get the Animalities, they’re new with this replace. There’s some evident ones like Scorpion changing into a Scorpion (no longer a Penguin this time, unfortunately), and a few extra available in the market ones like Quan Chi’s. In the meantime, Johnny Cage and Peacemaker get the most efficient ones by way of a ways.
Whilst the Khaos Reigns growth does include a complete Kombat Move 2 (together with the visitor opponents later down the road), the tale is most effective round two hours lengthy, making this growth’s value – which is sort of on par with a complete sport – a little bit questionable. And it doesn’t do the rest to switch the obvious flaws already found in Mortal Kombat 1 such because the horrible Invasions mode or the overpriced cosmetics.
