Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns Reviews
It's hard to talk about Khaos Reigns without having that price tag in mind. For £39/$39 it's simply too lean, relying on the promise of an eclectic mix of characters to come and some long-awaited roster additions to add value to a very short and mostly forgettable story add-on.
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns is a great expansion, but held back by its short story.
Sovereign Kaos is an expansion that adds a lot of content, making Mortal Kombat 1 a more complete game than at launch. The new campaign remains on a high level and the additional content greatly increases the replayability of the game.
Review in Italian | Read full review
'Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns' is an expansion for 'Mortal Kombat 1'. The focus is mainly on the second part of the story. This is full of brutal action, but feels relatively shorter. In addition, it contains six new characters, three of which are available at release.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
Despite bringing three more characters and a new story, the high cost of the expansion, combined with the fixes and new features that have been arriving in dribs and drabs since the incomplete release of the base game, puts the current entry in the series in a delicate position. The reward system remains unchanged, the Invasions mode remains slow and boring, and the absence of the Krypt still weighs on the single-player content. Kaos definitely hasn't found its anarchy.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns offers new characters and guest fighters, but the high price is hard to justify with a short story mode and limited content. The unresolved gameplay issues and lack of replay value make it feel incomplete.
Mortal Kombat 1: Chaos Reigns expansion will bring you more of the Mortal Kombat story with production quality that even the greatest Hollywood blockbusters wouldn't be ashamed of. With several new characters and many variations of the existing ones, the fun is guaranteed.
Khaos Reigns is a purchase that we can hardly recommend with our eyes closed without taking into account the target audience. In fact, if you are among the casual players of the title, you may ill digest the brevity of the new story and may not be particularly interested in getting your hands on only a portion of the new kombatants right away. If, on the other hand, Mortal Kombat 1 is your guilty pleasure and you can't resist the prospect of new content, the expansion is a must-have due to very interesting additions to the roster. Either way, there is the cost of the ticket not to be underestimated, in line with the (controversial) pricing policy for this chapter of the series and not exactly cheap. In short: if you approach Khaos Reigns expecting a worthy expansion with a meaty story chapter, you will be disappointed. If, on the other hand, you consider it a kind of “enhanced season pass” with access to six characters (three now, three in the future) and a few hours of entertainment with a new epilogue, you will be pleasantly pleased.
Review in Italian | Read full review
The content of the new single-player campaign is, at best, average. It's hard to justify the investment of almost R$250 for three good characters, the promise of other future fighters, which we still don't know how they will work, a few skins, arenas and a tiny story mode.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review