In 2010, "Game Informer" featured him on their list of gaming's "crappiest" fathers, commenting he "is more like an abusive, drunken stepfather than a crappy biological father is also a terrible husband." The character's incarnation in the 2011 "Mortal Kombat" has been criticized for how hard it is to defeat him to the point of frustrating gamers; that same year, CraveOnline included him on the list of top five "bosses you want to kill but can't". The fight against Shao Kahn in "Mortal Kombat 3" was also noted for its difficulty; in 2013, "Complex" ranked it as the 23rd hardest boss battle in video games.