Chi's special moves in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon to be "decent", but his Escrima fighting style could lead into "lengthy attacks which ... can take out more than 20% of a life bar." Quan Chi was unlockable in MK2011 after completing the story mode; Mitchell Saltzman of GameFront described Quan Chi therein as capable of "frustrating players with his long, drawn out, and damaging combos", while his "Sky Drop" teleportation attack was best used against opponents who overused projectiles. Prima Games considered Quan Chi to be one of the weakest characters in the reboot, with at least half of their test matches with him won against just three other characters, for a poor 38% overall victory rate. Bryan Dawson of Prima Games listed Quan Chi in his 2014 selection of the "cheapest" Mortal Kombat characters, as he had "80-percent-damage combos if [players] land a hit and have enough [life] meter to burn." In Mortal Kombat X, Quan Chi has three distinct gameplay variations along with the other characters. Quan Chi's Fatalities (a finishing move that executes defeated opponents) received opposing reception from the Midway staff. In MK4, he tears off his opponent's leg at the hip and then beats them repeatedly with the bleeding limb as the screen fades to black for the next match. Another, from Deadly Alliance, has him leap onto his beaten opponent's shoulders and then pull their head upward, stretching their neck to an impossible length. In a 2006 interview, Boon deemed it his least-liked finisher but called the "Leg Beatdown" his favorite. Lead series storyteller John Vogel explained that the "Neck Stretch" was instantly disliked but the developers were forced to leave it in Deadly Alliance due to time constraints. Sound designer Dan Forden cited the finisher as an example of the development team at the time "getting a little low on creativity". Other appearances Television and film One year before his first video game appearances, Quan Chi made his Mortal Kombat series debut in one episode of the 1996 animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as an independent sorcerer searching for a magical gem with evil powers until his plans are thwarted by the Earthrealm heroes. He was voiced by Nick Chinlund. He was to make a cameo at the end of the 1997 feature film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation that was cut in post-production. An on-set photograph of the character in full costume