Every major villain in MK has exactly the same motivation, conquer the realms and kill the Elder Gods. Reiko just became a major villain. So... yes, he did get Shinnok's motivation... and Shao Kahn's... and Quan Chi's... and Shang Tsung's...
The art in this issue was shit. It takes a lot for me to say that, I didn't even complain about the seriously retro early issues with Kotal Kahn, but this was just beyond the pale. Characters' faces have ZERO detail unless they're the focus of the shot, some characters are just straight up get-it-off-the-page-fugly (Shujinko)...
Sonya's faces over the course of two pages, I especially love the profile shot where she inexplicably has an old crone nose.
This is even better, comparison pics of
the same artist's drawings of Johnny and Sonya earlier in the comic (issue 9).
What. Are those supposed to be the same people?!
The action shots with Raiden could not possibly look less interesting. The visual progression from the Havik shot of him saying "I know this because" to the next shot where his skin is missing makes no sense, I can't tell if he's supposed to have literally ripped the skin off (which would be pretty cool) or willpowered it off by channeling his inner chi as the hands-to-the-forehead on the previous page imply.
Awful, awful stuff. I'm getting worked up just talking about it.
But in the interest of objectivity, as Yellow Ledbetter said, Havik's reveal was well drawn. So... one well drawn page out of 20.