Geras is a joke in the story

[丂卩ㄖㄖ几ㄚ 丂卂ㄩㄥ]

Supposedly some big bad ass but we all know what happens when you face him. He just gets ass handed to him in the most humiliating way possible. Can be a good punchbag meme.

[tnka⁧⁧彡]

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[丂卩ㄖㄖ几ㄚ 丂卂ㄩㄥ]

useless geras indeed

[Deathstruck]

Yep. He takes the role of a jobber to a completely new level.

I know it's literally his sole purpose, but he gets spectacularly ♥♥♥♥ on so much and so often in Aftermath (even compared to the main story), to the point where I just kinda start feeling a bit sorry for him lol.

Sure, he gets some moments where he shines, and he effectivelly cannot be killed - but like, has he ever achieved ANY of the tasks that Kronika gave him? Like at all?

Even at the end when he shows up in his armor and almost pathetically asks Shao Kahn and Sindel for help, they just bash his brains in for his trouble. :P

[丂卩ㄖㄖ几ㄚ 丂卂ㄩㄥ]

HAHAHAH yea that scene was so funny I ended up laughing. I already knew that he was going to get owned but did not expect to be that bad HAHAHAHAA. Guess he has a worse fate than HSU HAO. The new punching bag!

[popsicle]

Geras claims to be impossible to kill. But every kombatant has found a way to kill him in 2 mins.

[Sh1nRa358]

Geras = can stop time before being hit. gets hit anyway.
Cetrion = can grow bigger than the earth. gets defeated anyway.

[croggle]

That is the one thing I hate about Nether Realm games characters are hyped up with god like powers and are basically untouchable up until the story demands that they get beat then they just get pulverized within seconds this is why I hate the now infamous Mortal Kombat (2011) scene where Sindel claps like 75% of the story mode roaster in like 30 seconds tops.

[popsicle]

What they should have done is extend the Geras battle scenes to make it real insane and last a long time, like 15 mins straight. Then Geras would get more respect.

[croggle]

Originally posted by popsicle:

What they should have done is extend the Geras battle scenes to make it real insane and last a long time, like 15 mins straight. Then Geras would get more respect.

yeah he should of possibly been a multiple phase boss battle like maybe the first round he is the normal player Geras but after getting his butt handed to him he realizes he is finally up against a "worthy" opponent and for round two he turns into some mega Geras with his sand making him impossible to grapple and un-effected by finishing blows like the Kronika boss battle.

[Deathstruck]

I think in order to make his character actually menacing, they should have given him a real win or two. Maybe even make him kill one of the named characters or beat them close to death or something.

He does some badass ♥♥♥♥ in cutscenes, and we are constantly reminded he cannot die, but it really feels like whenever it's time to actually fight him - it's again just about the heroes coming up with yet another way to keep him at bay or humiliating him further. xD

[丂卩ㄖㄖ几ㄚ 丂卂ㄩㄥ]

He should have been the boogeyman. All his sequences should have been filled with dread, like omg who is he going to off next. But instead we get a clown who gets thrashed all the time. I think Kronika knows how useless Geras is and hates him so she keeps sending him for a good beating, then 'improving' him further to get another one in the ass.

[Buhoy Alkash]

Well, in Geras's first appearance in Aftermath he was quite cool. And it took 3 opponents to beat him. His second one - yeah, somewhat humiliating. But at least he gets beaten by Shao Kahn or Sindel who are far from the weakest characters in the series.
But he does suffer the fate of another jobber and his isn't the worst case.

[Neon Triangle]

Well at least he isn't Necalli from SFV , even Frost gets to do a lot more in MK11's story. But yeah, it's dumb that despite his "every death makes him stronger" gimmick it never feels like he's a true threat.

Fighting game stories have always had an issue with managing power levels to an extent, but it felt especially bad here for some reason.

[Ka'a]

yeah they use his immortality to put gore in the game without really killing a character.