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Geist is a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: August 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Geist is a great game when it comes down to story and concept, but has some flaws on the gameplay side. Though the puzzles are fun and challenging, the gunplay is a little off because of the controls. They don't feel quite right for a shooter and aiming is a little slow. That really isn't that big of a problem since the most of the game is more along the lines of puzzle solving, but it's still worth mentioning. Still I'd highly recommend Geist to anyone with a gamecube.

Very good game, just as we have come to expect from Nintendo!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is very cool. You're a ghost that can possess people, animals, or many inanimate objects.

(Minor Spoiler Alert for what follows): In some spots you may possess a gun turret and shoot your enemies, maybe you'll be a mouse crawling through mouse caves, or you may be a box that you blow-up later. There are so many objects to possess.

As is typical with Nintendo games it is a genre-bending title, a little bit FPS, a little Adventure, a little bit Puzzle, etc... It's truly a refreshing title.

Some have said that the graphics aren't that good. I would challenge that. If you have it on a HDTV using Component or even the S-Video connector, the graphics are in fact very, very good (as the game is in 480P, DVD quality). Sure it's not 720P or 1080i/p, but it looks better to me than many original Xbox titles.

In short, if you find this game at the game store, give it a try. I payed full price for the title shortly after it came out and am still enjoying it.

Essentail for any Hard core Nintendo Fan Who Loved Metroid Prime

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I simply love this game, one important thing to note is that not everyone will like this game but if you are a hard core nintendo fan and loved the dificult puzzle solving and exploration elements in games such as Metroid Prime then you will love this. Many people have chosen to critisize the controll scieme I would like to say that I actualy think that is is better than that of many first person shooters especialy if it is for the PS2, the controll scieme especialy shines when it is for the sniper rifle in which becouse the GCN controller has two levels of pressure for the L butten then when you press down oly a little bit you zoom in only partialy but when you press it down all the way it it zomms in all of the way. unlike most first person shooters this game does not use a rebounding health meter since you are only possesing varios hosts, one benifit it has is that it puts some what more emfasis on the use of cover and taking advantge of your powers of possesion. the story is very epic and if nothing else mattered in a game than everyone would be reviewing it as I am, but I wont mention it here and spoil the suprise but I will tell you that it involves your spirit being riped from your body and now you have the power of possesion. the music is great, esspecialy the theme song which is very adicting. the enimy and frienly AI seems prety smart, they will flank you use cover, and even set up anbooshes. the boss battles may not be very varried but they are always very epic and very very challenging, esspecialy if a cirtain very important host dies then it is game over, luckly there is a very forgiving checkpoint system in place. One cool thing about the game is that your perspective is constantly changing, one moment you could be a dog barking at some rats and next thing you know you are one of those rats. also when you are in ghost form time slows down and you can get a much better look at the world around you. one thing that is very disputable is the fact that about a third of the game you have to roam around in an open area to look for things to posses and do a series of possesions to scare people, many people dont like this but I think that it is awsome, becouse you have to search around for things like it is a murder mystery to try to find things. one example of this is what you have to do in one stage to posses a chef first you have to posses an oven and make it over heat so that it produces smoke then posses a fan to blow the smoke over to him to make him notice it and then take over a plate dispencer to shoot him with plates and scare him. the multi player is also top notch and is very interesting with the possesion aspect. the graphics are also very good for the gamecube. Becouse so many people have critisized this game I would heavily suggest renting it first and seeing if it is for you, but if you are like me you will love it from start to finish, any serois gamecube owner who is looking for a challence should definatley try this game, it is one of the best and most inovative shooters on the market today.

penny arcade.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: August 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I had to possess a bowl of dog food, so I could scare a dog.

Was it fun?

I had to POSSESS a bowl of DOG FOOD, so I could SCARE a DOG.

So, no.

DOG FOOD!

Hauntingly Good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: August 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game because of many reasons. First, this is a gamecube exclusive. PS2 and Xbox don't get it. Gamecube rarely gets exclusive mature games. Second, the idea is great. Play as a ghost, that sounds cool! You float, possese, and squeeze through small holes in walls. Third, the type is a good one. First person shooter and stealth. The controls are a little slow but that wasn't a big thing. I got past it quickly. This is seriously a great first person shooter, one of the best. I highly recommend this game.

An Interesting Concept

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: October 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Geist is not your average game. In fact, it is much more of a first person adventure in the genre of Metroid Prime than a first person shooter. And beyond that, it's more of an extended puzzle than it is an exploration-based game like Metroid.

In it, you play a disembodied spirit. Yes, a ghost, just like the title would make you believe. You're trapped in a government facility, looking for your body and a way out, but to do that, you have to possess various items and people to gain access to further areas of the complex.

It sounds fairly simple. And it is. But the execution is what makes this game unique. In your travels, you'll possess the obvious soldiers and technitions, but you'll also possess strange things such as control panels, rats, or even a bowl of dog food.

You'll jump from host to host, existing in a dream-like, slowed-down world while in your ghost form. Being inside of a host is important, as you lose health the more time you're outside of a body.

The game itself doesn't perhaps look that great, but it reminds me a lot of Eternal Darkness, which while not the best was still a fairly good looking game. What the game does have, however, is good atmosphere and layout, which are much more important things.

It's a strange game, and it's slower than normal first-person games, and I know it won't be very popular, but it's different and innovative and pretty fun. It's worth at least checking out, if not buying outright. It's got a very old-school feel, and I do recommend it.

Geist is the bloody-exterior-with-a-sensitive-heart kinda game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 21
Date: September 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome!!!! where else can u shoot dogs that aren't even a danger? Where else can you become a rat and crawl up into some chick's cooch? Only in Geist, and only in America!!! God bless this game, and may God strike thee down, John Travolta!!!!

Best Puzzle/ Most interesting game ever played

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Very fun game. Travel through the volks laboratory as you seek bodies to posses so you can escape what seems like a never ending stucture. Although game controls are horrible for the fighting missions, it is the most creative game I've seen on the market. Definetly recommend this game to people who have time and the effort in there lives to finish the puzzles.

FIVE STAR *****

So much unused potential, but still fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'll keep it short and sweet: for about $10 bucks, you'll get a great adventure/FPS with some inventive ideas and fun spots. But for the most part, the AI is pretty dumb and, towards the end, it get obscenely hard. Sometimes you'll be dead before you know it. Luckly, the best parts are the exploration and puzzles, they will make you forgive the faults of the game. Just trying to see what you can posses is loads of fun. If nintendo would have put more effort in backing nSpace with the developement, this might have been a much better game. Here's hoping that they make a sequel, and improve on it.

SIDENOTE: The upcoming "Jericho" for the Xbox 360 uses the main mechanic from Geist, where the main character posseses different people to get though the game.

Not the best presentation, still a superb game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

To the reviewer below: what game have you been playing? Sure as hell it wasn't Geist, as the controller complaints you mentioned are plain wrong. I almost didn't buy the game as I expected the sticks to be replaced where you'd have to walk and look around with the opposite controller layout which would suck indeed, but nah, it's the usual layout as found in every other 1st-Person shooter.

About GEIST: it's clear from the beginning that this game looks and feels a bit like a B-Movie. The graphics are very atmospheric but somehow lack a bit in breathtaking details and beauty. And the details are what might turn some people off while others are astonishing. The shooting portions are not that spectacular as enemies mostly react only if they see you, but their field of view seems not to go that far. You can get pretty close to enemies without being spottet, shoot one from this "distance" and the others are not gonna show any reactions at all unless they see you.

But then, this game obviously is not supposed to be another KILLZONE or Halo-clon. You don't exactly should want to play it because of the action. If you're a fan of the pace found in the DEUS EX-games you're in for the show. I love playing Adventures from the first-person-view where you need to talk to people, solve puzzles etc. with some action moments thrown in every now and then. So the pace is pretty relaxing and thrilling unless you decide to run throught the adventure.

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