Author Topic: A thread on why there is no thread on Geist on this board. (Read 35695 times)

nemo_83 · « **on:** May 21, 2005, 09:57:37 PM »

I am interested in the potential this title has, I hope that it doesn't end as soon as it starts getting good. There doesn't seem to be a topic on this game for some reason. Maybe because noone feels one way or the other yet about the game. This game could be forgetable or it could really give Cube owners a shooter game they can not only play, but play with (like Halo or GTA). What would you guys think if the game was delayed until next year to make it bigger and badder? It is going to be one of the last real games released on the Cube. I would like to see them take their time with this one.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2005, 06:28:16 AM »

I'm getting it and that's all that matters...

mantidor · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2005, 05:52:49 PM »

LOL the thread title made me laugh because it really says it all

The concept is very interesting of course, but all the impressions on the game are the same "it has good potential but it needs more work" so Im just exceptic... besides its hard to trust the devs of the Olsen games... but Ill give this title a chance, thats for sure.

MaleficentOgre · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2005, 07:04:51 PM »

this game has needed more work for a few years now. I have no hope for it at all.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2005, 08:45:13 PM »

I saw some videos of the multiplayer deathmatches, and I like the potential for mayhem that can be caused by being able to be almost anywhere hiding inside of all sorts of stuff.

Renny · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2005, 10:31:19 PM »

I don't understand the change from interacting with inanimate objects to actually 'possessing' them. Maybe they felt that simply nudging objects would feel too locked into the FPS cliche? Personally I just wanna throw stuff at peoples' heads, à la Splinter Cell. Is there anything more scary than being pelted with a cheese sandwich... with NO ONE ELSE IN THE ROOM? Creepy.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2005, 02:57:24 AM »

Black: Imagine Cratematch with that!

vudu · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:02:13 AM »

I'm going to have to wait until the reviews are out before I pick this up. I have a "no FPS" rule for console gaming. As many people before me have argued, there's no replacement for a mouse and keyboard. However, I may have to bend that rule, depending on if this game turns out halfway decent. I guess I'll find out in a month.

jasonditz · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:41:34 AM »

Delay it another year?!

There's no way this thing can last another E3. The developer needs to release this now. Its too good an idea to just let it rot on the vine, and if the execution is still poor after all this time, we just need to live with it and have Nintendo go in and take all their names.

Pale · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2005, 09:47:36 AM »

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Originally posted by: kingvudu
I have a "no FPS" rule for gaming.

Fixed.

But seriously, I tried my hardest to enjoy Timesplitters 2 and it still got old for me. When Nintendo first announced this I thought, because they had something to do with it, I should pick it up. As it stands now, I am so backed up in my gaming that I don't have time to give it a try.

I don't really expect it to do well though... Nintendo gamers aren't usually FPS gamers and thats why they never sell the greatest... =P

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2005, 10:59:05 AM »

But Nintendo gamers are action-adventure-gamers, so that's where the hope lies.

nemo_83 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 24, 2005, 08:33:15 PM »

I liked how the N64 had all the shooters, good, bad, ugly, and great. Two decent Turok games, Goldeneye, Doom, Duke Nukem, Perfect Dark, and Quake. Nintendo should have defended their fps and multiplayer gamers from MS. If they had done something simple like used a trackball in place of the c stick they would have really defined their controller from MS' in a way that didn't speak inferiority to consumers just because the controller lacked some button functions. Hopefully the REV and DS will bring back the fps games.

Geist just seems like a game I could rent and beat. It looks like it would be a good rental right now, like Republic Commander on Xbox; but it lacks the impression of being the heir to Goldeneye for Nintendo's gamers. Nintendo still has a big void in their lineup of IPs going into the REV for first person shooters. I liked rumors before E3 saying Nintendo would recieve an exclusive fps from ID for the REV launch using the revolutionary aspect of the controller.

IceCold · « **Reply #12 on:** May 24, 2005, 09:44:58 PM »

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I liked rumors before E3 saying Nintendo would recieve an exclusive fps from ID for the REV launch using the revolutionary aspect of the controller.

Didn't we all?? If Nintendo could seal an exclusive, decent FPS for launch or close to it with the controller, they'll gain a lot of momentum. Retro may be working on something like this as well

Ian Sane · « **Reply #13 on:** May 25, 2005, 07:31:05 AM »

"Nintendo gamers aren't usually FPS gamers and thats why they never sell the greatest... "

Yeah and Goldeneye outsold every single Cube game for some other reason I suppose. You can't say that first person shooters haven't sold on the Cube because there literally are no Cube exclusive first person shooters. nemo_83 mentioned it. We went from having nearly every console FPS on the N64 to having nothing. Come to think of it the N64 was the wrestling title console and we lost that too. Geez no wonder the Cube's in third. We lost the genres that made the N64 special. The Cube isn't even the platformer console.

Anyhoo my interest in Geist is like my interest in Killer 7. The game's just been in development for too long and we don't know enough details still. That suggests to me that the game just isn't turning out that great. If it was then surely Nintendo would have focused on it more. It looks like they're hiding it and that's never a good sign. This is a development team that has never made anything good before. It just logically makes sense to assume that the developer of Olsen Twin games isn't going to bust out something special.

I wouldn't be surprised though if this pulled a ED/SFA and ended up being switched over to the Rev. Still it seems kind of waste to have the Olsen Twin guys working on an FPS while Retro which supposedly has FPS expertise is working on yet another Metroid Prime game that, even though it will likely be very good, isn't really needed this soon after Metroid Prime 2.

nolimit19 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 25, 2005, 09:54:54 AM »

this thread alreayd exists here

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #15 on:** May 25, 2005, 12:48:03 PM »

If Geist plays like an "open" action-adventure, and not the mission-based first-person gun-toting blasto-rama some of you seem fit to categorize it as, then I have hope for it.

Gremio · « **Reply #16 on:** May 25, 2005, 03:16:10 PM »

I'm interested in Geist because of the possession aspect and the fact that it seems to incorporate some adventure elements in the gameplay. Is it categorized as a FPS or FPA? I'm not a fan of console FPS (too used to using a mouse for FPS) but I really, really enjoyed Metroid Prime as a FPA.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 25, 2005, 04:42:46 PM »

Im looking forward to Giest. The only thing im upset about is that it got pushed to August. I had the game pre ordered since feburary and expected it in May then in June. Now its august. Oh well i realy dont mind because i expect it to be good. The longer they work on it the better it will presumably be, a la RE4. It took RE 4 about the same time to come out and that game was almost perfect. The ending took the game out of the perfection catagory. Hopefully Giest will be almost as good. It certainly looks as good. we'll see.

vudu · « **Reply #18 on:** May 26, 2005, 09:58:36 AM »

When the heck did it get pushed back? I completely missed that.

Oh well, more time for Killer 7. And I still haven't gotten around to playing Resident Evil 4. But now that I've waited so long, it almost makes more sense to wait a bit longer until it drops in price.

Gremio - My understanding is the game plays more like a standard FPS. At least in the controls. From the demos shown, it also seems to be more action oriented than Metroid Prime was, but that could just be the sections of the game they used for the demo.

Question: Does anyone know if this game is broken up into levels (like Golden Eye, Perfect Dark or Halo) or if it's an open ended world (like Half-Life, Doom 3, etc)?

NotSoStu · « **Reply #19 on:** May 26, 2005, 10:19:34 AM »

Vudu, from what I can tell from previews and things, it is an open-ended world.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 26, 2005, 12:51:53 PM »

You havent played RE 4 yet! Blasphemy! Go get that right away. Seriously. If a game is worth 50 bucks it is RE4.

vudu · « **Reply #21 on:** May 27, 2005, 09:17:28 AM »

Yeah...I know. No excuse. But I'm so behind on my games. I'm just now getting around to playing Minish Cap. I might try to squeeze in RE4 before Meteos and Kirby come out.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 27, 2005, 10:55:18 AM »

check the amazing deals tread, RE4 for 39.99. :-) snatch it up.

vudu · « **Reply #23 on:** May 27, 2005, 11:09:00 AM »

Check who posted that amazing deal.

Nosferat2 · « **Reply #24 on:** May 29, 2005, 09:52:57 PM »

DOH!! lol, didnt even notice. Great find by the way. So whats the excuse now for not gettin RE4?

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