Author Topic: Geist: Coolest game style ever! (Read 11558 times)

The King of red Lions · « **on:** May 13, 2003, 02:08:52 PM »

Just from the info i've read and the few screenshots I've seen(I expect more in the next couple of days), this game has got the coolest premise i've ever heard of. You are a ghost, searching for your long lost body. You take over other peoples/animals bodies to steal their physical and mental powers. Oh, yea, did I mention it is a first person game? I'm not sure if it is and adventure(fpa) or a shooter(fps) I hope n-space(the people makin it) will create a nice fps. That would be sweet.

Sony, take note, This is called innovation.

rpglover · « **Reply #1 on:** May 13, 2003, 02:15:18 PM »

it looks like like a good fps with some good innovations
i like the ghost story and how you can go into the bodies of enemies
hopefully it will build on that concept - and the game is multiplayer too
i cant wait to see more of this game

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2003, 02:39:26 PM »

Who's this made by? IGNCube says N-Space. Who the hell are they? Are they Nintendo?

Sir Kero · « **Reply #3 on:** May 13, 2003, 03:13:44 PM »

They're a startup from Florida, if you'd read the articles.. oh well.

I think thay've been playing too much Avenging Spirit (if that's possible). Of course, that was a platformer, this is the first time I've heard of a posession-FPS, so I guess that's innovation.
Don't get me wrong, I really am looking foward to this game (unlike most FPSs).

I see living people

ThePerm · « **Reply #4 on:** May 13, 2003, 03:43:24 PM »

you know we should have let jc24 stay another day so he could see this.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2003, 03:52:56 PM »

I'm just surprised it's actually an FPS.... out of Nintendo! O_O This is the first since PD and the first non-Rare Nintendo FPS. It sounds awesome- I hope it'll live up to that.

Illustrious Chen · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2003, 04:24:20 PM »

This game looks a lot like ESPionage and that one isn't very impressive looking to me either.

ThePerm · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2003, 04:32:45 PM »

what this one has far better graphics..it looks very slick

Keepa · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2003, 05:25:22 PM »

This game is actualy the title "Fear" that was mentioned lately. This according to IGN. I wonder what happened to "Ground Zero" that was mentioned in the same article as "Fear"?

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2003, 05:29:15 PM »

I have heard nothing of this till now, but this sounds utterly awesome. Could end up being a must-have for me. . . dang, I need more money.

Darc Requiem · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2003, 06:55:44 PM »

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Originally posted by: Keepa
This game is actualy the title "Fear" that was mentioned lately. This according to IGN. I wonder what happened to "Ground Zero" that was mentioned in the same article as "Fear"?

Its probably Game Zero....speaking of which no news on it thus far. I'm betting it will be shown behind doors once e3 officially starts. Geist is very intriguing. I can't wait to see how possessing different characters affects the gameplay. I see that its at least 4 player from screen shots....any word on LAN play?

Darc Requiem

Gamefreak · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2003, 10:21:22 PM »

It's not Game Zero genius. Game Zero is by Zoonami...

Anyway, Geist has crap graphics as of now...and the interface doesn't look too hot. Oh well, Nintendo's publishing it, and they won't publish crap. They'll probably just delay it until it's good, like 1080...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #12 on:** May 13, 2003, 10:40:18 PM »

I remember when Metroid Prime's interface used to look odd.
And I do think 1080's improved as well, at least, NST finally figured out how to take direct screen shots instead of the blurry video capture method.

Mario · « **Reply #13 on:** May 13, 2003, 11:00:16 PM »

Um... is it just me or does Geist look...... crap? Seriously whats so amazing about it? Because its made by Nintendo? gimme a break...

Gamefreak · « **Reply #14 on:** May 13, 2003, 11:04:13 PM »

Yeah that's what I was thinking.
But Metroid Prime looked like crap in the first in-game shots.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #15 on:** May 13, 2003, 11:51:53 PM »

I don't get you people. WHY do you think it's crap...?

Geist looks comparable to Time Splitters2, Nightfire, even Prime in some cases, all of which look great. Maybe you're just tired of shooting nameless military security personnel holed up in underground research facilities.

Gamefreak · « **Reply #16 on:** May 14, 2003, 12:28:08 AM »

Um, are you sure you are looking at the right screenshots? The art is bland. The poly counts are extremely low. The shadowing and lighting are very simple. The geometry is primitive. And worst of all, it's not seamless. The textures on the walls don't perfectly blend into the textures on the ground. There's not bump mapping. This wouldn't matter if the textures were good, but they are not. They are plain, and low res.

And just so you know, Timesplitters 2 and Nightfire didn't have that great graphics...They were above average.

Prime on the other hand...is years beyond this game. Perhaps you need to play it again. Just look at the opening space station level...The transperancies, super detailed character models, advanced lighting and environment mapping, and perfect cohesion and seamlessness in the graphics, not to mention a great art style, all make Prime far better than Geist in terms of graphics.

Mario · « **Reply #17 on:** May 14, 2003, 01:21:11 AM »

Actually its not just the graphics that i dont like, i mean graphics arent everything. I just think the whole concept sounds lame. Can someone tell me whats so amazing about it?

Gamefreak · « **Reply #18 on:** May 14, 2003, 01:28:48 AM »

Well it would be pretty cool to switch between soldiers, dogs, and hot momas on the fly. For example...You gotta get into a compound. The problem is, it has an eye scanner. So you gotta make your way over to another part of the level, break into a building, and possess a sergeant or something...

egman · « **Reply #19 on:** May 14, 2003, 02:00:47 AM »

Yeah, the screenshots weren't that great, but I'm under the impression that this game is still way early in development. Nintendo probably would've held off on it under normal circumstances, but it is important for them to show that they are trying to get the games the older gamers want.

The game play does sound great, though. They didn't go into detail about the whole body changing thing, but this game could be pushed over the top if gamers are allowed a lot of freedom in changing bodies instead of having to follow a highly scripted scenario.

Gamefreak · « **Reply #20 on:** May 14, 2003, 02:13:45 AM »

As far as development time, the game has been in development for less than half a year... 6 months ago it was planned as a multiplatform title called Fear and disappeared, apparently cancelled. Then Nintendo came in...So I'm guessing it's only had about 4 or so months of good development time.

colmag · « **Reply #21 on:** May 14, 2003, 09:13:54 AM »

Sorry guys, but the concept isn't new. A PC game called Mesia was released a couple of years ago, where you played a "cherub" and could posses people to make them do things. This is just a twist on that game.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #22 on:** May 14, 2003, 11:00:57 AM »

Or, if you want to go back WAY old school, there was a game called Paradroid on the Commodore 64 that let you transfer from robot to robot ("possessing" them).

http://homepages.tesco.net/~parsonsp/html/paradroid.html

This game is amazing. I still play it to this day.

silks

ThePerm · « **Reply #23 on:** May 14, 2003, 11:30:44 AM »

looks fine to me..it looks like half life..but slighty better..then again Half-Life is really old..but I will tell you.... you people must not have seen games made by most companies other then Nintendo. Seriously it looks alot better then many things.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #24 on:** May 14, 2003, 11:50:57 AM »

Being a ghost that posses things is a much better concept than Halo or Half-life, and the graphics probably aren't as good as they'll be come completion. I may not buy this game, but it certainly looks like it will be good, anyway.

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Author Topic: Geist: Coolest game style ever! (Read 11558 times)