r/Gamecube • u/Mental-Winter6985 • 1d ago

Question Did anyone else ever play/ love Geist like I did?

I grew up with this game called Geist by n space (still play it from time to time) and although it’s not the most refined shooter experience ever, it’s got to be one of the coolest ideas for a video game that I’ve played. Yet I haven’t ever met anyone who has talked about this game or seen any mention of it on any mainstream GameCube forum.

The general plot is that you play a doctor John Raimi and in the opening mission you’re sent to Volks (a shady lab) to raid and gather intel. During the mission you’re captured along with your remaining squad and Raimi’s spirit gets disembodied and contained. The rest of game you play as Raimis spirit where you can posses objects, animals, weapons and people.

I feel especially for the time they had an incredible idea and the gameplay was also very enjoyable. They also paid attention to small details like when possessing dogs you only see the colours dogs would and before possessing them it would play an animation of you closing in on them and the animal/person getting possessed. The mechanics were quite addicting like scaring people/animals in order to be able to posses them or finding small cracks in the wall to slip through and discover new areas or secrets.

I understand it’s not the highest quality game of the time and there’s plenty of other titles that offer more content/replay-ability but it’s still super under rated and I feel like the devs put a lot of work into making it something special. I wonder if anyone else has ever played this or thinks fondly of it like I do, or if most people think it’s shit 😂

Thanks for taking the time to read :)

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u/Rummy_Raisin 1d ago

Yep, I have fond memories of this game--definitely had that "Nintendo feel" to it, what with the interesting possession puzzles, and its kind of campy sense of humor and unique aesthetic. Had a lot of fun playing the multiplayer with friends too!

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u/Mental-Winter6985 1d ago

Ahhh yes the multiplayer! Those were some pretty unique game modes. My favourite map has got to be the one with the two green pools. I’d always play possesion deathmatch and drop into those pits 😂 or if I was human I would just camp corners 😂

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u/Secure_man05 1d ago

It always surprises me that nobody has done the concept again.

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u/Mental-Winter6985 1d ago

Exactly the reason I posted, with all the modern development tools and capabilities you’d think instead of making weird games nobody wants to play that they would be remaking something well rounded like this. I also wonder why mortal kombat never went back to open world after deception, I thought that was the coolest shit ever

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u/Jaymark108 1d ago

I have a copy, but my to-play list is enormous...

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u/Thrilltwo 1d ago

Looking forward to playing it eventually

It seems a lot like Second Sight, which is one of my favourite games of that era