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[Hollywood]

Geist, developed by Duke Nukem: Time to Kill creators n-Space, will possess the GameCube June 27. The game is a first-person shooter starring a soldier, or at least his disembodied soul. As the spirit of the soldier, gamers will be able to enter the bodies of animate and inanimate objects in this gory shooter.

- Gamespot

Man this game must suck to take this long to come out? Just cancel the damn thing already.

 

[Mejilan]

Woops!

 

[olimario]

:lol
Geist is a waste of Nintendo's money.
100k tops in the US

This is the worst year for XBOX shooters and they still get 3 better than Geist with TS3, Pariah, and Doom III.

 

[MassiveAttack]

Based on what was shown at GDC, this news is about as surprising as Rare delaying PD Zero to 2009.

 

[GaimeGuy]

:lol
Geist is a waste of Nintendo's money.
100k tops in the US

This is the worst year for XBOX shooters and they still get 3 better than Geist with TS3, Pariah, and Doom III.

Last I checked, TS3 is on the Gc and Doom III has been on the PC for ~9 months...

 

[Doogdogg]

the game looks like crap. first gen ps2 games.

 

[Date of Lies]

oh comon, give it a chance. I mean I know I wont pay full price for this, but once it hits 20$...

 

[fse]

Rev. game.

 

[Dead]

hahaha geist

 

[Doogdogg]

Geist is just another bad investment. Nintendo sold Rare, who made GoldenEye and PD and hook up some Ashley & Mary-Kate Sweet 16 developers to tackle at a FPS.

 

[olimario]

Last I checked, TS3 is on the Gc and Doom III has been on the PC for ~9 months...

So... They are both better than Geist will be.

 

[AlphaTwo]

Geist is just another bad investment. Nintendo sold Rare, who made GoldenEye and PD and hook up some Ashley & Mary-Kate Sweet 16 developers to tackle at a FPS.

Geist is more filler than anything, the title is just another game to fill the summer schedule (which is quite sparce on the cube)

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Last I checked, TS3 is on the Gc and Doom III has been on the PC for ~9 months...

Doom 3 Xbox plays little like the PC version. I mean, on one hand, it Does but on the other hand, the levels have been changed around and of all 4 or 5 levels I've been through, I have only used the flashlight to look through 'bonus' areas and secret places. It's much nicer than the PC version, IMO. The story is largely the same. Levels seem to be in similar environments as well.

And Geist will need every developing minute possible. I would stick feeding tubes into the programmers' and designers' stomaches and force them to work 24/7 to get this game even decent enough to bear the Nintendo mark.

 

[Speevy]

So... They are both better than Geist will be.

Pretty much any rent or buy worthy Xbox exclusive is better than Geist will be.

 

[thorns]

:lol
Geist is a waste of Nintendo's money.
100k tops in the US

This is the worst year for XBOX shooters and they still get 3 better than Geist with TS3, Pariah, and Doom III.

Well to be fair TS3 is on GC also..
But Republic Commando, Oddworld, UC2, Brothers in Arms and Project: Snowblind are not

 

[Rhindle]

Geist is one of those amazing games that actually seema to get worse over time ...

I remember thinking it was pretty promising at E3 2003. This month's GDC build didn't seem to have done much to improve the game engine, and instead they've loaded it up with hilariously bad cutscenes ...

 

[CO_Andy]

...this news is about as surprising as Rare delaying PD Zero to 2009.

Didn't Rare change the release date of PDZ to 201X?

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

So June's looking to be Geist vs Conker?

PLACE YOUR BETS HERE, GENTLEMEN!!

 

[FitzOfRage]

Geist is just another bad investment. Nintendo sold Rare, who made GoldenEye and PD and hook up some Ashley & Mary-Kate Sweet 16 developers to tackle at a FPS.

Well Rare made Sesame Street games long before doing Goldeneye, so I don't think that necessarily means much.

 

[VerTiGo]

I will always be intrigued by the gameplay concept behind Geist. Seriously, all first-person shooters are basically the same and when someone tries to do something different with the genre, no one is interested. Is it possible that the game will suck? Perhaps, but I have no reason to believe that it will aside from it's lackluster visuals, but since when do visuals make a game good or bad?

 

[FightyF]

Remember that game for the DC called Geist Force? It was cancelled too. Anything with the word Geist in it must be doomed to failure...actually scratch that, wasn't there an old arcade game with the same name?

 

[Bebpo]

I will always be intrigued by the gameplay concept behind Geist. Seriously, all first-person shooters are basically the same and when someone tries to do something different with the genre, no one is interested. Is it possible that the game will suck? Perhaps, but I have no reason to believe that it will aside from it's lackluster visuals, but since when do visuals make a game good or bad?

This is a pretty stupid blanket statement IMO.

The game has a good idea! Therefore it cannot be a bad game!

Just because it's an interesting concept doesn't mean the execution will work. You know, things like level design, controls, bugs, fun, and many other things besides a game's visuals and concept decide whether it will be good or bad.

 

[Ash Housewares]

hmm, doesn't seem a long enough delay to actually squeeze a game in there, wonder what they're doing

 

[flsh]

They should make it a Revolution launch title, bump the graphics to PC like level and make it on- line. The only stupid thing Nintendo did with this title was showing it before it was ready... same with star fox. If we don't know about the game - they can develop it for as long as they need, and obviouslyGeist isn't anywhere near ready for release.

What I don't get even more though, is why some of you want this game to be bad :lol having more good games is always good...

 

[Cold-Steel]

I honestly wish N-Space could execute this one properly. Really, I do.

It isn't looking that way - at all.

 

[soundwave05]

Geist is OK/average looking, but seriously if Nintendo wants a FPS on the Revolution, uh, why not get (I dunno) RETRO STUDIOS to do it instead of friggin' n-Space.

 

[Cold-Steel]

Geist is OK/average looking, but seriously if Nintendo wants a FPS on the Revolution, uh, why not get (I dunno) RETRO STUDIOS to do it instead of friggin' n-Space.

Nintendo Exec: "We need an exclusive FPS for Revolution at launch! Any takers?"

Retro Exec: "We can handle it! Our experience in Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes shows that we can provide compelling level designs and our...."

Nintendo Exec: "Great idea...a new Metroid game! How is progress going on the Metroid game?"

Retro Exec: "We would like to try our hands at a new property..."

Nintendo Exec: "It can wait, get Metroid done and we'll talk. [phone rings] Hello? Ah yes, I am well aware with N-Space...what? You did Duke Nukem?!? We need an FPS, you're hired!"

Retro Exec: "....."

 

[Amir0x]

Nintendo Exec: "We need an exclusive FPS for Revolution at launch! Any takers?"

Retro Exec: "We can handle it! Our experience in Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes shows that we can provide compelling level designs and our...."

Nintendo Exec: "Great idea...a new Metroid game! How is progress going on the Metroid game?"

Retro Exec: "We would like to try our hands at a new property..."

Nintendo Exec: "How about...a pinball game!"

Retro Exec: "Uh, not exactly what we had in mind but--"

Nintendo Exec: "Featuring Samus as the spiderball!"

Retro Exec: "But uh..."

Nintendo Exec: "It can wait, get Metroid done and we'll talk. [phone rings] Hello? Ah yes, I am well aware with N-Space...what? You did Duke Nukem?!? You did a MARY KATE AND ASHLEY GAME!? We need an FPS, you're hired!"

Retro Exec: "....."

Fix'd.

 

[ourumov]

This is one of the fews game that I would make me happy if canned...The budget for this project could have been used for more interesting things (even sequels)...namely F-Zero GX 2, SSB:M2 or a 2.5D Metroid done by R&D1...

 

[Hero]

I would love for this game to come out and be one of the best releases this year just to see the responses of the people who have bashed the game.

I doubt it will, but it'd be a lot more humorous than it coming out and sucking.

 

[Jacobi]

That "Yeh, it sux because the demo sucked bla"-shit bores me. I'm waiting for the real game to judge. Maybe only the first level is boring ? Who knows ?

 

[Unison]

Everyone can snidely dismiss it at E3 now. :lol

 

[Unison]

Everyone can snidely dismiss it at E3 now. :lol

Again, I mean...

 

[Ramirez]

Well that news just ruined my day :lol

 

[Spider_Jerusalem]

here's the cover:

 

[SolidSnakex]

here's the cover:

Just when you think no one could rival UBI's Rainbow Six atrocities.

 

[deadfish]

Why is there so much hate for geist? it doesnt look THAT bad.

 

[Gaia Theory]

I think the Geist box art is decent. Definitely NO WHERE near the nightmares that are the Rainbow Six console box arts (I thought I was the only one that hated those ugly things).

 

[Skin]

Why is there so much hate for geist? it doesnt look THAT bad.

No it doesn't look THAT bad, but it's a game that has been supported through development and is being publised by Nintendo. It just should have been better.