History VideoGame / Geist

Not to be confused with MDGeist, which is a SoBadItsGood OVA from the 1980s. Also not to be confused with the TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness game, ''[[TabletopGame/GeistTheSinEaters Geist: The Sin-Eaters]]''.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If the host Raimi is currently possessing has the life meter depleted, and is an expendable host, Raimi's soul simply leaves the body so he can look for another one. But if the deceased host is key for the mission, or no more hosts remain, then it's a definitive Game Over.

This game is hardly your stereotypical FPS. While the gameplay never leaves the first-person perspective except for cutscenes, the gameplay varies widely from sequence to sequence. Some areas demand standard shooting and platforming skills, while others take the form of puzzles and resource management.

Critical reception was fair to good, as critics praised the concept but not the execution. The graphics were greatly outdated (resembling Nintendo 64 graphics more than anything else), the game didn't give the player any alternate solutions to its puzzles, and the like. A playthrough can be found [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27D35E9C3B1AAB1 here]].

** [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Volks' Demon]].

* DeadToBeginWith: Well, after one level...

* HeroicMime: Raimi is completely silent throughout, even when possessing humans and trying to convince a friend it's really him. For that matter, so are all the other ghosts made at Volks except for Gigi. So this might be a JustifiedTrope as a side-effect of being separated from the body. Also, might be an unintentional DownerEnding in that even after [[spoiler: Raimi recovers his body he doesn't speak, so he might not be able to do so again]].
** Although for that matter, he says nothing in the beginning, and he speaks twice late in the game, as a parrot and an animal trainer. The separation process rendering ghosts mute makes a lot more sense, all things considered.

** Likewise, Gigi ([[spoiler:and the Demon Lord]], for a brief moment at the beginning of Chapter 5) are the only two people who call Volks "Alexander". The former makes a little more sense, given that [[spoiler: he's her brother.]]

* MiniGame: Among other examples, one area can only be passed after a literally riveting action sequence.
** Or one could just [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential kill all the workers in the area]].

* PlayingTennisWithTheBoss: In an odd variant, you possess his missiles and guide them back manually.
** [[MoreDakka Or you could just pump him full of bullets until he dies.]]
* {{Railroading}}: One of the game's biggest faults is the limited amount of freedom given in progressing through the game.
** Generally if you find an item or person that you can possess, the game is designed so that you ''have'' to possess it. Many of the game's puzzles can be solved simply by looking around for what you are allowed to possess.
* RecurringBoss: The first one, will be the one you see the most.

* ShoutOut: John ''Raimi''.
* SpiritAdvisor: Gigi.

* VeryHighVelocityRounds: {{Averted| Trope}} for the player, too bad for you. Your enemies only use them in one section of story mode though.

* EasterEgg: Part of the Medical level takes place in a women's locker room. Inside one of the lockers is Samus Aran's helmet.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final boss fight, Raimi get the ability to fire energy bursts in his spirit form. Possibly justified, as [[spoiler:he's fighting the demon possessing Volks in some kind of spiritual plane; obviously not bound by the rules of the real world.]]

* {{Railroading}}: One of the game's biggest faults is the limited amount of freedom given in progressing through the game.

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* TheStrongShouldDominateTheWeak: Volk's demon, to the point it is disgusted by the idea of peaceful resolution.

* DemonicInvaders

* BedsheetGhost

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: If the host Raimi is currently possessing has the life meter depleted, and is an expendable host Raimi's soul simply leaves the body so he can look for another one. But if the deceased host is key for the mission, or no more hosts remain, then it's a definitive Game Over.

* VideogameFlamethrowersSuck: As usual it has a good damage output but a pathetic range. It does have a longer range secondary fire...that is shared with two other weapons found in the same area. Better than most video game flamethrowers but still much worse than a real one. To be fair, it is a just prototype.

* AmericanAccents: Dixie, Military Basic, Midwestern and Tidewater all seem to appear despite being set in Southern France.[[note]]This is just an uneducated guess, if you know accents better please correct it.[[/note]]

* AmericanAccents: Dixie, Military Basic, Midwestern and Tidewater all seem to appear despite being set in Southern France.[[note]]This is just an uneducated guess, if you know better please correct it.[[/note]]

* AmericanAccents: Despite being set in Southern France it runs the gauntlet of them.

* AffablyEvil: Most of Volk's staff appears to be

* AirVentPassageway: You're a dog that appears to be a boxer at the time, and you still have to crouch to get through. No one notices barking or claws clicking.

* BottomlessMagazines: The turret guns and the prototype weapons, in single player anyway.

* SocialDarwinist: Volk's demon, to the point it is disgusted by the idea of peaceful resolution.

* NoSidepathsNoExplorationNoFreedom: For a game with a fundamental point of scaring people to control random guards, there is only one direction you can ever go in any given situation whatsoever, going back is never an option, as the game will never let you reopen some doors, not that there's a thing to find anyways.

Critical reception was fair to good, as critics praised the concept but not the execution. The graphics were greatly outdated (resembling Nintendo 64 graphics more than anything else), the game didn't give the player any alternate solutions to its puzzles, and the like. A Let's Play of the game can be found [[http://www.viddler.com/explore/yourleadingman/videos/1/ here]].

** Likewise, Gigi ([[spoiler: and the Demon Lord]], for a brief moment at the beginning of Chapter 5) are the only two people who call Volks "Alexander". The former makes a little more sense, given that [[spoiler: he's her brother.]]

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