History VideoGame / Geist

* DemonicInvaders: Behind your human antagonists is a demon, and in fighting them you let more crossover. They have apparently invaded the world in the past too, based on the first one's dialog.

** 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.]]

* DistressedDude: Bryson, the only other surviving member of Raimi's unit at the start of the game, is captured by the Volks soldiers, who plan to subject him to the same separation procedure that was used on Raimi. While he gets rescued, he then spends a fair amount of time convalescing and relying on Raimi to keep him alive, is SwallowedWhole by one of the boss creatures, and is shot [[spoiler:by the demon possessing Raimi's body]] while trying to escape the compound via helicopter. [[spoiler:He ultimately survives and comes to pick Raimi up during the ending.]]

* PlayerGuidedMissile: During the boss battle against BigBag Alexander Volks, Raimi can exit his physical body to possess any missile shot by the villain and control it to redirect it to him. Due to the missile's speed, this is difficult to pull off, but if it lands onto Volks it'll deplete a ''quarter'' of his LifeMeter.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: A short time into the events of Chapter 8, it is revealed that [[BigBad Volks]]'s [[TheDragon Dragon]] Rourke is afraid of dogs. Close to the end of the game, Volks holds a meeting behind locked doors and gives specific orders to shoot anyone who comes close who isn't himself or Rourke. The solution is straightforward: [[BodySurf possess Rourke]]. To possess someone, you must first terrify him. Thus, you undergo a series of short missions for the sole purpose of getting a dog into the same room as him.

* BedsheetGhost: Or rather, a ghost possessed bed sheet.

* BodySurf: The central concept of the game. The hijack power up in multiplayer lets you take hosts other ghosts are already "surfing", unless they have the "anti hijack" power up.

* CoolGuns: Late in the game Raimi must possess one of three scientists who are each working on a unique weapon powered by demonic energy, which are some of the most effective weapons in the game.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final boss fight, Raimi get the ability to fire energy bursts in his spirit form. 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.]]

* GenderBender: You possess several women.

* InfernalParadise: The demon's plans for Earth.

* JustifiedTutorial: A computer specifically designed to train new ghosts.

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

* PlayingTennisWithTheBoss: In an odd variant, you possess his missiles and guide them back manually, but this is optional.
* QuadDamage: Purple power ups increase the damage done by weapons and host attacks in multiplayer

* RecurringBoss: The first boss will be the one you see the most. Cord and the boss from the fourth chapter are fought twice.

* ReplayMode: The game allows the player to replay the chapters of the game after its completion.

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

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Half of a level is spent setting up a situation where you can take advantage of TheDragon's fear of dogs.

* EasterEgg: Part of the Medical level takes place in a women's locker room. Inside one of the lockers is [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]'s helmet. Another locker in the same room holds a [=GameCube=] console.

* BulletTime: Being a bodiless ghost naturally slows time down; there are also battlesuits that can temporarily produce the same effect. Ghosts don't get bullet time in multiplayer though, for {{competitive balance}}.

* EasterEgg: Part of the Medical level takes place in a women's locker room. Inside one of the lockers is [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]]'s helmet.

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. A playthrough can be [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27D35E9C3B1AAB1 found here.]]

* GrenadeHotPotato: Variation, in that Cord is competent enough not to won't throw a grenade until it's about to explode, but if you shoot him in the arm when he pulls one out, you can possess it and cause it to explode near him prematurely.

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. A playthrough can be [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27D35E9C3B1AAB1 found here.]]

** For [[ObviousRulePatch obvious reasons]], this is {{averted|trope}} in death match, where death of your host doesn't just lose you points, the host is still considered yours a few seconds after voluntarily relinquishing possession. So if you're planning on using the ghosts form's advantages to preserve your score, you'll have to plan for it ahead of time.

A 2005 FirstPersonShooter developed for the Nintendo Gamecube by n-Space and Creator/{{Nintendo}}, with this being their second ever M rated title they've developed/published. ''Geist'' is the story of John Raimi, a scientist hired by a counter-terrorism unit to help them investigate a biochemical corporation. They have good reason to be suspicious. The Volks Corporation has apparently been developing chemical weaponry, according to information gathered by the unit's inside man (and Raimi's mentor). But even this is far from the truth, as one of the soldiers seemingly kills the rest of the team against his will, and Raimi awakens to discover that he is now a ghost, and the only way to survive and discover the truth is to possess others...

Not to be confused with ''Anime/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]]''. Or the character named Geist that appears in the video game ''VideoGame/{{Astal}}''.

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. A playthrough can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27D35E9C3B1AAB1 here]].

* AffablyEvil: Despite knowingly and actively furthering plot to take over the world, and conducting highly unethical experiments that literally rip the souls out of the test subjects, most Volk's staff appear to be otherwise nice people who genuinely care about each other.

* DemonicInvaders: Behind your human antagonists is a demon and in fighting them you let more crossover. They have apparently invaded the world in the past too, based on the first one's dialog.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Few named characters will be wearing any and none of them will be full faced.

* HospitalHottie: Anna, more , or perhaps less, so when Raimi is possessing her and rolls up most of the hospital uniform getting in the way of his escapade.

* LethalJokeCharacter: Towel girl in multiplayer, who attacks with a wet...towel, in a game with guns and invisible ghosts. That said, her towel is an instant kill if she lands it.

* LightningBruiser: Raimi, Volks and Anna in multiplayer, particularly heavy insistence on the ''lightning'' in the case of Volks. Raimi is notable though because unlike the other two his multiplayer incarnation doesn't have a spring command, he's just that fast.

* 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 besides multiplayer content and life upgrades (that come with extra story details) anyways.

* ShoutOut: The surname of John ''Raimi'' is borrowed from that of famed director, writer and actor Creator/SamRaimi.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment: The player can only possess imps in multiplayer mode.

* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Possessing some characters results in subconscious desires and aversions that the player doesn't share.

* JokeCharacter: Towel girl in multiplayer, who attacks with a wet...towel, in a game with guns and invisible ghosts.

* LotusEatingMachine: After Raimi is first separated from his body, Rourke and Volks try to recondition him into a soldier in one of these before being saved by Gigi.

* HeroicMime: Raimi is completely silent throughout, even when possessing humans and trying to convince a friend it's really him.

* DeadToBeginWith: Well, after the first level.

* AffablyEvil: Despite knowingly and actively furthering plot to take over the world, and conducting highly unethical experiments that literally rip the souls out of the test sibjects, most Volk's staff appear to be otherwise nice people who genuinely care about each other.