Geist

Pros

• Geist is really on another level
• Possessing enemies to kill their teammates is also sadistic fun, and implemented a lot better than the similar Geist from the same year.
• The adventure segments are usually the more entertaining section of the game, where you have to float around looking for ways to scare NPCs to grab their bodies and advance through the complex.

Cons

• I feel like the one segment where you have to guide the minelayer around to destroy the SAMs was where the game really showed its potential. That's the one segment where the mix of shooting and possession-puzzles was nearly perfect... Bu...
• I tried this game out when I was trying to fruitlessly get back into playing the Gamecube. Definitely a whole bunch of missed opportunities in its design.
• It's a very strange title in that part of it seems to want to be ambitious and interesting, and part of it wants to be a crowd-pleasing 7/10 action game. As you say, the combat isn't good enough for the latter, and it's not quite experim...
• Geist isn't helped by its production value. Visually, it's mid-tier. ... Unfortunately, the game was shipped without proper optimization, and some scenes see the framerate dip alarmingly, down to <20fps... And sound design is downright p...
• If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you'll probably find Geist to be worth playing for its absolutely wild ride and coke-binge creativity, despite its many problems. ... The incredibly uneven final product reflects how, sometimes, com...