25th February 2005, 3:36 PM
Just my two cents, but Geist should look better for a last or second to last gen title for a system that's in its twilight. But who cares? It's a first person shooter with the ability to become a ghost and do cool stuff with things; Anything that takes an FPS and makes it new or different is a welcomed and rare gift that we dont recieve enough of (across any platform). The premise is cool so let's hope the execution is too.
As for the graphics, they look as good or if not better than Eternal Darkness which was considered the best back in the day, and as long as I can find myself immersed in the game i'll have no problems with the lack of graphical flare when compared to current gen stuff like RE4 or Metroid Echoes. Those are bank-busters anyway with giant dev teams and ass-loads of cash sunk in to them. I'm happy with 'independent' games that are lower budget as long as they bring something good to the table as far as gameplay dynamics or design in general.
I guess the bottom line is, for me anyway, that I need to rent it first instead of blindly buying it as I usually would when a game carries the Nintendo name.
My two cents turned in to about a buck fifty.
As for the graphics, they look as good or if not better than Eternal Darkness which was considered the best back in the day, and as long as I can find myself immersed in the game i'll have no problems with the lack of graphical flare when compared to current gen stuff like RE4 or Metroid Echoes. Those are bank-busters anyway with giant dev teams and ass-loads of cash sunk in to them. I'm happy with 'independent' games that are lower budget as long as they bring something good to the table as far as gameplay dynamics or design in general.
I guess the bottom line is, for me anyway, that I need to rent it first instead of blindly buying it as I usually would when a game carries the Nintendo name.
My two cents turned in to about a buck fifty.