The Conduit (FC's First Page)

[Darkslash]

I played MPH online, and lets just say that the only thing good is..nothing.

Trace is over used as heck becuase he can turn invisible. People use Noxus for his shadow freeze. Thats like the only characters i seen. quite unbalance if you ask me.

And how the heck did you get the Conduit copying CoD4? Just because it has modern weapons doesn't mean it copied it...

 

[lonejedi]

Make sure you guys don't get too off topic. Just a reminder.

 

[Ridley22]

I played MPH online, and lets just say that the only thing good is..nothing.

Trace is over used as heck becuase he can turn invisible. People use Noxus for his shadow freeze. Thats like the only characters i seen. quite unbalance if you ask me.

And how the heck did you get the Conduit copying CoD4? Just because it has modern weapons doesn't mean it copied it...

U got that right. I just bought MPH. And I've played online and sooooo many people hacked. And the people that don't are just Trace and just headshot or go into the alt. form.

Now to the Conduit. I actually think it looks like a really solid game for wii. Better than overrated crap like halo. Go flame me all you want but that doesn't improve the quality of the game.

Where did people find out that it doesn't have splitscreen? I haven't seen that anywhere.

 

[SkylerOcon]

High Voltage said that in an interview. You can find it on IGN, I think.

 

[derek.haines]

It's a shame, but I can't vouch for how well splitscreen works for Wii FPSs. Did anyone play Red Steel so you can fill me in as to whether or not it would've been a viable option at all?

 

[SkylerOcon]

I worked fine. I had no problems with it, outside of the glitches that were already in the actual game.

 

[derek.haines]

I worked fine. I had no problems with it, outside of the glitches that were already in the actual game.

Hmm. Shame then that they've chosen not to include it. Ahh, well, I guess it's just a case of trying to work out all of the kinks in the core engine for the first go 'round. Apparently they're not against making this into a franchise if the sales justify it.

I hope High Voltage licenses this engine out after this game launches. It'd instantly up the quality and quantity of Wii FPSs, because developers wouldn't have to build their own from the ground-up or port PS2 engines. Plus, there's a lot of potential in the engine that's just waiting to be exploited.

 

[Seventh Sword]

They don't want to put anything half-***** into the game. They haven't ruled out splitscreen, and they're looking at LAN connection.

 

[clockwerk]

COD4 was set as a modern game, and it wasn't the first to be so. Did COD4 simply cobble together Battlefield 2 and Metal of Honor? No, and neither does this game do as you say.

Not CoD4 specifically, just games like it. I threw it out there just because it's one of the more popular modern shooters.

 

[Dodongo]

I'm looking forward to this.

 

[Seventh Sword]

Not CoD4 specifically, just games like it. I threw it out there just because it's one of the more popular modern shooters.

So basically...."WOMG A FPS GAME IT'S A BLATANT COD4 CLONE WTFBBQSAUCE!". Sarcasm aside, I fail to see your point.

 

[clockwerk]

forget it.

 

[Hypa-Link]

LOL. This game is EXACTLY what Wii need.(see what I did there)

Can Kill like 3 birds with one stone.

 

[Darkslash]

The Conduit to be featured at PAX 2008

Okay so the Conduit is going to be featured at Penny Arcade Expo and you won't believe who's featuring the game.

Nintendo that's who.


Also new pictures at IGN. Also

Not the best looking one but look at the guy.

Ragdoll confirmed?

 

[Hypa-Link]

That screen is not a good representation.. The Conduit's graphics are far better than that.

 

[derek.haines]

Ragdoll confirmed?

We can only hope.

EDIT: http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14248157/the-conduit/videos/theconduitwii_gc08trailer_082108.html

The GC trailer is worth checking out. It's a mix of old and new footage, and it shows off a few really neat environments--including the one featured in Darkslash's screenshot (which looks WAAAAY better in motion).

 

[Red Exodus]

That screenshot makes Conduit look really bad, jaggies everywhere and poor textures. The explosion looks nice though.

I'm just hoping they reveal more about online play.

 

[derek.haines]

That screenshot makes Conduit look really bad, jaggies everywhere and poor textures. The explosion looks nice though.

I'm just hoping they reveal more about online play.

The GC video that screen was likely taken from looks MUCH better in motion. Like, 2 or 3 times as good....

I hate that nothing has been said about online play. I guess that's going to hinge on the publisher, really. If Nintendo actually IS publishing it, I hope they can do it justice by providing real, honest-to-God servers instead of just linking 16 Wii's together peer-to-peer style.

 

[Darkslash]

That screenshot makes Conduit look really bad, jaggies everywhere and poor textures. The explosion looks nice though.

I'm just hoping they reveal more about online play.

That screen shot was more of a Physic Standpoint then the Graphical Standpoint.

It seems that Human enemies have Ragdoll while Alien enemies don't.

 

[Cashed]

It's probably a canned animation in that case. If ragdoll was implemented, it would be across the board.

 

[Johnthegalactic]

The GC video that screen was likely taken from looks MUCH better in motion. Like, 2 or 3 times as good....

I hate that nothing has been said about online play. I guess that's going to hinge on the publisher, really. If Nintendo actually IS publishing it, I hope they can do it justice by providing real, honest-to-God servers instead of just linking 16 Wii's together peer-to-peer style.

I think they just began focusing on online play a few months ago, so details won't be much until things solidy more...i guess...

 

[Mr.Victory07]

http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14248157/the-conduit/videos/controlcusthighcond.html
A new video from PAX, it shows the controller customization options and they look very robust

 

[SkylerOcon]

Hate to change the subject, but as of now, what rating do you think this game will receive? As of now, I think it's a T-rating. I've seen blood, but that was also present in Metroid.

Any thoughts/ideas of the rating?

 

[The Fail Tracer]

Yeah, I think it'd get a T-rating, too.

 

[Johnthegalactic]

As of now, T is all we can be sure of, M seems less likely.

That video seemed to be just a more in depth descripton of the customization they showed off at E3, but s it just me, or are the human models lookng better?

 

[derek.haines]

As of now, T is all we can be sure of, M seems less likely.

That video seemed to be just a more in depth descripton of the customization they showed off at E3, but s it just me, or are the human models lookng better?

I'd say the rating hinges on the level of swearing in the game. We know the blood/violence is already there, but that's not a guaranteed "M" unless it's super-gratuitous. In combination with high levels of profanity, however, you get a much more "mature" product.

As for the human models, they definitely look to be animating better. It's a shame the AI isn't there to the point where they would give chase through the door though.

 

[Red Exodus]

They will probably push for a T since most of the Wii's userbase aren't that old.

 

[Creo]

They SHOULD push for an "M"(not overdue it), but we need to wait a little longer to be sure(or they announce it).

 

[Mike87]

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=1820

-The Conduit will use WiiMotion Plus
- You can customize the HUD
-10 Hr campaign

 

[Sad Panda323]

I really want this game to be awesome. But I'm not gonna get my hopes up and be disappointed if it sucks. If it's good, I'll finally have more than two Wii games.

 

[Darkslash]

Wii motion plus=Melee Weapon?

This equals win and 10 Zack Fair OHH YEAH!!!11!

 

[derek.haines]

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=1820

-The Conduit will use WiiMotion Plus
- You can customize the HUD
-10 Hr campaign

The 10-hour campaign is a bit of a letdown (I'm primarily a single-player and I don't normally do online). Still, it's on par with Halo and Resistance, so it makes sense if High Voltage is trying to make the Conduit the Wii's entry in that field.

Vehicles in the Conduit 2. I demands it!

 

[Creo]

The 10-hour campaign is a bit of a letdown (I'm primarily a single-player and I don't normally do online). Still, it's on par with Halo and Resistance, so it makes sense if High Voltage is trying to make the Conduit the Wii's entry in that field.

Vehicles in the Conduit 2. I demands it!

I don't mind if it's 10 hours..as long as it is good...
Plus, it's becoming pretty clear it is focusing on the multiplayer aspect.
*It's a little early to be talking about Conduit 2 >_>*

 

[SkylerOcon]

Bah. 10 hours only? I was expecting something a bit longer, but oh well.

 

[derek.haines]

*It's a little early to be talking about Conduit 2 >_>*

High Voltage has already said they're willing to make this into a franchise, and that the first game is meant to build the brand. We already know most of what is going to be in this game, so where's the harm in a little baseless speculation into the next and beyond?

 

[Creo]

High Voltage has already said they're willing to make this into a franchise, and that the first game is meant to build the brand. We already know most of what is going to be in this game, so where's the harm in a little baseless speculation into the next and beyond?

I hadn't heard them say anything about a franchise. Apologies.
Also, no harm speculating for the sequel. The 1st isn't even out..oh well.

What are the difficulty level settings of this game?

 

[Darkslash]

I hadn't heard them say anything about a franchise. Apologies.
Also, no harm speculating for the sequel. The 1st isn't even out..oh well.

What are the difficulty level settings of this game?

Easy(e3 build, looks like the same difficulty of Halo 1 normal Mode), Normal are the confirmed ones at the moment.

Plus using Wiimotion plus is going to open up questions. Like what the heck is it for? IGN said that with out WM+ its aiming is excellent and better then MoHH2 and MP3. So what is it going to be used for?

 

[RedPeppers]

Maybe for throwing frags? Think about the demo vids for WM+ they had, the one where they throw the beach balls. That'd be so freaking sweet if I'm right.

 

[derek.haines]

IGN's Nintendo Voice Chat Podcast has an interview with HVS, and apparently they'll be able to announce a publisher in less than a month. It's a larger company who's in line with what HVS wants to do on the Wii.

Maybe THQ? The guy didn't say "the largest", but a "large" company, so I'm going to hazard a guess that it's not EA. THQ has been publishing a bunch of quality 3rd party stuff for Nintendo consoles as of late, and I wouldn't call it outside the realm of possibility.

 

[SkylerOcon]

I still have my fingers crossed for Nintendo, so that there's a higher chance for Ford in SSB4.