The Wii has an odd relationship with most hardcore gamers; the type of love-to-hate thing that's usually projected at soap stars and reality show winners. Most gamers have one and they'll gladly break the Wii remotes out after a few pints in the pub, but the rest of the time they'll rage against it.
There are very few good games, after all. Boom Blox is great for afternoons with the kids, but what about when you want something more hardcore? That's where Nintendo's deplorably casual console falls down, as even the Zelda game for the platform is about as exciting as picking your nose.
It's around here then that Sega is stepping up to the plate lately, with games like Madworld and House of the Dead: Overkill trying to fill that market with the promise of gore and guns. There's also The Conduit, Sega's attempt to make the FPS format work on the platform.
There’s a consensus about Splatoon 1 that cannot be disputed: motion controls are the way to play. The Wii U Gamepad had its many problems on the system as a whole, but along with the way in which the touch screen was implemented in the first game like I mentioned in my last piece, using the Gamepad’s gyroscope was deemed a superior way to play compared to traditional joystick control.
Rustyshell.com: The Conduit strived to be the quality FPS experience Wii owners were missing out on, with quality graphics and a robust online multiplayer component.
Hardcore Gamer: The Conduit was an interesting first-person shooter that sneaked its way onto the Wii amid a deluge of shovelware and "family" games.
After playing quake 3 since it's release I could use any console game trying to get controls right. The guy pokes at the art style but seriously I will not care. After years of playing user made content on all PC FPS I can handle pretty much any thing except broken game play. It also seems flanking will be rewarded this time.
Looking good and I believe my DLP will smooth those pixels out any way so no biggie. Hell I wish they had a level editor on Wiiware or some thing! That is the only thing they are missing.
I'm wondering if they know how big this game can be?
Yeah, Also the jaggies may well be polished out by June even for those with less options on their vid output! Interesting that the graphics, lauded everywhere else , are what he picks out as a weakness! I think it looks much better when you see it running-and I saw it first hand last year over in Leipzig so by now it should be even smoother.
You're right too, if the online works and the SP is at least functional this could be a very big phenomenon on the Wii. Think how many people wasted nioghts fighting each other, the fugliness of the game AND crippling lag in MoHH2 MP? There were always loads of people on even six months post launch and the gimped numbers of WaW still have busy, busy servers AND we're told no0body bought that game on Wii!
As this supports M+(when we get it!)and as the controls are fully customisable we might get what we all thought FPS games on Wii would be like originally-cool with controls to match(or nearly anyway) a good mouse and keyboard set up and as everyone will have the same controller on the Wii it'll also be fairer online.
Looks like there will be levels outside but they keep letting the previewers play the same bunker level that I saw and madfe me worry about repetitive level design-so I'm hoping for some recognisable and brighter locations. As he said they mix the shooting and puzzles up well though everything should be ok.
Looking pretty solid, now lets see the White House or somewhere else famous to frag in! Could well be the shooter we always thought we'd get on Wii.
Yet another bias article written out of ignorance and hate for a console that doesnt carry this persons company name.. Zelda boring? Yeah he isnt much of a gamer. FPS dont work on Wii? Really what about Metroid, Call of Duty, or any of the other FPS that this clown acts like they do not exist.
Then there is attacking a game for graphics which most people praise it for. Great article for trolls but since it isnt written by a gamer no gamer could agree with it.
Sega has been doing a good job as of late with new and interesting ideas to bring into the gaming world. This guy has his gripes, but it's his opinion I suppose and after playing on a more expensive and higher defined console no one can blame him so :). Though I still love the Wii and this game looks interesting, something to hold me off until Monster Hunter Tri~ reaches the states, or perhaps until I import it :).
It may not look as flashy as some of the other games on the 360 or PS3, but the most important aspect is that Sega has tried to push the console to it's limit, and tried not to make it the usual move arm here, move arm there to much to do something :). And if people don't like this game they can also look to MadWorld instead :).
Bittech should stick to pc stuff and not review consoles, specially the wii since they're so biased and always find something wrong with it's games, regardless of how good they are.
Alright we know the Wii is not a graphics powerhouse and that it doesn't do true HD but ranking on The Conduit's graphics is just poking fun at the system since it's probably the best looking game we've had since Metroid and Galaxy, instead of acknowledging what the developers have been able to do that, since others don't even try.
Of course the closer we get to release the more we're going to see negative and biased reviews, I say this is a game that hardcore players are the ones that are going to make it epic or fail, I for one will get it as I know many others will, and not go by reviews of the same level shown since last year as mastiffchild stated above.
Thank You Sega for publishing Hardcore instead of trying to cash-in on little Johny and grandpa Tom...LOL and yoga/tree hugging Lucy...LOL.