The Conduit Discussion Thread(56k): Tons of New IGN Screens

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]anyone else like the way it looks when you die?legend26

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

also the guy playing in the first vid sounded like he was having fun!

Bare Handed? HELL NO

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[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]anyone else like the way it looks when you die?air_wolf_cubed

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

also the guy playing in the first vid sounded like he was having fun!

Bare Handed? HELL NO

looks good to me

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="clicketyclick"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]

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New PAX Footage

(also posted in the OP)

randomguy15

Cue people posting to say, "omg the graphics are so fuzzy and bad! This looks like gameboy graphics. It looks like things got WORSE from what we've seen before any1 agree?" :P

... which is precisely why I bought a Wii and a DS and a bunch of first-party titles? :roll:

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]anyone else like the way it looks when you die?legend26

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

also the guy playing in the first vid sounded like he was having fun!

Bare Handed? HELL NO

looks good to me

His bare hands do not look that great

[QUOTE="randomguy15"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="clicketyclick"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]

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New PAX Footage

(also posted in the OP)

clicketyclick

Cue people posting to say, "omg the graphics are so fuzzy and bad! This looks like gameboy graphics. It looks like things got WORSE from what we've seen before any1 agree?" :P

... which is precisely why I bought a Wii and a DS and a bunch of first-party titles? :roll:

[QUOTE="legend26"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]anyone else like the way it looks when you die?air_wolf_cubed

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

also the guy playing in the first vid sounded like he was having fun!

Bare Handed? HELL NO

looks good to me

His bare hands do not look that great

they did a good job with all the vains and detail

they did a good job with all the vains and detail

legend26

[QUOTE="legend26"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="legend26"]

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

air_wolf_cubed

Bare Handed? HELL NO

looks good to me

His bare hands do not look that great

Compared to what other game on Wii?

Then why do you flame every thing Nintendo and 3rd party is doing? Also what wii games are you looking forward to?randomguy15

Not everything. And I don't flame them. If I were flaming (trolling), then I would have been moderated for it already as this forum has heavy moderation. I criticise games because and when I see things to criticise. To see the Wii games I am looking forward to, check my Tracked Games List.

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[QUOTE="legend26"][QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="legend26"]

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

clicketyclick

Bare Handed? HELL NO

looks good to me

His bare hands do not look that great

Compared to what other game on Wii?

The ones in Red Steel do tend to seem a little better

*pic*

air_wolf_cubed

LOL! Never thought I'd see you say something nice about Red Steel. :P And while it may look pretty good in a tiny pic, when you get a pic the same size as The Conduit pics, I do have to wonder why you find RS's hands superior:

VS.

Those hands are hella superior to this

This is what the hands always look like except for that one pic

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]anyone else like the way it looks when you die?legend26

is it me or does the conduit have the best hand models on wii? :P

also the guy playing in the first vid sounded like he was having fun!

:P Yes Awsome Game !! Inronre5 Chill!

anyone else like the way it looks when you die?air_wolf_cubed

... yes!

I was at PAX today and got a chance to play a demo level of The Conduit, and while I'm not sure what I was expecting, I have to say that I was actually kind of impressed. I don't think that you really get the real meat of the game from screenshots and videos and whatnot. The controls were definitely closer to Metroid Prime 3 than to Red Steel, and the environment, while still needing polish, were actually not half bad in action. I came away from it feeling that the game has the potential to be much better than I previously thought.GabuEx

[QUOTE="Lord_Omikron666"]So with 7 months left to polish the game, you think it could be more then thoroughly impressive in the end?GabuEx

After what I saw today - the demo level had a cool mission briefing thing at the start and then thrust the player into the level to kill some baddies and fight a boss and such like - I do actually think that the people hyping it as a possible AA or AAA game have at least some merit to do so. If the game keeps going down the direction it looks like the it's taking and if it gets multiplayer just right, I think it has real potential to be a really fun game.

Awsome!! Great!! Totally Awsome! Thx!

Those hands are hella superior to this

*pic*

This is what the hands always look like except for that one pic

air_wolf_cubed

Oh, you mean better than this?

The game is in development, which is why there is a bit of graphical inconsistency at screenies we have right now. Some are from early dev, some later, yet the images still get released together in a clump for the press. Quite clearly, the nice hand pic is from later development.

I really don't feel that this...

... compares with this:

ok you win. I dont have to keep being pro Red Steel anymore thank godair_wolf_cubed

:lol: For some reason, I kinda get the feeling that you wanted me to convince you that RS is worse. :P

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]ok you win. I dont have to keep being pro Red Steel anymore thank godclicketyclick

:lol: For some reason, I kinda get the feeling that you wanted me to convince you that RS is worse. :P

ok, i've seen lots of comments in this thread ONLY talking about how the game looks.

and i don't really care how it looks.

The Conduit is sweet because its the first FPS on Wii that looks like fun. And we need a good FPS on wii because the wiimote is the best controller available for playing FPSs. there you have it!

One of course when your watching vids of off screen footage of youtube the game will awful, but games never look as good watching vids online than they do in person. I remeber personally watching Mario Galaxy vids and Twilight Princess vids online, and then seeing them in person for the first time at the Nintendo World Store. Major difference there, secondly the environments arent top of the line, but remember this is the Wii, they can do but so much. I would rather them focus on teh character models, guns, and effects things that are at the forefront of my attention, than trying to be a jack of all trades with limited resources. If this were a 360 or PS3 game than yes that is a valid point or even attempting to be an atmospheric game but its a genric action paced FPS on the Wii.

Now I'm not saying like gamers will be blown away by the story, or that this title will innovate the FPS genre, because both are likely incorrect. It looks no different gameplay wise from your Halo's, Perfect Dark, and every other generic sci fi shooter. Simply put if you like going around blasting things, it looks like a fun game with good visuals, simple as that. All the love like its the next Zelda is crazy and all the hate by nitpicking and attacking it because its part of a tried and true genre is equally as pointless.

ok, i've seen lots of comments in this thread ONLY talking about how the game looks.

and i don't really care how it looks.

The Conduit is sweet because its the first FPS on Wii that looks like fun. And we need a good FPS on wii because the wiimote is the best controller available for playing FPSs. there you have it!

Jdog30

[QUOTE="Lord_Omikron666"]So with 7 months left to polish the game, you think it could be more then thoroughly impressive in the end?GabuEx

After what I saw today - the demo level had a cool mission briefing thing at the start and then thrust the player into the level to kill some baddies and fight a boss and such like - I do actually think that the people hyping it as a possible AA or AAA game have at least some merit to do so. If the game keeps going down the direction it looks like the it's taking and if it gets multiplayer just right, I think it has real potential to be a really fun game.

sweet!

oh and did you get to play with that alien guided missle launcher gun thing? how did it control?

oh and did you get to play with that alien guided missle launcher gun thing? how did it control?

legend26

Sadly no, that gun wasn't in the demo level. The only guns they had were the pistol, the machine gun, that alien gun that you load balls into, and this one pistol that you can charge up and shoot two shots at the same time.

Also, to the people arguing over whether the hand looks good... to be honest I think that that's really quibbling over stuff that won't actually matter as far as the game goes. The reloading sequence takes like one single second, if that. Your brain doesn't even have time to register what the hand really looks like, especially given that you're probably not going to be staring at it going "hey I wonder if the hand looks graphically good". If I really stared at the environments, I did notice that they were still lacking polish, but to be honest it didn't really matter because the game was pretty fast-paced as far as battling with enemies went.

I laugh at those high-res RS screens they showed everyone before launch. Didn't look anywhere close to that even with Component Cables.

I personally can't wait to play this game, it looks pretty fast paced to me, and I just want a good old shooter that isn't WW2 related.

Motion+ Confirmedair_wolf_cubed

holy mother of pearl. Thanks, GameSpot, for making big headlines of the news you broke.

Did anyone know about this? You'd think that, when GameSpot gets the scoop they'd want to publicise it, yet they nonchalantly slip it into an article unassumingly titled, "The Conduit Hands On".:|

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]Motion+ Confirmedclicketyclick

holy mother of pearl. Thanks, GameSpot, for making big headlines of the news you broke.

Did anyone know about this? You'd think that, when GameSpot gets the scoop they'd want to publicise it, yet they nonchalantly slip it into an article unassumingly titled, "The Conduit Hands On".:|

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[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]Motion+ Confirmedair_wolf_cubed

holy mother of pearl. Thanks, GameSpot, for making big headlines of the news you broke.

Did anyone know about this? You'd think that, when GameSpot gets the scoop they'd want to publicise it, yet they nonchalantly slip it into an article unassumingly titled, "The Conduit Hands On".:|

Ya, I think I remember that. What on earth? GameSpot isn't a little startup website trying to get traffic by posting info from dubious sources though. They must have said, "yes, we plan to support it" at PAX. I guess it was just an internal decision to go for it, but from what it says, it doesn't seem like they've started to work it in yet. I hope it doesn't turn out tacked on, but then I also hope you can play the game without it, otherwise, they're limiting their sales.

Motion+ Confirmedair_wolf_cubed

This is the article I was referring to earlier. Strange

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]Motion+ Confirmeddanger_ranger95

This is the article I was referring to earlier. Strange

Edit: On second thought, Since this news doesnt seem believable at all I'm just gunna delete it. I dont think HV is dumb enough to use it

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[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]Motion+ Confirmedair_wolf_cubed

This is the article I was referring to earlier. Strange

Edit: On second thought, Since this news doesnt seem believable at all I'm just gunna delete it. I dont think HV is dumb enough to use it

I agree. It'd be completely pointless for HV to use Motion+ in The Conduit. Unless they're planning to put in alien energy sword fighting or something. But if there's no swords, then The Conduit would still work fine without the Motion+.

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"][QUOTE="danger_ranger95"]

[QUOTE="air_wolf_cubed"]Motion+ ConfirmedChojuto

This is the article I was referring to earlier. Strange

Edit: On second thought, Since this news doesnt seem believable at all I'm just gunna delete it. I dont think HV is dumb enough to use it

I agree. It'd be completely pointless for HV to use Motion+ in The Conduit. Unless they're planning to put in alien energy sword fighting or something. But if there's no swords, then The Conduit would still work fine without the Motion+.

energy sword...*drolls*

I don't see why the Conduit needs the M+ anyway...King-gamer

This is mostly a hype thread now, thanks for the new info and such.

- The Conduit is still at pre-alpha, working pretty heavily on multiplayer. About six months of development left to refine and polish. Single-player campaign has a lot done, you can play through the entire game right now. The core is done, working on details. Making sure everything looks and plays as good as it can.

- The Conduit has had full funding all the way through the project, thus High Voltage was not rushing to get a publisher. High Voltage is very close to announcing the publisher for The Conduit, should come in the next month.

- Eric Nofsinger says we should be very excited about their publisher, High Voltage weighed the decision heavily. It's a "larger publisher." Deal with the publisher included that, when the publisher is announced, High Voltage will still continue to provide the press with coverage concerning The Conduit, will push to start on the sequel right away. High Voltage was very choosey about the publisher for The Conduit.

- If High Voltage couldn't do certain things right, they didn't include them. Want everything to be high quality. For example, vehicles just couldn't be done in the first game, will try to have it the second time around. High Voltage wants to make The Conduit as good an experience as the game can be.

- Pretty much everything is customizable in The Conduit. Movable UI interface should be up soon. Move grenade icons, weapon readouts to wherever you desire on the screen.

- High Voltage has upped the run speed, have been playing around with the analog stick from walk to run. Exploring the option of sprint. Land-locked on buttons, something on High Voltage's to-do list.

- Since The Conduit, Eric Nofsinger has been getting a ton of fan email. Hand-written letters with envelope art, too.

- Have been working on LAN play with Nintendo. Haven't gotten final approval yet, so nothing official. It is functioning in-house. High Voltage is excited about this as an option. High Voltage has had 12 player LAN play hooked up so far, will support 16 players on release.

- Online mode: Standard deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF. Depending on how long some of these things take, but High Voltage is interested in adding more modes.

- So far, High Voltage has tested with about 13 people, hoping to test with 16 soon. Frame-rate held up really tightly during gameplay. No significant lag. Goal is to hit rock-solid 30 FPS, never dib. High Voltage is aware that there needs to be minimal lag for FPS titles.

- Even if you own a 360 or PS3, you should be excited about The Conduit about the controls. Obviously the team wants beautiful graphics and want to put out a core game for the Wii, but still want to deliver a different experience. It immediately feels like a new way to interact with a FPS. Closer to a PC experience, especially with customizable controls. Fixes the learning curve with dual analog setup.

- PAX build is 3-4 weeks old, AI has taken a step forward. People will be happy about the behaviors of the enemies.

- WiiSpeak and MotionPlus have NOT been confirmed. High Voltage is getting their development kits early in September. WiiSpeak seems like a more obvious fit, will try MotionPlus. If it's a tack-on, High Voltage won't use. It needs to add to the gameplay and make a better experience, but will make every effort to get it in there if it makes sense.

- High Voltage is even looking at things like the Wii balance board and determining if it makes sense. Joke about how sprint mode can be used by running on the balance board.

- WiiSpeak is pretty feasible for The Conduit. Again, High Voltage will have a better idea once the dev kits arrive. Seems like an obvious fit, especially with online.

- Art/tech over the past few months have been improved. A couple of more improvements are coming down the pipe. One of the big recent additions is depth of field (scope mode.) Put cursor over target will become focus, things in foreground/background will go out of focus. Dynamic lighting has been improved. Starting to look night and day.

- Splitscreen multiplayer mode probably not in this version (probably not enough time, other reasons), have been exploring some ideas of cooperative mode. High Voltage has been looking at other things that core gamers will appreciate.

- Developer blog for The Conduit launching on IGN soon.

- Source

Wii balance Board support sounds cool if implemented into the game.You can even use it for peaking around corners.Lto_thaG

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"]Wii balance Board support sounds cool if implemented into the game.You can even use it for peaking around corners.air_wolf_cubed

Wii balance Board support sounds cool if implemented into the game.You can even use it for peaking around corners.Lto_thaG

A more sensible way would be with a wrist rotation, but I think that would get annoying.

The environments still need some work...

But i still think this is looking like a solid AA title to me.

TAKE_IT_BACK

That's what my prediction is too. HVS really needs to try and make the environments as impressive looking as their enemies and the weapon models....because they really do need some work. Still, they're finished the single player campaign; now they can use the next 6 months to work on the multiplayer while polishing up the graphics.

Wii balance Board support sounds cool if implemented into the game.You can even use it for peaking around corners.Lto_thaG

Balance Board? I think that's a little too much.

[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"]Wii balance Board support sounds cool if implemented into the game.You can even use it for peaking around corners.King-gamer

Balance Board? I think that's a little too much.