I'm one of those terrible Wii owners who only buy and play casual games like Wii Fit and Wii Sports. This weekend while playing Wii Fit again, I decided I wanted to go out and buy Wii Music. I went to a new specialty shop in town that has very good prices but they didn't have any copies of Wii Music. So, I bought The Conduit.

The Conduit is a game I looked to as the possible answer to the lack of quality core games on the Wii. When it came out, the hype died down fast and a lot of people accused the game of being bad. Well, after an about 3 hours of playing the single player, I agree with them completely. The game has good controls and terrible, boring, gameplay.

The big problem with the conduit is built around the "Arc" orb you carry around. The game forced you to use it on occasion to look for unlocks to doors or to find hidden items. Those are annoying, but the biggest crime are invisible mines. What I mean is invisible mines PLUS infinitely respawning enemies. This game uses all the worst gameplay mechanics that should have died out with the N64.

The controls are actually very good. If you could remove the stupid arc button they would be perfect. While by default, there doesn't seem to be much special, the customization options are extensive and with a little tweaking you'll be able to get something that works right for you. I wish other games, not just Wii game, would have these options.

The sad part of this game is that if the level design was better, then this could have been a good game. The graphics aren't exceptional and the weapons are still somewhat imbalanced, but those are both forgivable. The infinite enemy respawning and the stupid hidden mines ruin all of the possible fun in those portions, and searching for hidden unlock spots is NEVER fun.I haven't tried the multiplayer, but even if it is awesome it makes sense why this game didn't set the shooting game world on fire. It just isn't very good.