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Wii FPS Analysis: The Conduit - A REAL FPS ON THE Wii!
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Beer Baelly
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fart town usa
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more like, 'A Really Mediocre FPS on the Wii.'
Respect to High Voltage for trying, and I guess the second one was legit good from what people said. That first game though is a shiny mess.
THE CONDUIT (Zero Punctuation) - YouTube
Respect to High Voltage for trying, and I guess the second one was legit good from what people said. That first game though is a shiny mess.
THE CONDUIT (Zero Punctuation) - YouTube
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IbizaPocholo
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Don't put picolo on ignore you cretin
rodrigolfp
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Deserves more respect than almost all dual sticks shooters.
MadchesterManc
Member
Wasn't the best but it was alright. The whole pointer system used for Wii & PS Move FPS games was probably my preferred way of playing shooters back then. Shame it never took off
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SpongebobSquaredance
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I played this game and the controls were amazing, especially compared to the rather rough attempts that were CoD 3 and the first Red Steel. It just felt good to play. The graphics were also really nice.
Sadly, the game that was built around those mechanics is rather mediocre. The level design is often poor with repeating assets or small corridors, there are exceptions though, but in general very mixed.
Respawning enemies and generally unfair enemy placements are also really annoying.
The multiplayer was fun but riddled with hackers/cheaters.
All in all, I had fun with this game, but I see it as a massive waste of potential. Conduit 2 did some things better, but also some things worse, so I can't really say it was an all-around improvement. Conduit 2 plays worse in my opinion. The first one reminded me of Halo, while Conduit 2's additions made it more like Call of Duty.
I give HVS a lot of credit for the impressive engine they've built (they should've licensed it out to others), but I don't think they are great at making good games. Tournament of Legends was another graphically impressive game from them with mediocre gameplay (although Conduit is definitely better than that game).
btw. keep on doing those videos on Wii FPS OP. Especially interested in Red Steel 1 and 2. The first one was trash IMO, but the second one is easily among the best games on Wii.
Sadly, the game that was built around those mechanics is rather mediocre. The level design is often poor with repeating assets or small corridors, there are exceptions though, but in general very mixed.
Respawning enemies and generally unfair enemy placements are also really annoying.
The multiplayer was fun but riddled with hackers/cheaters.
All in all, I had fun with this game, but I see it as a massive waste of potential. Conduit 2 did some things better, but also some things worse, so I can't really say it was an all-around improvement. Conduit 2 plays worse in my opinion. The first one reminded me of Halo, while Conduit 2's additions made it more like Call of Duty.
I give HVS a lot of credit for the impressive engine they've built (they should've licensed it out to others), but I don't think they are great at making good games. Tournament of Legends was another graphically impressive game from them with mediocre gameplay (although Conduit is definitely better than that game).
btw. keep on doing those videos on Wii FPS OP. Especially interested in Red Steel 1 and 2. The first one was trash IMO, but the second one is easily among the best games on Wii.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Metroid Prime 3 and Red Steel 2. Those are the real Wii FPS juggernauts. CoD Reflex was cool too.
namekuseijin
Banned
Hi, Melfice
namekuseijin
Banned
this was VR before VR
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Red Steel 2 VR Edition is something that needs to happen.
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
Jarek, Civie11, Gmanlives are some of the best old-game/mod YT's.
namekuseijin
Banned
one more proof that it was VR before VR
you just described 90% of indie VR output
I wonder if they all worked in The Conduit. Man, it was fun watching nbois hyping this crap...
JimboJones
Member
I remember being impressed with what they could do with the Wii hardware and their control customization was good too, I don't think many Wii games allowed you to play around with the bounding box like that.
Zuzu
Member
I'm currently on my first play through of this game and I'm enjoying it so far. It makes me want a successor to the Wii. I'd love to see a next-gen Wii with PS4 Pro level graphics and modern tracking technology which can track the controllers with similar accuracy to the Oculus Quest 2 (and both the nunchuck and pointer are wireless and not tethered to one another). That'd be awesome.
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mansoor1980
Gold Member
the graphics r not bad i think , also the weapons and reload animations look good
FourEyesGod
Neo Member
ahhhh the legendary "headshot in the foot"
D.Final
Banned
And nobody noticed it
StateofMajora
Banned
I’ve recently played this on my crt and it’s honestly pretty fun with good technical graphics for Wii. Feels like perfect dark mixed with halo It feels satisfying to just aim and shoot.
It’s not a masterpiece but it doesn’t deserve the dogging.
Wii ir pointing makes this game and I frequently lament how we are still stuck with dual analog on console.
It’s not a masterpiece but it doesn’t deserve the dogging.
Wii ir pointing makes this game and I frequently lament how we are still stuck with dual analog on console.
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D.Final
Banned
Good feelings about this
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
To be fair, it needed a while for developers to figure it out. The original Red Steel didn't control really well.
StateofMajora
Banned
Sure, red steel 1 was hot garbage. Medal of honor heroes 2 was a vast improvement and the conduit's customization further improved things. Call of duty reflex worked well too though the framerate was shit and it looked ass lol.
When PlayStation first came out with dual analog nobody knew wtf they were doing either, not until halo 1 I believe.
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StateofMajora
Banned
The 2nd is more fun to play I would say, and it looks even better. But I wasn't a huge fan of the duke lite characters and preferred the first in that regard. I honestly had 0 disappointment in the first game and was just happy a developer gave a shit lol.
Some of you cats probably remember the grinder high voltage was working on, I was interested in that as well haha
RaptorGTA
Member
Yea, was really hyped for the Grinder as well. High Voltage seemed like they were gonna be the next Bungie. The main disappointment for me with Conduit 1 was the online play. If I recall correctly the online was ok with 4 or 6 people playing..but if it got to 8 then it was really laggy. The second game performed much better.
I'd totally buy both games on the switch if they were released.
WalterSobchak
Member
There was a Goldeneye Bond game too on the Wii . Not sure if it was good though.
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SpongebobSquaredance
Unconfirmed Member
Call of Duty lite. Decent enough, but not deserving of the name at all.
D.Final
Banned
It's lite after all