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Wii News by Robert Purchese
SEGA has told Eurogamer that The Conduit will be released here on 26th June.
This further confirms the delay from "spring 2009" that was reported yesterday.
The hold-up, developer High Voltage told Joystiq, is down to the implementation of WiiSpeak voice chat and the testing and approval process linked to it.
The Conduit - a Wii-exclusive FPS - has gathered a significant following. This began when High Voltage said most Wii games "look like crap" and promised to prove the console could handle first-person shooters with feature-sets familiar to Xbox 360 and PS3.
That means online multiplayer, although this was trimmed recently from 16 players down to 12 players. But there will still be a variety of interesting modes to make use of.
High Voltage's bragging continues into graphics and performance, the evidence of which can be viewed over on The Conduit gamepage, where videos and screenshots lurk.
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That's the old cover, the new one can be seen here http://www.sega.com/news/?n=2442
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muscleblade
17/04/09 @ 10:00
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That cover art might not be the final one. Hopefully its not.
Edit: Plewt beat me to it. Good job.
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makeamazing
17/04/09 @ 10:25
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Yes cover art looks alittle pants.
Morztan that may be the case, but for a point and shoot, is the extra movement detection needed, Im not sure that it would be? |
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http://www.sega.co.uk/games/the-conduit/
At the very bottom. Full Support for WiiSpeak and Wii MotionPlus |
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farticusmaximus
17/04/09 @ 10:39
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"Nope, the cover really sucks. It's honestly awkward.
I wonder if that could impact sales." It would be a sad day, and a true indicator of a collectively shallow spoonfed consumer mindset, if cover art had any impact whatsoever on a games retail figures. |
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I guess that'd make it Happy Sad True Indicator of our Collectively Shallow Spoonfed Consumer Mindset Day!
It's not people fault though, it's the way we've been conditioned, even by evolution to a certain extent. Stripey yellow thing is stingy, massive grey elephanty thing is heavy and possibly trampley, and the cover of that must contain awfulness, using the case as a guide. |
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makeamazing
17/04/09 @ 10:52
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It would be a sad day, and a true indicator of a collectively shallow spoonfed consumer mindset, if cover art had any impact whatsoever on a games retail figures.
But it could have an impact though surely? Not everyone reads gaming website and will know what the game is about. If the cover has more cheese than chedar, then it could have an impact (though I admit it would most likely be small). A professional looking cover is part of the overall strategy for making a game sell, how many times have people purchased a game they have never heard of before because it looks interesting... I'm pretty sure that figure might be quite high. |
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Pac-man ate my wife
17/04/09 @ 10:57
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The cover art is terrible and will likely discourage those who don't know about the game from picking it up.
Hell, I'm interested in the game but tempted not to get it as I think good design should be encouraged! /is only half-joking |
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videogangs
17/04/09 @ 10:58
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@farticusmaximus
True, I agree that the public should make educated and informed decision on their products (especially a relatively big investment like a game), but if for example Asda marketed their chocolate chip muffins as "shit cakes" with a big picture of someone's starfish on the package I'm sure it would negatively impact sales. Forgive me I'm being a tad facetious but you'd think someone inside High Voltage/SEGA would have the same sensibilities as most people in this thread and say "woah woah woah this looks terrible"? |
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Am I the only one that thinks the game looks crap?
The engine might feature a lot of bells and whistles, but I'm not too keen on the whole design of the game. The whole game looks bland, without real atmosphere. Compare it to Metroid Prime 3 and MP3 rises above The Conduit with head and shoulders. I thought Return to Castle Wolfenstein (a game from 2001) still has more going for it than this. That game had atmosphere, The Conduit doesn't.
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StooMonster
17/04/09 @ 11:26
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Is it the black cover with white THE CONDUIT text that people this "is rubbish"?
You can look at it closely here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/image... I quite like it. Or have I missed something and they've replaced it with a lame badly painted "action" picture that looks like an Amiga game cover from 1988? |
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StooMonster
17/04/09 @ 11:28
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Amazon also say that "Additionally, the game will take advantage of the Wii MotionPlus for optimal control."
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@StooMonster
I think it's the one that ShopTo are using that people dislike, the one with Jonny Generic-Hero on it. Edit: I'm possibly wrong, depending on the individual, it might be the new cover on the SEGA site which looks... better but pretty average. Regardless, what's inside is what matters and I'm looking forward to it. Edit2: And you know what, if I'm put in charge of the Advanced Weapons and Armour division I'll make sure that things don't give off a cool blue light. Christ, ever heard of camouflage? ;)
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@Stoomonster
Last I checked Amazon were not the makers of this game... Check this link and give it a rest http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3173179
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I think the interest is mainly due to the fact that someone is finally ripping off the metrodi prime control scheme and putting it into a 'proper' fps game - considering how amazingly good MP3s control scheme was (more intuitive than a console controller, less 'clinical' than mouse & keys) it is surprising that there hasn't been a glut of copy-cats.
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