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The Conduit Does In Fact Have Multiplayer

Screenshots, a trailer, and... no impressions from the online aspect of High Voltage's Wii shooter.

Sega held an event in San Francisco last night intended to showcase the online multiplayer in The Conduit, the Wii first-person shooter in its final stages of production at High Voltage Software. I wasn't personally able to attend, since I was intent on upholding my annual tradition, now in its sixth year, of frantically filing my income taxes on the 14th of April. (I ended up owing Uncle Sam $68, if you must know.)

It seems the event was a bit of a wash. Sega ran into some trouble with Nintendo's servers and was unable to actually show off any online action, defaulting to demos of the game's single-player campaign instead. But the company did provide the assets and trailer that were set to release along with the event, so you can at least get some sense of what the game will be like online.


  



Looks like... a functional online shooter! What are your thoughts, Wii owners? Do you want to get your deathmatch on with a Wii remote, or are you already filling those needs on other consoles? We'll talk more about The Conduit's multiplayer once we do get a proper look at it.

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I'm honestly not incredibly interested in this game. Looks pretty generic.

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Kraznor said:
"I swear if this game was on any other platform no one would care at all. "A sci-fi themed first-person shooter? NO WAY!!!""
People sure cared about Haze and all its hype, up until reviews slammed it hard. Let's see what happens with this, eh? So, yeah, people do care about generic things, as long as they look like they will offer some solid fun. But apparently not when they're on the Wii. Meh.

zityz said:
"Reality: Looks good but because its on the Wii, people will hate on it. If it was on the 360 or ps3 it would be overshadowed by other shooters and be called generic.It could be good, My only problem will be if you need to have friend codes for multiplayer.  If so, then kinda ruins it."
You can play random matches without friends just fine. Again, this thread has all sorts of info like game modes and some info on voice chat. I, like Claude, mostly want this for the single player myself, but I'm liking what I've seen of the MP, especially the interface.
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I played Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 online and had a good time with it, but I was also playing a lot of Team Fortress 2 on my PC, so I got bored real quick. I did like MoHH2's controls and the online was cool. I will be giving the Conduit a shot. I'm really looking forward to the single player first and when I'm done... I'll give it some online time.

There's a few online modes, but I can't remember them, plus the friend code love/hate. I'm sure I can find some friends to play here or somewhere else. We'll see.

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Reality: Looks good but because its on the Wii, people will hate on it. If it was on the 360 or ps3 it would be overshadowed by other shooters and be called generic.

It could be good, My only problem will be if you need to have friend codes for multiplayer.  If so, then kinda ruins it.

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I swear if this game was on any other platform no one would care at all. "A sci-fi themed first-person shooter? NO WAY!!!"

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YAHOOO!

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 I want this for it's single player but I might have some fun with it online, anyways looking forward to it.

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whats the point of this?

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Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 was a decent online Wii shooter, it just lacked depth.

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I own only a Wii, but I still look at other systems and stuff, and I think this looks awesome. This could actually match up to other games on other systems.

It's nice to see someone taking full advantage of the Wii. I dare you to pick up this game. It looks awesome, both graphically, and the gameplay looks awesome too. I can't wait to pick this up.

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I want The Conduit for single player but it's nice to have a complete package anyway. They're going for the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark feel with fast paced deathmatchy modes (13 of them) and all sorts of cheats to unlock. But I don't know if I should repeat it all here, I mean, it's in this thread already with many gameplay details from people who were actually there or have otherwise had a hands-on (of the single player) or discussed about it with its developers. Maybe thread merge? And, it's not the first Wii FPS with online. It will be for me, but WaW sold and rated well enough.

Also, your linked article cited doesn't say it was Nintendo's fault (and since it's Kotaku, they certainly would have said so). The IGN article said so instead. But is it true or speculation? I don't use my WIi for online gaming, I don't even own Mario Kart yet. I will be getting Excitebots though.

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It actually looks....okay. It won't replace COD4 or Halo 3, but it looks like a fun distraction at least.

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They can't even get the Ninty servers to work for a multiplayer demo in front of the press? Maybe that says something unto itself, me thinks.

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I dunno. Something about that trailer made the gameplay seem very clunky.

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Sega held an event in San Francisco last night intended to showcase the online multiplayer in The Conduit, the Wii first-person shooter in its final stages of production at High Voltage Software. I wasn't personally able to attend, since I was intent on upholding my annual tradition, now in its sixth year, of frantically filing my income taxes on the 14th of April. (I ended up owing Uncle Sam $68, if you must know.)

It seems the event was a bit of a wash. Sega ran into some trouble with Nintendo's servers and was unable to actually show off any online action, defaulting to demos of the game's single-player campaign instead. But the company did provide the assets and trailer that were set to release along with the event, so you can at least get some sense of what the game will be like online.


  



Looks like... a functional online shooter! What are your thoughts, Wii owners? Do you want to get your deathmatch on with a Wii remote, or are you already filling those needs on other consoles? We'll talk more about The Conduit's multiplayer once we do get a proper look at it.