Nintendo so far hates the Conduit

Post by Godwind (1,541 posts) See mini bio

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So far here are the reviews.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/conduit (sorry for not linking, Giantbomb interface isn't presented correctly).

80

Nintendo Power

The best pure first-person shooter on the Wii. [July 2009, p.84]

76

Official Nintendo Magazine UK

Nowhere near classic status, but this is a welcome companion to "Metroid Prime: Corruption." [July 2009, p.78]

Well, their not bad scores, just not very good ones.

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Post by Tarsier (1,343 posts) See mini bio

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That doesn't look like hate to me..

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Post by Icemael (1,231 posts) See mini bio

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What do you mean, "Nintendo so far hates the Conduit". These are good scores - the game certainly seems fun, but it doesn't seem amazing.

Posted 5 months, 1 week ago

Post by RHCPfan24 (6,357 posts) See mini bio

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That is far from hate, my friend. Looks like a solid game, but there are definitely not "bad" scores. More like average to "very good".

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Post by Diamond (4,739 posts) See mini bio

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@Icemael said:

" What do you mean, "Nintendo so far hates the Conduit". These are good scores - the game certainly seems fun, but it doesn't seem amazing. "

Godwind seems to be trying to stir up shit today.

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Post by Pie (3,980 posts) See mini bio

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Why would i get this and not a high quality fps for xbox/ps3 though?

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Post by Al3xand3r (7,023 posts) See mini bio

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Eh... They're the expected scores as far as I'm concerned, good to see it lives uo tp expectations. And Nintendo doesn't run those mags.

Anyway, good game or not, HVS has done things all other developers should have. The way they use friend invites, how the game uses the Wii's friend codes as opposed to a new set, the customisable controls, voice chat implementation, etc. Those all should become standard from now on at least, since multimillion dollar corporations couldn't achieve it yet a nobody independent developer does it all on their first real try. Meh.

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Post by JJOR64 (6,001 posts) See mini bio

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I guess they call them as they see them.

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Post by PercyChuggs (927 posts) See mini bio

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Did it ever cross your mind that, and this may shock you, the game might not actually be the second coming of Christ/Half Life, like desperate-to-play-something-different Wii owners have been making it out to be?

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Post by Al3xand3r (7,023 posts) See mini bio

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I didn't see any Wii owner make any claims like that, only non-Wii owners present it as a strawman argument to put it further down >_>

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Post by slinky6 (474 posts) See mini bio

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Why do people consider anything less than 9 a bad review? Fuck sakes.

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Post by CenturionCajun (548 posts) See mini bio

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@slinky6 said:

" Why do people consider anything less than 9 a bad review? Fuck sakes. "

Indeed, this is a strange development of the video game review system. Unless a game gets a 9-10 reviews score it is somehow considered "bad". This is entirely untrue. If you'll look at just about any review score a 5 is Average and anything above is better and better. The Conduit is no doubt going to be a good game. It is not a perfect game. Very few games are.

Posted 5 months ago

Post by dsplayer1010 (1,871 posts) See mini bio

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Those really aren't negative reviews.

Posted 5 months ago

Post by CoolDrMoney (1,033 posts) See mini bio

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"The best pure first-person shooter on the Wii"

Jesus Christ, I never knew Nintendo Power was capable of being so savage towards a video game.

Posted 5 months ago

Post by EpicSteve (884 posts) See mini bio

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So it just seems like a god shooter...(whisper) for the Wii. Those are good scores, assuming they aren't out of 1,000. Too bad I can't actually read the review. What's the game all about, anyway? Ign's Nintendo team keeps raving about it, but looks average to me. However, it's doing some smart things with custom controls.

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Post by Icil (270 posts) See mini bio

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@Pie said:

" Why would i get this and not a high quality fps for xbox/ps3 though? "

If the gun aiming controls are solid, I bet it'd be more fun than a 'high quality' (you mean graphics, yes?) FPS on the other consoles.

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Post by Diamond (4,739 posts) See mini bio

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@Icil said:

" @Pie said:
" Why would i get this and not a high quality fps for xbox/ps3 though? "
If the gun aiming controls are solid, I bet it'd be more fun than a 'high quality' (you mean graphics, yes?) FPS on the other consoles. "

Takes a LOT more than controls to make a game good.

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Post by Icil (270 posts) See mini bio

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@Diamond said:

Takes a LOT more than controls to make a game good. "

Sure, but we can't speculate on anything except that its controls (how they work, not how good they are) and graphics.
So my point was that we can't bash this game yet because we don't know enough.

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Post by Diamond (4,739 posts) See mini bio

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@Icil said:

" @Diamond said:
Takes a LOT more than controls to make a game good. "
Sure, but we can't speculate on anything except that its controls (how they work, not how good they are) and graphics.So my point was that we can't bash this game yet because we don't know enough. "

Well I think people have judged the game on the theme and story elements that have been revealed so far, but it will take playing the game to find out most of whether it's good or bad, yea.

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Post by Pie (3,980 posts) See mini bio

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@Icil said:

" @Pie said:
" Why would i get this and not a high quality fps for xbox/ps3 though? "
If the gun aiming controls are solid, I bet it'd be more fun than a 'high quality' (you mean graphics, yes?) FPS on the other consoles. "

No, i didtn mean graphic.

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Post by Meowayne (2,815 posts) See mini bio

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@PercyChuggs said:

" Did it ever cross your mind that, and this may shock you, the game might not actually be the second coming of Christ/Half Life, like desperate-to-play-something-different Wii owners have been making it out to be? "

Al3x and me are the biggest Wii defenders on this board, and both of us have very little to say about the Conduit. He's hyping it a little, I think, saying it could be "decent", I expect it to fail critically AND have no personal interest in the game. At all.

Also, a big laugh at your "desperate to play something different". My Wii has gotten a larger play array of genres than my X360 in the last months and years.

It's true, though, that the genre of "balding men shooting things between cutscenes" that comprises 90% of HD-console hypes is not very present on the console.

Thank god.

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Post by SathingtonWaltz (569 posts) See mini bio

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I love how anything less than 90 is considered horrible and trash among most gamers.

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Post by TripMasterMunky (925 posts) See mini bio

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Those aren't hateful scores?

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Post by Tovan51 (384 posts) See mini bio

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How does "best pure first-person shooter on the Wii" strike you as hate...?

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Post by agentboolen (307 posts) See mini bio

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Scores aren't that bad, if your looking for really good looking games the Wii isn't the spot to be looking. Other wards seems like it will be a good 1st person shooter not excellent but good.

Posted 5 months ago

Post by BrickRoad (183 posts) See mini bio

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I hate scores for video games. I don't really think you can score them out of 10. If I ran a reviewing site i'd probably go for medals, so Platinum for Excellent games, Gold for Great games, Silver for Very Good games, and a bronze medal for a good game. If the game wasn't good, but not bad it'd get a reef or something, and then as we slip into the bad and disgustingly bad game they'd get something else...I haven't thought that far into it.

I think saying '5/10 is average' is a bit off. Personally I feel the majority of games out there are good games, a 7/10 if you will. So a 7 is average in my books - that's not saying it's average in terms of inbetween good and bad, but average in terms of it's in the catagory that's most populated, 'good'. However, I don't go by this 100%, as I said I don't like reviewing games with numbers. I just read the review.

And on The Conduit, 76 and 80 would fall in my 'good' to 'very good' catagory, so there's no hating from Nintendo there.

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