Quick Look: The Conduit

Looks tired and aged.

It reminds me of playing a FPS years ago say on the Q3 engine or even Monolith's old Lithtech engine with flat textures, and zero destruction.

I always suspected that this game would live in the FPS depths if it was released on the 360/ps3/pc and it kinda looks like my suspicions were bang on.

I agree the game does look pretty average but Wii FPS controls are not that bad. It takes time to adjust to a new control scheme but after a few minutes, you get used to it. It felt weird playing Halo after spending so much time with Metroid Prime 3.

Also, it felt like Jeff started the game expecting it to be bad without really giving it a chance.

I'm sure the controls can be customized to make it better, but there are some things that surely can't be changed. Like when you use the targeting and have to re-aim. That's a total bummer and I'm not sure there's any way to fix that due to the way the Wii Remote works compared to a mouse or gamepad.

The zoom seemed weird though, and that's something that should be easy to fix. Maybe there's an option for that, but a better zoom should be the default.

Like Ryan said, you can probably adjust to those things, and once you do it's probably pretty good. But it doesn't make a great first impression.

Is the game even worth all the playing around with the controls though.

Its a pretty basic FPS with an ok sounding story (?). It may be the best FPS on the Wii but frankly that is not saying much.

Now, on to the topic of customizing the controls. It's cool that you can, but you shouldn't be forced to do it in the middle of the action. How are you supposed to fight off enemies when you're still trying to set the game up so that you can? All they had to do was bring you to a separate area where you could set up the controls and test them out without worrying about the consequences, and then drop you back into the game when you've finished. Surely that wouldn't have been hard.

" I agree the game does look pretty average but Wii FPS controls are not that bad. It takes time to adjust to a new control scheme but after a few minutes, you get used to it. It felt weird playing Halo after spending so much time with Metroid Prime 3. Also, it felt like Jeff started the game expecting it to be bad without really giving it a chance. "

i coiuldn't watch all of this quick look, the game controls, and old school finding "keys" to open doors annoyed me that much.

Ummmm, you could mess with the controls at the very beginning of the game when there's no enemies?  Or maybe cetain levels require more long range shooting and some areas are more close-range, you could want to change the precision from level to level.

I mean, is that really a dealbreaker?  Compare that to the alternative to every other FPS, jumping into the menu, changing the settings, jumping out the menu to test it, then go back in and back out, back in back out, again and again until you want.

Then again, no other console FPS even bothers to control as fast or as detailed as this game, so of course it'll work fine out of the box for 80% of most people.

No one should say that precision is a problem with this game.  Whatever your tolerance for precision is, this game is more than capable of meeting it.

Other than that, it just seems like a generically designed singleplayer, multiplayer could be good if you're playing with people who know how to play well.

seems like the ai are using the wiimote to aim too

Why, oh why, are the controls like that? I hate when the camera doesn't move with the reticle.

The game looks mediocre. Not completely horrible, but nothing special.

Health pickups and regenerating health? lol

Looks pretty mediocre to me and if the controls aren't precise that's just gonna make it frustrating.

looks ok, i like to see some sort of head to head where we see which controls better. Prime 3 or this?

All the talk about the unresponsive controls and yet they didn't even try to play with the customization settings, I get that it is a quick look so they want to show as much of the game as possible but the customization settings is one of the things that makes this game a good game.

Great quick look either way you guys always put a smile on my face, cheers.

you should've adjusted the dead zone

Looks like Halo-lite on the Wii...May give it a rent...

The environments remind me of a PS1 fps, not a whole lot of detail or interactivity going on.

The AI in this game is confused is to what to do.

God, its SOOOO clunky. Painful to watch.  Like when you put a controller in some noobs hands and they lean the way they want to character to go.

this is the prime example of why the wii should just stay a mini game machine

the whole point is that you're supposed to fine tune the settings to find your personal best control scheme

I get Jeff's complaints.

The game has a good deal of control lag (like mouse lag, also called display lag sometimes because it's the display that lags behind the control).  Although I didn't think The Conduit was significantly more laggy than other Wii games in this way, they all seem to have some latency added over something like a gamepad or mouse.

The aiming controls aren't so great.  They're not bad, but other Wii games felt better right out of the gate.

I've messed with the options a lot, and it never just feels right to me, maybe it never will.  As far as I can tell there's no way to not have your weapon swinging around the screen, and that's part of my problem.

Sensitivity feels shakey, and if you turn down the sensitivity it's too slow.  Maybe they need some additional filters like other Wii games have to add smoothness, but that would add more display lag.

looks, ok, but the character modles for the human enemies are almost last gen PS1 to first gen PS2. Other than that, it might be something I check out.

well The Conduit welcome to the ps2

You know, I agree with the people saying they should've adjusted the controls before starting the quick look, because I think they wanted to change the size of the turning area, but didn't find that option. However, from what I can gather from this QL, even if it controls perfectly, it looks like a game designed a good decade ago.

I'd like to see a cross platform shooter with online multiplayer so we can really see what control scheme is better, stick or motion. And it would be fun to frag 12- year old kids ALL the time <3 Hope they have Wiispeak!

I'm still trying to figure out whether I should be impressed that they've actually pulled off what looks like a reasonably competent shooter on the Wii or puzzled as to why anyone would want to accomplish such a thing in the first place...

Looks pretty mediocre.

It isn't that interesting nor great as people claimed it to be.

NO NO NO YOU'RE JUST DOING IT WRONG OK? DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME.

Wow, talk about exaggeration. This is no way looks like a PS1 game. Anyone who thinks that must be like 10 years old.

Also, I'm gonna agree that you guys should've done all the calibration stuff before the QL, that way you would've A) enjoyed it more, and B) could've explained to us what the different settings do and how it changes the feel of the game.

The hype I had for this game almost completely died off in the past couple months. Doubt I'd even give it a rental.

Jeff's hatred for the Wii is starting to become grating.

At least other Quick Looks were made after the guys played the game for a while. This feels like "we didn't play this before, and we won't play it anymore after this QL is over!".

I can't believe nobody even mentioned the simple fact that the Wii is not powerful enough to run a game bigger than this. What were you all expecting, f***ing Crysis? I think HVS did a pretty decent job with The Conduit.

" Jeff's hatred for the Wii is starting to become grating.At least other Quick Looks were made after the guys played the game for a while. This feels like "we didn't play this before, and we won't play it anymore after this QL is over!".I can't believe nobody even mentioned the simple fact that the Wii is not powerful enough to run a game bigger than this. What were you all expecting, f***ing Crysis? I think HVS did a pretty decent job with The Conduit. "

Just goes to show that motion controls are a gimick, and the Wii pretty much still sucks.  Can we please consider the Wii fade over? i dont know how anyone over the age of 10 defends the system.

i honestly don't get why everyone's so excited for this game. it reminds me of PC shooters from 1999/2000. i mean sure the wii controls are cool (note to ryan and jeff: you need to make the dead zone smaller for faster/more efficient turning), but if the game surrounding them is this dated and by the numbers, who cares?

Hahaha this game looks terrible.

bad game - awesome quick look

"There's a latency to it." Laggy, unresponsive controls on a Wii game? You don't say.

Im still angry at my wii..

Y'know, that doesn't look 100% horrible, but it looks janky and dated enough that I'll pass. I like that the gun zoom sound effect is the same as the Half Life menu click sound. I would like to find out what's up with shadowy organization guy. Would a Conduit Endurance Run be too much to ask?

Metroid meets Prey, meh. I cant let myself watch the entire 30mins, but it looks like a decent fps for the Wii I suppose.

Nice QL

Ugh, that was painful to watch.Game looks pretty terrible.

I'd watch an Endurance Run of this.