It's always amusing when you see titles on the Wii that claim great graphics. I'm glad they're trying to make it pretty, but make sure the rest of the game works... graphics will never be the selling point. Their efforts in multiplayer and desire for voice could ensure they're doing more than just graphics.

-Soul-

@ggodo: ha, we're all wrong. The box says The Drej.

Grumps

mmmmmm pixelation

Lingxor

It looks great - FOR A WII GAME.

What does this mean?

It means:

Its still sub-par.

Jagzthebest

@akilshohen: Gotta start somewhere I guess. Sure beats the hell out of all the casual shovelware on the wii.

get2theDeLorean

Has anyone actually played it yet? Maybe publishers have tried it and figured it's just pretty looking.

Inhert

@Shiryu: havent played MP3, have you?

or heck, medal of honor heroes 2.

thejakeman: probably disagrees with you

It looks really nice....but generic

akilshohen

despite the good graphics, this has generic FPS fare written all over it
I'm hoping this will trigger other companies to develop some quality FPSs for Wii that are original, innovative and immersive, with at least the same quality graphics as this game, Free Radical Design comes to mind, although their latest effort is not a good example, Monolith Productions would be sweet too

Bluetribal

I'm cautiously optimistic about this game. Hopefully if it gets released, they'll manage to work in the voice chat somehow :)

ghostadv

They're really managing to get some good performance out of the PS2 at the end of its life cycle.

...What's that you say? :D

ProdigalMoon

How do you announce a release date when there's no publisher?

Isn't there any sort of quality control? Doesn't it have to go through the console manufacturer first? Can anyone release a title at any time without a publisher?

That it hasn't been picked up by a publisher makes me think there's something wrong behind the scenes.

Starcade

@Grumps: Same goes for you.

ggodo

@Mascott: That was the Dredj, and my first thought too.

ggodo

I have to say I'm a little surprised that this one hasn't been picked up by a publisher yet. It looks like a title that the FPS crowd could really get behind, and with Wii's numbers, they've got a good chance of moving more than a million copies.

TitillatedOcelot

@Mascott: the dredge, but close enough.

Grumps

I'm sorry, but this game looks poor. the design has no format. At all! It looks like some mid 90s budget light blaster game on acid!

GOD

Someone was trying to convince me this game looked better then any 360 game out right now

I couldn't help but laugh

Murderdolls

I dunno I kind of gave up on FPSs for the Wii, nothing so far has yet to amaze me. I'm not getting my hopes up that's fo sho.

crystalbear

The Drudge....Weren't they the bad guys in Titan AE?

Mascott

@hungry_for_worms: Exactly, It's a very beautiful game given the platform it's on.

okenny :)

Also, was that Metroid Prime I spied at the end? :)

Aethyr

@Aethyr: Wii already speaks bluetooth.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

"The Conduit is a first person adventure game that takes place on Earth in a fictional near future. The main character, "Mr. Ford", works for an undisclosed government agency that has assigned him to investigate a possible extra-terrestrial encounter. The whole situation ends up going terribly wrong when the player discovers that there's a lot more going on behind the scenes than anybody could have realized. Players are going to be very surprised when they discover the real truth that surrounds us all."

inventive! This game looks good though, for a Wii FPS.

Grumps

The first photo-- is this a gun and the White House? Why do I have a feeling this won't end well?

Let's play a game-- do you think it'll be Glenn Beck or Bill O'reilly making the first claim videogames are trying to teach kids to assassinate world leaders?

And yes, I know it's about aliens. But they won't.

wild homes 5: no disassemble!

Hmm... if this has some good controls I might just pick it up... save that the game play to also be just as good.

Kaizuden

@Aethyr: It's splitscreen voice chat. Developers left out that detail.

InsidiousTuna

Has this info been confirmed? The link is just a fan-site, I thought IGN was getting the scoops.

mariogalaxyman

Yay! :D

I'm looking forward to this. It may not look amazing graphically, but the Wiimote pointer seemed great for FPSes when it was announced and it hasn't really reached it's potential for this genre. Hopefully this game is fun, because that's all it needs to be to be a pleaser.

karasu is my homeboy

How is voice chat gonna work without a mike?

Aethyr

Haha love the protagonist's disco Tron suit :)

Astrofox

Damn, look at that baller-ass watch.

InsidiousTuna

What eye candy?

RaveGamer

I got a good vibe out of the trailer and these shots still look good. Consider me interested, but cautious. "Red Steel" really made me sad about how FPSs with so much potencial always end up ruined due to rushjobs or inexperienced developers with the Wii hardware.

Shiryu

looks good for a Wii game.

lack of publisher likely means it'll be a pretty generic FPS.

hungry_for_worms

Sounds awesome. Hopefully they find a publisher soon enough cause the Wii needs a game like this.

get2theDeLorean

Looks good.....for a Wii game

frankenfine

@Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc:

ah, i suspected as much.

thanks for clarifying it for me :-)

DUOPHONIX.com

@Grumps: I'm holding out hope that even 'drej' is wrong, and it's actually PEY'J and the whole thing is some kind of Beyond Good & Evil tie-in...

OR, it could just be some mediocre shooter for the PS2. I mean, the Wii.

Sigh.

wild homes 5: no disassemble!

@DUOPHONIX.com: The official site is www.the-conduit.com, which is little more than a placeholder right now. This interview is on a fansite.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@Starcade: After IGN Wii showed it off, they reported that 10 publishers had contacted HVS. No publisher yet might just mean bidding war.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

i know they dont have a publisher, but something seems really odd. Their info email address is @yahoo.com

and their website is made using "freewebs" and also, the company is often referred to as "I" on their website.

strange.....

i really hope it ends up being the new goldeneye/PD, but im very warey of fps' on the wii.

DUOPHONIX.com

@Jagzthebest: wrong.

it just means this game isn't superficial.

Unlike some other games that seem to think HD is all it needs to sell....

Onizuka-GTO

Textures look shiney and jagged. But, they are shiney. SHINEY

r0xx1t

They told IGN a while ago they had several publishers interested but they hadn't chosen one yet. One reason they gave was they want to wait until they have much of the game done so there's less chance of the publisher changing the gameplay.

LeChuck

@Grumps:

Well, if the guys from these screens were blue, we'd all be thinking that.

Mascott

HOLY CRAP! Finally actual games that I bought a Wii for are being released, how ironic.

KevanB

This game is looking badass. Kinda reminds me of the original Perfect Dark for the N64

Fermbiz

@karasu is my homeboy:
They've gone leaps and bounds with FPS controls on the Wii compared to Red Steel.

Medal of Honor Heroes 2 is by far the most versatile and accurate FPS control on a console (even better than Metroid Prime). It's even almost up to par with Mouse and Keyboard...

keiichimorisato

If by this looks better than anything 360 :) The guys must be referring to my 360 spin i do holding a hoop. Its nice but not anywhere near where the graphics of this game are going.

gnudna

@get2theDeLorean:
@hungry_for_worms:
High Voltage Games has stated that they have many publisher offers and they do not want to select a publisher yet because they don't want the publisher to come in and "monkey" things up. The fact that they don't have a publisher yet isn't bad, but it is instead a good sign because they don't want restrictions on when they have to have it out by and what-not.

Lstormy10

I've been aching for a good first person shooter on the wii, actually. However, this game isn't really doing it for me. The enemy design is laughable, the video they showed off last month was very underwhelming, and the plot is more than cliche. I admire the fact that they're pushing the hardware, but this concept has been done to death. I really don't understand why people aren't going for the stylized look, maybe cel-shading, or something along those lines. Remember XIII? Something new and original like that would be pretty awesome.

ThisCharmingMan

That interview has yet to be proven to be true.

Red_Maniac

Well when they said voice chat, they had me. If they care enough to get a voice chat system in the game, then there serious about this. Lets just hope Nintendo doesn't stop them with some bull about protecting kids online or something. It's like they don't realize disclaimers and contracts can stop lawsuits >_>

D Mitsuki

@r0xx1t: I think the jagged parts are geometry.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@Aethyr: I actually heard their is an unused microphone in the wii controller

n64dude64

@keiichimorisato: But it's one of few. Metroid Prime controls nicely, and well...that's it.

So it's great to see another potentially "great" FPS for Wii. The control method begs for it.

karasu is my homeboy

@NessD12: I've played Half Life 1 recently, and this is definitely better than Half Life 1.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

HALF LIFE 1 QUALITY GRAPHICS!!!

NessD12

Voicechat? Isn't Nintendo completely against that for FRACKIN'* obvious reasons?

I cannot pinpoint the reason, but the plot has filled me with a desire to play Flashback again. Why would that be?

*How come "Frack" is not in Debian's English dictionary? Damn, Testing is not bleeding edge enough!

EloraHRanma

@hungry_for_worms:
OR it just means they're not selling out... yet.

StarStabbedMoon

I get Perfect Dark vibes from the screenshots.

Unfortunately, I don't think it could possibly live up to PD.

PepsiPerfect

@wild homes 5: no disassemble!: How long before this picture ends up on terrorist and government intelligence agency networks?

Yuki

@TitillatedOcelot: According to ign, they have tons of offers but they do't want an over hasty pulisher screwing it up at the last minute.

I think the graphics are fine, but the art style is a little generic. Makes me think of goldeneye. That shot of the gun and the whitehouse is the uglest in the batch, I wouldn've picked another as the main pic.

JokesJokes

@NessD12:
It looks better than HL1 for certain. But really, I don't think this looks THAT much better than what Black did on the PS2. And considering the PS2 was the weakest console last gen, it's sad to see how developers don't even seem to bother to TRY squeezing more juice out of the Wii.

Combichristoffersen

@Heyyou27: But we're also not talking about it being only slightly better than Half Life 1.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

Looks good enough for me. Nintendo needs to push a firmware update that allows voice chat, especially for co-op. As far as generic shooters and stupid plots...just make it fast-paced action with some cool upgrades, decent enemy AI and a decent multiplayer option. Might have to do the warp pipe thing again to enable online multiplayer if this a LAN only option.

A good chunk of the graphics in Red Steel were good enough for me. If they are of decent quality consistently throughout the Conduit and are running at 60frames/sec, then what's there to complain about. Sure you can hate on the Wii for it's lack of decent shooters with the combination of fast action, good graphics, good controls and decent online, but this attempts to address all.

In fact, PLEASE DO NOT make too much of this game plot-heavy. Keep the story simple.

cirej2000

@Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: It's also coming out more than 10 years later. While the game looks better than most Wii games, it still looks like complete shit compared to anything on the PS3 or 360.

Heyyou27

If it controls as well as MoHH2, but has better online options, I'll buy and play the hell out of it.

cringer8

That is a nice gold watch!

Gunloc

With those graphics, online, maybe voicce chat, and some sweet weapons this will be a must buy!

HELLSRIDER

WOW! Those are GREAT GRAPHICS!

...The year is still 1998, isn't it?

fraggenstein

yeah, I KNOW this game is SO unoriginal. especially the whole "saving the world/universe from extraterrestrials" thing.

everyone knows halo ripped them off first.

all joking aside, I think this looks good. but whatever. FIND A PUBLISHER ALREADY DAMMIT.

You_Remind_Me_of_my_Famous_Friends

Heh, I'm just happy about a company actually doing work on their games when working on the wii. I think the IR aiming controls will be great if they pull it off.

BrotherNick

@fraggenstein: Great graphics by 1998 standards includes PS360 games. You'll have to reach deeper for your snide comments.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

The Wii could definitely use some more FPS games... the controls are so much better (when done right) than a dual analog setup. But given that the genre is typically not as suited for the Wii demographic and that FPS games are often tied to having the best graphics, I don't see it happening.

Mezodon

The game still has some time out in terms of graphics. We've seen one gameplay trailer which was well.. decent in terms of an Xbox game just because of the texture flickering between transitions. If they just took care of that by making it more seemless and add a filter of smoke or a convenient alien "gas" then this could actually be a good looking game by modern FPS standards... meaning compared to say Halo 3.. which isnt really good compared COD4 or even Halflife 2... but this seems to have good character design.

If I push my hopes we may get some of their basic concepts in terms of graphics worked on overload which mean we could see a very pretty game. Theyve shown you can do a very nice FPS game on the Wii. They just need to do it...

And I need to see a hands on

SaanZ

"eye candy" huh?

Rexter

I think the best part of this game isn't going to be the game itself but the Quantum3 engine that it's built on. If they can get more developers using that and start at least pushing the Wii hardware I think we could be onto a good thing. It could work out better for the Wii that UE3.

Surely if enough developers get on board eventually ONE of the games will be half decent!

Dajmin

MM... Normal mapping and illumination maps. I like it. The new screens look a lot better than the earlier ones.

Ehetyz

The Conduit will be the biggest FPS on the wii when it's out, I don't see how it can't be.

AkageNoKeri

Graphics remind me of The World Is Not Enough on PSone (yes I will admit to playing it) but I remember the video looking a lot better. In any case it has no competition on the Wii apart from Metroid and Red Steel so it should do okay, not much of a market for this kind of game on the Wii.

el_rezzo

I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. I don't quite buy the hype about the graphics -- but maybe that will change closer to release. What I'm more excited about is the fact that it will be a first-person shooter for Wii that *isn't* set in World War II, and doesn't attempt to romanticize one of the darkest chapters in recent history.

To that effect, the only FPS titles on Wii that aren't set in World War II are, to my knowledge, Red Steel (egh), Far Cry (ack!), and Metroid Prime 3 (which is more of an adventure title than an FPS... I actually *like* having to flick my nunchuck to reload, damnit!)

BtownDesignGuy

Looks pretty good for a Wii game. Let's hope the gameplay does not fail us.

Para

The graphics are technically great - sure there are some jaggies but it's on a par with the very best on Wii. Is there anyone who thinks otherwise who has actually got a Wii?

And um yes PS3/60 games look muh better. No shit, the sytsems are ten times more powerful.

Agreed with others that the art design looks, and plot sounds, desperately bland. Could be more of an engine demo than a game. Also, I'd like to know what frame rate it gets. But still, it's potentially interesting.

quen

*woops it's an E8400, forgot the 8

Andrezao

The gfx looks decent for a Wii game, in motion should look better. I see a lot of people compare it to PS3, 360 heck i still play 2d games and they still look good to me.

Effort and hard work always look good. I could compare 360 and PS3 to my Rig and say how shit both look in comparison for tech info, my rig is the following: Mobo: Asus P5N-D, Intel Core Duo E400 OC @ 3.15gh, 5GB of ram, 2X 8800GTS gfx card and 500GB HDD.

As you see, it's more powerfull than both consoles, but still doesn't take away the beauty of the less powered ones. I still play my N64, SNES, Sega Megadrive, GBA, Atari just for fun. Yes, i think many Forgot what that word means, since all that matters is power of the console... Jeez...

Andrezao

Looks decent for a Wii game, but no 480p + 16:9 = no sale for me.

gencid

@el_rezzo: TWiNE has not aged well.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@gencid: Where does it say it doesn't have those things?

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: The screen shots shown here are surely no 16:9. Even if 480p is supported, but ther is no 16:9, there will be no sale from me.

gencid

So this has been what I was saying all along, if the Wii has equivalent power as the original Xbox then how come no games harness the graphics as good as the original xbox. And then my argument falls apart when I say "like Halo 2" because Wii fags miss that I am talking about graphical quality and not the fact that Nintendo said we want faggot-ass games.

NessiaNobble

Aw fuck, is that a another BIOSUIT? @AkageNokeri - biggest FPS on the wii KUZ THEIR AIN'T NO COMPETITION

NessiaNobble

What a bunch of snake oil bs coming from this developer. They're the same people who put out a press release with quotes from an executive saying Wii games look like crap, and that they're aiming to put "next gen" graphics on the Wii, then they go and release more craptastic screenshots.

They obviously were trying to get publisher support by leaking out a bunch of information to IGN before, and now they want to go on record and say that they don't want a publisher coming along and monkeying things up. Look at their wiki page! Are you telling me that of all their crappy games and review scores that each and every time it was the publishers fault? What a joke!

[en.wikipedia.org]

I for one will not be buying this game. These developers are obviously crude, disrespectful, and just like to spin everything with a bunch of BS. Tons of developers have no problem working with publishers and making good games with them. High Voltage's last FPS was America's Army on the 360. How many of you enjoyed that one? Yeah, didn't think so. That became one of Red Storm's biggest embarassments ever.

Balky

I like how a number of Wii fans bash on the PS3 and 360 for having too many generic FPS games, and then jump right onto the bandwagon for this game because for some reason moving the second analog stick to a laser pointer counts as innovation.

jbiller