Lay your eyes on The Conduit and fall in love

by David Hinkle { May 17th 2008 at 12:00PM }

Following up the screens and tech demo we all got to check out (and get excited over), High Voltage has now released a rather lengthy trailer for their proposed FPS The Conduit. What do we have to say? Well, much like you will be after seeing the video above, we're in love. We need this.

Everything from the amount of on-screen action right down to the badass weapon used in the beginning has us pumped. What say you all?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

Tags: fps, high-voltage, high-voltage-software, the-conduit

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

N4N0T3CH @ May 17th 2008 12:05PM

I can't wait to hear more about it. I'm hoping for a real strong online multiplayer mode. Then I'd be completely sold.

shawn11150 @ May 17th 2008 12:09PM

WOW. Next halo for Wii! I'm impressed

ECG @ May 17th 2008 1:26PM

Really? You're judging that from a tiny embedded video?

SoshiKitai @ May 17th 2008 12:16PM

Wow, pretty. :D

...that alien gun thing's reloading looks kinda' gross... feels like your peeling off someone's unmentionables.

Patrick @ May 17th 2008 12:18PM

Looks good but I won't keep my hopes up. They were crushed when I thought Red Steel was going to be awesome (although it has some AWESOME 4 player multiplayer)

DBuck_Eye @ May 18th 2008 10:59PM

I think that it is safe to get your hopes up about this one: a) there aren't any swords, b) they say "death match is confirmed" at the end of the trailer (which is a good, not great indicator).
Also, Hooray for a non-regenerating health bar! (I think)

Grady @ May 17th 2008 12:23PM

this looks really promising. Lets keep our fingers crossed for some MOHH2 type multiplayer

Dustin @ May 17th 2008 12:23PM

Those graphics are incredible. I've never been a big fan of FPS but this one looks like a must-have.

old-big-head-2008 @ May 17th 2008 12:33PM

and as all those with brains stated including nintendo there is no more graphics war we need to expand on what gaming is keep moving forward and innovate....

bad ass graphics tight wii controls innovations and listen to the hint at video end deathmatch confirmed online play

a proper deep good looking shooter with = or better fps controls than moh heroes 2

im so getting it

any issues like red steel or vangard i aint interested

velocitystrike @ May 17th 2008 1:20PM

The "hint" at the end says absolutely nothing about online play. Deathmatch, yes, but online, no.

Waffala @ May 17th 2008 1:15PM

This reminds me a lot of Perfect Dark, just the colors of the world, the game looks amazing though, no more bitching about Wii's graphics from little FPS brats.

CJC @ May 17th 2008 1:38PM

I got Perfect Dark flashbacks too. It was the alien weapons that triggered it for me, though.

Waffala @ May 17th 2008 2:07PM

Oh yeah, that too, that gun with the ball that they reloaded looked so similar to that weapon that you could see through walls and shoot people who were running around.. now I totally want to get out my 64 again, if I only I still had the expansion pack

ECG @ May 17th 2008 1:20PM

I don't think the graphics are all that great yet. This game was over hyped from the start. But I'm hoping they will polish it up before release. As for the story it's a bit meh, but if the gameplay and graphics hold up I'll consider it.

LeChuck @ May 17th 2008 2:59PM

How was this game overhyped? It hasn't been hyped at all yet. This is the first actual info. Before all there was is an announcement and a tech demo of the engine.

ECG @ May 17th 2008 4:27PM

Ever since IGN's first article about it ( http://wii.ign.com/articles/867/867498p1.html ).
Quote from developer "Our goal is to be the most technically innovative Wii developer on the planet." If that's not pure, unadulterated hype I don't know what is.

CJLopez @ May 17th 2008 8:44PM

GTA4, that's overhype

SoshiKitai @ May 17th 2008 8:57PM

Except GTA4 delivered what its fans wanted. And no one (at least audible) was disappointed after they bought it.

ChrisCanberg @ May 17th 2008 1:39PM

And who says the Wii can't pull off amazing graphics?

But even thats not what has me so damned pumped about this game. Sure, multiplayer would be such a bonus, but it looks like a completely unique first person shooter from the lot. Never been a big fan of them, but this might be what changes that.

So what say I? I say I'm pumped.

guttertalk @ May 17th 2008 9:58PM

I'm very interested, but it's hard to say that it's unique. It reminded me at times of Half-Life, but we have no idea about the story, the characters, abilities, etc., so it's hard to say that it's unique based primarily on graphics (which is really all this clip shows). But those do look superior (so far) to anything we've seen on the web thus far, if you're not including style but focusing primarily on detail and textures.

Is there jumping and climbing? Is there environmental damage? How are the physics?

Are there RPG elements? How strong is the story? What are the puzzles like? How is the AI?

Too many unanswered questions to get very excited for my part.

guttertalk @ May 18th 2008 3:09AM

edit: "on the Wii thus far"

phantomexe @ May 17th 2008 1:39PM

good job wiifanboy site. game looks great this is good news. ;)

SWAT Kats are back! @ May 17th 2008 1:46PM

Like i said before, it seems kinda generic, kinda really generic, but an impressive technical effort is worthy of recognition, and even Wii fanboys need to have our inner graphics whore fed once in a while

Good going, high voltage

phantomexe @ May 17th 2008 2:03PM

i'll just be happy with a fps and yes the wii needs this very bad.i can't take to maney more wii sports,cooking mama, not that wii sports is bad, just something alittle less well your all wii fans you know.

chad @ May 17th 2008 2:11PM

it's so not overhyped. Hardly any1 has heard of it yet.online and im sold.Im startin to love high voltage

Ian @ May 17th 2008 2:18PM

It looks like half life.

Not that that's a bad thing. I would kill for half life on the Wii. You guys can't tell me that those don't look like Combine soldiers, though.

shawn11150 @ May 17th 2008 2:32PM

The Wii def. needed a game which could set the standard for Minimum graphics on the Wii. Companies can do better technical wise, and this game illustrates that. Yes, I get PD flashbacks also.

IKILLNINJA @ May 17th 2008 2:48PM

About time we get some Kick Ass FPS that is not WW2 based!
And all in all you can only play Through Corruption so many times. Lets just hope they put some thoughts into the controls!

TWOO DEE @ May 17th 2008 3:02PM

PEW PEW PEW
the weapon's sounds are killing me but i am most definitely interested in the title

psyborg @ May 17th 2008 4:09PM

A little bit Metroid Prime, a little bit Prey, a whole lot of Half life 2. They have great influences, the graphics look pretty good, and the guns look really cool.

It overall looks fun as hell, I'm definatly looking forward to it.

jasper @ May 17th 2008 4:43PM

why o why lordy can i not watch this with the wii's internet channel? this site is called wiifanboy right? great site otherwise.

Jeremy @ May 18th 2008 10:02AM

The video is from gametrailers.com and the flash player in the Wii browser doesn't support that sites videos.

Tom @ May 17th 2008 5:33PM

Aw yeah! High voltage is looking to be the best 3rd party on the Wii right now!!! If it has online, it's a must have. Great looking graphics (for Wii) Wii controles....YES!!!!!!

Isray @ May 17th 2008 5:53PM

Is it just me or does this game look like half life 2? Im still going to buy it but from the level design and some of those enemies it looks like half life 2 alot.

phantomexe @ May 17th 2008 6:32PM

Do you guys think nintendo knows about this game it has no publisher if the big n lets this game get scraped... They want to appeal to the hardcore here there game.

ECG @ May 17th 2008 8:06PM

Of course Nintendo knows about them, you can't develop a Wii game without buying the development kit.

sn1per @ May 17th 2008 10:01PM

Nintendo won't publish this game. They're too concerned with their family-friendly image. Not that there's anything wrong with that, cause based on the video, some third party is sure to pick it up, and it can end the lame argument that third party titles on the Wii are destined to fail. Maybe this will be the title to shut up the shovelware devs? *Crosses fingers*

warioman64 @ May 17th 2008 6:31PM

Did anyone else catch that the guy's name was John Adams?

What's the protagonists first name? Henry?

guttertalk @ May 18th 2008 3:12AM

I'm betting Robert.

Or, if this is an action game about a guy in this 60s, Harrison.

Duscrom @ May 19th 2008 11:02PM

Uhm, According to the Video, it's Mr Ford

Max Headroom @ May 17th 2008 8:34PM

Well, I think the last line of that video sums it up.

I want this game to be so good it hurts. I also don't want Nintendo to publish it. Because then we go right back to the argument that third party games don't sell - only Nintendo's name sells games. I want this game to prove that mature, third party, hardcore-oriented games can sell on Wii. I want this game to prove a lot actually. I don't know if it will, but this video gives me some hope.

Matthew @ May 17th 2008 9:25PM

About bloody time. There better be some good marketing behind this, strong sales are a must. I pray there is a decent story, the acting convinced me that there is possibly one. Also I pray A.I works well, I don't want to be shooting pylons... Either way, I'm stoked, this can't come soon enough. Last FPS for the Wii that did justice was Metroid, the rls have been dismal imo.

phantomexe @ May 17th 2008 10:11PM

yea the inportant thing here is that this game sells as a 3rd party fps this way maybe other 3rd partys will bring there fps games to the wii.Damn i really hope this game makes it.

Josh @ May 17th 2008 10:37PM

I'm glad to see some more serious/"meatier" games on the wii. Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4 only have so many levels in them. :)

I'm glad to see the artists want to show off their gun models, and the animators are so proud of their reload animations, but honestly, I'd much rather they stop blocking my view with them all the time. Gun's usually don't protrude from one's neck, unless you are sighting them - and in that case you are looking more directly down the barrel. That, and can we please do away with the disembodied bouncy gun animation in the FPS genre? It's 2008. We've had real time inverse kinematics for years now.

(Sorry - these are gripes I've had with FPS games for a while now. I think the "innovations" in mirrors edge are long overdue in the genre. I am indeed grateful for the controls that the wii has brought to console FPS-style games.)

SoshiKitai @ May 18th 2008 2:40AM

But there's a large amount of FPS players who LOVE that style of view... asking video games to get rid of them is like asking RPGs to no longer be turn-based.

Michael @ May 18th 2008 7:29AM

Can't wait to part with my cash.

Michael

Elemental @ May 18th 2008 8:22AM

Looks Great and Sounds great. There must be Great online to go with this for it to work or it is Metroid 3 again. The controls need to be spot on too. Hope a good Publisher will help them but not so much as to change their vision.

Graphics look great. Problem is too many people own or play on the other systems so aren't impressed when they see upgrades to the look of Wii games.

ChrisCanberg @ May 18th 2008 9:46AM

But isn't that the reason that a lot of people go on this site?

WiiFanboy bloggers are usually devoted Wii owners that are looking for updates on quality games. Well, at least thats why I go on it, and why a lot of Wii owners I know go on it. And thats what this post is. I'm extremely excited about this game, and there are a lot of other people who are as well.

People will be impressed by not only this game, but Deadly Creatures, Mad World, and most importantly Disaster: Day of Crisis. The Wii's third-party lineup is getting a massive overhaul. I seriously think that soon, the days of shovelware will be over.