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!]
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5-17-2008 @ 12:05PM
N4N0T3CH said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 12:09PM
shawn11150 said...
WOW. Next halo for Wii! I'm impressed
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5-17-2008 @ 1:26PM
ECG said...
Really? You're judging that from a tiny embedded video?
5-17-2008 @ 12:16PM
SoshiKitai said...
Wow, pretty. :D
...that alien gun thing's reloading looks kinda' gross... feels like your peeling off someone's unmentionables.
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5-17-2008 @ 12:18PM
Patrick said...
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)
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5-18-2008 @ 10:59PM
DBuck_Eye said...
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)
5-17-2008 @ 12:23PM
Dustin said...
Those graphics are incredible. I've never been a big fan of FPS but this one looks like a must-have.
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5-17-2008 @ 12:23PM
Grady said...
this looks really promising. Lets keep our fingers crossed for some MOHH2 type multiplayer
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5-17-2008 @ 12:33PM
old-big-head-2008 said...
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
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5-17-2008 @ 1:20PM
velocitystrike said...
The "hint" at the end says absolutely nothing about online play. Deathmatch, yes, but online, no.
5-17-2008 @ 1:15PM
Waffala said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 1:38PM
CJC said...
I got Perfect Dark flashbacks too. It was the alien weapons that triggered it for me, though.
5-17-2008 @ 2:07PM
Waffala said...
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
5-17-2008 @ 1:20PM
ECG said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 2:59PM
LeChuck said...
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.
5-17-2008 @ 4:27PM
ECG said...
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.
5-17-2008 @ 8:44PM
CJLopez said...
GTA4, that's overhype
5-17-2008 @ 8:57PM
SoshiKitai said...
Except GTA4 delivered what its fans wanted. And no one (at least audible) was disappointed after they bought it.
5-17-2008 @ 1:39PM
phantomexe said...
good job wiifanboy site. game looks great this is good news. ;)
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5-17-2008 @ 1:39PM
ChrisCanberg said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 9:58PM
guttertalk said...
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.
5-18-2008 @ 3:09AM
guttertalk said...
edit: "on the Wii thus far"
5-17-2008 @ 1:46PM
SWAT Kats are back! said...
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
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5-17-2008 @ 2:03PM
phantomexe said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 2:11PM
chad said...
it's so not overhyped. Hardly any1 has heard of it yet.online and im sold.Im startin to love high voltage
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5-17-2008 @ 2:18PM
Ian said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 2:32PM
shawn11150 said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 2:48PM
IKILLNINJA said...
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!
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5-17-2008 @ 3:02PM
TWOO DEE said...
PEW PEW PEW
the weapon's sounds are killing me but i am most definitely interested in the title
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5-17-2008 @ 4:09PM
psyborg said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 4:43PM
jasper said...
why o why lordy can i not watch this with the wii's internet channel? this site is called wiifanboy right? great site otherwise.
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5-18-2008 @ 10:02AM
Jeremy said...
The video is from gametrailers.com and the flash player in the Wii browser doesn't support that sites videos.
5-17-2008 @ 5:33PM
Tom said...
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!!!!!!
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5-17-2008 @ 5:53PM
Isray said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 6:31PM
warioman64 said...
Did anyone else catch that the guy's name was John Adams?
What's the protagonists first name? Henry?
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5-18-2008 @ 3:12AM
guttertalk said...
I'm betting Robert.
Or, if this is an action game about a guy in this 60s, Harrison.
5-19-2008 @ 11:02PM
Duscrom said...
Uhm, According to the Video, it's Mr Ford
5-17-2008 @ 6:32PM
phantomexe said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 8:06PM
ECG said...
Of course Nintendo knows about them, you can't develop a Wii game without buying the development kit.
5-17-2008 @ 10:01PM
sn1per said...
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*
5-17-2008 @ 8:34PM
Max Headroom said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 9:25PM
Matthew said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 10:11PM
phantomexe said...
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.
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5-17-2008 @ 10:37PM
Josh said...
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.)
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5-18-2008 @ 2:40AM
SoshiKitai said...
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.
5-18-2008 @ 7:29AM
Michael said...
Can't wait to part with my cash.
Michael
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5-18-2008 @ 8:22AM
Elemental said...
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.
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5-18-2008 @ 9:46AM
ChrisCanberg said...
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.
5-18-2008 @ 9:59AM
Elemental said...
I agree I am excited for Many games in the lineup too. I was referring to Multi-console owners who Compare games on the systems VS. A Wii only owner who will recognize and appreciate Graphically better games on Wii games.
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5-18-2008 @ 10:15AM
phantomexe said...
i'm just happy to see that i'm not the only hardcore nintendo fan that wants some fps action.nintendo still has there core base.Its cool to read everyone post.
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