All 8 reviews for The Conduit ()

reminiscent of Perfect Dark

Maverickmac from Barking , 23/07/2009

This game is a big about damn time, the wii mote is perfect for this genre (with a mouse being the only thing as accurate) and it is strange how nobody has taken the effort to make a wii only game (as a pose to a port/remake).

The game does a very good job of creating an immersive single player experience with a decent enough story and real life locations e.g. the pentagon, my only complaint is that it is a little short (as seems to be the trend with shooters) however there are achivements and harder difficulty levels as well as secrets to uncover which should bring you back for more.

The main crust is the multi-player which offers capture the flag, team deathmatch etc. The online support is very good with a match being created quite quickly players thtat drop out can be replaced by new players which helps to keep the match going and not falling apart (ala Halo etc)

I would reccomend a purchase for this overall bet for those who are wary of course borrrow beg or steal!

First Person Comes to WII

Paul C from Chelmsford Essex [Highly rated reviewer] , 19/11/2009

Great game design and graphics just hard to control if you give it time you may get to love this game. I didnt like it gooding back to my Xbox 360 for my first person fix.

It's About time!

A customer from Sheffield , 07/08/2009

The Conduit delivers what I feel is the first decent online experience on the Nintendo Wii. The online mode is fluid and could easily match what other consoles offer.

The single player mode harbours some very challenging levels and with the wii movement style (point and shoot) I feel it always has a vast advantage over its rivals.

Some of the levels have taken me over 40 minutes to complete, without even finding all of the hidden objects.

The Game AI is probably the best i've yet seen. It's easy to assume that the enemy you 'thought' you saw, was merely a glitch, but not with The Conduit, they'll be hiding behind the door, or will shoot you in the back as you walk away.

In Summary:-

- Smooth

- Fun

- Good Depth and playablilty

- 9/10

The Conduit

Pil from Leeds , 03/11/2009

Wouldn't allow me to play online, seemed like dodgy disc. Very disappointing and annoying. Pity seemed like online would have been fun

The Conduit (Wii)

A customer from Crawley , 27/09/2009

An excellent game will seriously consider buying this one very similar in parts to metroid prime trilogy games and if you like shooter this is a good one.

Great controls, average game

muckle from Cambridge , 16/08/2009

Good points:

- Excellent controls, letting you aim, shoot and throw grenades with speed and accuracy

- Some nicely detailed monsters and weaponry

- Decent online multiplayer

Bad points:

- Boring level design. Too many areas are just straight corridors where all you can do is stand and shoot and hope that your health bar lasts longer than your enemies. The graphics generally improve as the game goes on, but some early levels would have looked bad back in the PS2 days.

- Some annoying elements. Creatures that run straight at you and explode, invisible mines that can only be defused by putting your gun away, constant beeping alerts.

- Lots of cheap padding, including so many repeating rooms you'll occasionally think that you've accidentally turned around and are retracing your steps. You even have to play an entire section through * twice*, under the pretext that it's a flashback. (In spite of this, the game is still fairly short.)

- Uneven difficulty. By far the hardest part of the game occurs a third of the way in.

If you only own a Wii and are starving to play a new shooter, The Conduit might be worth a rent. Even so, I'd recommend playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Medal Of Honour Heroes 2 before you make time for this.

goldeneye

roger200 from Stoke-on-Trent , 30/09/2009

pleay golden eye on an emu or an old n64 and you will ahve better graphics and gameplay. hey nintendo. leave the proper games to the big boys and stick with your mini game rubbish.

If you're Wii only, probably worth rent.

glennok from Ashurst Wood [Highly rated reviewer] , 22/07/2009

The Conduit was a promising title that promised to deliver much - it delivers a lot of what it promised but unfortunately in a very mediocre fashion.

In an attempt to bring the 'hardcore' first person shooter to the Wii, its gone in the right direction. Graphically it features some nice effects and generally out-does most wii titles. However this technical prowess is feebly backed by the art design, which is bland, generic and repetitive in every way. Enemies are generic, and environments are standard fps corridors and city landscapes lacking in atmosphere.

The controls are the highlight, taking much from Metroid Prime 3, it is very smooth and responsive and you'd struggle to find a better aiming system on a console shooter.

Towards the middle of the game, once you're used to the controls, the gunfights start to get very engaging, and I felt at one point pretty impressed by the experience. Then... it ended. A predictable, anticlimiatic ending both storywise and gameplay-wise that I knew was coming. The story is shallow hack attempt at a 'conspiracy theory', ripping off the likes of Deus Ex in the process without half as much depth. Voice acting is pretty dire to top it all off.

Big shame, I'm an Xbox 360 user so may be too picky. If you only have a Wii then give it a go.

Multiplayer wise the network seems to be down, but I can imagine this may be the game's saving grace.