Zero Punctuation: The Conduit

[Quicksilver1111]

The one thing I never understood about this game was where the hype originated from. High Voltage Software have been around since 1993, yet most people have never heard of them prior to the release of this game. I enjoyed this game until I got a glitch in the garden when I had to shoot those bushes. When I had one bush left to destroy, it told me I had one left, and when I destroyed that, it still told me I had one bush left!

 

[Nieroo]

Yahtzee rocks!

 

[Half-life.fan]

I've played it and the aiming is crap. Just how Yahtzee said

 

[Timotei]

I thought at first that the Conduit was going to be a bad game, And after reading countless reviews I will say that Yahtzee's complaints match with everyone else's.

Will there ever truly be a competent Wii shooter?

*Glares at CoD: WaW*

 

[Cheeco88]

This game sounds and looks like ass.

And if people are seriously saying it looks as good as any PS3 or 360 game, they seriously need to be shot.

 

[notsosavagemessiah]

This was great. Also, YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MUCH PALIN BASHING (provided it's funny of course). I don't own a wii, never got the big deal about the conduit (it looked awful), and this just served to re enforce those ideas.

 

[Fugue]

The vertical look can be adjusted so you can actually aim up, but it really should have been set max by default. I don't know why anyone would want to change it. Yet for all the customising of controls you can't choose whether crouch/zoom are toggles or not.

Honestly, it reminds me of GoldenEye on N64. That was a horrible game if you compared it to any shooter on the PC at the time and The Conduit is horrible if you compare it to any shooter on the PS3/360 now. But although I really didn't get the appeal of controlling an FPS with a gamepad back in those days, I enjoy controlling an FPS with the wii-mote, despite the fact that it's about as intuitive and responsive as the N64 gamepad ever was.

 

[Alarid]

Wow another Wii zp review and yet my Wii will stay dusty.

Also I wonder since he hasn't mentioned it does Yahtzee know that Prince of Persia SoT is now becoming a movie because I think he'd be "overjoyed" to hear it.

Spoiler

Sadly you neglected to notice the "Disney" part of the poster. In recent memory, Disney has been (lightly put) "!#$%", with few exceptions. They drowned us with cruddy STV (straight to video) sequels of their classics with only the Pirates movies making any splash.

 

[Kuth]

Well I can't say I was too shocked when he ripped apart the story or the graphichs. I barley saw videos about the game and it didn't seem to look that god compared to other FP games say Metroid. I say FP since we all know it's called a FPA not a FPS. More or less I made a bet with myself for a icecream cone that Conduit would be gutted, breaded and deep fat fried to a golden brown by our local enraged Brit-Aussie.

As for the a Prince of Persia movie from Disney.... it's .... Diseny. I mean really would Yahtzee really say that's a good thing. The whole game is nothing but action, blood and chicks. Last time I check Disney can't do that.

 

[Framer]

this review explains pretty much why I took my WII and trashed it

 

[itsmeyouidiot]

Well making an actual game on the Wii is pointless unless it's a part of a never ending series like Zelda. The system is only for crappy casual party games these days anyway the idea anyone is still trying to make serious even close to hardcore games is baffling.

It's that kind of attitude that hurts the console in the first place. Maybe if you retards would realize that there are plenty of awesome games on the Wii, none of this stupid crap would happen.

Just treat it like any other console and ignore the bad games, you stupid cunthead.

 

[GamingAwesome1]

Well making an actual game on the Wii is pointless unless it's a part of a never ending series like Zelda. The system is only for crappy casual party games these days anyway the idea anyone is still trying to make serious even close to hardcore games is baffling.

It's that kind of attitude that hurts the console in the first place. Maybe if you retards would realize that there are plenty of awesome games on the Wii, none of this stupid crap would happen.

Just treat it like any other console and ignore the bad games, you stupid cunthead.

There are about 5 good games on the Wii. The rest are mediocre at best.

 

[Tehpwnsauce]

you know, Yahtzee's constant ragging on the wii (as well as the fact I haven't touched it an about it a year) is forcing me to consider NOT purchasing the next nintendo console until they can get it freakin right and release some good games that can actually control well...

You take yahtzee seriously? Damm you need to grow a pair and some opinions of your own.

 

[Tehpwnsauce]

Well making an actual game on the Wii is pointless unless it's a part of a never ending series like Zelda. The system is only for crappy casual party games these days anyway the idea anyone is still trying to make serious even close to hardcore games is baffling.

It's that kind of attitude that hurts the console in the first place. Maybe if you retards would realize that there are plenty of awesome games on the Wii, none of this stupid crap would happen.

Just treat it like any other console and ignore the bad games, you stupid cunthead.

There are about 5 good games on the Wii. The rest are mediocre at best.

Define good, you can't so you lose the argument. Also http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2009/04/09/its-the-thought-that-counts-2/

 

[WhiteTigerShiro]

It was an okay review, but the Palin bashing wore pretty thin, pretty quick. Even then, it wasn't very funny.

Maybe we were watching different videos, because he only made one joke about Palin at the very beginning. After that he used her face as the generic enemy spawner, but that's it. Unless I missed some other jabs due to my mostly trying to ignore politics.

 

[Nazulu]

Well making an actual game on the Wii is pointless unless it's a part of a never ending series like Zelda. The system is only for crappy casual party games these days anyway the idea anyone is still trying to make serious even close to hardcore games is baffling.

It's that kind of attitude that hurts the console in the first place. Maybe if you retards would realize that there are plenty of awesome games on the Wii, none of this stupid crap would happen.

Just treat it like any other console and ignore the bad games, you stupid cunthead.

No actually! I agree with Sunpop. There is almost fuck all games I'm interested on the damn thing! And don't bloody flame people because of their opinion otherwise I and others will report you.

you know, Yahtzee's constant ragging on the wii (as well as the fact I haven't touched it an about it a year) is forcing me to consider NOT purchasing the next nintendo console until they can get it freakin right and release some good games that can actually control well...

You take yahtzee seriously? Damm you need to grow a pair and some opinions of your own.

He said he hasn't touched his Wii in awhile and that has formed his opinion so knock it off! Also I believe Yahtzee most of the time because I have played most of the games he has reviewed and he is almost 100% right.

Define good, you can't so you lose the argument. Also http://www.duelinganalogs.com/comic/2009/04/09/its-the-thought-that-counts-2/

The best games on the Wii so far are Mario Galaxy and SSB Brawl. I have played far better games on the Gamecube, believe me, the Wii doesn't even come close! And before you even start I have played most games on the Wii, so don't bother going there.

That website you just brought up is someone elses opinion, If you like a whole lot of Wii games, fine! But I and many others are not pleased and will happily rip the Wii a new one till they bring out some great games.

 

[KDR_11k]

Overall The Conduit is just bland, I bought it beause the Americans on a board I went to always went on about how great the multiplayer is but when I played it it felt like FEAR multiplayer (which I hated) with crippling lag issues (framerate goes to hell in about 70% of the matches and this game is headshot centric!). And like FEAR I regret spending 50€ on it.

The massive control customization is just a cop-out, apparently they weren't capable of delivering good controls by themselves and just throw that job at the player. I was able to untangle that mess of options somewhat but it still doesn't feel right (especially the waggle is too hard to trigger precisely and the nunchuk tends to register double when it does) and I think most people are less option-happy than I am. Meanwhile a 10€ game grabbed from WiiWare has properly working controls right off the bat with only one option (speed which should be set to highest) and waggle that always registers when it should while not overloading the controller with tons of functions you never need.

I don't think The Conduit is good for a Wii game. It's not, it's uninteresting and bland.

Will there ever truly be a competent Wii shooter?

Dunno, I liked the WiiWare offerings (Onslaught, Water Warfare, SP and MP game, respectively). They're fun and don't require half an hour to get the controls working.

 

[AD3N]

you know, Yahtzee's constant ragging on the wii (as well as the fact I haven't touched it an about it a year) is forcing me to consider NOT purchasing the next nintendo console until they can get it freakin right and release some good games that can actually control well...

You take yahtzee seriously? Damm you need to grow a pair and some opinions of your own.

yeah listen to the wii fanboy! you're not allowed to agree with anyones opinion but his.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Wow another Wii zp review and yet my Wii will stay dusty.

Also I wonder since he hasn't mentioned it does Yahtzee know that Prince of Persia SoT is now becoming a movie because I think he'd be "overjoyed" to hear it.

Spoiler

Sadly you neglected to notice the "Disney" part of the poster. In recent memory, Disney has been (lightly put) "!#$%", with few exceptions. They drowned us with cruddy STV (straight to video) sequels of their classics with only the Pirates movies making any splash.

Congrats you are the 3rd person to point this out and let me just tell you I was being sarcatic.