Official Conduit thread - 7.4 avg. (6.5 @ GS, 8.6 @ IGN)

David Icke is a great author.

snipe12388

David Icke is a scammer, he takes advantage of extremly gullible fools.

[QUOTE="JordanElek"][QUOTE="AlexSays"] Jordan everyone knows you wear contacts. :PJaysonguy

I wear a monocule and pet a kitty in my lap

As for this game, here's another screenshot of this "fantastic" looking game

So yeah, and the visuals are the greatest part right?

[QUOTE="JordanElek"][QUOTE="AlexSays"] Jordan everyone knows you wear contacts. :PJaysonguy

I wear a monocule and pet a kitty in my lap

As for this game, here's another screenshot of this "fantastic" looking game

So yeah, and the visuals are the greatest part right?

Wow, people judge the visuals from screenshots or internet videos. Very clever, indeedPices

People always do that ... no matter what the game is - don't think the conduit is the only one that gets judged by videos or screen shots.

You yourself posted a video in this very thread ... that was meant to be judged.

[QUOTE="Pices"]Wow, people judge the visuals from screenshots or internet videos. Very clever, indeedHaziqonfire

People always do that ... no matter what the game is - don't think the conduit is the only one that gets judged by videos or screen shots.

You yourself posted a video in this very thread ... that was meant to be judged.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]

[QUOTE="Pices"]Wow, people judge the visuals from screenshots or internet videos. Very clever, indeedgarrett_duffman

People always do that ... no matter what the game is - don't think the conduit is the only one that gets judged by videos or screen shots.

You yourself posted a video in this very thread ... that was meant to be judged.

I don't agree

Bright, colorful, appealing. You also get the sense the game has a flow from this action scene

Actually, ummmmm. The Conduit is full of jaggies but the wavy bridge in this screenshot is smooth, go figure :P

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]

People always do that ... no matter what the game is - don't think the conduit is the only one that gets judged by videos or screen shots.

You yourself posted a video in this very thread ... that was meant to be judged.

Jaysonguy

I don't agree

Bright, colorful, appealing. You also get the sense the game has a flow from this action scene

Actually, ummmmm. The Conduit is full of jaggies but the wavy bridge in this screenshot is smooth, go figure :P

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] video is different though, a picture will be judged on aesthetics, videos are showing actions being implemented, and are judged as such. lets say you see a screenshot of sonic the hedgehog 2 for sega genesis without any prior knowledge of the game. looks colorful and pretty upbeat and nice, you can only judge on the appearance. with the video you can actually see that "oh, its a fast-paced side scrolling game" you get more of a feel .for it i guess, you know what your getting yourself intoMike885

I don't agree

Bright, colorful, appealing. You also get the sense the game has a flow from this action scene

Actually, ummmmm. The Conduit is full of jaggies but the wavy bridge in this screenshot is smooth, go figure :P

It may be all jaggy in the pictures, but when you're actually playing the game it isn't, and I know that because I played the demo before.

Same thing with Galaxy Pictures.

Look at the IGN or GS pics of Galaxy and it shows it as all jaggy.

Look at the videos and it looks MUCH more smooth.

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]

People always do that ... no matter what the game is - don't think the conduit is the only one that gets judged by videos or screen shots.

You yourself posted a video in this very thread ... that was meant to be judged.

Jaysonguy

I don't agree

Bright, colorful, appealing. You also get the sense the game has a flow from this action scene

Actually, ummmmm. The Conduit is full of jaggies but the wavy bridge in this screenshot is smooth, go figure :P

Jaysonguy

Proof that upside down gameplay wasn't invented in Galaxy.

[QUOTE="Mike885"]

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

I don't agree

Bright, colorful, appealing. You also get the sense the game has a flow from this action scene

Actually, ummmmm. The Conduit is full of jaggies but the wavy bridge in this screenshot is smooth, go figure :P

kardine

It may be all jaggy in the pictures, but when you're actually playing the game it isn't, and I know that because I played the demo before.

Same thing with Galaxy Pictures.

Look at the IGN or GS pics of Galaxy and it shows it as all jaggy.

Look at the videos and it looks MUCH more smooth.

conduit has bad textures alot more jaggies muiltiplayer looks like n64 models

i feel bad for those people that have no idea what they are talking about and feel like this is the best thing coming for the wii when its clear to see it isnt

[QUOTE="kardine"]

[QUOTE="Mike885"]

It may be all jaggy in the pictures, but when you're actually playing the game it isn't, and I know that because I played the demo before.

carter15kd5

Same thing with Galaxy Pictures.

Look at the IGN or GS pics of Galaxy and it shows it as all jaggy.

Look at the videos and it looks MUCH more smooth.

conduit has bad textures alot more jaggies muiltiplayer looks like n64 models

i feel bad for those people that have no idea what they are talking about and feel like this is the best thing coming for the wii when its clear to see it isnt

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"][QUOTE="carter15kd5"] wrong mario galaxy was a great looking game all around

conduit has bad textures alot more jaggies muiltiplayer looks like n64 models

i feel bad for those people that have no idea what they are talking about and feel like this is the best thing coming for the wii when its clear to see it isnt

carter15kd5

new screen to me, as well as a new weapon, and a new AI there. These screens do not do the game justice imo. They kinda make the game look like crap, which I can see why people judge it. Watch some vids!

As to the new weapon here, some of the texturing/lighting remind me of the newest "Lost Planet 2" footage from IGN when they're fighting that giagantic beast with black flesh. It resembles oil, and always looks "wet" (the beast in the footage was getting rained on).

I was unaware that the Wii tech could do such a thing.

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

wiifan001

[QUOTE="carter15kd5"]

[QUOTE="garrett_duffman"] thats wierd, i feel bad for people who make it their business to tell people what they s hould and should not look forward too. the conduit COULD turn out to be a really good solid game, you dont know. garrett_duffman

also HVS track record hasnt been so great i think they made the mistake of hypeing the game more then they clearly could produce

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="psychobrew"] COD:WAW Wii has achievements and unlockables.garrett_duffman

This is dread awful

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2009/03/29/the-conduit-stats-achievements-unlockables/

ACHIEVEMENTS in The Conduit.:x

Well, I'd rather have more polished, clean looking game than useless things.wiifan001

[QUOTE="wiifan001"]Well, I'd rather have more polished, clean looking game than useless things.AlexSays

[QUOTE="AlexSays"][QUOTE="wiifan001"]Well, I'd rather have more polished, clean looking game than useless things.wiifan001

I don't see anything wrong with acheivements either. It gives it more of a reason to keep playing it.

also, is this still available for pre-order here?

making the achievements probaly took less then a hour to think of 100 head shot play on each map they dont take to long to make

I don't see anything wrong with acheivements either. It gives it more of a reason to keep playing it.

also, is this still available for pre-order here?

This fear of achievements is illogical. Your saying that these achievements might have gotten in the way of polish. First of all you do not know how simple these achievements are they could be very simple to implement or they could take some time. Either way it is irrelevant because developers and publishers know how to manage resources and allocate time. They would not sacrifice the core game and most devs wouldn't. Secondly if you want to point fingers and say which features are getting in the way of others you go down a slippery slope. You guys assume that achievements are this burden for devs that are enslaved to forever make them on their 360 games.

If these achievements are tied to unlockables in some way and thats exactly what makes them fun.

This fear of achievements is illogical. Your saying that these achievements might have gotten in the way of polish. First of all you do not know how simple these achievements are they could be very simple to implement or they could take some time. Either way it is irrelevant because developers and publishers know how to manage resources and allocate time. They would not sacrifice the core game and most devs wouldn't. Secondly if you want to point fingers and say which features are getting in the way of others you go down a slippery slope. You guys assume that achievements are this burden for devs that are enslaved to forever make them on their 360 games.

If these achievements are tied to unlockables in some way and thats exactly what makes them fun.

[QUOTE="kardine"]

This fear of achievements is illogical. Your saying that these achievements might have gotten in the way of polish. First of all you do not know how simple these achievements are they could be very simple to implement or they could take some time. Either way it is irrelevant because developers and publishers know how to manage resources and allocate time. They would not sacrifice the core game and most devs wouldn't. Secondly if you want to point fingers and say which features are getting in the way of others you go down a slippery slope. You guys assume that achievements are this burden for devs that are enslaved to forever make them on their 360 games.

If these achievements are tied to unlockables in some way and thats exactly what makes them fun.

wiifan001

Its pretty easy to come up with saying your "fear" of achievements by the way your downing the game having achievements for no good reason:P Were you attacked by an achievement at some point in your life?

[QUOTE="wiifan001"][QUOTE="kardine"]

This fear of achievements is illogical. Your saying that these achievements might have gotten in the way of polish. First of all you do not know how simple these achievements are they could be very simple to implement or they could take some time. Either way it is irrelevant because developers and publishers know how to manage resources and allocate time. They would not sacrifice the core game and most devs wouldn't. Secondly if you want to point fingers and say which features are getting in the way of others you go down a slippery slope. You guys assume that achievements are this burden for devs that are enslaved to forever make them on their 360 games.

If these achievements are tied to unlockables in some way and thats exactly what makes them fun.

Its pretty easy to come up with saying your "fear" of achievements by the way your downing the game having achievements for no good reason:P Were you attacked by an achievement at some point in your life?

http://blogs.ign.com/NightlifeCommando/2009/04/21/118469/

Here is an interesting article about the conduit's graphicsPices

Added to the first post.

And I've also added to the first post a video of single-player gameplay that I thought actually looked pretty good. The part at the Jefferson Memorial seemed particularly good, graphically speaking - I'm hoping that that bodes well for the rest of the game in terms of their ability and willingness to tweak and augment the graphics in this critical endgame, given that that's something that they've bragged endlessly about.

EDIT: And one more I thought was particularly interesting - a comparison of early development graphics versus current graphics, showcasing exactly how graphics can improve over time.

That is right. Graphics have changed notably. I guess the only way they could be judged is playing the game in person (especially on an HD TV)Pices

Or look at a pic of the game now which we've all done?

This "oh it looks better in motion" is complete hooey. So they have to rely on blur to make it look good?

Also what gets me is the background. So the environments are going to look good in motion?

Yup, you can't judge by screenshots. I made that mistake and took my word for it.Pices

[QUOTE="Pices"]Yup, you can't judge by screenshots. I made that mistake and took my word for it.Haziqonfire

But that is NOT the correct way to judge it. Pices

It is if you're looking at visuals and visuals alone - I've rarely come across a game that looked different than what I thought it would from screens - thats what they are there for - and videos - so people can decide if its something that'll be interesting for them or not. Its the same reason we have movie trailers and on set pictures.

[QUOTE="Pices"]But that is NOT the correct way to judge it. Haziqonfire

It is if you're looking at visuals and visuals alone - I've rarely come across a game that looked different than what I thought it would from screens - thats what they are there for - and videos - so people can decide if its something that'll be interesting for them or not. Its the same reason we have movie trailers and on set pictures.

Your trying to make it sound like its in the eye of the beholder, but it is not. There are games that objectively look better in motion, its just the way it is.