The Conduit will sell 2.5 million copies... on the first day ...because it looks better, and plays better than CoD4, even if does not include online play.

Even if it were on the GameCube, which was faster/better than the first XBox and is practically part of this generation anyhow, it would be superior to any X360 shooter in existance, especially if it was a cooperative venture between HVS and Factor 5!

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Sadly, the Wii-hater critics in the media will despise it, and its glory will be diminished... slightly.

Metacritic: 53

Lifetime sales: 2.1M... certainly enough for a sequel, and a 2nd chance at "hardcore approval"... not that those folks matter.

89 metacritic 5 millions liftime sales

edit: lol im just joking of course

I don't know about the rest of you, but the control scheme rates pretty low on my list of "things it is important for a game to get right."  Story, environment, and gameplay elements such as difficulty curve and pacing are all much, much more important. 

I'm not saying those things will suck in the conduit, but when the controls are "half the appeal" then it just seems like you're lowering your standards.

 It would have to suck pretty bad to get a 53 on Metacritic. Dora The Explorer games score higher than that. It would have to be only slightly better than Quantam of Solace to get that. Worse than Spiderman Web of Shadows. Worse than HELL'S KITCHEN WITH CHEF RAMSEY!!! 

Chill Groucho.

@ De85

maybe for most games in general but this is a wii FPS. controls are therefore essential. id say it was much more appealing than storyline. plus conduit will hopfully have a good conspiracy story, pacing, good online modes ect but the controls and graphics are what makes the game stand out. itll be those things that really make it shine. like in mariio galaxy, the level design is what really made the game shine. the length of the game was one of the things that was good but it didnt make the game stand out.


Plus remember the conduit has recieved hypre mostly because of of the remsrks of the devs. there was a ton of hype even before the positive previews

You again? I had hoped you would have learned your lesson by now. Did HVS kill your cat or something?

The Conduit does feature online multiplayer, you would have known if you just spent a minute of your time researching the game you're so blatantly shredding to pieces thread after thread.

Bookmarked this thread. Seeing so many people's bubbles get bursted will brighten up whatever week this game comes out.

Yeah, im pretty evil :P

Then we disagree, but I'm sticking by my opinion. 

One thing we should be able to agree on is that the fun factor is more important than anything else.  For me the story, atmosphere, and pacing contribute more to the fun than motion control and IR pointing.

Be careful what you say about the Conduit. I doubted its awesomness, then had my thread locked and was nearly banned.

Believe in Conduit or face the consequences!

Considering that since 1995 High Voltage Software hasn't even developed a single AA game I think I'm not being unrealistic when I doubt that The Conduit will be a AA game let alone a AAA. I fail to understand why so much hype has been lauded upon a game from such a second rate developer. It's not like the gameplay videos for the Conduit are mind-blowing, it looks rather mundane. I know that there are still several months of development left but the graphics which seem to one of the big selling points are hardly PS3/360 level and it's not like the visuals achieved on their 3-4 year old hardware is all that impressive to begin with. Besides the graphics and use of the Wii-mote what will the Conduit do so differently / better than other high profile FPS games that would warrant all of this attention? Please, somebody enlighten me.