Wrong on so many levels its not even funny. When Halo 1 came out, it was the greatest looking game ever seen on a console. Its story was fantastic, the single player combat and quick and precise, and the multiplayer was great and competitive. You can talk trash about Halo 2 and 3, but Halo: Combat Evolved was in no way, shape or form mediocre.

I have to agree with @Shadowblind. Halo 1 was released in 2002 and at the time there was nothing quite like it. You felt the enemy had personality especially when you threw a sticky grenade at them :) Halo also introduced more of a us against the aliens feel, like an epic battle, or struggle for life. When it was released on the PC in 2004, it wasn't the same mainly due to FPS moving forward since then. PC gaming was all about FPS and still is in some way, people would upgrade just to play the latest ones.

As for the Conduit, people like value for money. A multiplayer component like with Killzone 2 or other help to establish game sales. Also what people seem as good for the Wii, others feel they have seen it all before, especially if you own a PC, PS3 or X360. I thought the game was alittle generic, but I did like the generators for the monsters idea. People who are technologically minded always like the latest thing and in the case of FPS, its' Killzone 2, Halo 3, Far Cry 2... etc.. etc..

But all things aside the game shows off some of the best graphics for a Wii. It does deserve good sales, but I don't think it will reach them.  The more adult Wii owners will probably pirate it, and as for the others, well some will buy it.  I see the game as more of a rental. Time will tell.

I got Halo and Splinter Cell at the same time and Splinter Cell looked a million times better.  It was of course a billion times more fun than Halo

Maybe it is the case of you liking Stealth games more than FPS. Halo was a launch title in March, whilst Splinter Cell wasn't released for at least a good 6 months later - November I believe.  (Splinter Cell had more development time, Bungie was under pressure for a launch release)

I finished both the games mentioned, and even though I enjoyed Splinter Cell I liked Halo more. Everyone is different, and has there own personal tastes.

"The first Halo, let's face it, is very generic and a little mediocre."

No point of reading the rest after reading that foul statement.

Halo 1 for the time when it was released in 2001 is on par with Super mario bros and Street fighter 2 or other iconic game releases when it comes to FPS innovation and importance. Especially if you only look at consoles. There is a lot more in Halo 1 than Local multiplayer that left a mark on the gaming world.

And I think Fifa Soccer 94 is more fun than Final Fantasy 3 and Chrono Trigger combined. Different strokes for different folks my freind... Not taking away anything from splinter cell, but people and reviewers have spoken about these 2 games and one sold a lot more and reviewed a little better.

Pretty Much this. I believe that HVS stated that the Grinder will have local Multiplayer, so obivious they have made advancements since The Conduit.

...I think they wanted to show that a good game AND good graphics were possible on the Wii with there first Wii release.

I think it can.

What do you mean by innovation?

Isn't Unreal Engine 3 also general purpose?  I don't see that holding back Gears of War.