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Sansui on 21 July 2008
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sc94597 said:
Sansui said:
I completely agree with Montana and others in this thread - the graphics are on par with PC games from 2001/2002. And that's what's hella annoying - fanboys acting like the graphics are flat out amazing, and then bashing on anyone that dares to say otherwise, because this is supposedly the savior of 3rd party support on the Wii.

Well guess what... the graphics blow. Maybe the gameplay will be awesome, it could be... they sound like some dedicated developers, as well as very nice people, as Benga pointed out.

I think High Voltage has some noble goals, and Wii owners obviously deserve better third party support than they've been getting, but the unadulterated hype behind the graphics of this game are just mind bogglingly annoying and unjustified.

Show me these games from  2001/2002 that are on par with the conduit. I would say the conduit looks like an average 2004 pc game.

 

2001 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Ra5ciI2ps

2002

2003

I thought Deus Ex was 2002, so at best I'll update my estimation to 2002/2003 game based on this game selection.  I've tried to only include FPS style games so as to keep the comparisons cleaner.  Wii has some improved lighting and shader effects, but not to the point that it dwarfs any of these games.

I maintain my point that even if you consider it on par with 2003/2004, it's a game that's being hyped on the pure basis of graphics that would have been cutting edge 4-5 years ago.  That is not a good reason for hype. 

Maybe the hype is just misdirected.  It should be focused more on High Voltage as a company that is trying to do something not generally done on the Wii - provide quality 3rd party support.  But the focus is entirely on the Conduits graphics.  For those of us who are PC gamers, or have a PS3 or 360, it's very difficult to understand the hype on that facet :P