| The_vagabond7 said: The developer has looked closely at the competition not only where theme and pace are concerned, but also gameplay controls. To that end, The Conduit will include a very customizable control scheme very similar to the one in EA's Heroes 2, which offered a fully tweakable bounding box in addition to Wii remote sensitivity settings. High Voltage's Eric Nofsinger, chief creative officer, says that the developer turned not only to Heroes 2, but Metroid Prime 3 for inspiration. All The Conduit screens you seen included in this article (and in our media section) are running in real-time on the Wii hardware. Currently, the game runs at a steady 30 frames per second, but High Voltage is aiming for the Holy Grail: 60 frames. "There is this pervasive and cyclical argument that Wii consumers don't want mature titles, when there aren't those types of products available to them. And even more frustrating is the claim that Wii consumers only care about great gameplay. Of course they care about gameplay, but we believe if given the choice, they would want great graphics as well. It's just a cop out," says Nofsinger. "With Conduit, we are trying to make a Wii game that looks like a 360 title." IGN will be showing off first gameplay footage of The Conduit soon. In the meantime, Wii fans should take a long, hard look at the screenshots provided and the video of High Voltage's Quantum3 engine in motion. Sometimes, it pays off to be first, to be the trend-setter. Just ask Activision, which gambled that Guitar Hero 3 for Wii would be a success, despite the fact that the genre was yet-unproven on Nintendo's console. Two million in sales later, the music title has sold better on Wii than it has for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. High Voltage wants to be the first to prove that Wii owners are ready and waiting for a high-quality first-person shooter, too.
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First off, this game sounds amazing. Coop and/or split screen multiplayer will make this game sold for me, barring incredibly crappy reviews. And if they can make this game look even like a "poorly" made 360 game, that would be interesting. All those things about graphics though blew over my head though. Hopefully this can be a Christmas release.
