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wfz on 28 September 2008
SHMUPGurus said:
wfz said:
MontanaHatchet said

Or maybe you could pick a launch title (because we all know that launch titles have amazing graphics).

 

 

Rogue Leader says hi.

 

I think this OP did a good job at showing that pure technical grahpics don't matter, and that art style and visual creativity is way more important, even if that wasn't what he was trying to prove.

Why can't a ''realistic'' looking game on the Wii succeed in many ways? Why can't High Voltage Software try to create something that mixes both artistic (alien weapons, alien environments) and realistic (buildings, locations, weapons) style of graphics? I don't get why it is so bad to try to break down the wall that some Wii developers can't compete with other console shooters on the market. What if the Wii can change it's image of what it is capable of, meaning it doesn't always have to be about ''kiddy'' stuff (I don't hate my kiddy stuff though! =P)? No one answered that question yet, and I'm eager to hear you guys' reactions about it.

 

Well the more realistic you get, the more some people will complain that it's too boring and not artistic enough. Many of us would prefer to see different worlds or different artistic representations of our world in videogames, rather than just a game that tried to look as close to our world as possible.

 

That being said, "realism" and being "kiddy" are in no way connected. MP3 was not realistic, TP was not realistic, No More Heroes was not realistic, and those would hardly be considered "kiddy" games.

 

I have nothing against The Conduit, and I've been waiting eagerly for it, and I'm sure there are many great artistic features in the game, but those screens you showed seemed a little lacking.



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leo-j on 28 September 2008

@Mumme

The wii can do much better than this, I think those images are terrible, Im actually attacking the game, seriously im not impressed at all.

Looks like a ps2 FPS, after seeing mario galaxy, they can do better, not to mention Mario galaxy is a much more open world.



 

mM
Roma on 28 September 2008
leo-j said:
atma998 said:
leo-j said:
Wow those graphics on all those screens seem terrible, like an XBOX game.

Wow

 

 or a PS2 game... anyway graphics doesn't matters for my part. Gameplay is more important and to be honest those graphics looks good.

 

 I agree, and the Conduit is all about gameplay, should be one of the best games on the wii this year.

lol next year



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atma998 on 28 September 2008
leo-j said:
atma998 said:
leo-j said:
atma998 said:
leo-j said:
Wow those graphics on all those screens seem terrible, like an XBOX game.

Wow

 

 or a PS2 game... anyway graphics doesn't matters for my part. Gameplay is more important and to be honest those graphics looks good.

 

 I agree, and the Conduit is all about gameplay, should be one of the best games on the wii this year.

I'm a little bit tired of PS3 fanboy who claims that the graphics of this game are ''terrible'' sure they're not HD but instead of saying things like it looks like XBOX or PS2 graphics, you can admit that they're pretty clean in comparison of other Wii games. And to all other fanboys who spit on the graphics of this game don't you have realized that this gen is all about gameplay? 95% of the consumers really don't care about graphics but instead want fun games and this is why Wii and DS are so popular in comparison of PS3, PSP and X360.

 

I dont claim anything, actual fact the graphics according to those images are terrible.

 

 

 They look more like HD than previous gen...speaking of facts. 



SHMUPGurus on 28 September 2008
wfz said:
SHMUPGurus said:

Why can't a ''realistic'' looking game on the Wii succeed in many ways? Why can't High Voltage Software try to create something that mixes both artistic (alien weapons, alien environments) and realistic (buildings, locations, weapons) style of graphics? I don't get why it is so bad to try to break down the wall that some Wii developers can't compete with other console shooters on the market. What if the Wii can change it's image of what it is capable of, meaning it doesn't always have to be about ''kiddy'' stuff (I don't hate my kiddy stuff though! =P)? No one answered that question yet, and I'm eager to hear you guys' reactions about it.

 

Well the more realistic you get, the more some people will complain that it's too boring and not artistic enough. Many of us would prefer to see different worlds or different artistic representations of our world in videogames, rather than just a game that tried to look as close to our world as possible.

 

That being said, "realism" and being "kiddy" are in no way connected. MP3 was not realistic, TP was not realistic, No More Heroes was not realistic, and those would hardly be considered "kiddy" games.

 

I have nothing against The Conduit, and I've been waiting eagerly for it, and I'm sure there are many great artistic features in the game, but those screens you showed seemed a little lacking.

I have to say the term ''kiddy'' was abused, but I couldn't find another word for it. I know artistic looking games are more appealing to certain people, but look at TimeShift, or Resistance: Fall of Man, or any other FPS that have cities and bunkers and libraries as locations. These games sold to a certain demographic of people that prefer ''realism'' and ''real-time physics,'' and they barely featured any ''artistic'' things in the game other than the special weapons and enemies you're confronting (maybe you can also add locations in there). It depends how you define realism really. I'm sure The Conduit will feature a lot of different environments, the museum might only be one of the more ''dull'' ones.

If The Conduit can at least succeed in bringing these ''HD'' gamers in, then I believe HVS will be pleased.



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dib8rman on 28 September 2008

Pong was the most amazing inovative shooter, reflecting your oppontents bullets to get the win, who would of thought.



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bouzane on 28 September 2008

The textures are pretty bland but the game isn't exactly finished. It's important to remember that it's the gameplay that matters, although it's also important not to get your hopes up for a game being developed by a second rate developer. Maybe waiting for the game to actually be released before arguing over it would be wise.



leo-j on 28 September 2008
atma998 said: 

 They look more like HD than previous gen...speaking of facts. 

 

 Orly?

Conduit: WII

Killzone: PLAYSTATION 2

 

Killzone 2: PLAYSTATION 3

now you tell me, what looks closer to "HD" visuals.

Im not attacking the wii, im attacking the game, if the ps2 can do those visuals, why cant the conduit? On a system 2-3 times more powerful than the ps2?



 

mM
Thatmax on 28 September 2008

Im gonna reserve all comments until good quality videos are released closer to the release because as was mentioned above the Wii seems to screenshot badly. and tbh I dont really care that much about the textures as long as the game is visualy interesting I'm happy.



fazz on 28 September 2008

THIS is Killzone on the PS2.

Now, someone needs to throw in Crysis screenshots, just for the sake of it ^_^