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Just a tiny anecdote:

The Conduit was rented out at my local Blockbuster. It is about .0000008% important, but I just had to tell someone lol

Blech. I hesitated for reviews to come out to order my copy (which I did today), so it won't get here until Tuesday or so. :( I _could_ have gone to a store to buy it, buy I'm lazy and currently am in the middle of nowhere.

On that note, since I'm in the ass-end of nowhere at the moment, I'm stuck on satellite internet. :( 600ms ping FTL. Surprisingly, it's not _as_ bad for gaming as one would think (I'm with a very nice Canadian company, Xplornet). In Killzone 2, I notice almost no lag, it's pretty much a miracle. I imagine the KZ2 team must have some hardcore lag-correction code, as the few times I've played it online, I've actually done pretty well.

Other games are not so good. Halo 3 is playable, but just barely. Mario Kart Wii is pretty much perfect, but it's not really lag-dependent. Haven't tried Brawl.

WTB real internet again. PST.

What the hell? NWFC keeps freaking KICKING ME.

I've added everybody on the front page of this PM me if you aren't on there and I'll add you, my code is a few posts above this or in my profile.

Well, bought it day 1, I've got to say it is a great game,
Personally I like blasting aliens in well lit settings, and the controls are the best, I'll take them over mouse and keyboard best, plus the fast pace is a nice change from the methodical pace of so many modern games
bounty hunter is absolutely fantastic as well, frankly I'm enjoying this more than halo and call of duty by a pretty significant margin, just wish it had split screen like the former 2
I'll post my friend code tomorrow

i got blasted down tonight...best i did was 7-5

Well I got to play a few hours of my friends version huzzah! :)

My personal take. I still stand by my personal FPS stance. I don't like generic shooters. Saying that I do have some things to say about The Conduit.

Graphical effects are solid. There claim that they can boast modern graphical techniques are true. The Q3 engine is displaying an engine on par with PS360. Though keep in mind that it's not running models, textures or resolution to match. Just graphical effects. From a technical perspective the game looks great. From a art direction it still looks good even to current standards.

Gameplay is pretty darn solid and straight forward. I had a hard time believe poor control reviews and I know have a harder time believing them. Even the default control work really well. I started at a higher difficulty and honestly sometimes it get's damnd hard. I've been ambushed way too much assuming bad AI. However it is true. 1 or 2 enemies are that bad, but once you stack 3 or more things get interesting.

The FPS. I have to mention this. I don't like most FPS because they make me nasues. I don't know why some do, but they do. L4D I can play for hours. There is something in the controls that I haven't tweaked. I would prefer it to have a 3rd person view option. I haven't played it online yet. When I play it again I will try it out. For now that's it. I will not be playing this for the long term. I just don't like it that much, but maybe the MP will change this to a buy for me.

My result this is a SP 5/5 game. The Conduit does what it's suppose to perfectly. It's not meant to redesign or bring anything new to the table. If you like the old fashioned FPS with solid graphical engine and game play this game nails it down. I'm not going to reduce points on story for an action game play. If games like Doom are rated for it's game play I don't see any reason why we should penalize games action game play now.

5/5 for what it does well.

Onyone see the cheat request someone sent out??? I have no idea what it is supposed to mean...