Edge gives The Conduit and Another Code: R 4/10

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BMaker11 on 01 July 2009

SaviorX said:
The only site that seems to have given The Conduit a sensible review was IGN. Maybe because it was a favorable review, it may seem why I think that way. However, literally 90% of the people here have opinions that match IGN's the most. The gaming media just hates the Wii too much to ever see its games for what they are, so why bother believing them.

For God's sake, Indiana Jones got a 3, with endless waggle, PS2 graphics, and brief length. The Conduit is better in every regard and only gets a 4? Cut the crap.

I have said this before and I will say it again:

From now on, NO 3rd Party Wii game will ever get a 90% average on metacritic, gamestats, gamerankings etc, again.

No game made by a 3rd party for the Wii....has been over 90%?

I see it as, no 3rd party puts their 90+ games on the Wii, instead of, the 3rd party game DOESN'T get 90+ BECAUSE it's on the Wii

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everdom on 01 July 2009

Zones said:

everdom said:
As i often say, Edge is the only magazine that actually rates games on a scale of 1-10, unlike all other outlets which seem to use the 5-10 scale.

That being said, havent played the conduit yet so i dont know whether or not to have a meltdown about this review :P

Basically, kudos to edge for making a point score mean a damn!

As I often say, this is bullshit!

Every single videogame site uses the 1-10 scale, but EDGE fans/fanboys are bringing this up every time EDGE underrates a game, because they want to justify their fanboyism.

IGN recently gave Damnation and Cross Edge 2.5/10 and 3.5/10 respectively, so what exactly is that 5-10 scale you are talking about?

Ok maybe i didnt explain it in the best way possible...

The mean score for edge reviews is around 5, with a normal distribution around that.

And just because people only expect to see games in the 5-10 range across the board doesnt mean edge has to go along with it, its a massive issue in the review world and at some point, due to score inflation, only games that get 90+ will be seen as worthwhilie.

Again im not agreeing with their review, i havent read it, i just agree with the scoring system edge uses!

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snowdog on 01 July 2009

I'd personally say that the only reviews and scores I've agreed on are the IGN and the VGC ones. Definitely deserves a score between 8 and 9. I can see The COnduit staying in my machine for months. The multiplayer is great fun and will give anyone months of entertainment imo.

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noname2200 on 01 July 2009

student said:
Has anyone here played this game to confirm that it actually is good?

Yo.

Fun game. Crappy single-player is irrelevant to me, since outside of Goldeneye/Perfect Dark I never really care about single-player (but yes, the single-player blows. I can go into details, if you wish). But the multiplayer makes up for it; lag free, fairly solid framerate (it does start to chug at the ten-player mark, but not so much as to throw off your aim or rhythm), fantastic controls, good variety of weapons. I espcially like how health regenerates slowly (although there are health kits to speed up the process), and how grenades hurt a lot but are not automatically death. The different modes, especially bounty hunter, are also very fun. All that said, the maps could have been more creative, and the character models are fugly.

Overall score (for multi): 8/10.

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perpride said:

leo-j said:
5 is average, so they think the game is slightly below average, still though its going to destroy it on metacritic =/

normally I'd agree that edge are a bunch of crackheads, but this score is not what is destroying Conduit on metacritic. The game has gotten mediocre reviews from almost everyone.

Pretty much this. Right now if you follow Metacritic and count up the reviews (including this one) you have 12 reviews of above 75 and 10 reviews below 75. THE GAME IS TRULY BI-POLAR!!!

...Whats worst if you are the type to use reviews to dictate rather or not you will like a game, after the epic meltdown from Gamepro...Who do you really trust?

The Interweb is about overreaction, this is what makes it great!

...Imagine how boring the interweb would be if everyone thought logically?

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if they were geting money from nintendo they would kiss butt

please click dragons and eggs

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Giant Bomb gave this a 40 too. You thought GamePro was bs low. Too much hype?

There wasn't a problem with GamePro's score, just the review itself.

Giant Bomb are a bunch of Wii trolls anyway. I mean, they slept through the Iwata GDC conference

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GhaudePhaede010 on 01 July 2009

I find it impossible to believe this game should be rated about even with Kimpossible and Spongebob games. Why do reviewers do this? There is no substancial credibility to these sites/magazines/people anymore.

I am disappointed by the whole community right now, as much as ever.

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Mr Khan said:

Giant Bomb are a bunch of Wii trolls anyway. I mean, they slept through the Iwata GDC conference

Well in fairness that was a boring speech. Who wants to go to the Game Developers' Conference and hear the head of the most successful developer in the world outline how to create a successful business model? BORING!!!