Spoliers ahead, you have been warned

During the end credits of The Conduit, you can hear a discussion between J. Adams and an uknown person (I assume a drudge) where they talk about putting their plans into motion. Now I dont know about you guys but just seeing this got me all giddy for a sequel, do you think we wil see one? Sales are strong and the game had such an open ended ending that a sequel is very possible.

Thoughts?

I think the chances for a sequel are close to certain. I'm thinking maybe around early 2011. Gives a little time for a release after the grinder.

There will be a sequel. The Masons are behind EVERYTHING!!!

HV stated they wanted a sequel, and now the sales support them. There will obviously be one, some months after the Grinder most likely. If its better than the first...hmm it could be an epic and outstanding shooter hands down.

If the sequel makes more money than the first, The Conduit 3 on 360.

yeah i def think there is going to be a sequel


does anyone know how much development costs were or how much it cost them to make the game?

The story really isn't that good, but it's still kinda fun to put together the pieces between the dialog and the hidden messages. So here are a few points:

- Adams is also known by the name 'Enlil,' and has been on Earth for at least 240 years. It's no coincidence that the US declared independance from England 233 years ago. Enlil is an ancient Sumerian wind god.

- Little is known about why Prometheus came to Earth in the first place, but he's apparently betrayed Enlil more than once now. These two have a lot of history.

- Adams and the mysterious being he's talking to discuss how 'others' are mobilizing, perhaps for or against them. This seems to refer to a host of other extradimensional alien species or organizations, which hidden messages seem to allude to. Now that Earth is open for extradimensional business, they may come to stake their claim, or to prevent enemies from seizing new resources.

The whole thing reminds me of Buckaroo Banzai. And I think that's a good thing. Unlike Buckaroo, we're actually going to get a sequel this time, though.

The story on its surface doesn't seem good-- but once you start to piece togther the hidden messages and some of the other conversations the story gets much more interesting.  Adams is an alien who want to see the US be the dominant force on Earth, and that invading DC will somehow accomplish this as well.  Presumably this will be explained more (but probably not entirely) in a sequel. 

What I found interesting is that Adams appears to have instigated the Revolutionary War (forgive me, I don't recall what other countries called this war), and this got me to thinking about how the US was not really recognized as a World Power until after WWI, and one of the two dominant powers after WWII.  I think that Adams, or some members of his faction, instigated both of these wars to propel the US to its position of power.  (Incidently, Eternal Darkness had a story where an ancient 'God' manipulated mankind, and the US in particular, into two wars--WWI and Desert Storms, aka the first Iraqi War).  However, the US is starting to loose its grip as the ultimate power on the planet (I don't want to start a political debat-- lets just say that in the game this is true, wheather or not it is true in reality can be debated by others), and Adams can't allow that for reasons that are not stated.

Some of the hidden messages reference the names of alien species that some conspiracy theorists claim to be visiting earth.  Interestingly, these alien races are said to be at odds with each other, if not open war, and Earth is a battlefield for this war.  This implies that their are other alien races that oppose what Adams is doing (and Adams refers to another race/group/faction as mobalizing their forces)-- perhaps Prometheus is a member of another alien race?  Also, if I recall my mythology correctly, didn't Prometheus get exiled by the Gods to Earth for giving man fire?  This could be the first betrayal mentioned (I somehow doubt that it was fire-- perhaps technology of somesort, and the story got twisted over the years).  I think the second betreyal was right before the events of the Conduit (Prometheus tried to stop Adams planned invasion).

Of course, watch me be completly wrong when The Conduit 2 releases.

Have/Will they make enough profit to justify a sequel?

Assuming that The Conduit was on a similar budget to House of The Dead Overkill and the sales figures for the States are accurate I'd say that they're halfway to making a profit after only 2 weeks sales in 1 territory. House of The Dead Overkill made a profit after selling over 300,000 worldwide and I can see them selling over 300,000 units of The Conduit worldwide perhaps in the first month. I think it'll go gold before Christmas and is a certainty of going platinum imo.

One thing I found interesting was the wording above the partially ruined Jefferson monument, not going to say what it is but I'm going to look for similar disguised messages in English elsewhere now that I'm replaying the levels to find all of the data discs and alien writings I missed the first time round. After that I'm probably going to play it through again several times on all difficulties. I haven't enjoyed a game so much in years, particularly online. It's a bloody shame that it's been so harshly reviewed by some.

I really can't wait for The Grinder, it's going to be awesome.

I'd say 2011 for the sequel might be about right, and I reckon we'll have vehicles on the online multiplayer too! The Quantum3 engine has come along in leaps and bounds since The Conduit and The Grinder is looking stunning, and by the time The Conduit 2 is released we should be seeing even more impressive 'HD console' visual effects.