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The Official Conduit thread.
- Thread starter A Human Becoming
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DevelopmentArrested
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BorkBork said:
Doubtful. Apparently making factually incorrect and erroneous statements is an opinion now.
from the reviewer's (taelurkim) twitter:
and his Gamepro colleague's [MitchyD] response:
These are games 'journalists' ladies and gentlemen.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
They didn't add MoH:H2 either...Danthrax said:
:lolDevelopmentArrested said:
Always-honest
Banned
so i'm buying this because of responsive controls?
EmCeeGramr
Member
Fuck, he's got you guys there. If only input somehow affected output.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
So Gamepro issued a retraction for something? What's the story here?
Always-honest
Banned
laserbeam said:
well... true. god damn... i'm tired of shooters right now. fuck 'm.
Robert-GCA
Member
Yup, got my automated call as well.Mejilan said:
The reviewer at Gamepro must just really suck or not know how to do it right as I had no problems regaining aim after using the melee attack at E3.
It's because of the intensity and emotion of the users in this thread that I keep checking this game to see how it's come together, and whether or not I'd buy it. I mean, all this drama can't be over something "eh", right?
RIGHT?!?
RIGHT?!?
...still not buying it. Though I'd love to see this freedom of control used in a fps game with some compelling single-player action. Don't care very much for online competitive multi
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Yeah, so anyway, anecdotal evidence.
Just got done playing online, a couple of thoughts:
Oh also, a note about the single play. On the harder difficulty settings, enemies throw grenades and shoot barrels when you're close. It's a small thing, but I love it and conversely hate it when other FPS' don't do it.
Just got done playing online, a couple of thoughts:
- The controls are customizable as fuck. I went in near blind multiplayer and my controls were wavering about. when I left I thought, "can I fix this specific problem?" and there was a slider for every one of my gripes. Custom controls are great. There's even a 180 command, which I was desperate for in CoD: WaW. I do wish there was a run button though, as even when I slid it to full I wasn't completely satisfied with the run speed. Make no mistake though, THIS is the standard for Wii FPS right now.
The graphics are clean, but mundane at times. What's there looks great, but there are a lot of flat walls about. Keep in mind though, only played 2 levels so far. Single player looked much more busy, in a good way.
The gunplay is fun. I'm not a big fan of bunny hopping in FPS, but the guns are so responsive to your movements it's not that big of an issue. Only played with a few guns so far, but they all seem to have the appropriate weight. Haven't tried many of the Drudge guns yet.
The second I played multi there where 12 people to play with, no lag (though if this game gets popular that will no doubt change) and while it's gotten really hectic (grenades flying everywhere for one) I haven't seen any slowdown yet.
Oh also, a note about the single play. On the harder difficulty settings, enemies throw grenades and shoot barrels when you're close. It's a small thing, but I love it and conversely hate it when other FPS' don't do it.
Foxtastical
Member
I found that funny as well. The text is incredibly negative, yet he still gave it a great score.Taxman said:
The text really reminded me of a friend of mine that would go into games wanting to dislike it, but then he would "sorta" like it. The whole time he's digging for negatives while contradicting himself with what he likes.
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EDIT: I think I misinterpreted what you said.Taxman said:
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
Just read the review. It's a little patrimonious and condescending, I guess, but nothing to get into a tizzy over. He faults the game's use of motion controls, which I find odd, since I was under the impression that they were fully customisable.
EmCeeGramr
Member
viciouskillersquirrel said:
That's basically what people in here are going nuts over.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Oh man... go down there and party with Eric!JimmyV said:
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
I see. It's not like they're likely to change it retroactively though (remember God Hand?).EmCeeGramr said:
laserbeam said:
They seem to pick and choose which shooters get slammed because they don't bring a whole lot new to the genre. Seems like the hyped games and sequels to big games are the ones that get a pass (CoD, Halo, what have you), whereas your average Timeshift, Turok, or whatever review will tend to have at least a paragraph talking about how generic they are.
Now before I get jumped on, I'm not saying CoD and Halo aren't great games, or that Timeshift and Turok are better than them. I'm just saying that, while the former may have been executed better than the latter, none of them really brought a whole lot new to the genre, so it seems like a bit of a double standard to slam some for this and let others slide.
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Garnett Lee seems to have an opinion on the Conduit as well:
Now it's getting interesting.
EmCeeGramr
Member
oh for fuck's sake just let everybody get this game already so this will end
garnett you're going on the list
garnett you're going on the list
Fantastical
Death Prophet
:lolEmCeeGramr said:
The funny thing about Garnett's comment is that it's hard to tell what the hell he's even talking about. Surely not about the IR controls... right? :lol
Oh twitter...
AceBandage
Banned
Fantastical said:
Who?
VegaShinra
Junior Member
Can't wait until tomorrow to play this.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Just played a High explosive game of bounty hunter. no lag, no slowdown.
Came in second to a guy from HVS.
Came in second to a guy from HVS.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
They're also trying to turn it into some kind of fight between fans of sites or something.sdizzy said:
aegies said:
MitchyD said:
UGH. They brought Rebel FM into this.
Robert-GCA
Member
LOL someone is a little sensitive about their unfinished/nontruth laden review.laserbeam said:
Foxtastical
Member
I just find it funny that there is talk going on about "oh, they don't realize a review is an opinion." No, most of us do. I'm fine with Kim's opinion on the Conduit. I'm just ripping on the writing (grammatically and content).
I mean, this all occurs in one paragraph. This is ridiculous. He's separating controls and weapon aiming into two categories? Is that it? Nevertheless, it's badly written. It appears to be a contradiction at first glance, and most readers are going to see it as that. There's a reason most professors pound KISS (keep it simple stupid) into a student's face. It works.
There's nothing wrong with not liking the Conduit; you can justify that (look at that, a proper semi-colon). However, you can't justify the writing. That's my beef with it, and I'm getting high school angst.
I mean, this all occurs in one paragraph. This is ridiculous. He's separating controls and weapon aiming into two categories? Is that it? Nevertheless, it's badly written. It appears to be a contradiction at first glance, and most readers are going to see it as that. There's a reason most professors pound KISS (keep it simple stupid) into a student's face. It works.
There's nothing wrong with not liking the Conduit; you can justify that (look at that, a proper semi-colon). However, you can't justify the writing. That's my beef with it, and I'm getting high school angst.
DeaconKnowledge
Member
J-Rock said:
12.
Foxtastical
Member
And enough Twitter, it's like the elite cool kid's table in grade school.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Yeah, sorry, I just found it incredibly striking that they would take this to Twitter.Foxtastical said:
And your name is extremely close to mine... I had to do a double take on the name. :lol
DeaconKnowledge
Member
Why the fuck do you guys even care what Gamepro says? It's Gamepro.
comedy bomb
Banned
Gamepro sucks ass. When they finally go under, we need to have a "lol at Gamepro" thread.