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23rd October - new pics and preview on page 2
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24003288&postcount=98

NEW TRAILER

http://www.ign.com/videos/2010/10/13/conduit-2-trailer?show=HD

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Interview here and pics in flash form.
http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/Conduit-2-Interview/Item2797.aspx

 

[Poyunch]

Much better.

Anyway ever since they've shown footage of the game I've felt that the art's gone a bit more stylized. Maybe it's just the simplistic art.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Wow, the aliens look good. I mean, yeah they're not the greatest, but the improvements are pretty clear.

This one definitely looks cool.

 

[Shiggy]

Wow, it looks good.

 

[MYE]

hmmm, looking better for sure

 

[Poyunch]

The art book had some awesome looking aliens and it's a shame they weren't put into the game. The Conduit definitely seemed to be bigger than what was released. Story stuff and characters were removed and so were some interesting levels and enemy designs.

Hopefully all that stuff or at least all the stuff they have planned for Conduit 2 make it in.

Also this quote seemed interesting.

Is post-release DLC possible?
Yes, we are discussing many options at this time but we are not ready to discuss anything solid yet.

Probably going to end up as nothing though. :lol

 

[Zenith]

effing hideous.

 

[out0v0rder]

looks ok for wii game i guess

 

[FrostuTheNinja]

Looking sharp.

Did anyone play the other original IP by High Voltage Software for the Wii, Tournament of Legends?

 

[Poyunch]

The game needs some better lighting. Just like the first game it feels like the enemy models are separate from the environment.

 

[[Nintex]]

I usually don't do this but:

Red Steel

Resistance

Half Life 2

Call of Duty

HALO

Red Steel

Resistance

HALO

Metroid Prime 2

WTF

The Conduit was pretty fun, had a Perfect Dark-ish vibe going on.

 

[seady]

Looks great. Would be awesome if we are still last generation though, because it looks better than Halo 2.

 

[Pctx]

:lol ^

 

[Bisnic]

The game might look good...

But if the maps and gameplay are as boring as the first game, it will still be a failure.

 

[Ushojax]

It looks a bit shinier and a little more solid but it still looks horribly uncoordinated. Every shot looks like it's from a completely different game.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

I usually don't do this but:
<truthy pics>

15 great tastes that taste great together?

 

[Jme]

Why do people keep saying "Looks great" and the like?

The backgrounds look worse than PS2 games. I think this looks awful.
If you hadn't told me what this was, I would think it was a low budget PC game from 10 years ago or something.

 

[Danielsan]

I'm honestly baffled by people saying this looks great.
Those shots remind me of late 90s PC games.

 

[.la1n]

Really not meant as a flame but from what little glimpse of N.O.V.A 2 for iphone it looked better than this, I'm very disappointed.

 

[Gospel]

These creatures look pretty awesome.

 

[Threi]

I usually don't do this but:


The Conduit was pretty fun, had a Perfect Dark-ish vibe going on.

what in that sentence couldn't be posted without quoting all of the pics?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Urk, looks as severely bland as the first.

 

[Raelson]

Horrible. Just horrible.

 

[Arde5643]

Art direction definitely is not their strong forte.

 

[gamingeek]

I'm honestly baffled by people saying this looks great.
Those shots remind me of late 90s PC games.

I agree, but I remember the first screens from the first game, which eventually made a huge leap in quality once the shaders were applied. Even from the HQ footage of the first level of Conduit 2 you can see it looks better than the rig pic here.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

It'd be better if these were widescreen and not JPEG'd to hell.

 

[Dennis]

I'm honestly baffled by people saying this looks great.
Those shots remind me of late 90s PC games.

Well, you probably very well know that people mean they look good for a Wii game.

Nice to see the Wii get another shooter.

 

[nincompoop]

Well, you probably very well know that people mean they look good for a Wii game.

Nice to see the Wii get another shooter.

These pics don't look good by any standard, they're just ugly.

 

[Threi]

It doesn't look good for a Wii game though.

High Voltage just doesn't seem to understand that the Wii is limited in terms of horsepower and having the skills to hide areas where it would be apparent is just as important as having the skills to replicate fancy shader effects. They are just throwing everything out there, and the end result is an ugly mess. MP3 doesn't use a fraction of techniques conduit does yet looks so much better.

Put it this way: would this game look significantly better in dolphin?

 

[Mr. B Natural]

what in that sentence couldn't be posted without quoting all of the pics?

Read the bolded words between the pics.

 

[AceBandage]

It doesn't look good for a Wii game though.

High Voltage just doesn't seem to understand that the Wii is limited in terms of horsepower and having the skills to hide areas where it would be apparent is just as important as having the skills to replicate fancy shader effects. They are just throwing everything out there, and the end result is an ugly mess. MP3 doesn't use a fraction of techniques conduit does yet looks so much better.

Put it this way: would this game look significantly better in dolphin?

Dunno, think the original did pretty well on Dolphin.

Considering the game is certainly not huge budget (funded almost entirely in house), HVS does a pretty good job.

 

[BikoBiko]

Looks much better. It'll still bomb though.

 

[RavenFox]

My goodness I never thought a handheld [my itouch 4th gen] would beat out a current gen console with visuals. {Epic Citadel}

 

[Mudkips]

My goodness I never thought a handheld [my itouch 4th gen] would beat out a current gen console with visuals. {Epic Citadel}

The problem with this statement is that Conduit 2 is an actual game.

 

[AceBandage]

My goodness I never thought a handheld [my itouch 4th gen] would beat out a current gen console with visuals. {Epic Citadel}

2/10

Effort is key, when trolling.

 

[gamingeek]

Do you guys remember the E3 interview footage?

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-the-conduit/700908?type=flv

Looks pretty decent.

 

[MYE]

My goodness I never thought a handheld [my itouch 4th gen] would beat out a current gen console with visuals. {Epic Citadel}

I'm sticking this one in the fridge

 

[Thunderbear]

I wouldn't call the Wii a current gen from a graphical point of view. Its motion controls is what made it a next gen system when it was released.

Didn't Conduit 2 go multi-platform by the way? And am I crazy or isn't the PS3/Xbox360 versions meant to be top-down perspective?

 

[gamingeek]

I wouldn't call the Wii a current gen from a graphical point of view. Its motion controls is what made it a next gen system when it was released.

Didn't Conduit 2 go multi-platform by the way? And am I crazy or isn't the PS3/Xbox360 versions meant to be top-down perspective?

You're thinking of the Grinder.

 

[Poyunch]

I wouldn't call the Wii a current gen from a graphical point of view. Its motion controls is what made it a next gen system when it was released.

Didn't Conduit 2 go multi-platform by the way? And am I crazy or isn't the PS3/Xbox360 versions meant to be top-down perspective?

You're thinking of The Grinder. HVS has stated that the Conduit franchise would stay Wii exclusive.

 

[brain_stew]

Looks rancid, as expected.

 

[spats]

Looks just like the first one to me. I think I'll pass on this one and hope that the waggle shooting in Killzone 3 is better.

 

[RavenFox]

The problem with this statement is that Conduit 2 is an actual game.

Don't worry I will send you the app link this Holiday for the full game. No need to thank me it will be my pleasure.

 

[BattleMonkey]

First screen looks like the original Unreal Tournament

 

[CoffeeJanitor]

This looks terrible, not to mention generic.

I can't believe people when they consider a game like this quality third party output. This is poop.

 

[MYE]

This looks terrible, not to mention generic.

I can't believe people when they consider a game like this quality third party output. This is poop.

Who's saying that?

 

[spats]

First screen looks like the original Unreal Tournament

For some reason that made me laugh. :lol

 

[Rush2thestart]

It doesn't look good visually. I attribute that to the art. It just doesn't look good. Modern Warfare Reflex looks a good deal better than this game, and Goldeneye 007 looks even better than that.

EDIT:

It's hard to care about this game at this point. The Conduit wasn't exactly a great game. It's singleplayer was bland and its multiplayer, while fun, was hacked to hell. Black Ops and Goldeneye 007 have all my attention on the Wii right now.

 

[Bit-Bit]

This looks terrible, not to mention generic.

I can't believe people when they consider a game like this quality third party output. This is poop.

Literally no one has mentioned that this is great. Just that it looks better than the usual crap that it looks.

 

[Zachack]

Literally no one has mentioned that this is great. Just that it looks better than the usual crap that it looks.

Looks great. Would be awesome if we are still last generation though, because it looks better than Halo 2.

Wow, it looks good.

Well, I guess good isn't great, but then you're the person who changed "quality" to "great".