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First footage of The Conduit (Wii)
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MrTroubleMaker
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thanks!ivysaur12 said:
TunaLover said:I´m trying contact High Voltage, those brightening glasses needs to be more opaque IMO, looks like the main character is using a neon light in the head =/
My only (most important grip) complaint of the game now.
Edit: I can´t find any contact link =(
You can't? Go to their homepage: http://www.high-voltage.com/
Then click on the fourth option at the top, "Contacts."
There's a phone number, an address and several e-mail addresses. Knock yourself out.
Threi said:
No. "An." How would you pronounce "NES?" You would literally verbalize "Enn Ee Ess." Essentially, pronouncing "NES" begins with a vowel, which takes the word "an" before it, not "a."
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Me too. These are still videos from E3.Case said:
Mistouze said:
The Associated Press Stylebook disagrees with you. To wit:
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a, an Use the article a before consonant sounds: a historic event, a one-year term (sounds as if it begins with a w), a united stand (sounds like you).
Use the article an before before vowel sounds: an energy crisis, an honorable man (the h is silent), an NBA record (sounds like it begins with the letter e), an 1890s celebration.
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The second-to-last example is a match for this situation.
Mistouze said:
Not yet.
Xavien said:
Oh that's weird, it would just remind me of Earthbound. =P
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
In the places where it's pronounced ness, Earthbound was never released in any way, shape or form.Danthrax said:
In Australia, the Sega Genesis was called the Sega Mega Drive and "Sega" was pronounced seegah as opposed to saygah. This was mostly due to a lack of TV commercials to correct the mispronunciation.
Another fun fact is that Ninja Gaiden was released here and in Europe as Shadow Warrior. Up until I head it in a podcast recently, I pronounced it as I read it: ninja gay-den rather than as it's pronounced (ninja guy-den).
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
I used to either say Super ness or sness, depending on what mood I was in. Seemed bizarre to me that people would spell out the initials since enn ee ess took just as long to say as Nintendo.legend166 said:
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
I'm Australian. I pronounce a lot of things differently to you.
viciouskillersquirrel said:
Sness. Huh. I think I'm gonna pronounce it that way around my friends and see what their reactions are.
Anyway, so yeah, Conduit video. I'm getting really sick of seeing the same level, like a couple others said. At least it keeps looking good. I like the addition of the "distance to target" thing, even if it seems a bit superfluous.
TekunoRobby
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TheHeretic
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I love how the "reviews" section on their website links to obscure, crappy reviewers stupid enough to give their shovelware high scores.
Its actually a pretty good looking website, surprisingly.
Its actually a pretty good looking website, surprisingly.
Version 3.0
Member
viciouskillersquirrel said:
I've always spelled out the letters, except that I rarely bothered with the acronyms at all until there was more than one "Nintendo". But I've always hated hearing people say "Ness". I knew a guy who called the SNES the "Sneeze" and it made me want to hit him. "Sness" is better, but still...yuck. Acronyms shouldn't be pronounced unless they spell a somewhat reasonable attempt at a word. I'd say these two are borderline, leaning on the dumb side.
New the conduit screens in Ign. Found them just today.
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14248157/imgs_1.html
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14248157/imgs_1.html
OK, time to put in some bits of truth. In motion, the game looks freaking sweet, but dammit, the developers need some lessons in cohesive art style.
Those ugly, strechy, bump mapped aliens are causing a serious disconnect between the game's visual and technical aesthetics (to me anyway), something which they shouldn't want happening for their swan song Wii game.
That being said, as I mentioned above, in motion it looks frikkin glorious. The effort is there technically and it shows. I hope this will be the signal for a turning point in Wii's efforts and as such I hope it continues to receive more well needed attention and care.
(Paging Retro Studios. :lol )
That being said, as I mentioned above, in motion it looks frikkin glorious. The effort is there technically and it shows. I hope this will be the signal for a turning point in Wii's efforts and as such I hope it continues to receive more well needed attention and care.
Adam Scott Aukerman
Member
AzureJericho said:
The Conduit is going to be their last Wii game?
mentalfloss
Banned
I like this one.
joetachi said:
cry me a river? I'm not obligated to post anything.
and you might want to look up your definition of trolling. the comments I made were completely valid unless you're going to pretend there's no aliasing. you just don't like hearing the negatives.
and that whole "I'm not interested in the game because I'm not planning to buy it" argument is actually incredibly retarded. just because I'm not getting it doesn't mean I'm not interested. I'm wasn't planning at all to get MGS4 but I was still hella interested in that. I was interested in that shitty car vault game because it represented how low some devs had sunk. and I'm interested in the Conduit because a shooter is a rarity on the Wii and it supposedly represents the forefront of Wii graphics, but all I see are lowered standards. I don't comment on any FIFA/PES games because they do bore me rigid and therefore I'm not interested in them.
Black-Wind
Member
I agree. . . I don't understand how one group of released screens and in game demo vids can look soooo good yet we turn around and see crappy screens. . .Threi said:
They better bring their A game to their Nintendo booth thing at Pax.. . .these new screens look bad.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
They look like they did before they started adding their bump maps and specular highlights.Black-Wind said:
Probably developing on a level by level basis and haven't added some of the interesting visual tricks their engine supports.
Vinci said:
Seems like they took out a lot of "teh shiny" again. Dunno if it was genuine Normal Mapping or EMBM.
I don't know what the hell is going on with this title though, its almost as if they are playing around with settings on a PC, pressing "printscreen" at any moment, and then giving it to the internet.
New Conduit Trailer:
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14248157/vids_1.html
Edit: The video is fairly pixelated. But from what I can see, I think this game has PS2/GC/Xbox-esque graphics (Black looked way better in my opinion). The only thing that impresses me is the bump mapping, but at times it looks out of place/bad (example: the bump mapped aliens).
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14248157/vids_1.html
Edit: The video is fairly pixelated. But from what I can see, I think this game has PS2/GC/Xbox-esque graphics (Black looked way better in my opinion). The only thing that impresses me is the bump mapping, but at times it looks out of place/bad (example: the bump mapped aliens).
Eteric Rice
Member
I'm probably going to buy this to help them get out of their shovelware state.
Now, if they make another Wii game, I'd hope they hire better artists. Their engine looks like it is pretty capable, but their artists aren't very good at the moment.
Now, if they make another Wii game, I'd hope they hire better artists. Their engine looks like it is pretty capable, but their artists aren't very good at the moment.
Oh yeah, they're definitely fine tuning this part. In motion stuff doesn't look on par with what was released in the last trailer. My guess is that they're showing off new content while tuning it up piece by piece over time so that we still have stuff to look forward to down the road.