High Voltage Trying to Get Voice Chat for Conduit

iOwnage · 06-18-2008, 08:37 PM

According to Kotaku.

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Originally Posted by Kotaku

The fact developer High Voltage Software has yet to find a publisher for The Conduit, which is the FPS Wii-exclusive title, hasn't stopped it from announcing a first-quarter 2009 release. The Conduit Information Center site also has a nice little cache of screenshots, one is above, some are after the jump. IGN put up four new ones on Friday.

Also, a Q&A with High Voltage's software development director gives a few more details on the game itself, including:

• Three modes for online play. Offline play is single-player. LAN multiplayer likely. They're trying to get voice chat online.

• Enemies use portals to bring in reinforcements; destroying them will be a key.
• Set in fictional Earth of the near future, the story takes on a dark conspiracy-theory tone that unravels pretty fast after you get sent to investigate an extra-terrestrial encounter. Think the X-Files with stranger weapons.
• Your adversaries are called The Drudge. I battle drudgery every day, lemme tell ya.

If this happens, I will crap my pants.

http://kotaku.com/5016587/more-screenshots-gameplay-info-for-the-conduit

laserbeak4 · 06-18-2008, 08:46 PM

yeah i was daydreaming that i developed a kick ass motion-sensing game today while i was getting ready to leave the house, and when IGN interviewed me and asked me "So this is one of the best wii releases to date, why is it a free homebrew game?" I replied "I look at the videogame section of the wall-mart and where the wii games are, all i see is utter crap, aside from a few games that were put together well. This game was made to satisfy me and other wii users that want a good game on a good system. And to show devs and publishers how a simple homebrew game blew any attempt they've ever made at making a good game for wii, OUT OF THE WATER!!"

thing is, devs could make some sick games for wii, if they were willing to learn the freaking controller technology and put good use to it. I hear they're in the process of doing this though.

well i do how HTS gets the conduit out in 2009. it would be a good spit in the face to all the bullshit publishers out there.

AoWFraggit · 06-18-2008, 11:31 PM

god my oh.

AoWFraggit · 06-18-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sovieto

omfgzorz voice chat?! how innovative!!!!!!!!1111111111

seriously, why do you have to be so bloody negative about any and all wii-related developments? virtually the entire forum believes you to be a flaming next-gen fanboy, and i can't help but side with them.

wii've been waiting on voicechat for a while now, so please don't be a killjoy.

vashivihan · 06-19-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sovieto

omfgzorz voice chat?! how innovative!!!!!!!!1111111111

it was so funny that i forgot to laugh.

say wha?????
the joke is on ps3 and 360 that they are trying to copy nintendo in motion controls, miis, balance boards

Boethiah · 06-19-2008, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by vashivihan

it was so funny that i forgot to laugh.

say wha?????
the joke is on ps3 and 360 that they are trying to copy nintendo in motion controls, miis, balance boards

Before I purchased my PS3, when I found out that it had motion capibilities with the controller( I used it msot in the God Father, move your controller forward to slam p[eople against walls

) I laughed myself to death.

zapasant93 · 06-19-2008, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by vashivihan

it was so funny that i forgot to laugh.

say wha?????
the joke is on ps3 and 360 that they are trying to copy nintendo in motion controls, miis, balance boards

ya, and when they actually do it, the wii will be nothing in the eyes of gamers, imagine that, the ps3 and 360 having the crappy little gimicks PLUS actually good tripple A games and the good online. the only ones with a wii then will be 8 year kids, soccer moms and retirement homes.

so the joke is on the wii

Subarnu · 06-19-2008, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by zapasant93

ya, and when they actually do it, the wii will be nothing in the eyes of gamers, imagine that, the ps3 and 360 having the crappy little gimicks PLUS actually good tripple A games and the good online. the only ones with a wii then will be 8 year kids, soccer moms and retirement homes.

so the joke is on the wii

*Cough*
Fanboy much?

Relax, it is not like he insulted your mother. The Wii didn't aim to be for hardcore gamers, hence the Gamecube. Where as the Playstation and the Xbox did. Once Nintendo saw that PS and XB were ahead of the game with hardcore gamers they decided to do something innovative. Instead of just changing the capacity and whatnot like the 360 and PS3. Those two companies still had a following of hardcore gamers so they were still ahead of the game. But the Wii was revolutionary, making it rise above the other two. It won't be long before third parties realize the capabilities of the Wii and will start making great games for it. But once that happens Playstation and Xbox will have caught up on the motion controls. So everything thing will be even, in terms of what you fanboys consider "points"

vashivihan · 06-19-2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by zapasant93

ya, and when they actually do it, the wii will be nothing in the eyes of gamers, imagine that, the ps3 and 360 having the crappy little gimicks PLUS actually good tripple A games and the good online. the only ones with a wii then will be 8 year kids, soccer moms and retirement homes.

so the joke is on the wii

the point being is about who will get better, the point is about innovation.

rumble functionality= started by nintendo
analoge sticks= started by nintendo
motion controls=started by nintendo

what strikes me funny that it was MS and Sony execs that were writing off wii as a fad and motion controls as gimmicks. and now they are scrambling to get motion controls and other wii-ly features on their systems

zapasant93 · 06-19-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Subarnu

*Cough*
Fanboy much?

Relax, it is not like he insulted your mother. The Wii didn't aim to be for hardcore gamers, hence the Gamecube. Where as the Playstation and the Xbox did. Once Nintendo saw that PS and XB were ahead of the game with hardcore gamers they decided to do something innovative. Instead of just changing the capacity and whatnot like the 360 and PS3. Those two companies still had a following of hardcore gamers so they were still ahead of the game. But the Wii was revolutionary, making it rise above the other two. It won't be long before third parties realize the capabilities of the Wii and will start making great games for it. But once that happens Playstation and Xbox will have caught up on the motion controls. So everything thing will be even, in terms of what you fanboys consider "points"

ya, im obiously a fan boy, considering i enjoy playing all 3 of my consoles, i'de appreciate it if you didnt judge me for something im not...thanks

lets get something straigh, im a gamer, i like to play games, if the wii is going to promise me a good future in 3rd party gaming, then hurray for the wii.
but as of right now, thats not the case, wii has no support at the moment, it is living off its first party franchises.

also, gamers shouldnt have to be so shell shocked about voice chat, hell, i even think nintendo should of had voice chat on release, also, ps3 has had motion controls since its birth, they just belive in making good quality games more then inovative controls, with nintendo games out right now, its like going out into a mine field, where its really easy to step on a mine, in this case a really shitty game, i like to call this the "ninja bread man syndrome"

vashivihan · 06-19-2008, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by zapasant93

ya, im obiously a fan boy, considering i enjoy playing all 3 of my consoles, i'de appreciate it if you didnt judge me for something im not...thanks

lets get something straigh, im a gamer, i like to play games, if the wii is going to promise me a good future in 3rd party gaming, then hurray for the wii.
but as of right now, thats not the case, wii has no support at the moment, it is living off its first party franchises.

also, gamers shouldnt have to be so shell shocked about voice chat, hell, i even think nintendo should of had voice chat on release, also, ps3 has had motion controls since its birth, they just belive in making good quality games more then inovative controls, with nintendo games out right now, its like going out into a mine field, where its really easy to step on a mine, in this case a really shitty game, i like to call this the "ninja bread man syndrome"

u have a patent on that name?

this has been said so many times that it has become a cliche:
when wii came out, people werent expecting it to be good or succesful. with the massive succese of wii, devs started to put out crappy titles to make money. however, after 1.5 years, developers are starting to realise that wii is here to stay. fear not for wii will have AAA titles. they take longer to make. the evidence is starting to show with titles such as conduit, madworld etc.

zapasant93 · 06-19-2008, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by vashivihan

u have a patent on that name?

this has been said so many times that it has become a cliche:
when wii came out, people werent expecting it to be good or succesful. with the massive succese of wii, devs started to put out crappy titles to make money. however, after 1.5 years, developers are starting to realise that wii is here to stay. fear not for wii will have AAA titles. they take longer to make. the evidence is starting to show with titles such as conduit, madworld etc.

fair enough, but lets face it, todays AAA games are all basically adult oriented games, by that i mean violent games, those are usually the high budget one...correct me if im wrong, i dont think i am.

have you noticed that adult oriented games don't sell on the wii, only one that have even reached the million dollar mark were red steel and re4, and red steel only got the sales for being a launch title, and re4, well its re4, its amazing, i can't fight agaisnt that, but other then that, those games just don't sell.

and even though 3rd parties are relising that the wii = money and lots of it, they also relize that the only games that sell are nintendo published games, or gimicky games, and developers aren't stupid, they don't care about making a good game, they care about making the big bucks, so if that means making another shitty gimicky game, then they will keep doing so.

maybe in the future ill get to play a AAA gimicky game, YAY

bottomline

developers aren't stupid, gimicky games will continue to flourish for aslong as the wii lives

vashivihan · 06-19-2008, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by zapasant93

fair enough, but lets face it, todays AAA games are all basically adult oriented games, by that i mean violent games, those are usually the high budget one...correct me if im wrong, i dont think i am.

have you noticed that adult oriented games don't sell on the wii, only one that have even reached the million dollar mark were red steel and re4, and red steel only got the sales for being a launch title, and re4, well its re4, its amazing, i can't fight agaisnt that, but other then that, those games just don't sell.

and even though 3rd parties are relising that the wii = money and lots of it, they also relize that the only games that sell are nintendo published games, or gimicky games, and developers aren't stupid, they don't care about making a good game, they care about making the big bucks, so if that means making another shitty gimicky game, then they will keep doing so.

maybe in the future ill get to play a AAA gimicky game, YAY

bottomline

developers aren't stupid, gimicky games will continue to flourish for aslong as the wii lives

well, are games like super mario galaxy, ratchet and clank adult oriented?

also adultness is just a state of mind, not a physical thing

zapasant93 · 06-19-2008, 12:54 AM

mario galaxy is a nintendo published game, and its mario, so its bound to sell, and ratchet and clank didnt have that good a sales.

i doubt the conduit will sell much either.

i like to call this one "no more heroes sysndrome"

iOwnage · 06-19-2008, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by zapasant93

also, gamers shouldnt have to be so shell shocked about voice chat, hell, i even think nintendo should of had voice chat on release, also, ps3 has had motion controls since its birth, they just belive in making good quality games more then inovative controls, with nintendo games out right now, its like going out into a mine field, where its really easy to step on a mine, in this case a really shitty game, i like to call this the "ninja bread man syndrome"

Oh yeah. I heard they just came out with their third exclusive title that is actually worth it.

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Originally Posted by vashivihan

da da da da da da ....holy moly batman, to the urban dictionary!!!

Off Topic: I believe its "Holy Tolito Batman"

thas · 06-19-2008, 01:18 AM

What is a LAN multiplayer. I have a feeling I know what it is but I have never hear the term before.