The Conduit - Official Thread

vashivihan · 09-13-2008, 08:16 PM

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Rob Nicholls from High Voltage Software, in an audio interview with Nintendo Radio, revealed that there are no plans to make DLC available in The Conduit. It was explained that the decision was partially due to the fact that the Wii is very limited from a storage standpoint. However, Nicholls also added that although DLC will be absent from the first game, High Voltage would consider it for the sequel (most likely if Nintendo created a storage solution at that point.)

Here are some more important points from the interview, some of which we’ve heard about before:

- The Conduit’s control scheme partially based on Metroid, Medal of Honor
- Gimmicky Wii waggle is limited because they didn’t want to disrupt the pacing of the game - Other ideas concerning waggle are a “little more out there,” might be considered for the sequel
- Trying to get a lot of “Oh my God” moments in the game, things you wouldn’t expect
- If you want, you can pay attention to the story or just ignore it
- Definitely looking into WiiSpeak and MotionPlus - Will only incorporate them they aren’t afterthoughts
- If the developers have to use friend codes (and they admit they will probably have to), they will make it as streamlined and fast as possible. Still looking at every possible option.
- 3 types of weapons: Alien weapons, human weapons, weapons you get from Trust
- Once again, can’t do splitscreen with the graphics-level (Developers weren’t trying to tick off gamers. Rendering has to be displayed with different angles two times.) Will look into it in the future. Looking into some types of co-op play. Possibly come up with a seperate co-op mode (not the story mode)
- Have not started a second Conduit. Sequel a part of negotiations with publisher.

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dispponted about lack of DLC. cant they do what gh4 did? also the friend codes thing sounds worrisome.

Nihilism · 09-13-2008, 09:15 PM

Downloadable content should be able to be saved onto SD cards and read from there as well. They have a transfer rate 6x faster than a CD ROM.

As Chris Kohler of Wired says,

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The best solution would be to just integrate the SD card reader that's already in the Wii into the console's available storage, treating it as if it were a seamless extension of the flash memory inside each console. If Nintendo could pull that off, it would solve all of Wii's storage issues without users having to spend much more money. (I imagine plenty of Wii users, like me, bought big SD cards for their new consoles without realizing that they were practically useless.)

That would require no more than a firmware update and would generate longevity for The Conduit, and subsequently for the Wii.

PrinceLink · 09-14-2008, 02:17 AM

*Faints*

How in the hell did I not find about this until now. I fail as a nintendo whore

BUT HOLY SHT WTF I LOVE IT.

How the online? Multiplayer? No Friend Code, Voice Chat, Lobbys?

laserbeak4 · 09-14-2008, 02:44 AM

is your avatar in shock cause of how crappy E3 was?
anyway, yeah, the conduit looks like the wii's salvation at this point.

vashivihan · 09-14-2008, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PrinceLink

*Faints*

How in the hell did I not find about this until now. I fail as a nintendo whore

BUT HOLY SHT WTF I LOVE IT.

How the online? Multiplayer? No Friend Code, Voice Chat, Lobbys?

you fail indeed prince

CantGetAWii · 09-14-2008, 03:43 AM

No DLC isn't too big of a deal in my opinion, same with friend codes.

Mario Kart is some efficient online and Conduit could be the same pending publisher. But yeah DLC shouldn't matter so long as their online is nicely detailed and tricked out.

vashivihan · 09-14-2008, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by CantGetAWii

No DLC isn't too big of a deal in my opinion, same with friend codes.

Mario Kart is some efficient online and Conduit could be the same pending publisher. But yeah DLC shouldn't matter so long as their online is nicely detailed and tricked out.

but for that, we need lots of maps. 10 atleast.

thas · 09-14-2008, 02:27 PM

There is a nintendo radio? Well anyway, I always knew DLC wouldn't make it to this game, but thats not that bad. Friendcodes is okay if it works like or better than mario kart wii. I also do wonder why they didn't use the SD card like Gh4 did. Though you can image the maps to be much larger than a few songs would be. I think that should have been done.

DaRkDiAbLo · 09-14-2008, 02:39 PM

darn i'm kinda upset about the friend codes, but still... i wouldn't mind using SD cards, they are the same things that go into like my digital camera right?

Jay61 · 09-14-2008, 03:54 PM

Not bothered in the slightest about friendcodes tbh. Sounds great overall, can't wait.

Snaked · 09-14-2008, 03:57 PM

I'm not too arsed about friend codes either, I guess I'm just used to them.

Cpt.McCloud · 09-14-2008, 04:16 PM

Well, that cancels out EA as the publisher. I wonder who it will be, could possibly be Activision Blizzard?

vashivihan · 09-14-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.McCloud

Well, that cancels out EA as the publisher. I wonder who it will be, could possibly be Activision Blizzard?

That's what came to my mind this morning.

PrinceLink · 09-14-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.McCloud

Well, that cancels out EA as the publisher. I wonder who it will be, could possibly be Activision Blizzard?

Wait no one has taken up this idea yet O.o

MY GOD just watched anotehr trailer. Why do I feel like it's to good to be true. I mean I keep getting shivers I keep smiling I mean when I bought the wii I expected Metriod to feel good but I mean this is like making me cry with happiness! ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG OMG OMG GMOZ GMOZ

manufan15 · 09-14-2008, 06:53 PM

Well that kind of sucks about friend codes, so much easier if they just had a username. But I agree with you, vashivihan, The Conduit needs 10+ maps if there will be no DLC. That's how Medal of Honor got pretty tiresome after a while.

Cpt.McCloud · 09-14-2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PrinceLink

Wait no one has taken up this idea yet O.o

No, High Voltage wanted to choose a publisher once they finish the game. There is believe to be several big names who want to publish it.

PrinceLink · 09-14-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Cpt.McCloud

No, High Voltage wanted to choose a publisher once they finish the game. There is believe to be several big names who want to publish it.

I know about High Voltage it just surprised me no one wanted it. But I guess they do.

I can't wait. I haven't heard about online multilayer that much though O.o

1337endo · 09-14-2008, 11:05 PM

I'm betting it's Activison.