History VideoGame / TheConduit

The sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Conduit 2}}'', was released in April 2011; it features more weapons, expanded multiplayer options, individual character classes, split-screen local cooperative and competitive play, and a single-player campaign that takes players to exotic locations around the world.

* {{BFG}}: The SMAW rocket launcher and the Carbonizer Mk16.

''The Conduit'' is a first-person shooter developed for the {{Wii}} by High Voltage Software and published by {{Sega}}. It's notable for having a custom-built graphics engine which allows the visuals to resemble UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and UsefulNotes/XBox360 titles (at least in terms of effects) using the Wii hardware. It was released June 23, 2009.

* FanNickname: [=TCon=] is the abbreviation for the game on [=GameFAQs=].
** Quarter Ring of Death - A glitch in the multiplayer mode where a quarter ring shows up in the middle of the screen when you enter the match, and you can't move. You have to either wait for the match to end, or restart your Wii to get off that screen.

* AKA47: Averted. All real-life weapons are referred to by their real names. It helps that there are only a couple real-life weapons in the game, with 2/3rds of the game's ordnance consisting of Drudge organic rifles or Trust energy weaponry.

The sequel, ''{{Conduit 2}}'', was released in April 2011; it features more weapons, expanded multiplayer options, individual character classes, split-screen local cooperative and competitive play, and a single-player campaign that takes players to exotic locations around the world.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: [[spoiler:Inverted, as it's heavily implied that the United States of America's ''very existence'' is part of a plot to facilitate alien invasion. In ''{{Conduit 2}}'', it is revealed that America's not the only nation that's secretly being controlled by aliens]]. However, the hero is an American.

* SceneryPorn: A whole new engine was written so this game could have the graphical quality equal of a 360 or PS3 game.

''The Conduit'' is a first-person shooter developed for the {{Wii}} by High Voltage Software and published by {{Sega}}. It's notable for having a custom-built graphics engine which allows the visuals to resemble PlayStation3 and XBox360 titles (at least in terms of effects) using the Wii hardware. It was released June 23, 2009.

* HeyItsThatVoice: The player character is voiced by MarkSheppard, John Adams is his daddy W. Morgan Shepard, and Prometheus is [[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Kevin]] [[Series/{{Andromeda}} Sorbo]].

* StrawmanPolitical: One of the radio stations stars Timothy Browning, a right-wing talk radio parody who blames everything on liberals.

* AKA47: Averted. All real-life weapons are referred to by their real names. It helps that there are only a couple real-life weapons in the game, with 2/3rds of the game's ordinance consisting of Drudge organic rifles or Trust energy weaponry.

** ShoutOut: "I have seen the [[{{Illuminatus}} fnords]]!"

->''My name is Michael Ford. I'm probably the only one left who knows the truth... I know it, because I was there.''

* PresidentEvil: It is ''strongly'' hinted that [[spoiler:Mr. John Adams, the antagonist you're fighting throughout most of the game, is the same JohnAdams who was a Founding Father and the second President of the United States. WordOfGod says that he is indeed him.]]

* TooSoon: The opening movie and instruction manual refers to a [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture near-future]] Presidential candidate assassinated by terrorists on September 11th.

* LastStarfighter: The player starts the game this way; he's recruited by the Trust and sent to Reagan National Airport after a previous team of agents had an ..."incident."

*** [[HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy XLII]]

* PresidentEvil: It is ''strongly'' hinted that [[spoiler:Mr. John Adams, the antagonist you're fighting throughout most of the game, is the same JohnAdams who was the second President of the United States.]]

In the game, you play as Michael Ford, a former Secret Service agent caught in the middle of a WashingtonDC. AlienInvasion, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the near future]]. Your job is to get to the bottom of the mystery with weapons both human and alien, directions from a man known only as [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Mr. Adams]], and the mysterious All-Seeing Eye for environmental interaction.

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The creators admit to inspiration from ''{{Halo}}'' and ''[[VideoGame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]''.

* WashingtonDC. Most of the game takes place in the D.C. area.

In the game, you play as Michael Ford, a former Secret Service agent caught in the middle of a [[WashingtonDC Washington, D.C.]] AlienInvasion, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in the near future]]. Your job is to get to the bottom of the mystery with weapons both human and alien, directions from a man known only as [[VoiceWithAnInternetConnection Mr. Adams]], and the mysterious All-Seeing Eye for environmental interaction.

* ConceptArtGallery: Not only does the game have an art gallery, but the Limited Edition version included a color booklet with more art.

* {{Fan Nickname}}: [=TCon=] is the abbreviation for the game on [=GameFAQs=].

* FantasticRacism: Prometheus calls the Drudge "souless monsters" at one point [[spoiler:which, they kind of ''are'']].

* HeyItsThatVoice: The player character is voiced by MarkSheppard, John Adams is his daddy W. Morgan Shepard, and Prometheus is [[HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Kevin]] [[{{Andromeda}} Sorbo]].

* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Named after the five levels of the Homeland Security Advisory System: Low, Guarded, Elevated, High, and Severe.

* {{Mooks}}:
** EliteMooks: The Trust Agents in the last two levels of the game have energy weapons, as well as special Trust Armor similar to the protagonist's that lets them soak noticeably more damage than the basic human soldiers you've previously been fighting.
** GiantMook: The Drudge Scarabs, 9-foot tall exosuit-wearing aliens equipped with full-auto grenade launchers, who can soak almost a full mag of fire before dropping.

* WalkItOff: But only after Mission 3, when you first get the high-tech alien armor the main character's seen wearing on the front cover of the game. Before that, all you're equipped with is a standard Secret Service suit and tie, and you're dependent on picking up medikits for health.

* IGotBetter: [[spoiler:Prometheus.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the tie-in comic book "Orange Lights", the {{MIB}} use specially-designed orange lights to erase [[ConspiracyTheorist Gordon Well's]] knowledge of the truth behind the Drudge invasion before he can share it to his listeners.

->''My name is Michael Ford. I'm probably the only one left who knows the truth...I know it, because I was there.''

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: The creators admit to inspiration from ''{{Halo}}'' and ''[[{{Game/Goldeneye}} GoldenEye]]''.

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