History VideoGame / TheConduit

** ShoutOut: "I have seen the [[Literature/{{Illuminatus}} fnords]]!"
*** [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy XLII]]
*** In the options menus, most settings can be adjusted on scales ranging from zero to ten. However in the sound options, [[Film/ThisisSpinalTap the settings go up to eleven.]]

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''The Conduit'' is a first-person shooter developed for the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} by Creator/HighVoltageSoftware and published by Creator/{{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.

* SceneryPorn: A whole new engine was written so this game could have graphical quality equal to a 360 or [=PS3=] game.

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

* ContemptibleCover: [[http://au.gamespot.com/best-of/dubious-honors/index.html?page=9 Gamespot:]] "You almost get the sense that the artists who created the graphics on the front had a checklist of 'bad sci-fi cliches from the 1990s' and went through the list checking off as many as they could."

* DisintegratorRay: The Strike Rifle is this when fully charged.

In the game, you play as Michael Ford, a former Secret Service agent caught in the middle of a UsefulNotes/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.

* AlienInvasion

* AwfulTruth

* BigBad: [[spoiler:John Adams.]]

* BugWar
* CameraLockOn

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Mr. Adams.]]

* CutAndPasteEnvironments: Happens a bit on the earlier levels, though partially justified by the settings (do you expect airports and random buildings to be distinct?) Luckily you can use the ASE to show the path to the next objective.

* DynamicLoading

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction

* InsectoidAliens: The Drudge.

* MacGuffin: The ASE.

* OneManArmy: Mr. Ford

* ThisIsMyStory
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture

* WashingtonDCInvasion

* GranolaGirl / StrawFeminist: One of the radio stations features Autumn Wanderer, a host who believes that the Drudge come in peace and all the fighting was caused by the angry, male-dominated government.
-->"Today, the universe has blessed us with new visitors. We are here to welcome our brothers from the stars. Our government wants us to fear you, brothers, when we know you are here for the love of Mother Earth. Come to us and share in our blessings. Callers seem to be confused, as our government seems to think our visitors are hostile and aggressive, as if the male psyche has taken hold over their judgment. We need to free them, sisters, and let them bathe in the feminine ideals."

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

* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler:If you expect the eighth mission, "Checkmate" to end with Ford finding and cornering Adams (or the other way around)]], you're wrong.

* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[spoiler:Prometheus, John Adams and the alien superior he speaks with during the end credits]] all speak perfect English.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: In the tie-in comic book "Orange Lights", TheMenInBlack 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.

* 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.

* {[Checkpoint}}: Each mission has several checkpoints you will fall back to if Ford is killed or you quit the current mission.

* {{Autosave}}: The game is automatically saved for each checkpoint you pass and every mission you finish.

''The Conduit'' is a first-person shooter developed for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} by Creator/HighVoltageSoftware and published by Creator/{{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.

''The Conduit'' is a first-person shooter developed for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} by High Voltage Software and published by Creator/{{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.

* CreatorInJoke: In the tie-in comic book [[http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/videogames/pdf/Conduit_Orange_Lights.pdf "Orange Lights"]], the mailing address for ConspiracyTheorist Gordon Wells is actually the address of developer High Voltage Software.