The Conduit 2

Nah, it's on the Wii, so Yahtzee will hate it just because. Watch his Monster Hunter 3 review for an example of Epic Fail.

—R.J.

edited 11th Jun '10 11:59:22 AM by rjung

Well, that was at least partially justified. Croshaw is definitely not in the game's target audience, and he had no business reviewing that game in the first place. He was also pissed at being forced to review games based solely on popularity, but he should have expected that.

Looks like there's no co-op.

The "Invasion" mode is apparently still in, though.

And here's a video from E3. Not much to see here - it's pretty similar to the original.

Another video. This one's more interesting.

TBH, I'm not really that interested in this game.

edited 16th Jun '10 2:43:23 PM by BLOODPOUCH

Well, there's no co-op campaign, but there is local multiplayer and "invasion" mode. And the Kotaku article might be wrong about Motion+; there's a wrench weapon for melee combat.

Really enjoyed the original, and am definitely primed for this one.

—R.J.

Someone recorded the demo of the game featured behind closed doors during E3. I think it might be the only footage of the single-player mode in existence. Parts 2 and 3 are here.

edited 18th Jun '10 7:31:37 PM by BLOODPOUCH

Nice find, though the single-player doesn't get shown until parts 2 and 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgyCWglLvsc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1kUr4C7HC4

—R.J.

edited 20th Jun '10 10:43:38 PM by rjung

Well, here you go. Direct-feed footage.

...It's still pretty ugly. Granted, this is from the oil rig level, where it makes sense that everything looks so ugly and dreary.

edited 22nd Jun '10 1:39:18 PM by BLOODPOUCH

GameTrailers has a nice video interview — a good rundown of the new features, direct-feed footage, and views of something other than the oil derreck stage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-the-conduit/700908

(Hmmm, seems like a lot of the footage is duplicated from BLOODPOUCH's clip. Wonder who's copying whose material?)

—R.J.

edited 22nd Jun '10 5:08:14 PM by rjung

So can someone tell me does it look like this game will be better than first one? I'm not good at judging such things...

The first level looks better than half the first game's campaign.

So yeah, I think it looks much better.

They pretty much nailed everything that was wrong with the original game, so it has a good chance of being better.

That said, the story still sounds like a Dan Brown novel and almost all the extra features were ripped off from other games.

Box art?◊

I like.

—R.J.

edited 10th Jul '10 2:15:28 PM by rjung

This just in: first person shooters are often derivative!

And, to be perfectly honest, Conduit 2 is looking derivative as hell. This is not at all a point against the game...just sayin'. I'm not expecting Shakespeare, and neither should you.

^ The first game ripped off a lot of sources, too. Goldeneye, Modern Warfare, Halo, Half Life 2...

As AC said, FP Ss are very derivative. Like, all the time.

As long as I get to shoot things, blow up things, and shoot and blow up more things, I think everything will be fine.

I'm going to treat the story as a bonus.

Delayed, pushed into 2011

Disappointed, but not entirely unexpected, especially with Goldeneye and Call of Duty hitting in the same period. At least it frees up my holiday gaming budget a skoosh.

—R.J.

At least being delayed means they get to tweak it a bit.

About. Fucking. Time.

Me likes. Those bigger environments will be lots of fun. Too bad the original voice actors won't be returning...

—R.J.

Slight derail, but just to let you all know, Mark Sheppard, the guy who played your protagonist in The Conduit, also plays Crowley, the current King of Hell, and a major character, in Supernatural. My favorite show, and I thought you guys should give it a try.

edited 13th Nov '10 6:01:32 PM by wanderlustwarrior

I'd like to think that the Wii can do better than this N.O.V.A 2 for the iPhone looks more polished.

edited 16th Feb '11 11:37:33 PM by Redhead

As someone who's playing N.O.V.A. 2 right now (got it for $0.99 the other day), I'd say that Conduit 2 already looks more polished. The first two screens you linked to are super-saturated for some reason, and the last one is split-screen multiplayer, which probably uses lower-poly models than the regular game out of necessity.

N.O.V.A. 2 is an okay game, but it's clearly got simpler models and animation, fewer effects, and fewer (and dumber) enemies.

—R.J.

edited 17th Feb '11 12:29:02 AM by rjung

Well, the game's now out; anyone else picked it up yet?

I've only managed to play the first half of the first level. Too soon to give impressions, but either I'm getting rusty or the Mooks are tougher than before. And I'm still not yet sold on Ford's new wisecracking banter.

—R.J.