dwarf Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 See I think we are great examples of people having similar yet vastly different tastes. I'm pro-refining and you're pro-defining in terms of games. I think what I like most about the games I play is that they provide me with great challenges, something that Wii didn't do. It can be fun but not as rewarding as completing difficult levels etc in HD. Shit not another 'console war'.
dwarf Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 1 Puzzle game...... Damn. If it makes you feel better I S-Ranked Excite Truck
ThePigMarcher Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Only just read about the delay and I am a bit relieved. It was going to be a struggle (and still will be) to afford Tales of Vesperia, Overlord 2 and Overlord : Dark Legend and this on the same day. Although the apparent lack of any reviews regarding Overlord : DL so close to release are a major concern.
dwarf Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Overlord is shite on PS3/360 so I doubt it's any good o Wii. The creator must've been on crack when he made it.
ThePigMarcher Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Overlord is shite on PS3/360 so I doubt it's any good o Wii. The creator must've been on crack when he made it. Well I enjoyed it and I'm not alone, although it wasn't perfect.
dwarf Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 I personally found it boring, too simple and just generally what I don't want from a game. The main feature of the game being that you control your minions to destroy stuff but it got repetitive just from the demo so god forbid me if the full game half-decent. Many demos aren't good but the gameplay for Overlord is just inexcusable.
ThePigMarcher Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Sounds like you only played the demo (if not, my apologies), in which case the full game did have a bit more depth with different Minion types offering varying ways to tackle puzzles and/or enemies. Granted, it was a Pikmin rip but with a bit more humour, which was an acquired taste admittedly. Anyway, probably time to get back on topic :p.
LostOverThere Posted June 21, 2009 Posted June 21, 2009 Cool, ca you remember any of the specifics of what they said on the NVC? I respect Matt + IGNs opinion as I usually understand where they are coming from, so I'll be checking out their review for sure. Here's what I remember. For starters, the in game "time" only counts missions that you live through the entirety, so lets say your play time is 5hrs, and you play a mission, and 10 minutes into it you die, your play time is still 5hrs. Matt's play time was just under 6hrs. However, because that doesn't count missions you died in and so forth, its more like 8-10hrs. He acknowledged that seemed short, but noted that there's tons of achievements and unlockables you'll definitely want to go back and get. The game feels ridiculously similar to Perfect Dark (in a good way) and noted that sometimes the frame rate is a little like in Perfect Dark as well. But nothing major. Overall, he said he was very impressed if what HVS had come up with, and said that anyone waiting for the game would be very impressed.
Emasher Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 The mainstream gamers chavs are already starting to troll the IGN user reviews... Anyway. I'm starting to get even more excited now that I'll be playing this in just a little over 2 days. Expect impressions tuesday evening. Edit: Different stores are advertising different dates for Canada... Futureshop : June 25th Best Buy : June 24th Amazon.ca : June 23rd WTF. May have to look around. Edit: IGN have given it 8.6: http://wii.ign.com/articles/996/996847p1.html
Diageo Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Just read that, looks pretty good, but with a story of 5hrs without dying I think I'll just rent this one. Especially since I'm not the biggest FPS fan.
Kav Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 "If we were just rating this on game control alone we'd give this a perfect score." This, along with the online is pretty much all I want from this game!
Tellyn Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Play.com are offering free Conduit speakers with the game, and at the same price as GAME. I think I'll order from there.
david.dakota Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 WTF. Edit: IGN have given it 8.6: http://wii.ign.com/articles/996/996847p1.html Thats pretty much what i was expecting, so instant purchase for me now.
ShadowV7 Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Play.com are offering free Conduit speakers with the game, and at the same price as GAME. I think I'll order from there. I noticed that a while ago and decided to just pre-order the game from there aswell Wasn't really gonna get thsistraight away but with that and the special edition I thought what the hell.
Ganepark32 Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Is it just me that found that IGN video review rather laconic? Like I know it's got similarities in terms of setting to many of the other FPSs on the market but the guy reviewing just sounded like he didn't give a toss really. Anyway, 8.6 is a good score. I'm waiting to hear impressions from those that have actually got the game on another site but I haven't seen anything pop up yet. Perhaps later in the day.
Emasher Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 I'll be going to the store in about half an hour (when it opens). Hopefully someone got the game in today. I don't have much hope though. Matt had to rate the game in the 80s. If he went any higher he would have gotten lynched by angry PS360 fanboys (who are using this game as a major Wii bashing target already). Its already the best review out there though. No GT review yet. Fail.
dwarf Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Well writers are meant to be professional so I don't think fanboys from other consoles would affect his score. 8.6/10 or 9/10 who cares? I think you're being slightly fanboyish in suggesting that the game deserves better without having played it. And that isn't a fail moment. Plus the word pisses me off now, it used to be good on the odd occasion.
Zechs Merquise Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 IGN's review and video review painted a good picture. It wasn't like I was going to can my preorder anyway! One thing that does interest me was the likening of the Conduit to Perfect Dark. Personally I prefered the style of PD and Goldeneye to the likes of COD. It's not that I don't like COD, it's just it's heavily scripted and relies on large set pieces and constantly pushing forward. Where as PD and Goldeneye had that great feeling of being able to attempt a level however you wanted - do what objectives you wanted first and deciding on brute force or stealth. I highly doubt The Conduit will be as good as PD though.
Nintendohnut Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Well writers are meant to be professional so I don't think fanboys from other consoles would affect his score. 8.6/10 or 9/10 who cares? I think you're being slightly fanboyish in suggesting that the game deserves better without having played it.And that isn't a fail moment. Plus the word pisses me off now, it used to be good on the odd occasion. Well no great engine but it really only looks like an expansion, they should always make the mario games a vastly different experience. The drill item isn't that, neither is anything from the trailer. Sorry, but when I read your original post I thought 'has he just dismissed the entirety of Galaxy 2 on the basis of one trailer, and when he hasn't played the game himself?' Also - Cheer up, it's not all bad I'm pretty happy with the score tbh. I wasn't expecting very much more when I heard the shortness of the story and that several of the corridors are generic and similar etc. Overall I'm very happy, especially with the references to PD and controls. Pretty awesome. Shame I can't afford things
Emasher Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Well writers are meant to be professional so I don't think fanboys from other consoles would affect his score. 8.6/10 or 9/10 who cares? I think you're being slightly fanboyish in suggesting that the game deserves better without having played it.And that isn't a fail moment. Plus the word pisses me off now, it used to be good on the odd occasion. I wasn't saying it deserves higher. I never said that in my post. I was saying even if he would have liked to have rated it higher, he probably wouldn't as the haters would go nuts. 8.6 is a great score, and based on what I've heard about the game, thats actually about what I would think it should get. You also assumed that I had been unsuccessful in purchasing the game this morning, although, you would be right. I'll be checking a few other stores in my area this afternoon, but I don't have much hope. I doubt at this point that the shipments will be in before thursday.
Daft Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 When are the other reviews hitting for this? It's on a long wait for LoveFilm.
welsh_gamer Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 One thing that does interest me was the likening of the Conduit to Perfect Dark. Personally I prefered the style of PD and Goldeneye to the likes of COD. It's not that I don't like COD, it's just it's heavily scripted and relies on large set pieces and constantly pushing forward. About 2 weeks ago I sat down and made myself play the single player mode of COD:WAW as I had hardly touched it due to the online side of things. It was pretty average, and nothing special, so I hope The Conduit has a better campaign. The most annoying thing was that you had about 10+ allies with you on every level helping you out, thus not leaving you with many enemies to take out. Good thing you're not in a squad in this game - if only WW2 shooters could do the same as MoH Frontline and send you on missions alone or with only 3 allies - not realistic maybe but it makes the game better! I'm also going to try and spend a few hours with the main game before heading online too. Also if there wasn't a PAL delay, we'd all be looking forward to the postman's visit tomorrow or Thursday right now
Emasher Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 (edited) We're probably going to have to wait for GT's. For some reason they don't review certain games that you would think they would, so they might not even review this. I wonder if the review copies are as late as the retail copies. Nobody seems to have this game yet. Edit: Lol at Gamepro review: http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/210916/the-conduit/ The reviewer: Didn't play the multiplayer Skiped all the story bits and said the game had a bad story Said the graphics weren't much better than goldeneye's, and that were in generally bad graphics because the game was on the Wii (in general he took points off because he was comparing the graphics to PS360PC graphics). Complained about the controls because he was too lazy to change them. This is THE most unprofessional review I've ever read. 3.5/5 (7/10) The game now has a metacritic of 79. Edited June 23, 2009 by Emasher
LostOverThere Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Alrighty folks, GamesRadar's review is up! Check it out! They gave the title 8/10, praising it's great controls and brilliant online. Seems to me most of the in-depth reviews seem to be giving the game around an 8, which is plenty good enough for me (Conduit holds 79 on Metacritic, while Prototype holds 80, and Madworld with 81). Preordered the game, and will pick it up whenever Sega decide to release it in Australia (the date has 'changed' about 3 times in the past 2 weeks).
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