The Conduit displays Xbox 360-like graphics on Wii

Despite a lack of pedigree, long-time developer High Voltage Software piqued the interest of dissatisfied Wii owners over the weekend by showing an impressive-looking first-person Wii exclusive.

The Conduit trailer, released on Saturday, displays graphics that rival that of early Xbox 360 games by some standards, including advanced lighting, environmental memory, and detailed level design. The exclusive shooter, still without a publisher, uses the proprietary Quantum3 graphics engine, which was built from the ground up to achieve better-looking Wii games.

"Most of the games on Wii look like crap," said High Voltage's Eric Nofsinger in an interview with IGN last month. "We want to change that, so we've invested heavily in our Wii tech over the past year."

High Voltage founder Kerry Ganofsky added: "We believe that third-party developers need to step up to the plate and deliver. The Wii platform is capable of a lot more than what consumers have seen so far. We're hoping to raise a new bar."

In an effort to quickly cash-in on early Wii success, many publishers have released undercooked or lazily ported games with PS2-like graphics on Wii, even though the system was quoted as being 50 percent more powerful than the last-gen GameCube.

While The Conduit may look impressive as an unfinished Wii game, it should be noted that High Voltage Software has a reputation for releasing poorly-rated games on multiple platforms since the developer opened its doors in 1993.

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HellStaR

Well thats not saying much, all early 360 games look like crap except Oblivion and Gears

CHERUB2G

Damn, first post and its already bashing. Oh well I'll just keep my mouth shut and let the flames begin.

the_storyteller

These guys are my kind of developers.Nice guys. Now this is an example of working with limits but achieving greatness.

the_storyteller

Also about damn time the wii got a nice looking shotter that hopefully plays well.

OtisFeelgood

PaganFest Posted at: 05/19/08 at 1:25 PM PST FLAME ON!!!!
Me and you both know its coming.... lol

VivaLeResistance

the wii won't be capable of displaying graphics like the ps3 or 360. but as the article says it may get close with launch games....

Darke

1.why post and not say anything about the game? 2. The A.I. and everything else must be as good to make this a hit. 3. About time

PaganFest

the_storyteller Posted at: 05/19/08 at 1:27 PM PST These guys are my kind of developers.Nice guys. Now this is an example of working with limits but achieving greatness.
Yeah they spit on the faces of a lot of wii developers.

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