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  • Release Date: Jun. 23, 2009
  • Price: N/A
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Developer: High Voltage Software
  • Platform(s): Wii
  • Genre: Action
  • ESRB Rating: Teen

The Conduit

The Wii isn't exactly a graphical powerhouse, but if The Conduit has its way, you'll be seeing visuals that are nearly on-par with the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. In this futuristic first-person shooter, you'll play a secret agent charged with fending off an impending alien invasion by a mysterious race called The Drudge. Conduit is set in a post-apocalyptic / alien invasion-type of world, which sounds like a mash up of FPS cliches but works well for gameplay purposes. You've got Killzone-esque army dudes and Resistance-style crawlies to kill with alien guns reminiscent of Halo. And like all those games, Conduit should have a robust suite of online modes. Well, robust for the Wii, anyway.

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  • Review: The Conduit
  • I'm not sure who I should blame for The Conduit's shortcomings. Do I blame the developer for making a rather generic shooter with a convoluted storyline that isn't as epic or mysterious as it wants to be or do I blame Nintendo for creating a console whose lack of hardware power essentially handcuffs every developer who tries to create a "next-gen" game for it? Hell, maybe I should stay within the game's conspiracy theme and just chalk it up to the Illuminati -- they're always trying to ruin everything, right?