The Conduit 2 Review

By reipuerto — June 30, 2011
Tags: epic gaming high-voltage-software review sega wii

Will Michael Ford stop the alien invasion or be destroyed?

The sequel to one of the Wii's under-appreciated games gets a great update, story and gameplay. Published by SEGA and developed by High Voltage Software, if you own a Wii, check this out!

Story- You play as Michael Ford, who's voiced by the talented Jon St. John(Duke Nukem Jimmy!!), and it's your duty to save the world and stop John Adams from an alien invasion. This story continues right after the first one. You followed Adams through the conduit and the story unfolds with amusing and interesting twists! You land inside Atlantis and use it's conduit to travel and stop Adams, with the help of Andromeda and the new The Destroyer suit. It's a fun experience that changes the way you look at Prometheus and his “good” intentions. I won't spoil anything here but it's a fun experience that'll take you to different location form China and their Jade Warriors to the arctic tundra of Siberia! You'll travel from place to place all over the world.

Gameplay- “BOOM!! Head shot!!” Tight, fluid and fast, with it's own special sauce from High Voltage Games. It's a first person shooter that you point to the screen and destroy baddy for lunch and dinner. Each weapon has a secondary fire and can really make you feel like a super agent from the future. What I love about this series is their choices of weapons and how they implement their special fire. The regular human weapons have iron site, which works well with the tight controls. The alien's weapons have such a diverse use of fire, it makes you appreciate High Voltage Games choice of weapons and experimentation of them. One gun doesn't use ammo, so your shoots are unlimited and you can charge it to become invisible for a short while, but it'll freeze up your gun if you say in that mode. How do you fix that? Start shooting. The gun heats up when shot but cools when charged. Great balance and it's just one of the many weapons that you'll encounter, like a gun that shoots through walls. Grenades are still there and they can really help you in pressuring fights. The use of WiiMotin Plus is only used for on screen cursor if moved TOO far, which I didn't have a problem to begin with. You can even upgrade your armor suit and use those power ups to make the fight more enjoyable as the game progresses. Now, online!

Online- The game supports a whooping 14 game modes across 12 different maps and nice ranking, WITH the support of the new microphone headset, and 12 players going wild, you're truly missing out on one of the Wii's most enjoyable online experience! They even include an online mode called “Invasion Mode” which is fight to survive ways of enemies. With the addition of individual perks and team perks, you'll be surprised on how divers each match could be.

Sound- Great audio work from Jon St. John giving Ford's character more personality. It makes me feel like I'm playing as Duke Nukem at some points! But sound effects from the weapon sound great. Head shots are crunchy, and voice work from everyone else is not bad. The sound track does give some heart pounding music and tension in every boss fight, and the levels themselves are not too shabby! Bright and detailed design and color make is easy on the eyes.

Graphics- High Voltage Software know how to use the Wii. With more color pallet and distinctive level design, each stage is a new experience and sight. Granted, this is not a PS3 or Xbox360 game, so the game does look good in it's own merits. Minor graphical detail in some places but that's just nitpicking.

Overall- BUT IT! With an exciting single player experience and online one of the best, you'll be playing this with friends for hours! I'm now stroked what SEGA and High Voltage Software will have in store for the next game~

Personal opinion here, so skip to the Jimmy notes for a gist of my review.

Reviewers have stated that there is a bug in the save feature and that's NOT true. What turns me away from other editors is the lack of gameplay skills and knowledge they have. The glitch are save points that save when you die. Nope. Only if you run PAST the enemies or jump off a cliff into the next area, the game is programed to autosave in new areas, but you're suppose to defeat the enemies which contradicts the nature of the game, and go down the given path. Seriously! These reviewers, in my opinion, are lazy and just want to get their review out “FIRST”, like every comment on every page, to get more hits! Rather than enjoy a game and what it has to offer in their years of development process and be late on a review, to give a full detail on what they're trying to accomplish and deliver.

Jimmy Notes

Pros

Great online
Great design and art work
Tight controls
Awesome guns
Good replayability

Cons

Cliff hanger ending

Conduit 2

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Release Date: Apr 19, 2011

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Comments

sounds like fun i never played the first one though

blazemanx rated Conduit 2 Rent it
Jun 30, 2011 by blazemanx

Great review. I can't believe you compared the music to Duke, but if you say so, I believe it yo.

I love the skip part for Jimmys BTW.
Thanks for writing Rei!

goukijones rated Conduit 2 Buy it
Jun 30, 2011 by goukijones

He said the voice work was Duke not the music.
I'm actually excited to review this game next since up till now there hasn't been any real good story driven games out for the wii. I'll let you all know what I think next week.

Aragrist rated Conduit 2 Rent it
Jun 30, 2011 by Aragrist

Yeah, let me what you think! And thank you~

Yeah... The voice work like Duke, not playing like it.

reipuerto rated Conduit 2 Buy it
Jun 30, 2011 by reipuerto

Big pass for me. But nice write-up.

dragonkiss83 has not rated Conduit 2 yet.
Jun 30, 2011 by dragonkiss83

Wow... That's... Interesting @Aragrist.. You could play with the classic control that it supports... It says in the back of the book, the play style.

reipuerto rated Conduit 2 Buy it
Jul 4, 2011 by reipuerto

I need help reipuerto, I can't control this game to save my life. Is there another to play it without the piece of shit wii remote?

This game is unplayable with the wii remote. The camera jumps all over the place and aiming is a pain in the ass. Many times I'll be running forward and suddenly the camera will start turning the left even if I try moving it to the right. I need dual sticks if I'm going to enjoy this game. Other than the controls I like the story and I like the voice acting. Even the graphics look nice for a wii game.

I just wonder if I can use my cube controllers. I don't own the classic controller.

So were you able to play with the wii remote and get steady control and movement? I tried adjusting the setting too but it didn't help.

You should have the option to map the directional pad and analog stick to movement. You can map the other buttons but not your directional controls. Maybe if I had a rifle that the remote could click into it would work better. Or make it so the the remote doesn't dictate your X,Y axis movement but still lets you aim anywhere on the screen. I just feel I should have designed the control scheme for this game and the guy that did design it should be fired.

Once again this is just my opinion and I'm an old school gamer that doesn't play as much on the newer consoles so take my words with a grain of salt.

Aragrist rated Conduit 2 Rent it
Jul 4, 2011 by Aragrist

I don't know. I played The Conduit 1 with the Wii mote. I played Metroid with the Wii mote.. I played many games with the Wii mote. I'm use to it. I play a style and learned it. That's me. I don't know how patient you are.

The options menu is substantial to help you accommodate you with your needs. You could just play with the Classic Pro Controller, because the game let's you.

I was able to play this game with no hitches and I found aiming and shooting very easy. Natural at times.

I mean.. Did you read the manual? The Z button let's you lock in place your view and you could even use that to lock-onto enemies. I didn't use it because I'm used to playing without it. And just because you play console games with dual analog and then you play this game, doesn't make the designer a failure. You just don't know how to play it. Truth. I never heard anyone complain about the controls but you. Makes you wonder~

Also, if you play in an area, in your house, with light everywhere, the inferred light diverges the Wii-mote. That could be a factor.
Hope this helps. And if you need help, I do follow you but you don't follow me, so you could ask me questions there too. Come on. Team Gouki? :/

reipuerto rated Conduit 2 Buy it
Jul 4, 2011 by reipuerto

Thanks, I don't mean to sound like a dumbass but yeah I suck at using the wii mote. But I am bad ass at using iPhone, 3DS, mouse and key, dual analog and most other classic control setups. When I said the guy should be fired it's because I'm angry and because he could of made it easier to set up the controls using the wii mote. I am playing in a very bright environment too. I'll try again at night and see if the wii mote doesn't work better in the dark. I'm following you now too.

Aragrist rated Conduit 2 Rent it
Jul 4, 2011 by Aragrist

I couldn't get past the last stage

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Jul 4, 2011 by Kof2012

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