Evil Avatar: The Conduit Review

Evil Avatar writes: "The Conduit has received a fair bit of press prior to release. The Wii is starved for titles that appeal to the hardcore gamer and there's nothing more hardcore than a good old fashioned FPS. Regardless of this High Voltage took a while finding themselves a publisher before Sega came to the rescue. Unfortunately it's been another adult orientated sales flop for the publisher as the NPD numbers begin to slip out. Being entirely frank it is a good thing that few gamers have been exposed to this paint-by-numbers alien shooter."

The Good

* The controls work and that is achievement enough on the Wii.
* There is enough novelty in the first level to provide adequate entertainment.
* The multiplayer provides a passable option for those without an Xbox or PS3.

The Bad

* Most of the gameplay is orientated around shutting down enemy spawn points – fine some of the time but absolutely mind-numbing for the rest of the time.
* Poor presentation broken up by lots of doors that hide streaming content. Promising tech videos do not hold true for The Conduit.
* Shooting bad guys isn't exciting, there's rarely any cover and strategy goes out of the window thanks to invisible mines.
* Easily some of the weakest level design of this generation. Grey tunnel after grey tunnel.

The Ugly

* The disappointment really is crushing. This could have been good.