Good lord, Eric Nofsinger has the title of 'Chief Creative Officer' at High Voltage. That means he's creatively officiated on the Conduit and the forthcoming Conduit 2 for Wii. He's got some problems with the first one, but is expansive about the second.
First the good, "when approaching art direction for Conduit 2 we’ve made sure never to build anything into our game that we ourselves aren’t completely excited about making. And unlike the first game (which had limited concept art), practically every location in Conduit 2 was conceptualized, and then those designs have been scrutinized and reworked, until we truly believe that we are choosing the most inspired locations for our game. We’re designing spaces that players will want to fight in!
"And we’re not restricting ourselves to one city in a single part of the world. Conduit 2 spans the entire globe, and we have created far more interesting locations as battlefields for our game."
So, this time they're excited about everything? What about last time then?
"Our art direction in general was also held back", says the CCO, "by our decision not to explore more exotic locations, and we also never really took our alien technology as far as it could go. The result was a game that is fun to play and is solid overall, but never quite manages to excite its audience with inspired visions of a darkly futuristic world that’s being torn apart by aliens."
The new game will, apparently, be full on, "We’ve also learned how to maximize the CG artwork of every level to ensure that our shapes, textures, colors, lighting, etc., for even the most basic walls, ceilings, and floors are more interesting to look at. Just about every element in the world has been redesigned to ensure that it fits with our new Conduit 2 aesthetic. Every table, chair, railing, crate, control switch, weapon, etc, has been designed to maximize silhouette, improve level of detail, and to ensure a more substantial and uniquely distinctive look throughout the game."
So, Conduit 2 is going to look good. Now, about that game play?
More here.
First the good, "when approaching art direction for Conduit 2 we’ve made sure never to build anything into our game that we ourselves aren’t completely excited about making. And unlike the first game (which had limited concept art), practically every location in Conduit 2 was conceptualized, and then those designs have been scrutinized and reworked, until we truly believe that we are choosing the most inspired locations for our game. We’re designing spaces that players will want to fight in!
"And we’re not restricting ourselves to one city in a single part of the world. Conduit 2 spans the entire globe, and we have created far more interesting locations as battlefields for our game."
So, this time they're excited about everything? What about last time then?
"Our art direction in general was also held back", says the CCO, "by our decision not to explore more exotic locations, and we also never really took our alien technology as far as it could go. The result was a game that is fun to play and is solid overall, but never quite manages to excite its audience with inspired visions of a darkly futuristic world that’s being torn apart by aliens."
The new game will, apparently, be full on, "We’ve also learned how to maximize the CG artwork of every level to ensure that our shapes, textures, colors, lighting, etc., for even the most basic walls, ceilings, and floors are more interesting to look at. Just about every element in the world has been redesigned to ensure that it fits with our new Conduit 2 aesthetic. Every table, chair, railing, crate, control switch, weapon, etc, has been designed to maximize silhouette, improve level of detail, and to ensure a more substantial and uniquely distinctive look throughout the game."
So, Conduit 2 is going to look good. Now, about that game play?
More here.
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calito should b wwe champion 27 Apr 2010 17:53
1/3
this game rulz i went 2 da future n played it it was amazing. but i think tha they should hav alot of costumization n i think dat for co op you should also b able to do like halo n go split screen online wit ur friend
calito should b wwe champion 27 Apr 2010 17:57
2/3
i really wont mind but it would b nice if you can use the classic controller pro on the conduit 2 n they shoul start working on a 3rd one
kuk0B4sur1n 30 Apr 2010 13:31
3/3
for this game to sell they r goin to ha to show more than 3 comercials cause thats wat they did on the first one thats y nobody new about it. show more comercials like monster tri hunter is doing and it would sell