It’s no secret the hardcore Wii crowd has been itching for more serious third-party games. Ever since it was announced, Wii gamers have been holding their collective breaths, hoping that exclusive sci fi FPS The Conduit would be the system’s first real third-party hit that doesn’t have “Guitar” or “Hero” in the title, and show publishers that hardcore games really can sell on Wii. For many of those fans, the secret hope was that the game would usher in a new era of respect for their system of choice, proving once and for all that the Wii remote is the ideal console FPS control set-up.
That’s a lot of pressure, and it might be more than The Conduit can handle. The game hits most retail shelves today, a release preceded by a firestorm of angry messageboard posts by Nintendo fanboys expressing their outrage over a certain outlet’s less-than-glowing review. But do their complaints have merit? Is this the most important thing happening in the world today, or simply a tempest in an e-kettle?