High Voltage Studios reveals The Grinder to be multiplatform

I think the Conduit was a solid title for the Wii. Was it the absolute best, perfect FPS out there? No. Could it drag on a bit in the single player game? Somewhat. However, Conduit allowed them to perfect their control scheme for FPS games. A control style, might I add, that has since been adopted since then by other companies (MW:Reflex has a large control adjustment set up, and so will Red Steele 2). They put a lot of work into Conduit, and I think that will show up in The Grinder. From the trailer, the graphics have already come a long way from the short demo showed off previously. The game looks to have atmosphere, which many derivative FPS games these days really seem to kind of lack. If they can make a good looking FPS, with Conduit-like controls, and a good story to back it up, along with the the split-screen/co-op mutliplayer they have been promising, I think the Grinder will be great on any system. I'm interested in seeing how far they've come with the Quantum 3 engine, as they said after Conduit they had already found things to do with the engine they didn't realize they could while making Conduit. Am I sad to see a Wii exclusive going to other platforms? Sure. But if it turns out to be a good game, then the more that can experience it the better.

No, there's no way that CoD4 Reflex was better than the Conduit. The Conduit had waaaaaay better graphics, unlike Reflex, where you would slide down square rope and hide behind what I guess was supposed to be grass, but really just looked like green pixels stacked up crookedly. Story wise, they were both pretty good I suppose, but the Conduit had something new that hasn't been done before, and I was genuinely interested in it. Unfortunately, there is more players online on Reflex, but that's just because that's the first thing rednecks see when they go into Walmart.

That's disappointing. If it truely doesn't come out until 2011 then I don't see how it can compete with the FPS' on PS360. If the Wii version has everything the other versions do, then I might consider it after it releases and price drops.

@ Cap'n Walrus (In case the reply system fails out)

Just because a game looks prettier doesn't make it better. There's a lot of otherthings to go along with it. Example, which has a better Multiplayer system? Which has better overall gameplay? Which has a better story? Which one was more fun? Which had more replay value?

Obviously some of these are personal oppinions, well all can be (if you're too stubborn to admit the first one, atleast).

Yeah, it was new, and you have to give them credit for doing something new. But, they did serve a generic FPS with very little toback it up.

tapping for the yellow sign here

Well, the picture reminded me a bit of Bioshock. Real artsy looking.

However, the trailer..........the trailer was completely different. I'm not sure about this one, as even The Conduit didn't look that great but was super-hyped basically because it was THE ONLY FPS on the Wii at the time.

Oh, and on the subject of reporting and downvotes, I think the only person I ever constantly downvoted was Solace. Mainly because he had terrible negative opinions and posts. Paramore...HAH!

So, what's the incentive for people to get it on Wii? Wii-exclusive owners have showed their disinterest, and multiple-console owners will get it on the HD console.

Wait wasn't this game supposed to be, like, L4DWii?

What exactly does that make it now?

I never understood where the hype for The Conduit came from. If you just take one little glance over at High Voltage Studio's development track record, you'll see that it's mostly just shovelware, with one or two slightly notable titles. And how it got the few good reviews just baffles me, I played it for about an hour before getting literally pissed at it for being so bland, generic, and terribly designed. "Potential" does not equal quality.

You can probably guess that I don't care much for the prospect of another game by them. If that one can't pull in good critical reception either, then I'm betting people will stop giving them a free ride just because of a lack of competition.

i hope this new game utilizes the Playstation Motion Controller aka the Arc aka that thing that looks like a glowing dildo.

I thought Sega had already admitted defeat for teen/MA on Wii. Then I see the article on joystiq about the gladiator game and I start to get excited that The Grinder will still come. Now, I don't know what to think. We all know Dead Rising Wii sucked compared to the 360 version. To me, the only way mult-plat Wii games have been able to succeed is when they are noticeably different like Ghostbusters. I don’t see how it is possible for The Grinder will be well received on all three consoles.

I got nothing to lose over it, I got both a PS3 and Wii; I can just get it for both, if I wanted too.

Well if it's good I guess I'll buy for my Ps3 instead of my Wii

lol wow again, just like Tmac we got those people who will disregard anything as a game unless it has a green X on the box or blue-ray compatibility. whatever happened to games being fun and not just about a weird stereotype of high res graphics determining the playability of the game. quite honestly I'm happy to see another fps on the wii and here's why. First person shooters are almost always fun.. at age 13, playing halo for the first time you never think it could get any better. but then the wii comes out... it has some poor controls in the beginning and you sometimes get frustrated but you get over it and just play. the wii motion plus comes out and now the controls are doin more of what you want. next the conduit comes out and if your thinking straight and not just letting graphics or platform bias your judgment you realize... Hey... I could..... point at the screen..... and shoot.... point at the screen and shoot! now it doesn't take more then a second of thought to realize that. u play it and suddenly.... WOW fps just got a lil funner! I mean halo 3 is still leading in fps but in terms of game play was it more realistic or even easy to drag a reticule around with a control stick and hope that your on the target or to just point and shoot? would I be safer online having to change camera angle constantly to see whats behind you or just pushing a button to turn around or even batter, aiming away from the tv and watching the camera spin quickly around. pressing a button to melee.... or swinging at your target... lobbing a grenade with a trigger.... or using your own strength to determine where the grenade goes? hmmmm I'm gonna be stuck for days thinkin about this aren't I?