Episode 110
This week on Gamesweasel we review The Conduit and Battlefield 1943, take a look at the headlines behind Splinter Cell, DJ Hero and Games Media Awards, plus you get the chance to win 5 copies of G-Force for the Wii. On the blog this week we have a Moon review for the DS, a Lets Tap reviewfor the Wii, Madballs in Babo Invasion review and a Wii Motion Plus review.

• Splinter Cell delay
• DJ Hero release date
• Games Media Awards
• The Conduit review
• Win G-Force for the Wii
• Battlefield 1943 review
• Need for Speed Shift review

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To play any of the games reviewed in this episode you can buy from the Battlefield 1943 Amazon and The Conduit Amazon pages.

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YouTube Battlefield 1943 review

I’m a big fan of EA’s Battlefield games. Of course they’re not much cop in single player mode but online they’re a lot of fun indeed. Battlefield 1943 gives you a bite-sized, simpler version of the original 1942 game and it’s available to download for a budget price.

The game lets you play in the Pacific theatre of battle as the Japanese fight the Americans. Not only can you play on the ground over three maps as infantry, a rifleman or a scout, you can also fight from above over the Coral Sea in a big dogfight as you all attempt to shoot each other down in planes.

Vehicles on the ground include tanks and jeeps as you attempt to capture and hold checkpoints around the map in order to win the battle. Up to 24 players can get involved in each arena and if you’ve played the other games you’ll notice some changes.

As I said before there’s only the one game mode and three maps to run around in, but you also have infinite ammo this time around to keep the action going. You’ll also notice the game has a lighter arcade feel to it – it’s almost cartoonish which does feel a bit odd as your fellow soldiers get blown up by a frag grenade. If you’ve also played Bad Company then you’ll also recognise the level of destruction on offer here as you carve chunks out of the landscape, knock over trees and bash holes in the walls of buildings.

It would be nice to employ proper tactics when you join a squad of four people but to be honest, there’s rarely any time for this due to the faster-paced nature of this downloadable version, however, if you want some team-based action and you want instant action, you could do a lot worse than download this onto your hard drive.

Battlefield 1943 gets a very good 7 out of 10.

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Related: Call of Duty World at War review, Battlefield Bad Company review, Youtube Battlefield 1943 review

Tags: Battlefield 1943, Battlefield, 1943, Xbox360, PC, PS3

YouTube The Conduit review

There’s been quite a lot of talk about The Conduit due to the fact that it’s a proper First-Person Shooter for the Wii and looks mighty good too. Well, the good news is that it does look very good but what’s it like to play?

In the game you play as Agent Ford, a man handy with weapons who’s working for an agency to stop a terrorist organisation and a bunch of aliens. Of course, as you play, things aren’t quite as they seem and you uncover a web of intrigue that although very clichéd will still hold your interest.

The main thing that impressed me in the game is the way you can completely customise the controls and even HUD display. Don’t like the button configuration or sensitivity? You can change it until you find something you’re happy with and the result is a very smooth FPS experience as you point the remote at the screen to turn and aim.

There are a variety of pistols, machine guns and alien weapons to use in the game and a nifty device called the All Seeing Eye or ASE for short. This can be used to find nodes to unlock doors, uncover hidden messages that unlock bonuses and cheats and to detect invisible mines.

Apart from that it’s a pretty standard run and gun experience. It’s definitely something new if you only own a Wii and are used to Wii Fit and Wii Sports but if you’ve ever played Half Life 2 etc you’ll be left wanting. The AI of the limited enemies is also questionable at times. Sometimes they duck for cover and try to flank you and other times they just stand there asking to be shot in the face with a high-powered rifle.

So is it worth getting? If you only own a Wii and are chomping at the bit for some FPS action then I recommend it. For everyone else, it’s nothing you haven’t seen before on the more powerful consoles or a PC. The main game will take you about 7 hours to play through and there’s a nifty multiplayer mode in there too to keep you busy for even longer.

The Conduit gets a very good 7 out of 10.

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Related: Madworld review, House of the Dead Overkill, Youtube The Conduit review

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After Guitar Hero comes DJ Hero for Activision, and they’ve just signed Jazzy Jeff to be in the game. If you remember he’s the guy that sang Summertime with Will Smith aka the Fresh Prince. You can spin those wheels of steel on November 2009.

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Related: Guitar Hero World Tour review, Guitar Hero On Tour review

Tags: Jazzy Jeff, Activision, DJ game, turntable

Bad news for fans of Splinter Cell. Sam Fisher’s latest adventure has been moved to 2010 for that ‘extra bit of polish’. Red Steel 2 has also been delayed to 2010 by Ubisoft in case you care.

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Related: Metal Gear Solid 4 review, Microsoft E3 roundup

Tags: Splinter Cell, Red Steel 2, Ubisoft, release date

It’s the Games Media Awards in London in October and Gamesweasel wants to be nominated for an award. So, we need your help. All you have to do is send an email to gma@intentmedia.co.uk saying you’d like Gamesweasel to be nominated for best podcast. Please.

Update

Nominations have now finished so thanks for everyone who put our name forward for the awards and we’ll keep you updated if we win anything.

Tags: Games Media Award, awards, Gamesweasel