I spent the better part of last night exploring High Voltage Software's The Conduit, and while a more detailed review of the game should be coming tomorrow after another marathon session, the one thing that jumped out about the game deserves its own post: this game wants you to like it, and goes out of its way to deal with however you'd like to play.

Many games lock you into a few choices of control schemes, but the controls in the Conduit are completely configurable. You can even change around the motion controls if you'd like. Don't want to use a throwing motion with the nunchuk to throw a grenade? Change it. If you want to move the trigger for your gun to another button, you can do that. The default controls—although they make it hard to use the game with a gun controller—worked best for me, but if you have any weird preferences for FPS titles, you'll be taken care of.

If you don't like the speed in which your character moves? You can change that. When you reload your gun, the character's attention is on the weapon and causes everything else to blur momentarily. It's a neat trick that makes you really pay attention to when you reload. If you don't like it, however, you can turn it off.

The heads-up display can be moved around and reconfigured, and made more or less transparent. If you want to see your ammo counter on the bottom of the screen instead of the top, just move it there. There are a number of ways you can deal with the nunchuk and movement depending on what you're comfortable with, and even better, when you try these out the game allows you to move your character freely. You can test each option out before you select it, in other words, and you'll find which way you're the most comfortable with very quickly.

Everything about the menu system and options is elegant, and you can tweak the game experience to your heart's content. I hope this willingness to work with you instead of foisting a few measly control choices on the player is something other games rip off; not only is it endearing, it makes sure anyone can play exactly the way they like. Good stuff.