E3: Kinect Voice-Powers Mass Effect 3 and Ghost Recon

[Irridium]

My entire reaction to the ME3 demo:

Omni-Tool blade.
...

PFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, that just made me laugh my ass off. I mean, really? The Omni-Tool is now a blade? Really? How the hell does that work?

 

[Zhukov]

My entire reaction to the ME3 demo:

Omni-Tool blade.
...

PFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, that just made me laugh my ass off. I mean, really? The Omni-Tool is now a blade? Really? How the hell does that work?

It's already a flamethrower, freeze ray, drone deployer, hacking device, image projector and what ever else I've forgotten. Sticking a sharp bit on the end doesn't strike me as being particularly far-fetched.

Hell, Kasumi in ME2 already used her omni-tool to backstab people... somehow.

Now I want to see what the Vanguard does in melee. Here's hoping for a biotic head-butt.

 

[mjc0961]

Imma go buy a Kinect right now so I can tell Liara to use Singularity.

...No just kidding. I'll just use my controller like I did in ME1 and ME2 where it worked just fine.

 

[mattttherman3]

I don't mind the Mass Effect kinect, but Fable looks really bad. The worst part of the conferance was Kinect Star Wars, how could you think that looks good? You move way to slow. Also Halo anniversary looks like they revamped the environments, but not the weapons. A lot of suff for gamers with kids, I honestly shut it off when Disney Land Adventures was being shown. Halo 4?! ZOMG MASTER CHIEF!!!!

 

[Irridium]

My entire reaction to the ME3 demo:

Omni-Tool blade.
...

PFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Seriously, that just made me laugh my ass off. I mean, really? The Omni-Tool is now a blade? Really? How the hell does that work?

It's already a flamethrower, freeze ray, drone deployer, hacking device, image projector and what ever else I've forgotten. Sticking a sharp bit on the end doesn't strike me as being particularly far-fetched.

Hell, Kasumi in ME2 already used her omni-tool to backstab people... somehow.

Now I want to see what the Vanguard does in melee. Here's hoping for a biotic head-butt.

I guess. But with how ME started and actually tried to preserve the "science" part of Science Fiction, it just seems to be going more and more towards "fiction". Which is saddening, but not exactly surprised.

Though for me its going more towards "Comedy-sci-fi".

 

[bootz]

Hooray I get to say "I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite store on the citadel" like 20 times

 

[Zhukov]

I guess. But with how ME started and actually tried to preserve the "science" part of Science Fiction, it just seems to be going more and more towards "fiction". Which is saddening, but not exactly surprised.

Though for me its going more towards "Comedy-sci-fi".

Ah. you're one of that crowd.

Alright, I'll bite. How exactly is knocking a dude back (since, unless my eyes deceive me, it didn't actually do damage) with a device mounted on your arm any less "science-y" than Mass Effect 1?

 

[andreas3K]

I tried the voice commands in Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 once and it didn't work as well as just using the controller. Sometimes it doesn't recognize the command, and even when it does it takes a lot longer to say the command than to push a button. A useless feature, if you ask me.
But I'm not buying Ass Effect 3 anyway so I don't care.

 

[Irridium]

I guess. But with how ME started and actually tried to preserve the "science" part of Science Fiction, it just seems to be going more and more towards "fiction". Which is saddening, but not exactly surprised.

Though for me its going more towards "Comedy-sci-fi".

Ah. you're one of that crowd.

Alright, I'll bite. How exactly is knocking a dude back (since, unless my eyes deceive me, it didn't actually do damage) with a device mounted on your arm any less "science-y" than Mass Effect 1?

I didn't realize it just knocks people back. If it does, then its just a punch, which makes me wonder why they'd bother making an omni-tool blade if it doesn't even do anything.

And I'm not in "that crowd", I felt ME1 took a turn for the comedic side when it introduced C'thulu-ships.

 

[Zhukov]

Female Krogan. Hidden from sight. Oh, you coy bastards.

That only leaves one question now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O_rXZ381vo

Of course, it goes without saying. And she'll swing both ways as well!

*can-o-worms deployed*

 

[teebeeohh]

really? Kinect is being incorporated into hardcore games as a glorified microphone? we could have had that in ME1 if somebody would have wanted it, but MS needs to show of their useless gimmick(at least gaming-wise) and we get stuck with this.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I don't understand why they couldn't do this with a normal microphone :/

ah well I'm playing it on PC anyways.

 

[Goofguy]

Sure, this looks kind of cool but only in the combat context. I don't feel more immersed in the game just because I can read the 4 word option on the dialogue wheel. It by no means makes me want to get the Kinect. I would like the more fluid combat but I can live with quick pauses if it means not having to dig in to my wallet for that one functionality.

 

[Bebus]

As a PC user, I couldn't give a crap about Kinect.

But I am suddenly very grateful that my main Shepard, who has a very hard renegade streak, decided to keep the genophage cure! Plus, if that melee power (and please god more) can be used by a Vanguard, I will be a happy, happy man.

 

[x-machina]

I have a hard time imagining it as anything besides a lame gimmick. Maybe, seeing it in action will change my mind though.

 

[Zhukov]

And I'm not in "that crowd", I felt ME1 took a turn for the comedic side when it introduced C'thulu-ships.

So... about 15 minutes in then?

Because that's the first time you see Sovereign.

 

[Irridium]

And I'm not in "that crowd", I felt ME1 took a turn for the comedic side when it introduced C'thulu-ships.

So... about 15 minutes in then?

Because that's the first time you see Sovereign.

But you don't learn anything about it until well into the game. So at the start its just an abnormally large ship.

 

[Frostbite3789]

I saw the demo of it. Surprisingly good actually.

When has something looked really honestly bad in an E3 Demo? Or just plain not worked? Outside of the Zelda game that one time.

Also, this has been done before. Did we all forgot when SOCOM did it back in the day? Or when End War did it this generation? It didn't work then, I have no reason to think it'll work now, especially with a microphone that's across the room from you.

 

[-Dragmire-]

damn, and here I was hoping for mass effect's kinect interactive make-out minigames where you mime hugging and make embarrassing kiss faces...

Seriously though:

No word on how it will work for PS3 or PC versions of the games.

Spoiler: Worked well enough for similar uses...

 

[nifedj]

Having voice commands in combat can stop you from having to frequently pause to use the power wheel. Using Kinect like this to actually add functionality to a game is cool, though obviously it doesn't justify buying Kinect on it's own. Here's hoping we'll see more uses like it, augmenting games in a non-intrusive way.