It seems nifty, but that's all really. Using it for dialog choice seems immersion breaking for me at least. Speaking one line, only to hear something different from Shepard seems illogical. Much rather use the mouse for that tbh. Squad commands again seemed nifty, doubt I'd use it more than a few times though.

The little bit of this they demoed during the conference was actually pretty cool. But like every other Kinect-supported game that will come out, it's really more of a novelty than a practical way to play a game.

Well I'll be...

Well, there's something I never want to do.

Kinect sucks, but that sound command system looks good. Voice recognition on pc would be neat.

I think the most important part is that Liara and Garrus are returning as squadmates!!!

Actually I had another thought: At the moment Voice recognition isn't available in non-English speaking countries even though you know, we can actually speak English. So how will this work with all these games that do feature voice recognition? Are we getting the short end again? Can MS at least give us the option?

It's good just to see Garrus and Mordin are back.

@Kaspar said:

I think the most important part is that Liara and Garrus are returning as squadmates!!!

Or that Mordin is hanging around!

It sounds neat but in all my play-throughs of Mass Effect games, the only thing I ever bothered to direct my team to do is use the right weapon for their skill.  Unlike DAO where I have to micro-manage the fight, in ME, I just roll with it and don't tell them anything.  They're surprisingly competent.  Now, I admit, I only play on defaut/normal.

@Kaspar said:

I think the most important part is that Liara and Garrus are returning as squadmates!!!

Or that Mordin is hanging around!

Female Shepard is the best Shepard!

@Kaspar: I am hoping that is temp filler if it's the case

@kristov_romanov said:

@Kaspar said:

@kristov_romanov said:

@Kaspar said:

I think the most important part is that Liara and Garrus are returning as squadmates!!!

Or that Mordin is hanging around!

I think Mark Meer voiced Mordin for the demo, sounded a lot like him, definitely not the guy who did Mordin in ME 2

Isn't Mark Meer just the face-model for male Shep, and not a voice actor?

I may be wrong though..

No he is the voice of male shep, some European model is the face of male shepard

I think the commanding stuff is actually pretty good, since it allows you to issue commands without pausing the game. That specific use of voice recognition may actually enhance immersion.

@Dany said:

@kristov_romanov said:

@Kaspar said:

@kristov_romanov said:

@Kaspar said:

I think the most important part is that Liara and Garrus are returning as squadmates!!!

Or that Mordin is hanging around!

I think Mark Meer voiced Mordin for the demo, sounded a lot like him, definitely not the guy who did Mordin in ME 2

Isn't Mark Meer just the face-model for male Shep, and not a voice actor?

I may be wrong though..

No he is the voice of male shep, some European model is the face of male shepard

Yeah, I fixed that up after I said it. I got Mark Meer and Mark Vandaloo mixed up.

@theswoosh said:

Didn't Rainbow six 3 on Xbox do this?

YEP

This seems really...pointless, and kind of a sad attempt of integrating Kinect support into a game that really doesn't need it.

I had to get a new xbox two weeks ago since my launch one was on it's last legs. I just got a kinect bundle since there was a deal on Amazon. I'm still in the honeymoon phase with Kinect, but I'm enjoying it, and the voice commands for battles could be nice. A few times in ME2, it was getting a tad frustrating to pause so often during heavy fire fights. The voice commands could be helpful.

What does voice support have to do with kinect i wonder... I mean the only thing you need for this is a mic...

I don't care for it, but it's still cool I guess.

"I imagine if you're a man playing as female Shepard, or vice versa, that's gonna be a little awkward."

get your girlfriend to sit beside you and yell at the screen!

*problem solved*

It really sucks to be a mute Xbox fan right now.

I've gotta say...this is pointless really, gimme a mic and the ability to use these commands without kinect, and I'd be happy, otherwise, this is just microsoft trying to will kinect into life because they failed to get proper support for it. Nintendo has seen that the motion control ship is sinking, and are going back to basics. Microsoft need to somehow break even, but won't be able to at this rate. They can't shoehorn it into triple A titles, they can't get 3rd party support that isn't a pathetic cash-in. Lets just kill kinect off like the virtual boy, and then move on, back to old fashioned games that don't have good ideas that cost a player 150 quid...Now as for the rest of mass effect...at least they brought back grenades, and it does look interesting, but the whole Omni-tool knife thing? No thank you, its a goddamn hologram.

I'll try it at least.

It certainly demoed well. If it works as good in final game, I think it's a great addition to ME3.

Pretty cool feature!

I have to agree with the majority, it seems completely pointless and unnecessary.  I can't help but wonder how many buckets of money Microsoft shipped over to Bioware for this nonsense.

How is this unnecessary at all? It's an optional feature and it seems to work amazingly. Did you see how fast and responsive the combat was? It will definitely add to the experience in combat. 
 
If you don't like it don't use it but you can't deny that it works well.

@xyzygy - And it would have worked just as well with a headset.  This is trying to get people outside the super-casual, buy one game for the life of the system people to give three shits about Kinect, and you know it.

Looks and sounds slick, but I fear it will be like the ESPN or just the plain Kinect Xbox UI as it is now... it's neat, but a controller is faster and easier.

It sounds interesting, at least is not intrusive as other Kinect/Move inclusions... 
 
However, I would like to know why this is Kinect specific (besides the obvious commercial reason), since the technology could be implemented with a standard microphone in all platforms.

@YukoAsho: Yes it would have worked with a headset but why would they do that when they can use the Kinect? It benefits MS by getting more Kinect support and benefits Bioware by having the Kinect name on the box.

It seems cool but will it work the way we want it to?

It should have dynamic conversations instead. I know that's too much to ask for, but it would be awesome. Nevertheless, it seems alright.

*Rant mode*

 Can I just say that I totally called this happening when Kinect first came out. And what did those douches on the bioware forums say when I suggested this? They called me fucking stupid. Well whose laughing now assholes?

 *Rant mode*

 Anyways, It looks pretty neat. I play Mass Effect on the PC so this doesn't really mean that much to me, but if more companies start doing things like this I may have to go buy a Kinect.

@wasteguru said:

*Rant mode*

Can I just say that I totally called this happening when Kinect first came out. And what did those douches on the bioware forums say when I suggested this? They called me fucking stupid. Well whose laughing now assholes?

*Rant mode*

Anyways, It looks pretty neat. I play Mass Effect on the PC so this doesn't really mean that much to me, but if more companies start doing things like this I may have to go buy a Kinect.

Its a shame you couldnt' pursuade anyone to stake actual cash money on it, because it was always a pretty safe bet this'd happen :-)

I'll probably buy a kinect for this.

As somebody who lives with another person, I can say this is going to be utterly worthless to me.  My girlfriend already thinks I'm insane, I'm not confirming it by talking to my video games.

Pretty cool feature but I highly doubt I'd be screaming at my TV.

There was a Q&A with one of the devs and he said the reason it's Kinect only is because they get all the voice processing tech for free from Microsoft. If they supported normal microphones they would have to do all that themselves. As someone who will never own a Kinect I'm glad they're spending as little time as possible on such a gimmick feature.

You can yell renegade at your TV!

RENEGADE!!!!