Mass Effect 3

[Scott_Arm]

Rumours going round today say it has Kinect support. The cover art hosted on EA's online store said it "Better with kinect sensor." The image was taken down but it is still hosted on the web server.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/06/02/rumor-mass-effect-3-getting-better-with-kinect/

What could this support be? Head tracking doesn't make sense, because it's 3rd person. Voice commands? Very curious. The game will obviously be fully playable with a gamepad, so anything Kinect has to fit within what's already in the game, or be a minor augment.

 

[AlNom]

maybe for minigames or renegade/pargon moments? (group hug!)

Dancing shepard >_>
Wrex kinectimal

 

[Scott_Arm]

Maybe for the sexy times.

 

[L. Scofield]

I like the cubemap reflections on the armor xD

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Check the videos on Gametrailers. Some significant spoilers, but utterly amazing stuff. The scale is really over the top!

New combat moves allow stealth melee attacks as well, there's jumping, ladder climbing
Frag grenades are definitely in

Spoiler

There are like 5 Reapers around you on the starting Earth level
Cerberus is hunting Shepard because they're working with - the Reapers! WTF?

 

[RobertR1]

Maybe for the sexy times.

Achievement Unlocked: Sprayed the screen.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Achievement Unlocked: Sprayed the screen.

At that moment Kinect takes a photo of you and puts it on the Internet.

 

[(((interference)))]

I really like the idea of using Kinect to command your squad (voice controls for conversation, not so much) - this (like the F4 headtracking) is exactly the kind of thing Kinect should be used for in core games rather than silly on rails or brawling 'core' titles.

Would also love to see gimmicky things like being able to pick up and manipulate objects in Skyrim using your hand. Features like that will add to the experience without hampering gamers with the limitations of Kinect.

 

[Scott_Arm]

The Mass Effect 3 footage looks awesome! One thing I noticed is they removed the health indicators above the enemies, and they seem to die very fast. More shootery for sure.

 

[Laa-Yosh]

It's more like there was no HUD at all, no?

 

[Scott_Arm]

It's more like there was no HUD at all, no?

To be honest, I don't even remember, but you are probably right. I thought the game looked like it had received some nice visual upgrades. The whole Reaper setpiece looked fantastic.

 

[Laa-Yosh]

Yeah, it's amazing how much further they're pushing UE3 this time, especially with the scale.

 

[nightshade]

Yeah, it's amazing how much further they're pushing UE3 this time, especially with the scale.

Speaking of UE3 games and scale....have a look at Batman:AC !

 

[RenegadeRocks]

To be honest, I don't even remember, but you are probably right. I thought the game looked like it had received some nice visual upgrades. The whole Reaper setpiece looked fantastic.

Links to the video please. Youtube is too cluttered with all the game trailers,live demoes and what not ! Too much info coming out this E3 !

 

[Scott_Arm]

Links to the video please. Youtube is too cluttered with all the game trailers,live demoes and what not ! Too much info coming out this E3 !

Having trouble finding the higher quality vid I watched

 

[AlNom]

Nice hair. How nice of her to get all prettied up for battle. It feels like the ending of the vid should just be a commercial for shampoo and conditioner.

 

[2real4tv]

wow look impressive. Big mistake by me for buying Two Worlds over ME2.

 

[patsu]

You can always buy it now. ^_^
It's a solid game.

 

[L. Scofield]

I feel so guilty for watching this spoilery videos, but damn, it looks awesome! Can't wait!

 

[ShadowRunner]

The one thing im most worried about, and is most important to me, is the story/scenario. From the interviews i have heard sounds like there is once again a big focus on getting a team together to battle the reapers, much like the second one. I much prefered the first game due to this despite the actual gameplay being much better in the second, i really hope they dont tread the ground of the second iteration again too much...