Microsoft logic.
Seriously, what the fuck? That's like Nintendo releasing the wii remote with no games that will use it to its full extent.
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Kinect Sports Rivals seemingly delayed to Spring 2014
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Microsoft logic.
Seriously, what the fuck? That's like Nintendo releasing the wii remote with no games that will use it to its full extent.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Lococycle will be launch title
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/07/23/twisted-pixel-breaks-down-lococycles-i-r-i-s-and-s-p-i-k-e/
Bitch more? Kinect is perfect actually for Gamescom since it's all Rare does nowadays anyway.
Ah, yes.
i HeaR MusiC
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The console itself has many Kinect features and every game(1st party) has Kinect features.
The reaction will be to complain that resources are being used on Kinect titles.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Crimson Dragon holdover. Uh... Below, I guess, if thats launch? Whenever Sunset Overdrive is. They had a fair amount of stuff, I'm just not sure whats got a rock solid launch date other than a rushed Forza and Killer Instinct. Oh and as above, another X360 holdover, LocoCycle.
Sony really should have shunted maybe say Puppeteer, Ratchet, and Rain to PS4 but what can ya do.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Outside of Nintendo land, thats exactly what they have done with WiiU.
Forza 5
Dead Rising 3
Ryse
Killer Instinct
Lococycle
Zoo Tycoon
Kinect Sports Rivals (delayed)
Damn. Bad news.
SEGAvangelist
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Microsoft Studios is publishing Dead Rising 3 at launch as well, so that's 5 major titles if we include Kinect Sports.
R3TRODYCE
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Sounds legit.
la flama blanca
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lollllll
SEGAvangelist
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Oh shit. NeoGAF about to get real crazy.
Edit: This is a serious mistake for MS if they have don't have a single Kinect only game at launch. Hope they have something they can move up in its place.
Obviously I can only guess, but I'd say that Kinect-only titles probably aren't their main focus?
They seem to be trying to push Kinect as an extension of the controller, more so than a controller alternative like the Wii-mote. Kinect is apparently being supported (forced?) in every game MS has announced so far.
To be honest, I'm never going to buy a Zoo Tycoon or a Dance Central but I would definitely use Kinect to voice control AI squadmates in a FPS or setup a round-robin tourney in KI. Whether that's worth a $100 premium is endlessly debatable.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Oof, bad to not have the lead Kinect title at launch, but good that they're willing to delay it?
It's a more positive attitude to making a better game.
Still, youch. Once again, wonder what those meetings were like.
Plays into that under-prepared narrative.
Pretty sure Xbox One's launch will have more exclusive than any other console or handheld has had in a while, with a lot more exclusives shown when compared to PS4.
But maybe i'm misremembering.
RedNumberFive
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You'd think it would be fun to use voice commands until you actually use it. I turned them on for Mass Effect 3, and after an hour of screaming "Liara, singularity" at my TV, with a 50% success rate, I said fuck it, and went back to controller commands.
SEGAvangelist
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Agreed. This really helps to validate the 6 months behind rumor now.
Neuromancer
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Six months behind, one might almost say.
SEGAvangelist
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Did you calibrate your voice controls? I've never had to scream at Kinect. Haven't tested it on ME3, though.
Alx
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Voice recognition works better when you don't "scream" anyway. It is usually based on training sessions using samples of regular voices. It may sound counter-intuitive, but the more you're trying to articulate or speak louder, the more difficult you make it for the machine.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
When the realisation dawns with the nano second of a d-pad pressed compared to uttering out entire sentences, theres really not much going back to voice commands.
Hell, I remember abandoning voice-chat all together with MGO's pre-canned voice commands that kept me immersed and at a d-pad press away.
uncledonnie
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BruiserBear
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That sounds about right. Not to mention how many people just don't feel like shouting at their TV while they play videogames.
Skyrim is infinitely easier to use voice commands than its inventory system.
SEGAvangelist
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For some reason I just imagined you as Jesse from Breaking Bad.
Good point, but MS will now be under fire for including Kinect 2.0 with every console without a game to actually showcase it. The other Kinect features have to be stellar now.
Maximilian Kolbe
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ME3 Kinect voice works well for me
This one?
http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/20/xbo...-real-time-facial-expressions/comment-page-1/
"Rare is currently working on a target shooting game which makes used of player hand and eye positions, instead of a light gun."
I'm not sure is this seriously,mikuru beam?
This one?
http://www.vg247.com/2013/07/20/xbo...-real-time-facial-expressions/comment-page-1/
"Rare is currently working on a target shooting game which makes used of player hand and eye positions, instead of a light gun."
I'm not sure is this seriously,mikuru beam?
^ yeah that one
The only real good adaption of Voice commands I've seen are in Skyrim. It basically gives you the missing key commands from the PC version.
ou can enable hotkeys (which is very important for an rpg imo)
You can sort your stuff by weight/value/name (if you have alot of stuff in your chest you usually have to wait a long time to take something out of it but if you sort it the process gets a lot faster)
You can navigate your follower easier without opening the follower menu.
but then again you have to like "talking to your game".
The only real good adaption of Voice commands I've seen are in Skyrim. It basically gives you the missing key commands from the PC version.
ou can enable hotkeys (which is very important for an rpg imo)
You can sort your stuff by weight/value/name (if you have alot of stuff in your chest you usually have to wait a long time to take something out of it but if you sort it the process gets a lot faster)
You can navigate your follower easier without opening the follower menu.
but then again you have to like "talking to your game".
I'm fortunate enough to have skipped previous iterations of Kinect and voice control in general. This affords me a child-like naivete and optimism when it comes to Kinect 2.0, I guess.
I'm not going to lie, "hope" is a big part of actually liking/being a fan of the Xbox One.
Alx
Member
I think that's one of the 6 events in KS3.
I wonder why.
Vita had around 14 exclusive launch titles, so yeah, inaccurate.
This is not the Rare you're looking for.
Haha that is amazing, now they literally have no Kinect tentpole games for launch.
How can they convince consumers to spend the outrageous $499.99 the thing costs and then don't even have games to support it? What, for fucking voice integration and comically gimmicky "Kinect enhanced" features? Shoulda went with a headset then and saved everyone $100 lol
How can they convince consumers to spend the outrageous $499.99 the thing costs and then don't even have games to support it? What, for fucking voice integration and comically gimmicky "Kinect enhanced" features? Shoulda went with a headset then and saved everyone $100 lol
I was thinking the same thing. I guess this and the Forza DLC is pretty much tacit confirmation of their being 6 months behind.
Yeah but that means nothing. Saying Microsoft is 6 months behind in development doesn't mean Capcom is 6 months behind in development. For launch (which is obviously what we're talking about since we're talking about behind in development), Microsoft only has Forza, which we know is rushed, KI, and Lococyle, which is not even a big retail game.
Maximilian Kolbe
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Yeah Forza 5 is 6 months behind so the make a first-day free DLC...
At least it run 60fps fine since E3
At least it run 60fps fine since E3
SEGAvangelist
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It's pretty incredible really. All the games at launch probably have some type of Kinect feature, but why they'd launch without a Kinect exclusive game is beyond my realm of thinking. I'm still getting it at launch because I think the games look great (plus I have a shitload of MS points/cash from the 1200 points for $5 thing back when). MS seriously needs to show something very impressive from Kinect that will be available at launch now.
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