EA revealed Sports junk, namely new kinect controls for Madden and Tiger Woods, and Sims, but a huge reveal was Mass Effect 3. The conversation engine using the kinect voice sensor felt natural and well-understood, albeit limited to reading a single line at a time, but what really shone was the use of voice sensing in combat. The player shouted commands that were responded to seamlessly!
Tomb Raider looked amazing, and I've not been excited for a Tomb Raider game in the entire length of the series. I have to think that the story must be centered on Lara's first adventure, and I also thought the model they made of her looked sooo much better.
Tom Clancy's Future Soldier looked great in the cinematic shown, but I had wished for more gameplay. The gunsmith really drove home the fact that this year was a Kinect year for sure, and the gestures used in the gunsmith mode really looked intuitive as well as having the first Kinect-based gun controls. What worries me is the possible rail system that might be required unless movement controls that are just as intuitive are introduced.
Xbox Interface Updates. The integration of Bing looks to be awesome so xbox players have a complete aggregation of all their content so gamers don't have to bounce between different marketplaces to check on something. Those updates ought to come very soon, but the Youtube channel, which will be a huge function for the Xbox experience, basically collecting the top 4 reasons for players to go online, it'll take probably longer to be released and we'll have to wait probably till July at the earliest to see it come out.
Ryse sure was confusing to watch, but the gameplay looks entirely awesome, visceral but intense as hell. I'm interested to see how it pans out for gamers.
Halo HD Remake. Continuing this trend of not only rereleasing games of the past, but the relatively new trend of remaking and remastering these games comes the first game in the Halo franchise. I thought it looked interesting, but I don't think it'll be a terribly huge release as gamers will not see alot of reason to play a game that's ten years old, but the remastering might be a reason to relive the experience.
Forza 4, funny to me how the Forza series has quite possibly overtaken the Gran Turismo franchise, and it looks just as amazing. Though I can't care too much about the racing genre, it does look really nice.
Fable the Journey presented the shortest Peter Molyneaux speech ever, without deep commentary on the human condition or such things. but moreso, it presented a wary concept of a fourth Fable, but made the experience look fun with the use of kinect to cast spells and power up the spells and engage enemies, though the concern is with the game being on rails just as the Future Soldier video instigated.
FIST BUMP
Disneyland looks to be basically Disney Kinect Adventures. Nothing special, though the ...*ahem* actors were something to be seen..but don't worry, we'll get the coins next time.
Kinect Star Wars. FINALLY we can actively pantomime slashing shit with lightsabers and using the force but actually having a game system to blame for looking like an idiot! Plus I wonder how much from the universe they're pulling, it almost seems like they are pulling from the expanded universe to an extent to me which is really cool.
Tim Schafer directs Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster. This game is such a distraction for kids, no doubt, or at least a game to play when you're on something.
Kinect Fun Labs. Kudos...Kudo. Sorry, had to do it. This looks to be Kinect arcade games. Face Scanning looks cool, if not completely killer for the avatar marketplace. Fingertracking is gonna really change gamerpics allowing for these custom pics and not just that but opens a new avenue for creative photography. Active object scanning to finally deliver on the promise of scanning skateboards. Took long enough.
Kinect Sports 2. Finally, I can play football and not have to buy a new game every year. Looking at you, Madden. Golf looks nice, though it's already been done. Christ, screaming plays in Football, great, brahs everywhere are getting noise complaints already. But that looks like a lot of fun for sure.
Dance Central 2, I loved Dance Central, though I'm wondering why they didn't just make dlc for the original. Making new separate installments is what killed guitar hero and rockband.
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