Xbox 360 Exclusive: Skyrim Kinect support announced

[radgamer420]

People complained that MS focused on too much casual stuff with Kinect. Now they give voice support to a big core title and people are bitching because its only for Kinect and not regular mics? Really?

I cant speak for anybody else who mentioned the mic thing but I wasn't "bitching" so much as I was just giving my opinion on what I think MS is doing here. But I've already stated twice that its still an awesome feature.

[Sub-stance1]

I cant speak for anybody else who mentioned the mic thing but I wasn't "bitching" so much as I was just giving my opinion on what I think MS is doing here. But I've already stated twice that its still an awesome feature.

I know. It wasn't directed at anyone in particular. I just find it funny that some are making this out to be about a mic, when its really about kinect supporting a core title.

[mynd]

I'm not sure why you brought up the PS3 version Mynd. The majority of the discussion was revolving around the fact that the voice recognition stuff in Skyrim could have just as well been done via the 360 headset.

Instead, you have to purchase Kinect to use this.

My point was adding it via anything other than kinect would break the game. I was merely pouting out that games are a delicate balance.

[Sub-stance1]

lol...no. It's more like insults towards kinect are common.

But seriously, its more like complaining for some. Its just like the old saying goes"don't find fault, find a remedy;anybody can complain".

[Sufi]

My point was adding it via anything other than kinect would break the game. I was merely pouting out that games are a delicate balance.

Interesting explanation earlier but didn't they change Kinect to be software-based rather than hardware?

[Vulgotha]

My point was adding it via anything other than kinect would break the game. I was merely pouting out that games are a delicate balance.

Don't see your rationale here. Utilizing Kinect is not 'free' it requires the 360 CPU. One way or another doing this was going to require additional resources.

i think you're operating under the assumption that the Kinect shipped with the onboard hardware to do alot of the heavy lifting for its features- it got cut down prior to launch remember? That's why all those awesome "NATAL" videos we saw from the Forza guys etc etc never came to fruition.

[mynd]

Don't see your rationale here. Utilizing Kinect is not 'free' it requires the 360 CPU. One way or another doing this was going to require additional resources.
I think you're operating under the assumption that the Kinect shipped with the onboard hardware to do alot of the heavy lifting for its features- it got cut down prior to launch remember? That's why all those awesome "NATAL" videos we saw from the Forza guys etc etc never came to fruition.

It has its own firmware, it gets updated. It does some work.

Interesting explanation earlier but didn't they change Kinect to be software-based rather than hardware?

Only parts of it.

[Vulgotha]

"some work" one way or another the 360 unit itself is carrying alot of the load man. Point is, this is something that could have still been easily patched into Skyrim for all 360 owners just by using a mic. resource allocation was going to be an issue one way or another.

This is PR.

Besides, if the PS2 could do it..

[mynd]

"some work" one way or another the 360 unit itself is carrying alot of the load man. Point is, this is something that could have still been easily patched into Skyrim for all 360 owners just by using a mic. resource allocation was going to be an issue one way or another.

This is PR.

Besides, if the PS2 could do it..

I'm pretty sure trying to custom write in mic routines would be a hell of a lot more complicated than simply invoking and alreayd built DLL.
Which is what , as I say I was getting at.
0.01% coding resources, 0.01% game memory vs ???
If it wasnt easy to implement, they wouldnt have stopped at just the Kinect verison of it.

[Vulgotha]

Unless...


Btw I'm not sure I buy your argument considering, as I posted earlier, there is a PC mod out there by regular chaps like us for voice commands.

So how hard is it really?

http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2012...-skyrim-on-pc/

So no, I don't buy it man. Some nerd(s ?) was able to mod stuff to recognize voice commands on the PC using nothing but a mic. But I'm supposed to believe that this is 'too difficult' or 'significantly difficult'... Enough to warrant then skipping using mics (which almost all 360 owners have) to simply use Kinect.

I'm skeptical and I don't think it's unreasonable to be so.

[Sub-stance1]

I'm pretty sure trying to custom write in mic routines would be a hell of a lot more complicated than simply invoking and alreayd built DLL.
Which is what , as I say I was getting at.
0.01% coding resources, 0.01% game memory vs ???
If it wasnt easy to implement, they wouldnt have stopped at just the Kinect verison of it.

true. Also, having those multiple mics in kinect allows them to perform speaker isolation and better noise cancellation, which results in higher accuracy voice recognition. Probably not so easy to do this with just any microphone.

[mynd]

Unless...


Btw I'm not sure I buy your argument considering, as I posted earlier, there is a PC mod out there by regular chaps like us for voice commands.

So how hard is it really?

http://www.hotbloodedgaming.com/2012...-skyrim-on-pc/

So no, I don't buy it man. Some nerd(s ?) was able to mod stuff to recognize voice commands on the PC using nothing but a mic. But I'm supposed to believe that this is 'too difficult' or 'significantly difficult'... Enough to warrant then skipping using mics (which almost all 360 owners have) to simply use Kinect.

I'm skeptical and I don't think it's unreasonable to be so.

Its all about effort vs reward.
No one is saying it isnt possible to do, but in a closed box system vs PC, with unliimted memory via disk paging?

As I said before its not about it being not possible, its about it being very easy to implement.