I’m planning on getting Dragon Age: Inquisition on new generation console. It will look prettiest, and besides, I’m so over getting games for last gen. Now, I will have a trickier decision about which console to get it on.
According to Total Xbox (AKA OXM), Bioware’s Dragon Age Inquisition creative director Mike Laidlaw explained:
We’re expecting that Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions will ship with a Kinect-enabled voice command feature, just like Mass Effect 3 did
Above and beyond voice technology, they’re also looking at SmartGlass ideas for tablets, although producer Cameron Lee says it would have to make sense:
But we want Inquisition to be an experience you can take with you everywhere – to work, the commute home, the living room, bed.
If done properly, this could be a fantastic opportunity for the Xbox One to show off just what the Kinect can do, other than be used to troll people. It could be nice to have integrated voice commands, especially during dialogue options. Additionally, it might be nice if you could use simple gestures or even head nods to direct your companions to attack different enemies. Perhaps shouting “magic” or “fire” if you recognize enemy weak spots. There are plenty of applications that could be done organically to add to the experience, without feeling tacked on and irritating.
I really hope Bioware does this – Xbox One needs to justify that forced Kinect, and it would be nice if there were more to it than simply turning on the system, Skyping people while playing or playing silly sports games. Otherwise, it’s just yet another peripheral for people to complain about.
Last Updated: April 11, 2014
Kromas
April 11, 2014 at 14:35
pc voice commands. I mean how hard can it be.
Umar's Sin
April 11, 2014 at 14:48
Did anyone ever use the VC in ME3?
JustAnotherGamer
April 11, 2014 at 14:53
i thought it was stupid. it was a lot easier to just issue commands with the gamepad.
Umar's Sin
April 11, 2014 at 14:59
Thought so too…Never had a Kinect so wouldn’t know but I wouldn’t use it in anycase
Hammersteyn
April 11, 2014 at 14:59
nope, I’m no Shepard
Umar's Sin
April 11, 2014 at 15:00
LOL cry Krogan to your team mates
Mossel
April 11, 2014 at 14:54
I totally misinterpreted the headline. I thought you were gonna have to talk to the game for a while and then it uses you voice in the game for you character. That would be epic if possible
Matewis Jubilai
April 11, 2014 at 14:59
I think there is a lot of potential in the idea : eg, downloading the recordings that various cool celebrities made for the game. I’d love to have the main character sound like Christopher Walken! I would definitely not use my own voice though as I, unlike Bobby vnJrsvld (die staan-in-water-en-sing-oor-spieels kalant), know that I cannot act…
Unfortunately that would be yet another microtransaction idea for the likes of EA 🙁
Mossel
April 11, 2014 at 15:02
Also everyone would use Morgan Freeman as the voice of the narrator. Yeah, not sure I would use my voice as well! haha unless it has my awesomely sexy afrikaans accent, then I guess that would make any game cool. xD
Matewis Jubilai
April 11, 2014 at 15:04
Kurt Darren as Shepard!! of nee nee wag. Casper de Vries as Shepard!! Man that would be awesome!
Mossel
April 11, 2014 at 15:08
haha Casper as anyone would be awesome! haha! When you finish a mission and go to collect your reward: “Geldjie?”
Mossel
April 11, 2014 at 15:03
LOL “staan-in-water-en-sing-oor-spieels kalant”. Im happy to say I haven’t seen his music videos!
Kensei Seraph
April 11, 2014 at 15:00
Female PC: “Hello everyone.”
Companion A: “Why do you sound like a man?”
Alien Emperor Trevor
April 11, 2014 at 15:05
Hello. Follow me. Hisssssss.
Hammersteyn
April 11, 2014 at 15:07
huh-uh grrrrr
HisDivineOrder
April 11, 2014 at 16:04
Let’s hope that Dragon Age Inquisition is not so simplistic that you’re yelling “magic” at it and it has something it can do meaningfully.
There’s a lot of “magic” in the game.
Robert Hart
April 11, 2014 at 18:00
For a moment there I thought your character would speak using the sound of your own voice. I was about to suggest training it using cartmans voice, but alas 🙁