Microsoft Presser Review

'SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT KINECT.' That seemed to be the general consensus on Twitter and in my brain. The usage of the voice command in Mass Effect 3 during combat looked awesome. The Fable on-rails shooter looked like putrid ass.

This is yet another gaming gimmick out of control. It was the Wii for a while, and now it's the Kinect.

The Ghost Recon usage was insane, and totally inappropriately applauded.

That being said, Gears of War 3 looked great, as did Forza 4.

Gears showed a level taking place on a giant boat, and co-op partners made use of a mech suit. One person wore it while firing away, while the other player was actually able to use the mech suit as cover. Very, very cool.

Forza Motorsport 4 has a nice graphical overhaul, but little needs to be said about this game. We know it's going to be great, and those of us with good taste will buy it.

Mass Effect 3 looked AMAZING and the usage of voice-command was great in combat and not so much in dialogue. I'm going to hate the parts that they've geared even more toward generic people, but I'm going to love the game. I just hope the voice command for combat makes it into the PC version.

We got the obligatory Halo and CoD stuff, but peppered in between that was the above good stuff.

There was also a bunch of blah blah blah about watching TV on the 360 and talking at your XBox and whatever, but I suddenly found staring out the window very interesting then.

Sadly, the last third of the show was once again Kudo's Gaming For Babies Seminar. Kudo used to be a symbol of innovation, but now he just signals to me that it's time for me to quit paying attention.

Overall, Microsoft showed more core games than I was expecting, but the forcing of Kinect into everything was very disappointing.

Make me happy, EA!

-Blaine