VG247 writes: From Software has said players will not be limited to just using Kinect in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, they will also use the standard controller as well. However, the implementation of Kinect has added some cool features to the control scheme.
Speaking in an interview at gamescom, which you can watch below, the development team said that back in 2003 when the first Steel Battalion was released, “everyone was talking about the controller.”
Eurogamer:
"Heavy Armor might be the perfect Kinect game, or at least, the most honest, because it reveals how interesting life can be when technology gets in your way. Green-lighted way back when Kinect was known as Project Natal, the game posits a near-future in which a silicon-guzzling microbe has devoured every computer on the planet, setting back the science of combat to roundabouts the close of the first world war. Deprived of GPS, drones and other decadent trappings of 21st century warfare, the Earth's nations are obliged to duke it out in gas-powered mechs or "vertical tanks" that handle as elegantly as elephants in high heels."
And the reason that it was one of From Soft's worst games is that it was tied to poor game accessory.
As much as I like From's Souls games, I'm hoping they release another Armored Core at some point.
...just had to throw that out there
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I really thought the picture of the horse was a real game. Not even sure why I'm disappointed it isn't ;/ Also, Survivor? What's the real aim of the game? Survive the opening credits?
duke nukem forever should of made the list, a game 10yrs in developement and ended up looking like a 2000 title.
As a person who played and owns the original game, it would be very ridiculous if they made it all just Kinect, which was one of my worries of the game.
In a way i'm glad to see that they are using the controller along side of it, but bummed that they're just using a standard controller.
This just goes to show how inventive developers can be with Kinect. The way this game plays is something that can only be done on Xbox 360/Kinect.
Been looking forward to this one for a while now.
To me Kinect seems better suited for a controller with voice commands. Waving your hands around doesn't really do much for a game experience.
Sanity prevailed. XB360 owners should rejoice. Buttons are good.