Battlefield 4 on Xbox One will implement some sort of Kinect functionality, though DICE isn’t really talking specifics yet. DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson says that DICE has “a pretty pragmatic view” on Kinect and that due to the series’ emphasis on skill, input is a big factor when designing features – so motion controls are out.
“You need to have very precise control over what’s going on, and trying to do something like that with motion control input does not make sense – not if you want to keep the same kind of formula of the game as we [have] now. You’d need to build a different kind of shooter,” Troedsson said in the latest issue of Game Informer (via Videogamer). “But there are other places where it will make sense, and we are going to use it for other things in the game, but we haven’t announced exactly what.” Voice commands? That seems like the obvious choice, though it’s purely speculation at this point.
Battlefield 4, which runs on the Frostbite 3 engine and resurrects the series’ Commander mode, is set to launch on October 29. Battlefield 4 will be available on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One and PC.
