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Rainbird on 18 January 2012
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Ajescent said:
Rainbird said:

You can do voice commands with almost any kind of microphone, it's just a matter of how much effort you want to put into it. Kinect is built in such a way that voice commands are easy to use in a game. 

Proof can be found here:

"Mass Effect executive producer Casey Hudson says BioWare is bringing voice commands to Kinect and Xbox 360 because Microsoft's sound and motion-sensing controller is doing the hard work of voice recognition. Kinect's internal hardware is what makes it possible—or at least much easier to get voice commands working—not just its microphones."

I've only seen the voice part in action and that's not necessary if they are adding gestures as well that's a different story.

There are lots of things that aren't necessary. Why have analogue sticks when we were doing fine without them on the NES and SNES? Voice commands are being brought in as an experiment. Maybe some players will really like using them and want them in future games, or maybe nobody will care for them, and we'll know that there isn't really demand for it.

If we don't experiment with gameplay, how are we going to improve it? The reason Kinect will be the only way to use voice commands in Mass Effect 3 is because it allows voice commands to be easily integrated into game, making experimentation easy.