PAX 2008: Polly wants a tank rush
Although we missed the presentation ourselves, the gang at Robot Martini caught Ubisoft's demonstration of Tom Clancy's EndWar audio power at PAX 2008. To do so, they pitted two parrots against each other in a multiplayer match. Check out the video yourself after the break. When Polly says "deploy tanks," you take cover and hide your crackers (har).












Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cj @ Aug 31st 2008 3:36AM
The voice recognition is very good, but im still not sold on the actual gameplay.
Erik Stroud @ Aug 31st 2008 9:27AM
I played the beta, it wasn't that great. I know that it wasn't finished, but, it wasn't exactly glitches that were bad. It was the gameplay. I'm used to RTS games like Age of Empire, C&C, Starcraft, and Supreme Commander. The type that are fast. This was slow, and the camera made it hard to know what you were doing. If I play it again, I will just wait for the full one and rent it.
mocax @ Aug 31st 2008 3:42AM
Do you need to pre-program your voice or does it work out of the box?
Cj @ Aug 31st 2008 4:32AM
I think it works outa box but it just warms u up first time around
Jakka(Naked Peach Brigade) @ Aug 31st 2008 7:10AM
That's good.I get a lot of shit from both people and computers because of my accent...
c. thomas @ Aug 31st 2008 7:21AM
No your wrong. It will give you examples of things to say, and you say them clear into the mic, so yea it kinda does. And how do I know, I've played the beta. Best RTS yet, after Chromehounds that is....Muhahaha
But no seriously......
Psaakyrn @ Aug 31st 2008 3:52AM
Blue! Blue! I said Blue, not red!
Haggard @ Aug 31st 2008 5:49AM
You gotta admit, that's pretty good marketing.
Obie @ Aug 31st 2008 10:43AM
Can you imagine getting your ass handed to ya by a freakin' parrot!? Hahaha awesome.
Dave @ Aug 31st 2008 10:56AM
I, for one, welcome our new parrot overlords.
kaneda @ Aug 31st 2008 11:26AM
Ladies and gentlemen, this game is for the birds.
Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Aug 31st 2008 2:15PM
Norm McDonald reference?
Poisoned Al @ Aug 31st 2008 12:02PM
Yet they are still smarter then most people on Xbox Live.
Psaakyrn @ Aug 31st 2008 4:07PM
That's only because they're in the same room, and hence lose the anonymous citera of the dickward theory.
Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Aug 31st 2008 2:19PM
Hah! What a funny idea. I keep hearing great things about this game's voice recognition, I'm glad they spent so much time on it. Just hope the gameplay lives up; I could totally get into a game like this.