: An advantage to using buttons there is that the press could trigger an
: appropriate bit of voicing, using your character's voice. Whereas, if
: you've already issued a voice command yourself, it wouldn't be right to
: then get your character's voice as well.

I was thinking in Gordon Freeman terms... I press the button and they do what I want but the game doesn't have to make my character say something. It's just understood that something was said.

: Well anyway, when I thought about the possibility of using a headset, I
: reconsidered my blanket dismissal of voice commands, as you may've seen in
: my reply to cheapLEY.

I read it after my post.

The funny thing is that I already yell at them. They just don't hear me. "Get in the car. Get in the car! We're all going to die. Hurry up!" "And now we're dead. Thanks a lot guys."

On the coastal highway I always shout at Buck, "Concentrate on the Ghosts, ignore the Banshees. Shoot! Don't talk." "Just pull the trigger already." or "Somebody take out that damn turret? You're the one with the gun!"

So, for me, it would be nice if they actually took heed of what I was saying.