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Best and Worst running/walking animations in games
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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XV has really mediocre running animations, especially compared to MGS5.FFXV
The running is alright but the walking is great. They use the same animations for both genders though.
Idk Noctis running animation and flailing is p bad. The walking animation you posted is fine.
I can't think of a specific one off the top of my head but the animation in recent Guilty Gear games is so good and walking is no exception.
Dark Souls 2 (right), something is very wrong with our pelvis.
It's so weird to see Dark Souls 1 looking much better than Dark Souls 2 in motion.
It's so weird to see Dark Souls 1 looking much better than Dark Souls 2 in motion.
Both look pretty robotic. I suppose they prioritized the precision in navigation for the combat system and animation suffered for that.Dark Souls 2 (right), something is very wrong with our pelvis.
It's so weird to see Dark Souls 1 looking much better than Dark Souls 2 in motion.
I thought so too but Dark Souls 1 is actually way more precise than Dark Souls 2, even the footprint is more precise.
So much about the way MGS GZ/V feel is so incredible, the fluidity of the animations etc. I really wish the engine could have got taken forward into more projects. Feels like such a waste.Snake's run animation in MGSV is super clean
Also I can count on a single hand other titles that even come close to giving the equivlanenr feeling of momentum/inertia while moving that MG does.
Shout out to Bloodborne for making Souls game look badass. Gif by SunhiLegend.
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Ha, I was going to post Harmony of Dissonance, what a trainwreck. A guy was hacking it to not look so stupid:When they're good, they contribute significantly to the atmosphere and art style of the game. That might sound like an exaggeration, but look at Alucard from Symphony of the Night.
Regal elegance. Exertion with restraint. Fluid and detailed. Very unique.
I'm not kidding when I say it's one of my favorite things about the game.
Meanwhile, we have our boy Juste Belmont from Harmony of Dissonance...
This dude is basically glitching across the screen. This is just... unpleasant to look at. Not only that, his sprite makes his head/hair into a giant, unsightly snake-like blob. Eugh.
At least it fits with the whole "dissonance" theme, and with the equally jarring music quality.
What are some of your favorites and least favorites?
Whats wrong with this.......the ship exploded and she shit her pants......I'd have probably done the same.(Sorry,lol).Mass Effect Andromeda: The GOAT
The engine is used every year in PES (which also has really good animations)
Going from RDR2 to AC Odyssey was a nightmare, mostly because of the bad animations. Its day and night
+1 for all of 2B's animationsI love the acceleration in 2B's running animation.
I thought MGS2 had good animations for its time, but i can't find any good gifs showing it, so take this instead
Some of the best walking would be Assassin's Creed series and MGS.
A game with comically bad walking up a set of stairs is Killzone 2. (it's most noticeable when playing MP online matches and seeing people walk up and down small set of stairs)
The game is amazing, otherwise.
A game with comically bad walking up a set of stairs is Killzone 2. (it's most noticeable when playing MP online matches and seeing people walk up and down small set of stairs)
The game is amazing, otherwise.
I never really liked the SotN animation. It's smoothly animated, but it looks more like a power walk than a run, or like he's trying to run in water.
3D-wise, MGS V is amazing while still feeling so snappy and responsive to control. Games like Uncharted on the other hand animate well but feel very sluggish
3D-wise, MGS V is amazing while still feeling so snappy and responsive to control. Games like Uncharted on the other hand animate well but feel very sluggish
This thread needs 100% more GHOST TRICK:
I came into this thread expecting Cabanela, glad I'm not disappointed.
There's nothing like it, baby!
Don't have a gif at hand, unfortunately, but I remember Shion's run animation in Xenosaga 1 being laughable. She would swing her arms way out in front of her body. Actual movement speed was pretty slow, too, so it was like she was miming a chase for an escaped shopping cart.
FFXV
Hair animation here is really good. It's not realistic but it's satisfying - like a Loreal advert.
