There's just something about running in the Mass Effect games... *chefkiss*
edit: beaten by seconds
Always cracks me up when you see Anderson's as well. Andromeda is also the worst in recent memory...
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Best and Worst running/walking animations in games
- Thread starter SolVanderlyn
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Always cracks me up when you see Anderson's as well. Andromeda is also the worst in recent memory...
God awful and she's my second favorite character in the series.
Gotta go with this one. Both have incredible animation work throughout the games.
The Gotenks walk in dbfz is majestic. Buff Gotenks Again Arcsys you cowards!!!
I always found Shadow Of The Colossus' running cycle particularly awful, especially compared to the quality of the rest of the game.
I thought Aloy's running and walking animations to be great, also her heavy tread through snow or scurrying down rocky slopes looked cool.
I know it's last gen, but I laughed when I saw John run when I played RDR recently. He runs like a snake is trying to bite his ass.
I know it's last gen, but I laughed when I saw John run when I played RDR recently. He runs like a snake is trying to bite his ass.
i dont get why folks keep posting baiken's walk anim instead of literally anyone else's from guilty gear. all the characters have boss walk anims, baiken to me being the only exception to this rule.
like why is her shoulder going way up high that way? the whole movement/walk feels really uncomfortable that it just looks weird to me.
2B and Aloy have some of the best running animations I've witnessed.
Spidey also has a lot of swag walking as one of your gif shows:
Other great walking/running animations:
Aloy, 2B, Noctis, Kratos, Drake, Menat
Awful animations:
Is it strange none comes to my mind immediately? I seem to rather blend those out, lol.
Cerebella from Skullgirls is always my favorite
But holy crap Baiken's new walk animations might dethrone her.
I'm sensing a theme with you.
The animations in Shadow of the Colossus blew my mind when it was new and it still looks great.
Treasure Master for the NES.
Came for this. Totally expected to see this on the first page.
Your character's walking/running animation in Outcast is pretty silly looking. This video though, is good. :)
https://youtu.be/QyjyWUrHsFc?t=1525
https://youtu.be/QyjyWUrHsFc?t=1525
The Castle of Illusion remake from last gen (psssst, it's been relisted on Xbox Live and can be played through XB1 BC!) gave Mickey a baller ass walk cycle.
I'm also a fan of Slayer's GGXX walking animation.
I'm also a fan of Slayer's GGXX walking animation.
Spidey also has a lot of swag walking as one of your gif shows:
Other great walking/running animations:
Aloy, 2B, Noctis, Kratos, Drake, Menat
Awful animations:
Is it strange none comes to my mind immediately? I seem to rather blend those out, lol.
Ha! I forgot this was a walking thread as well! How is everyone finding my old gifs? XD
Here's 2B walking.
He actually had a bad injury as a kid. It's a limp
While Spider-Man's walking animation is great, his running animation looks like he's holding in really bad diarrhea
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Glad Automata and Horizon got gif mentions.
I want to also give recognition to FOR HONOR which has tons of characters all with unique animation and both male/female variants for 60% of those classes. It's honestly an incredible amount just by volume, and 90% is absolutely awesome quality. For Honor deserves awards even if I'm not too hot on the actual game.
I want to also give recognition to FOR HONOR which has tons of characters all with unique animation and both male/female variants for 60% of those classes. It's honestly an incredible amount just by volume, and 90% is absolutely awesome quality. For Honor deserves awards even if I'm not too hot on the actual game.
As much as everyone is shitting on the current state of WoW, I still love the way the different races walk on that game. A Tauren and a Gnome will walk at the exact same speed, but feel completely different, with one feeling heavy and slow and the other one like its on a sugar rush, for example.
And no matter what direction you are turning or looking, the animations never make it seem like you are just sliding atound the ground like a lot of MMOs out therr. Even the new Spiderman has a little bit of slide on his step when running.
And no matter what direction you are turning or looking, the animations never make it seem like you are just sliding atound the ground like a lot of MMOs out therr. Even the new Spiderman has a little bit of slide on his step when running.
A lot of the walking animation in SFV in general is pretty understated but there's some neat stuff in there, Menat aside
Street Fighter V in general looks great. Amazing artists are working on it. Visually I was a fan the moment it was announced. It pains me that the game has been such a mess from the very beginning on so many fronts though and it is just not stopping. Out of principle I refuse to buy and play it. :/
Sonic Adventure has a pretty good mix of amusing animations;
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It must be mostly because of nostalgia, but the original Rayman's walking loop is totally burnt in my memory.
I just love seeing those round shapes wiggling around (Gosh, this sentence sounds bad) and the overall smoothness of the limbs animation!
So I tried to capture Rayman's walk cycle as best as I could and make a GIF out of it :
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I LOVE X's SNES running animation. As a kid I used to admire how heroic and determined it made him look.
Unfortunately I can't find a good gif of it. They're all janky. In the SNES games X was nimble and fluid.
The PSX games had beautiful sprites, too, but they seemed chunkier and slower. I think the transition could have been a little better, especially X's regular standing animation in those games. His running was fine, if not as awesome as the SNES incarnation.
Speaking of movement animations, Zero's dash in X1 is so fucking cool. Note how in the first two games, before he became playable, he never runs. He just zips everywhere. It made him seem like he was on another level.
I just started Symphony of the night on Vita for the first time ever, and noticed that Alucard's movement animation is buttery smooth.
I love the acceleration in 2B's running animation.
This is really amazing. I hadn't seen it before.
I popped back into Mario Odyssey for the first time in nearly a year the other day, and had almost forgotten how much joy this running animation brings me:
MvC3 Deadpool's walk animation is easily one of my favorites. DP in general in MvC3 is badass, (heck, it's what my avatar is) but his walk exemplifies his awesomeness
I love the acceleration in 2B's running animation.
2B's is awesome. She feels incredibly fast but you never lose control of her.
Worst has to be Flash dragging his feet in Injustice, lol.
With a thread with so many repeats only seeing shadow of the colossus mentioned once is baffling to me. I can not stand how that boy runs and jumps. 2B, Aloy, Bayonetta, Snake in MGSV, Samus in Super metroid if you wanna go old school pixel art on it: all greatness. Some of these animations are hilarious.
I couldn't find a good Injustice Flash running gif so here's a timestamped youtube link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFVW9sE-J_A&t=3m45s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFVW9sE-J_A&t=3m45s
Another animation thread?
Somebody needs to post Flashback every time this thread gets made so I guess this time it's my turn :P
Love it. I remember back in the day that was so impressive. And it still is.
But Man, one game comes in mind...
That game still looks so beautiful.
