[Slight spoilers of unrevealed new Pokémon from the new games]
I'm mostly quoting this article from Polygon:
Anyone who checked up his social media feed will have seen that there's a ton of Sword&Shield related tweets making the waves, which was to be expected since it's a really popular franchise. What is interesting however is how people are reacting to the improved animations of the game, which was explicitly mentioned as an area they wanted to focus on in this game. Largely, the reaction has been very positive and lots of memes/videos are circulating on Twitter to showcase the various ways people are interacting with their Pokémon.
Rather than cute, some can be terrifying:
A good part of those viral tweets are the Wild Area pokémon running at the trainer on sight.
And before people think this only concerns Camping/Wild area animations:
I could post dozens of videos, but you probably already got the point. As the article says:
Yet there was a huge discourse online prior to launch about how the game would have terrible animations based on some cherry picked clips about some early game attack animations (Double Kick for instance). On one hand, it's clear that that discourse was largely fueled by dishonest people trying to spread misinformation and negativity for a game they decided to hate. On the other hand, TPC's communication around the game was also quite weak in showcasing people the efforts put in this aspect. So I think there are multiple factors playing a role in this situation.
All in all, this helps showing the dedication of the animation department of Game Freak/its contractors into making the Pokémon and the world of Galar as a whole livelier than ever before. And it really shows while playing in-game.
I'm mostly quoting this article from Polygon:
Anyone who checked up his social media feed will have seen that there's a ton of Sword&Shield related tweets making the waves, which was to be expected since it's a really popular franchise. What is interesting however is how people are reacting to the improved animations of the game, which was explicitly mentioned as an area they wanted to focus on in this game. Largely, the reaction has been very positive and lots of memes/videos are circulating on Twitter to showcase the various ways people are interacting with their Pokémon.
Rather than cute, some can be terrifying:
A good part of those viral tweets are the Wild Area pokémon running at the trainer on sight.
And before people think this only concerns Camping/Wild area animations:
I could post dozens of videos, but you probably already got the point. As the article says:
Yet there was a huge discourse online prior to launch about how the game would have terrible animations based on some cherry picked clips about some early game attack animations (Double Kick for instance). On one hand, it's clear that that discourse was largely fueled by dishonest people trying to spread misinformation and negativity for a game they decided to hate. On the other hand, TPC's communication around the game was also quite weak in showcasing people the efforts put in this aspect. So I think there are multiple factors playing a role in this situation.
All in all, this helps showing the dedication of the animation department of Game Freak/its contractors into making the Pokémon and the world of Galar as a whole livelier than ever before. And it really shows while playing in-game.
