ZA WARUDO!
Capcom games in general have a certain kind of charm about them IMHO. The character animations are certainly playing a part in that.
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The Animation Flourishes of Street Fighter V - An Appreciation (a LOT of gifs/mobile warning)
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ZA WARUDO!
Capcom games in general have a certain kind of charm about them IMHO. The character animations are certainly playing a part in that.
While I think GG Xrd is the best looking fighter overall, and IJ2 looks better than SFV graphically, there's no question that SFV has the best animation in the genre.
The extra animations after special moves makes the ending of a round look better and more alive. Considering rounds end with special moves frequently, they aren't just there not to ever be seen outside of training mode.
Well, as it happens, they took a LOT of inspiration in terms of animation from that game. Chun-Li is pretty much like her 3rd Strike iteration but in 3D.
Season 1 animation I thought were flawlessly done in terms of poses, weight, and smoothness.
Season 2, while I feel the animations are a bit more creative, it definitely needs polish. Like it's either some of the poses are a bit too stiff(i.e. Kolin, ed, Zeku character select animation), or it's wobbly with ligaments flailing (i.e Zangief season 2.5 grabs, Zeku walk back and forth animation).
Season 2, while I feel the animations are a bit more creative, it definitely needs polish. Like it's either some of the poses are a bit too stiff(i.e. Kolin, ed, Zeku character select animation), or it's wobbly with ligaments flailing (i.e Zangief season 2.5 grabs, Zeku walk back and forth animation).
The only thing SFV lacks over SF3 is animated fabric. If they can some how get clothes to flow with the movement the way it does in SF3... lord...
Even the same moves from SF4 look dozens of times better in SF5.
Even the same moves from SF4 look dozens of times better in SF5.
Yea, It's definietly something I want to address when I have the time to give more thorough examples
But just small stuff for now of what I'm talking about:
Kolins head and arms sort of pop in place, so animation has a bit of jerkiness
https://youtu.be/UGHGrp6KNag?t=21s
Zeku's upper torso not animating when he moves his arms at :18-:20
https://youtu.be/8BakUhR19ng?t=19s
Abigail jab animation, body doesn't really follow through as much as he should when he jabs.
https://youtu.be/vlF7aGrdrsw?t=17s
Sometimes I wonder how I ever loved SF4's art direction now SF5 exists and does everything so much better.
There's so many slick throw animations in this game. (this doesn't mean it's time to post air cammy gif!)
There's so many slick throw animations in this game. (this doesn't mean it's time to post air cammy gif!)
Another reason I say V is the successor to III, whereas IV was the successor to II.
VI to be the successor to Alpha? Would be fun.
VI to be the successor to Alpha? Would be fun.
I think you're seeing things. I'm not seeing anything like what you're describing. In fact I think the s2 characters are the best animated ones in the entire game
Best thing about the game by far. Masterful as always, Capcom. And glad that you mentioned the camerawork, they did a superb job with that as well.
I'm not seeing it either. Zeku in particular looks like one of the best animated characters in the entire game.
Like I've said, in terms of creativity, I think season 2 nails it well. In terms of the technical aspect, like animation arcs not being properly smoothed out. weight being less emphasized than before, etc, it doesn't hold a candle to season 1. I'll go into detail later, it's something you have to have an eye for.
I don't see it but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
I don't know, it looks like it's animating to me. He's moving his upper torso very slowly but the movement is there.
This is intentional. He's a literal giant so his lights are extremely wimpy looking to play up how effortlessly strong he is. It's why one of his grabs is a fingerflick that sends the opponent flying.
Speaking of which, do later characters have that awesome Heavy Block Recovery animation that the initial cast had? Like instead of a blocked Heavy attack completing it's animation normally like every other fighting game there was a special animation that intuitively told the blocker that this is a move you can punish. I know they cut down on that in season 1 which made people think the animation budget went down. But Season 2 indicates that's definitely not the case because the characters are filled with tons of unnecessary, cancellable recovery animations that no one will see in competitive matches. It's crazy how much time and effort they are spending on little flourishes most people won't ever see.
Yeah, I come from 3D fighters and I'm constantly blown away by how SFV has the best fight animations the genre has ever seen. It's why I'm really excited to see Sagat, Honda, Fei Long, Elena, Makoto or pretty much anyone else with a real fighting style because the animations are just such a joy to watch.
This is my read on that animation as well.
I think they're mostly for when you get a KO with one of those moves. They play out in full in those scenarios.
Don't be fooled, his upper pecs moves a bit, probably due to the muscle system they have in place, but from the lower abs to lower chest, there's no movement going on, so it appears robotic when it's played out.
Right, but that shouldn't be an excuse for stiff posing. There could've been done much more to the pose like twisting his upper relative to where his right pec is. Right now it's way too robotic and doesn't look as dynamic as it should.
I doubt capcom is going to make any further adjustments now, since people seem to be giving them praise rather than calling them out on stuff like this.
I'm probably going to be doing some draw overs and more examples hopefully this weekend, if not then the next, to give a better understanding of what to look for.
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Of S2 Akuma and Kolin have it on a single move each. S1 I'm not really sure to be honest.
Quite a difference compared to Ryu who has that thing on three moves. He's the only one like that. The second character revealed, Chun Li has none. Not sure what's with the randomness, clearly they aren't skimping on animation. I guess it depends on which animations it may look right and not. Or on the animator's whim!
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Yep Ed also has something similar to Zeku. I'm trying to play Ed these days, so here are some Ed gifs.
Amazing, I really didn't notice these before. The one where he's doing the uppercut is so friggin good.
Never even caught some of theseYep Ed also has something similar to Zeku. I'm trying to play Ed these days, so here are some Ed gifs.
It's so nice to have a SFV thread that isn't full of hatred and negative rants about how the game plundered and destroyed their village. :)
Ah, that's right.
Ryu and Chun seem to have been the two most detailed characters at launch, which would make sense as they were the only fully playable characters in the alpha build shown at PSX/CapCup 14.
Someone should make GIFs of all the idle sequences. They all look really good.
Huh didn't know there was so much appreciation for the animation of SFV. Clipping aside, the animation move as smooth as butter. Things definitely got better with season 2's characters, especially Menat and Zeku.
I'll probably get stoned for it, but I have something like 200 hours in the game and I feel too much animations per moves hurt the game feeling. A lot of moves are not "snappy" enough and often feel sluggish because of the work on the animations. Alpha 3 has way less animation-frames per moves and it feels way more snappier too me thanks to it and not just because of the speed of the game.
The animation in the game is top notch. Everything moves so fluidly. I'd give it a 10/10 if it wasn't for the horrible clipping issues for the characters clothes and hair. Is that fixed on PC?