The game with most impressive animation of this gen?
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Japanese games that have good animation create it in a way that combines good animation work + style + responsiveness.
It's easily Red Dead but my thought coming in was Monster Hunter World because of the turf wars and beast like behavior the monsters exhibit
Red Dead 2 and it isn't really close. And Euphoria on top the splendid mocap and animation. The animal life feels alive, until it's dying and then it's tragic. The street musicians, the woman practicing violin in the dark by herself, the cabaret, the pianist perfoming each and every tune. Every mission giver feels present, the npcs all regard each other and you and react to so goddang much.
Modern Warfare 2019 has to be up there. It feels absurdly smooth and it just elevates the entire experience.
Read Dead had a shit ton of animations, but when it comes to quality I think UC4/LL are the clear winners.
Yea it's genuinely ridiculous just how good Red Dead looks considering it's scale. Like, just look at how the first guy stumbles.
Yeah, April of this year was animation porn with both DMC5 and Sekiro.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 got me watching a 20 minute talent show. Can't say many other games that managed to do anything like that.
Could you please upload a gif or something of BOTW that showcases it's animation? I haven't seen much of the game but it looked just as clunky as the previous Zelda games.
When it comes to Action RPGs, FFXV is unmatched when it comes to animations. It's insanely good.
Same here too. It's really, really hard to animate and not only they've nailed it but everything flows really well too.
Followed by U4 and Detroit.
Cuphead is literally going above and beyond. The gap between it and the contenders is not even funny.
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Lady is literally barely in this game and serves very little purpose and they still said "let's literally give her one of the most convincing hairstyles in gaming history." It's so surreal to see a character action game of all things, be not only one of the best looking games of the year but also one of the best looking games ever. That literally hasn't happened since DMC4.
Lady is literally barely in this game and serves very little purpose and they still said "let's literally give her one of the most convincing hairstyles in gaming history." It's so surreal to see a character action game of all things, be not only one of the best looking games of the year but also one of the best looking games ever. That literally hasn't happened since DMC4.
Yeah, whoever was in charge of Lady certainly gave a shit. Look at how the hair bobs from her headshake.
Games that basically plays by itself like RDR2 shouldn't be on the list.
A lot of the animation work in RDR2 is dynamic and genuinely impressive on more than just surface level. Even the way you will stumble and slide down a steeper slope is situational and feels less canned than any other game ive ever seen. The question was "most impressive animation" , not "do you enjoy playing Red Dead?"
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Of course, it's also proof that amazing animations doesn't mean it will play good. MGSV is peak TPS animation. The animations are great, but they don't sacrifice gameplay. The game isn't going to put some beautiful and intricate animation if you want to immediately stop, roll, and then pull out your weapon. It priorities responsiveness over "realness" and "smoothness." It just works.
Of course, it's also proof that amazing animations doesn't mean it will play good. MGSV is peak TPS animation. The animations are great, but they don't sacrifice gameplay. The game isn't going to put some beautiful and intricate animation if you want to immediately stop, roll, and then pull out your weapon. It priorities responsiveness over "realness" and "smoothness." It just works.
Happy someone mentioned Gris. They just don't make games like it which is a shame. But also nice in a way because it makes it that much more special.I don't know why everything always has to be a superlative ("the best," "the most impressive," "of all time"), but I'd like to give a shout to the beautiful animation in Gris.
And in Floor Kids.
I agree, it looks like what I imagine Battlefield 6 would look like if it's in modern setting.
It's a blasphemy that Monster Hunter World is not mentioned. The animation and movements of the monsters are all really incredible, unmatched IMO by any game I have played this gen.
Depends on what is called animation. For scripted and isolated segments RDR2 is impressive also because sustained by a gorgeous engine. But in action, Sipderman's combos and sequences among a dozen of ennemis, plus using the environment to strike or move is something really crazy on how natural and fluid it sticks to the player's input while looking extremely choreographed. Sekiro can has similar moments.
Red Dead is basically all about animation to the detriment of everything else, so I would hope it's at least excelling in that regard. I still think Cuphead is more impressive since its excellent animation enhances the overall design rather than diminishing it as Red Dead does.
RDR2 has some incredible animations and class leading visuals, the problem is, it also has a fair share of bad ones. So often when you crash your horse, run into a building, slip off even a small rock or cliff edge or whatever, you're met with some pretty dumb sack of potato ragdoll physics, almost like at the moment of impact the character just collapses with a fake sense of weight and physics.
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