Shadow Hog
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I can't identify what part of Thanalan this is, and it's bugging me, since I've spent way more time running around Thanalan than I care to admit.Not really running, but chocobos.
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Best Running Animation/Cycle
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Spiritwalker
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i like the FFXII running animations. they look natural.
can't find a gif tho
can't find a gif tho
So far I haven't found a game that tops LA Noire's regarding stair animations
Oh good one. The game is full of gorgeous animations
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
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Paradox me
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I'm pretty sure it's Highbridge in Eastern Thanalan, on the side leading to Shroud.
Male Shep is just as bad.
SchrodingerC
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Exactly the same XD.
BARF. The casual running animation for femshep was garbage as well. The bowlegged run just looked ridiculous.
Shadow Hog
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Ah, I see it now.
For some reason my brain kept trying to interpret it as Vesper Bay, which I knew was wrong because the only open vista there is to an ocean, not a scenic mountain backdrop.
1st post nails it.
Yeah, MGSV Snake has the best running animation I've seen in games so far, it felt so good and natural, and the sound feedback helps a lot too, the only problem with it is that once you upgrade the speed, it looks a bit awkward as it is way too fast, but the regular speed running animation is perfection.
What bearing does that have when discussion about the quality of animations themselves ?
To answer your question it's so as to show it better.
DeVeAn
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Right on!
Highbridge? I've been out of the game for a few months, but that was my first thought.
Edit: On topic, Syphon Filter!
BenedictBlakbrn
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Almost everything Oddworld Inhabitants does and their remakes.
The Lamonster
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Diablohead
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Smooth doesn't always mean good, I love SotN but the run cycle is very floaty and weird feeling.
BenedictBlakbrn
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Couldn't find any good gifs of Jak and Daxter but here's a vanilla Ratchet run cycle that has some really nice overlap animation in his ears and tail. Would be nice if they did variations on it for different situations like frantic sprint and determined dash.
malboroking
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So why is the GIF shown slowed down?
You've got to be trolling lad. It's slowed down to show off the detailed running ltitle man. Since you obviously know so much about the running animation, you should know what it looks like full speed boy.
You seriously think Just Cause 2 and Deadly Premonition are in the same league son? You're out of your mind child.
MGSV's are posted already, so there goes my vote.
I do, too, but man, I fee like ACIV's are the worst. It looks so stilted and stiff. A step backwards from how smooth ACIII felt and looked. Unity and Syndicate's look much better, too.I love the running animations in the Assassin's Creed games!
eot
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Exactly the same XD.
Fuck that animation in particular
Looked so bad, and it stood out every time I had to sprint.
Strangelove77
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I don't have a gif, but running while using the Raiden skin looks awesome in MGS5.
PassiveObserver
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Best running, best punching, best everything.
I like how you didn't post the sprint (which is horrible).
Connors running animation is still the best.
The animations in Shantae games are always great (especially Pirates Curse) but I've especially always loved the run cycle in this section:
Or, more specifically, how Shantae runs on the spot when you're not moving, makes the whole scene feel a lot more urgent and comical than it would if she just stopped in her tracks.
Or, more specifically, how Shantae runs on the spot when you're not moving, makes the whole scene feel a lot more urgent and comical than it would if she just stopped in her tracks.
This is my favorite.
Nice one.
MrCunningham
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This is so unapologetically '90s that I love it. Dude is walking like he just doesn't give a fuck.
Emperor Bohe
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I can't find any proper running gifs, but Connor in Assassin's Creed 3 still has the best animation in the series. It's a shame that Black Flag took a step backwards in terms of animation.
the way that he would wade through the snow was dope too
the way that he would wade through the snow was dope too
LelouchZero
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Yeah I know what you mean, I was struggling to find some gifs from the other games so just posted that one.
I remember playing Assassin's Creed 3 for the first time and being absolutely blowing away by the animations, it was crazy!
It was a pretty big jump from the previous Assassin's Creed games to ACIII.
I can't find any proper running gifs, but Connor in Assassin's Creed 3 still has the best animation in the series. It's a shame that Black Flag took a step backwards in terms of animation.
the way that he would wade through the snow was dope too
This game has amazing animations!
Hentailover
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3 pages and not a single gif from that one game where you dodge bullets by striking poses and play as a girl with exceptional butt?
Thank you, I was gonna say. The reason it feels weird and floaty is because his upper body is barely moving up and down, like it's on a rail or something. When you run, your whole body moves up and down, in a sinusoidal pattern, not on a straight line. This issue is even more apparent when Alucard turns around. That, of all animations, should be the 'jerkiest' one, yet it's like he's a bar of soap sliding at the bottom of a bathtub.
king grimlock
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I can't find any proper running gifs, but Connor in Assassin's Creed 3 still has the best animation in the series. It's a shame that Black Flag took a step backwards in terms of animation.
I'm fairly certain the viking in for honor uses a slight variation of this running animation.
One Foul Note
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Can't find any videos of it, but I was very impressed by the way that in Dead Space 2 (might have also been in 1 too, can't quite recall) your walking animation in zero gravity environments became more stompy and labored as the result of your feet being magnetized to the floor.
Nocturnowl
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Emperor Bohe
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good, they should be reusing the damn animations. i don't understand why they didn't reuse them in later AC games.
Sword Of Doom
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I love the running animation in Bloodborne. So much personality in all of the animations in that game
Theonik
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They provide a good counterweight which enhances stability and subsequently speed!
Erm to capture and express the ridiculous attention to detail of Snakes stride? Look at his lunge, he's propelling him self off the ground in a completely organic way, his feet and knee adjust in height as his right leg steps into the slight dip in the floor but maintains his speed without breaking into a new animation, there's clear improvisation of movement based on the environment. It's far more sophisticated then any of the canned animations you've provided from your list of games. If you can't see that then you shouldn't be making claims about running animations IMO.So why is the GIF shown slowed down?
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