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Best Running Animation

Rogue Legacy, proudest run animation ever

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All running animations from the original Abe's Odyssey and Abe's Exodus are really cool (mindblowing for their time). Couldn't find any gifs :/
 
No mention to the walking/running animations of Assassins Creed Unity? What kind of flop thread!

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Just focus on Arno and not the people pop-in, couldn't find better ones T_T

In Xenoblade X it just feels so good to run. Great animation and feel.
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Also special mention to the Skells walking + transforming animations...

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Ummm yeah, work it baby!

Oh, and
 
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Gears of War roadie run. Apparently it's only 20% faster than normal speed but it feels much faster.

Also it's nothing to do with the animation but I hate the sprinting sound in MGS5.
 
I'd say Kingdom Hearts was the first game to make me really look at run cycles. Sora felt so weighty and the sound of his big ass shoes made running around feel really good. Compared to Dark Cloud 2 which was around the same time and Max' animations were more glide-y and his feet slid if you walked at less than full speed.

I need to play 1.5 and 2.5 but I'd say KHII Sora has one of the best.
 
Always liked Kirby running

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Shadow of the Colossus

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Ajna, from Indivisible

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Kyo's run is iconic, nice flow to it

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