Some concepts!!
Looks like a reaper
Huh? Not on iOS
Horizon's facial animations destroy every other open-world game out there. It's not even a contest.
Yeah absolutely. But they're still too stiff, like only the mouth is moving most of the time. It depends on the character of course, some are better animated than others.
Do you want me to whip out Witcher 3 gifs?
It's not only the faces (which are very stiff) in Horizon characters just look nailed to the ground with no sense of natural movement while in in-engine curscenes.
Ptsss
It's not only the faces (which are very stiff) in Horizon characters just look nailed to the ground with no sense of natural movement while in in-engine curscenes.
This is what I'm talking about. The mouth moves, the upper part of the face doesn't.Ptsss
I always thought that they hovered above the ground, neat that they crawl along it.
You said
And no, you don't have to praise all aspects of a game when it is lacking in some other area, but when it comes to facial animation Horizon does it better than Witcher 3. And yes there are areas that could use more polish but it is one of the better facial animation in open world games. When it comes to general animation, movement, and IK, it is also one of the best.
NPC art for this game is the best I've ever seen. Any one of these could be a protagonist for their own game.
This is just wrong. For example, the scene when Aloy finds out that Elizabeth is already dead, the game treats it like she's sad, but he doesn't change her facial expression. And so is the game most of the time, sometimes it feels she has 2 expressions, smirky and serious smirky. Meanwhile the Witcher 3 has moments where it needs no dialogue because of the expressions.
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