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Re: Death animations
Posted By: kapowaz <halo.bungie.org@kapowaz.net>Date: 11/6/12 4:43 p.m.

In Response To: Death animations (Rockslider)


: How do you mean "blur the lines"?

: More generally, what are the death animations like? In the sequels to H1 I've
: long lamented the ragdoll death animations which often make an enemy seem
: like it's suddenly become some sort of rubbery toy, breaking the illusion
: of a real body. Limbs would flail at inappropriate angles and the body
: would often settle into an unrealistic posture, lying on the ground like a
: plastic figurine might, rather than settling flat. Also it might glitchily
: pop up a bit after seeming to settle. I also missed the comedy of the
: artfully designed H1 death animations. So how are things with H4? Anything
: changed for the better?

They're more realistic, but as it turns out that's not actually helpful; when an enemy transforms from being a threat to a corpse, it's good to know this as soon as possible so you don't waste ammo. Often when shooting elites or grunts they'll spin around as they die, but it's easy to mistake this for their normal, alive and jumping around animations.

: Hmm… that's not encouraging to me. It really annoys me when games use text I
: have to struggle to make out.

You and me both. I have to wonder just what the game looks like on an SDTV. Presumably they don't use the same layout, because it'd be impossible to read then.

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Halo 4 graphics. Bad?Cody Miller 11/6/12 10:58 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 graphics. Bad?Phoenix_9286 11/6/12 11:02 a.m.
           Total agreement *NM*scarab 11/6/12 9:17 p.m.
     No, you're notrhubarb 11/6/12 11:12 a.m.
     Re: Halo 4 graphics. Bad?kapowaz 11/6/12 12:24 p.m.
           Re: Halo 4 graphics. Bad?asa 11/6/12 1:20 p.m.
                 Re: Halo 4 graphics. Bad?scarab 11/7/12 4:45 p.m.
           Death animationsRockslider 11/6/12 2:09 p.m.
                 Re: Death animationsCody Miller 11/6/12 2:22 p.m.
                       Re: Death animationsthebruce0 11/7/12 8:55 a.m.
                 Re: Death animationskapowaz 11/6/12 4:43 p.m.
                       Re: Death animationsuberfoop 11/6/12 4:53 p.m.
                       Re: Death animationsRockslider 11/6/12 6:05 p.m.
                             Re: Death animationscheapLEY 11/6/12 6:19 p.m.
                                   Re: Death animationsscarab 11/6/12 9:35 p.m.
                                         Re: Death animationskapowaz 11/7/12 2:50 a.m.
                                               Re: Death animationsscarab 11/7/12 7:32 a.m.
                                                     Re: Death animationskapowaz 11/7/12 10:28 a.m.
                                                           Re: Death animationsRockslider 11/7/12 4:41 p.m.
                                   Re: Death animationsRockslider 11/7/12 5:25 p.m.
                                         Re: Death animationsscarab 11/7/12 5:43 p.m.
     Have you tried...stan 11/6/12 3:03 p.m.
           Re: Have you tried...uberfoop 11/6/12 3:13 p.m.
                 Re: Have you tried...stan 11/6/12 3:19 p.m.
                       Re: Have you tried...uberfoop 11/6/12 3:25 p.m.
                             Re: Have you tried...stan 11/6/12 3:59 p.m.
           Re: Have you tried...kapowaz 11/6/12 4:44 p.m.
     Blinded by the light...Hyokin 11/6/12 3:57 p.m.
           Re: Blinded by the light...Phoenix_9286 11/6/12 4:01 p.m.
     So I guess I'm a little confused..tiny 11/8/12 7:50 a.m.



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