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I do love the BF community but some of you are just whacked. Some demand that players learn to adapted, face challenges and think more tactical while demanding - we all wear the same uniforms. -...
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I assume by enter an exit animation people are referring to entering vehicles. These are absolutely essential to keep for balance reasons as previously you could attack someone repairing and they could insta warp into the vehicle and effectively counter attack. Same issues exists with exit animations. gunner can just pop out and flank someone. These animations are sensible, practical and by and large well executed. No more than you should have instant reloading weapons should you be able to instantly make yourself immune to small arms fire while dramatically increasing your offensive capabilities as you do when you enter a tank. I shouldn't have to wonder whether a person entered a tank or lost their internet connection when they disappear.
There is precisely ZERO reason to legitimately criticize these vehicle entry/exit animations and any attempts to do so can be easily dismissed as can likely their authors.
OTH you have patently absurd animations like sliding which are both unnecessary and poorly implemented. Sliding deserves all the animosity it has garnished and then some.
That's incorrect. They are not absolutely essential, or they would have been in the design phase with the first Battlefield. In my opinion they're more detrimental to the overall series than anything.
What is someone doing while the actual animation is taking place? Nothing.
Many variables pop up when it comes to animations in video games. One of the issues I think of is it directly unlinks your user from the game. They have no control over the outcome for x amount of time.
Realistically I dislike all video game animations that take control of my inputs. I look at it like nothing more than I'm not playing the game, the game is playing itself, but just my opinion.
Let me be more explicit since the either the original intent was was lost or you've intentionally warped it to aid your opinion. Vehicle entry animations are essential to the legitimacy of the modern Battlefield series and moving forward. They provide the observer player with clear visual queues as to when a player is entering or existing a vehicle, it serves as a balance mechanism to prevent vehicle entry/exit abuse, it adheres to the doctrine of representative realism (that is mechanics which while not simulation level realistic are designed to represent real life actions), and they provide the player with a smooth, logical transition to the vehicle UI.
What is someone doing while the actual animation is taking place? Nothing.
I guess check your phone, comb your hair, or squeeze your stress ball. Maybe you could buy a second copy of the game and use those 2 seconds to get in a little extra BF action. Bottom line: You do you
Many variables pop up when it comes to animations in video games. One of the issues I think of is it directly unlinks your user from the game. They have no control over the outcome for x amount of time.
No, yeah that's exactly what it is doing and it is working 100% perfectly in the case of vehicle animations (unless something has dramatically changed since I last played). When you choose to enter a vehicle you are making a conscious decision to lower your defenses while you board. The risk is that you can be shot while boarding so you need to do your due diligence and clear the area or smoke and dash. The reward is that you are entering a vehicle that dramatically increases your offensive/defensive capabilities along with your mobility.
When you exit a vehicle you are shedding your armored skin (presumably to save your life) at the cost of a couple of seconds of vulnerability.
I could understand the criticism if these were pure vanity animations with no context or benefit to the players but there is a clear symmetry here. They provide a distinct visual queue, enforce logical game balance and are not excessive in duration. Same thing with the medic revive - Risk vs Reward. Small window of vulnerability but in return a teammate is back in action.
There's a veritable motherlode of issues with the BF series (like sliding animations 😞) but vehicle animations are one area that we can all be content with.
- @Popa2caps come on technology advances allowing more to be done. Just because something is not in the first BF does not mean it was not original planned for.
Yes, the do nothing. So what?
Here a question climb into vehicle you say directly unlinks a play from the game, how is that different to watching you warp into and out of vehicles.
This is the same as saying it is more immersive for you to spawn in and the vehicle separately because running across the field ito a hanger is better then both spawn into the hanger together. I still don't get that just as I don't get why you think warping 5m and being suspended for time into a vehicle is better then taking time to get into a vehicle.- @DingoKillr hope you're doing well. I might have confused you a little, sorry about that. Please allow me to clear that up for you the best I can.
You're absolutely correct. I have no previous knowledge of DICE's ambitions for the series Battlefield nor do I care what they were (I'm not trying to sound mean).
Understand I'm here for my enjoyment, it's a video game after all. If I don't find this enjoyment, I simply move on. It's a for-profit business at the end of the day. You make the client happy, they reward you with money. The company will always do what is in it's best interests, so will I.
Also, I didn't mean to say all animations are unwanted, I should have been more clear, my bad, I'm just saying DICE implemented them incorrectly and/ or pooly. I look at Battlefield as an open sandbox video game. The user just runs around messing with ingame assets, basically.
When a developer starts to implement regulations (Linear Vehicle Animations in Battlefield 1 and/ or Battlefield 5 in this case) that slow down my enjoyment (Enjoyment being gameplay), it starts to annoy me. If a game annoys me too much, I simply quit playing altogether and look for a different product.
So yeah, I dislike vehicle animations in Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 5, but just because it's linear ( linear: progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential. The user has no control after the specific button/s are pressed (Press and/or hold a button, sequence of commands takes place).
Now if DICE would have implemented a non-linear vehicle movement animation system, I would have gladly accepted it. The current system disconnects me with the game too much. 2 seconds here, 3 seconds here. It adds up to someone like me. Meanwhile you don't control what you're doing while this sequence is taking place, I find that boring.
Now a non-linear vehicle movement animation system would be preferred in my opinion. A non-linear vehicle movement animation would be where the user just uses movement close to the ingame assets, and starts the sequence, but in real time, no button press, no sequences, the user is in control at all times.
Tomb Raider had some good animations when close to certain objects, walls etc. You could move backwards, forwards and the animations would just follow what the user was doing.
That's what I think Battlefield should have.
You get close to the vehicle and you open the door. You press your movement button and your character starts to move inside the seat or whatever, but at no point are the controls taken away from you. At any time you can pull back on your movement button and leave the vehicle, it's up to you, not a sequence.
I think the way DICE implemented vehicle animations is nothing more than to show off what we can do more than practical gameplay ability at the end of the day. Looks cool in a video you show someone, but not fun to experience it first hand over and over.
