Recycled Animations in Eco Lifestyle
I've seen comments that the Eco Lifestyle contains a lot of previously used animations. I have to admit that I rarely pay much attention to animations, except for the really over the top ones, and tha...
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I think they could (and should) definitely come up with new animations. The worm hugging is the same animation we got with MFPS, the 3D printer uses the same (just smaller) animation as the inventor machine (or whatever it's called) from GTW, I have the feeling that the way they work the garbage recycling machine looks awfully similar to how they use the weather machine in seasons (however TS4 loves giving us machines with buttons and levers and they always look awfully similar so idk), I don't love the way they slide down ladders (that's not recycled though, but it means they only really had to show them climbing the ladder and they already made that for IL), there's new food stalls and vendor tables which will also likely be using the same animations, ...
Doesn't mean I'll hate this pack but it's hard to miss how many animations don't seem particularly new. I think that they can definitely still make many new ones even if some duplication isn't necessarily a problem. It should be the exception rather than the norm though, otherwise it starts looking an awful lot like just reusing the same objects and animations, giving them a new name and outcome and selling it as new. This franchise is a little too profitable for that. :)
Doesn't mean I'll hate this pack but it's hard to miss how many animations don't seem particularly new. I think that they can definitely still make many new ones even if some duplication isn't necessarily a problem. It should be the exception rather than the norm though, otherwise it starts looking an awful lot like just reusing the same objects and animations, giving them a new name and outcome and selling it as new. This franchise is a little too profitable for that. :)
