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 it depends on the animation, what it's trying to accomplish, and how many are reused in one pack.
Some repetitive animations make sense, simply because trying to change the body position could just end up looking awkward. But reuse it too many times in too many packs, and it's noticeable. That's where I think they're skimping. We are constantly hearing about how much money the Sims 4 is making, how happy the CEO is, how well the game is doing...and they can't hire more animators? There are over 200 people on the Sims team already, this is a triple A game series...not an indie project.
In the case of this recent pack, Eco Lifestyle, there are what looks like several reused animations and that's just what was seen in a less than two minute trailer. This is an expansion pack. That's way too cheap for a multi-billion dollar company.
Some repetitive animations make sense, simply because trying to change the body position could just end up looking awkward. But reuse it too many times in too many packs, and it's noticeable. That's where I think they're skimping. We are constantly hearing about how much money the Sims 4 is making, how happy the CEO is, how well the game is doing...and they can't hire more animators? There are over 200 people on the Sims team already, this is a triple A game series...not an indie project.
In the case of this recent pack, Eco Lifestyle, there are what looks like several reused animations and that's just what was seen in a less than two minute trailer. This is an expansion pack. That's way too cheap for a multi-billion dollar company.
