baldur's gate 3 looks like it has a lot of cool stuff going on in it but i really can't stomach that style of cutscene animation anymore. i am so ready to be done with jerky mocap lip sync shot/reverse shot actors rooted in place doing weird shrugging and gesturing with hands and returning to a neutral pose before maybe pointing and returning to a neutral pose
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it's in this uncanny valley of cost where i would more readily be captivated by still character portraits and voice acting, and even though this looks more expensive, it's just offputting
Glad to hear I’m not the only one creeped out by that. It’s put me off of a lot of RPGs that I’d probably enjoy if it weren’t for the uncanny feeling character animation.
I don’t know if the reason is aesthetic or budget, but I have yet to see any JRPGs do the “all NPC dialogue must be voice acted and lip synced” thing and I hope it stays that way
Yeah! Even big budget ones separate proper cinematics from simple dialogue boxes for most stuff
Like it can't be cheaper to do the mocap thing, then portraits and dialogue boxes right? Lol least for the main characters