Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

All the time they have to keep the game where a PS3 can run it the graphics are going to suffer. They want to change things but they are unable to do so before they dump the PS3 compatibility. Hopefully within a year we will be able to see some big changes in things.

I hadn't actually seen much 1.0 combat before today, but I've heard a number of people say that combat visuals/animations is one area in which 1.0 was superior. Having now watched that video and another... I couldn't disagree with that sentiment more. The only aspect of 1.0's animations that were better is the "weight" aspect. I.e., for not just one particular set of skills or one class but for the character movements in general, there was a bit more of a sense of a character's limbs being weighted, being more grounded and heavier, in a way that looks more realistic. 2.0's animations, not across the board but in some cases, look a bit stiff because of the lack of same. This, I assume, is a PS3 limitations thing, and yeah, it's a bit of a shame.

That and the butts. Which isn't "animation", but is still "character graphics."

Those things aside, I'll stick with 2.0's animations. The lack of speed in the 1.0 stuff isn't a positive. It's so much less dynamic and interesting. Everything just looks stunted and halting. It looks like practice, not combat, because everyone is moving like "Okay so, I'm going to try... stabbing this way... and then... I'll... turn and... slash..." Ugh. And the way the character model insists on completely returning to idle stance between attacks just makes it even more ridiculous looking.

The weightedness to the character's limbs (i.e. a heavy foot plant after a jump and such) is neat, yes, but the animations for the techniques themselves don't look very good. They're not "fluid", they're just mushy. And what's with all the repetition? Clicking around Youtube after watching Kanash's video, I also found this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1m0B_OTjsk Watch the first one minute and twenty seconds (the Pugilist section)... most of the attacks are the same animation. Even the video uploader comments on this at 0:40.

And archer?? (At 3:30 in the video I linked). WOW that looks horrible! The movements and speed and just... everything looks more like a modern sport archer practicing against a stationary target, not an actual medieval combat archer. 2.0 does this WAAAAY better.

So yeah. For the most part, 2.0 combat visuals stomp all over 1.0.