Spell Animations

[Gramul]

It's also 2012, not 1999, where people expect things to be motion capped and pure CGI animations are considered inorganic, tacky, or for children's animations. The cost of doing a different mocap for each spell is exorbitant for something that only the most OCD fanboys will notice.

Well actually the main cost comes from the actual equipment and the initial hiring of actors. But it still does take time and money to plan them out, make sure they work, and implement them into the game.

Also OCD as an insult doesn't make sense for this sort of scenario. I'm not sure what you think Obsessive-compulsive disorder is, but it's not that.