Thread: Ragdoll Physics on Bosses

A number of people have noticed, in the Limit Break portion of the video, that the dragon is bouncing around like a rag doll. We were wondering if the team will be adding weight to the bosses so that when hit they are aren't hopping around on the screen with no sense of weight to them at all. A good example of what we'd like to see are the bosses in Dark Souls.

I was worried about that too and I brought it up with my Linkshell. Everyone thinks it looks terrible.

I thought ragdoll physics were for deaths? I definitely don't want to see any ragdoll deaths, I think they make games look stupid. There has been so many times I've seen a body fly unrealistic distances in other games, as well as a few times I've seen a body catapulted 1000s of feet up in the air, not to mention them sliding around once they're dead on the floor.

What are you talking about? It just looks like he has a "hit" animation, just like everything does now. Go use Simian Thrash on Ifrit, and you'll see him reacting the exact same way.

This isn't "Ragedoll physics" It's a hit animation.

Although I would agree that they need to tone down the monster flinching 20 times during certain battle animations like Simian thrash and riot blade.

It's a bit too much because there's no threshold of "pain" compared to FFXI, but it's definitely not ragdoll -- Ragdoll physics would be the death of this game's graphical style.

I don't think you guys get what he's saying. There's a difference between reacting to a hit and bouncing around like you flicked a damn bobble head. (p.s. what Simian Thrash / Rage of Halone does to mobs in this version looks like shit)