We overlook a lot of things in KI to play it. Nothing is perfect- however I feel soul calibur V is one of the most fluidly animated fighters in have seen in the last decade
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Waste of time..
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Everyone has their own reasons to play a game. Some play for visuals and some play for gameplay. Visual would be like saying that I wanted to play Tekken because I get to play a cool “tae kwon do vs boxing” fight via Hwoarang vs Steve. Even if you do prefer gameplay over visuals, you will always be looking at the game regardless; and if the visuals really do bother you, it’s a legitimate reason to not like the game overall.
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I watched most of the video. I agree that most of the complaints are nitpicky, but he’s not wrong. Some of them are more interesting and clearly design choices that were made for a reason. For example, every idle stance in MKX the character’s feet don’t move. It would be interesting to know why they made that choice. Is it difficult to anchor the motion captured skeletons if their feet keep moving around?
I generally don’t enjoy the animations in MK and a lot of them don’t convey the power behind the strikes. But I do think there’s is an element of Internet hyperbole in here. Nothing is “not as good as it could be” it “SUX!” and is “COMPLETELY INEXCUSABLE!” Clearly it worked because if the guy posted “a critical analysis of MKX animation” it probably wouldn’t get half the clicks.
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Hoo boy those crouching kicks are rough to say the least
IIRC Ed Boon once mentioned that they thought of MK as being akin to old Hong Kong martial arts movies where their movements are typically stiff and the focus is on each individual exaggerated blow. With that in mind it makes sense that MK’s animations are fairly stiff.
Didn’t watch the video but I would agree that the animations look pretty chunky but that is a minute detail. MKX is a great game but just not my kind of game. Can’t really pinpoint the reason why NRS fighters bore me more so than KI, GG, or UMVC3. Probably because the other fighters are a bit more chaotic than NRS games.
One thing is nitpicky but triggers me with Injustice 2. When someone does their ultimate move that uses all three bars (not sure what its called) that is this HUGE animation that represents a huge move that does so much damage that it would leave anyone dead on the ground. Yet when they do this to take the rest of their opponent’s life bar, after the animation is over, the opponent gets up and then faints to the ground in defeat. Anyone else notice this? Shouldn’t they just remain laying on the ground defeated?
That’s just so little kids won’t think Batman actually dies. Lol
Sorry but those crouching kicks are unacceptable on ALL levels. No old Hong Kong movie can justify how dumb those look.
Agreed they look terrible. But they always have in every MK game, including the first one for which the only appeal was the digitized sprites and their animation (+gore).
I think they are hung up on motion capturing a move that can actually be started in a crouch position. That doesn’t leave many options.
As a former martial artist and lifelong martial arts fan, it really irks me to see the NRS characters throwing arm punches and errr leg kicks with no torso rotation, no leverage, poorly balanced, etc. Here’s 3S Makoto with v/ exaggerated moves, but still relevant to this conversation.
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Man I love 3S. Beautiful to look at and fun to play. It’s a work of art.
The animation in 3S is beautiful and has not been surpassed by any game. The number of hand drawn animation frames must be astonishing. And the quality of the animation, in my opinion, is unbelievably high.
One of the “tricks” for hand drawn animation is that everything needs to be drawn very exaggerated and “heavy” otherwise it leaves the viewer with the impression that things are too light. I’m not sure why this is, but any good hand drawn animation if you really look at it is almost in slow motion.
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Ha! What he expected? MK has to do stuff on their own. He doesnt like it? Well thats a matter of taste. MK is not likely any other fighting game. Things they change my friend OoOoOh.
KOF13?
Just one Skullgirls video…
Skullgirls is a beautiful game no doubt. It’s very difficult to compare because the styles are so different, but if you think the animation is better than SFIII then that’s probably fair. I still think SF3 animation is more impactful.
Edit: @VagabondGunmen I’ve never been a big KOF fan and I don’t really like the way those games animate. But if you prefer it that’s just fine.
That’s always been an annoyance for me as well in all NRS fighting games. I don’t understand why they can’t program the character to just stay down if their life bar is depleted.
It has to do with the fatalities. They are put back up, so you can do a finisher.
@swordman09. That was the first Skull Girls gameplay/video I have ever seen. After watching 25 sec, I would rather look at MK’S animations all day, instead of playing that game. It was 25 sec of non stop high pitch screaming.
I do want to thank you for showing me that I haven’t missed anything by not playing that game.
I should’ve been more specific. For Mortal Kombat, I was talking about non-final rounds. Obviously the loser needs to be standing for a fatality, but when they get knocked down, just to get up and fall back down again after losing the first round, it just looks really sloppy.
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