"Mass Effect: Andromeda hit the market last March and received a mixed reception. While a handful of outlets say they don’t believe the game is quite up to snuff with the original Mass Effect trilogy, others simply focused on the Andromeda’s minor shortcomings. I’ll be using this game as an example for this topic; The game received a ton of criticisms due to some bugs/glitches, but there was an unusually large focus on the game’s face animations. While I do believe they’re not quite on par with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, or even BioWare’s previous release, Dragon Age: Inquisition, is this really what we should be focusing on in a expansive space RPG with incredible scope, charming characters, and fantastic gameplay? Especially considering other recent AAA games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Persona 5 were far from realistic? Given, they are stylized much different, but either way, it shouldn’t be the focus." -- PlayStation Enthusiast
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They need to look at Morrowind and see what the progression should have been from there instead of the regression we got with the next 2 games. They weren’t horrible games but they could have been so much more.
Fallout 4 just felt too streamlined and accessible to me, the perk system was not as fun as it was in Fallout 3, not saying Fallout 3 didn't have issues but 4 just felt like a complete step back.
So the part where you just sold the same games for the last 10 years while you focused on 76 and merch, was not a reset from the "creative" aspect eh? How very Todd of you.
I bought Fallout 4 (I loved Fallout 3) at launch and I couldn't bring myself to finish it or even get close to finishing it. It was soooo damned boring and bland. I played on a very hard difficulty and I had hundreds of stimpaks. One of the only games I've played for a while and not ended up finishing it. I hated it. Just flat out hated it.
Very important. Look at the horrendous mess that was ME:A. Poor animations detract the user from the experience.
Imo, if u are telling a story and u want the player to immerse into it, care for the characters and such, Face Animations are one of the top things for me.
If u just want to blast the player with fun and stuff, they are important but there are other things to take more in count
Just ask Bioware, they know.
In a dialogue heavy, story based game featuring characters with a realistic looking art style, good facial animations are very important to ensure player immersion. Lack of emotion (and tired faces) from the player character or NPC would not fit with the spoken dialogue, and this could take the player out of the scene/game. Mass Effect: Andromeda had many examples of this.