Comments on: Daily Debate: Which Video Game Has the Best Quality Animation?

By: MonkeyG

MonkeyG — Mon, 22 May 2017 05:44:00 +0000

In reply to Kamal Walker. Yes. I was always a nintendo boy, but Sega MegaDrive(as it was called in Au) Aladdin had some damn smooth animation that made me jealous..

By: MonkeyG

MonkeyG — Fri, 19 May 2017 12:44:00 +0000

When I play games I constantly cringe at the quality of animation. I’ve been playing through the new Zelda and although I’m amazed at the scenery and creativity, there aren’t many times when I’ve been super impressed by the animation. I know there’s a limit to how much animation they can put in these things, but I think they could have done more when he meets main characters at least.
And when will games give up on the sweeping cameras in their cut scenes? It’s like I’m watching a try hard Michael Bay film. ugh..

By: Ryan Campbell

Ryan Campbell — Wed, 17 May 2017 18:20:00 +0000

Being a huge fan, I’d have to say Ratchet and Clank has some of my favorite video game characters/animation. The games (especially the ones on the new consoles) look absolutely amazing! The environments are colorful and detailed, and the characters are always fun and appealing.

By: Alex Beezley

Alex Beezley — Tue, 16 May 2017 19:25:00 +0000

It has been several years since I played this, but from what I can remember, Rayman Origins has very impressive animation throughout the game.

By: Matthew Taranto

Matthew Taranto — Tue, 16 May 2017 15:45:00 +0000

I like the choice of Breath of the Wild as the header, because that game has some terrifically varied animations. Check out all the different ways Link can do something as simple as mounting a horse, for instance. The game’s visuals (and animations in particular) are among Nintendo’s best.

To add a 2D suggestion (and another Switch one!), Wonder Boy and the Dragon’s Trap is a beautiful looking game. The character design feels plucked out of a comic strip and the many frames of animation actually help improve the control flaws of the original game.

By: JMB

JMB — Tue, 16 May 2017 11:28:00 +0000

It’s very difficult to answer, as there’s always so many titles trying to push the boundaries set by works that came out just the year before, so whatever reigns absolute ruler of best graphics and animations from a more technical standpoint is often short-lived. Then there’s also taking into account both character animation and motion capture animation, and there’s always a mixture of both nowadays.

I think the two most recent juggernauts that excel in this area would be Uncharted 4 and Final Fantasy XV. Both have painstaking attention put into the characters’ animations, and it’s all aided further by both having top of the line graphics. This one’s a few years old now, but I loved the facial mo-cap work for L.A Noire.

By: Kamal Walker

Kamal Walker — Tue, 16 May 2017 04:27:00 +0000

I say the Sega Genesis version of Aladdin has the best animation because it was animated by some of the animation team that worked on the movie. It was also the first game to bring traditional hand-drawn animation in video games. I would LOVE to see these types of games again.

By: RailFan

RailFan — Tue, 16 May 2017 03:43:00 +0000

I don’t play much video games. But of the ones I have, all of the Mario
Kart games looked advanced (like the graphics) for their time periods.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 16 May 2017 00:15:00 +0000

The Professor Layton games have beautiful cutscenes. And the movie is stunning too.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Mon, 15 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000

Even though games isn’t my subject, at ALL, I was going to take a stand for my guys Zelda and Link. But the header did it for me as Morgan seems to be showing her Link fangirl.