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Resident Evil 4 Reloaded | Original vs Remake | Leon Animation Analysis
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Instant_Classic
Junior Member
The original is a certified classic.
The Remake did live up to the RE4 name!
The Remake did live up to the RE4 name!
kevboard
Member
the big issue with RE4 remake animations was the insane amount of useless smoothing and animation blending.
in the original, every action you make feels snappy and is easily readable by how Leon's animations react to your inputs.
meanwhile in the remake I found myself mashing the sprint button over and over, because I often could not be sure if Leon was already sprinting or just moving with his base speed. basically I couldn't tell if the character I was controlling actually reacted to my inputs.
the animation smoothing and reliance on "realistic" animations made him feel far less reactive to inputs and made it really hard to fully read what is currently happening.
in the original, every action you make feels snappy and is easily readable by how Leon's animations react to your inputs.
meanwhile in the remake I found myself mashing the sprint button over and over, because I often could not be sure if Leon was already sprinting or just moving with his base speed. basically I couldn't tell if the character I was controlling actually reacted to my inputs.
the animation smoothing and reliance on "realistic" animations made him feel far less reactive to inputs and made it really hard to fully read what is currently happening.
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sainraja
Member
How do you even enjoy games? lol
And do you really need to be baby'ed... like if you just a take a second (a second is all it takes), it's not hard to differentiate between moving and sprinting.
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Hugare
Member
I agree. This is why gameplay wise I preffer the original still.
It looks way less realistic than Remake, sure, but it feels snappy and satisfying.
Remake looks good but doesnt feel good. And thats something that I've felt with every new RE game using RE Engine. RE 2, RE 3, you name it. Aiming doesnt feel good, too floaty. And enemy hit reaction is a joke, 'cause you never know how they will react from a well placed shot. Sometimes they will remain aggro and rushing at you, sometimes they will stop, you never know, while Original had "rules" to specific body parts.
No need to be an asshole. It's a perfectly valid complaint.
Acceleration takes a second, maybe milisecond more to notice than original due to animation blending, and even if short, it impacts gameplay in a game where fast reaction is sometimes crucial.
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kevboard
Member
audio visual feedback is quite literally the most important aspect of an action game. there's nothing even remotely as important.
"just take a second" are you one of those who plays every game on very easy with every "accessibility" assist turned to max?
if you play a game that requires quick responses to dozens of enemies around you, you don't have a second to see if the unresponsive feeling character reacted to your input.
imagine thinking good visual response means the player is being babied...
it's insane how low standards have become now that wanting good game feel and appropriate audio visual response is a controversal statement
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Simpdimples
Member
re4 og on gamecube was just so well made. classic masterpiece in every way. the gameplay was so great because it played to the strengths and weaknesses of having to hold still to shoot. the remake on the other hand is just quite good 8.8.
sainraja
Member
No, I didn't play it on easy and no assist. You seem to focus on things to an obsessive degree which makes me question how you can EVEN enjoy games. I played the same game as you and I managed to do fine and had no issues with moving and sprinting. I never said the game is "perfect" in everything but you have to remember, these are just "video games" and we shouldn't take them THAT seriously. I already know what you are going to say though lol. But still, being nit picky about "sprinting" and "moving" is a bit much, I guess that is just me.
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Name me an example of a game that handles "sprinting" and "moving" the way you like it and hopefully I have it, so I can compare.
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Wasn't trying to be one. But I guess, I will need to compare with another game that does it better because I really didn't notice the issue you both are highlighting.
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poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
That's a downside of modern graphical fidelity and realism. As things begin to look real they have to have realistic animation or will look stupid and so you have to animate transitions between movements and so it has to be less snappy.
bender
What time is it?
This is exactly what I thought too. Until I played the remake lol
CamHostage
Member
Well, it doesn't HAVE to be, you can still cheat animation with clever frame trimmings/popped motion emphasizing keyframes, or you can "sell" the animation with eye attractions and secondary motion to sleight-of-hand the feeling of the motion while not exactly giving you the real thing. (Even in live-action filmmaking, there are tricks of subtraction to make action pop. For example, in the movie Snatch and maybe even before that, editors figured out that if they trim out the actual frame where a punch impacts a body, it actually looks more brutal and fast since the fist doesn't slow/stop on impact.)
...But yeah, the more realistic animation has gotten, the more trickery and compromise has had to go into animation design. Back in the day, when you hit the "punch" button, your character was punching. Now, there's got to be the transition from stance/walk pose to punching movement (including puttng the feet into place for the body movement and weight shifting, something people don't think about,) and you've got to cock back and go through the whole motion, plus you need the follow-through and repositioning for the next punch or whatever comes afterwards. Something that used to take two to five frames, if that (albeit not on the 1s) now is a whole animation coordination of inverse kinematics and motion capture and keyframe targeting and even facial animation. (And that's just for one character; the opponent has to both sell the impact and assumedly set up a counter action.)
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Braag
Member
I always wondered why some games have a small icon showing if your character is running, crouched or walking. Turns out there are people who don't know.
mcjmetroid
Member
Without watching the video I had 2 issues.
Leon's run speed being too slow and an upgrade hidden behind a slot machine or something.
The hard mode was sort of ruined by making the enemies more difficult to stagger. I'm this version.
Leon's run speed being too slow and an upgrade hidden behind a slot machine or something.
The hard mode was sort of ruined by making the enemies more difficult to stagger. I'm this version.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I forgot how snappy and cool the original reloads were. Makes me want to replay it.
Corporal.Hicks
Member
I played the original RE4 on the Xbox 360 and PC, but I could never quite grasp why it is so beloved by so many people. The movement and shooting felt very stiff. I preferred previous RE games with prerendered backgrounds and a fixed camera. However, the RE4 remake impressed me a lot more. The aiming wasn't smooth and easy (especially at 150-200fps) the headshots were more satisfying, and the graphics were much more immersive.
Toots
Member
A certified hood classic even
Donald mac Ronald
Member
Really don't give a fuck about reload animations tbh.
My issue with remake over the original is the lack of melee and absurd melee attacks.
In the original you were doing body slams and superplexes.
In remake you do the same kick over and over unless you run behind then you can do the back flip throw. Isn't nearly as good as the original options.
My issue with remake over the original is the lack of melee and absurd melee attacks.
In the original you were doing body slams and superplexes.
In remake you do the same kick over and over unless you run behind then you can do the back flip throw. Isn't nearly as good as the original options.