I've been pretty happy with the models. Only thing I dislike is the male lion's mane. It looks off to me.
Animal model discussion thread
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The lion's mane was something I was really hoping would change between the game announcement and actual release. It looks like it's been shampooed and styled. I think it's how wavy it is that's throwing me off about the whole thing.
Anything that is supposed to be long hair in this game looks bad. Have you noticed how awful the wildebeest tails look. The orangutans don't even look like orangutans with their massive muscles and short hair. I find that many of the animals look off because their should be variation in fur length. For example the snow leopard should have long shaggy hair on its chest, and the wolves should have a thick shaggy ruff. I know they said this was for game optimization. From that standpoint I guess we have to deal with certain things, like chunky tails, but I still think certain iconic animals, like the orangutan, deserved more attention. I believe the argument against longer fur was that they would have to animate it, but they released a developer journal how they individually rigged every feather on the peacock tail for animation. Why couldn't do anything beyond the standard fur shader for the orangutan?
