In this video, the director of Planet Zoo told us, what in my opinion, is a terrible lie. He said that every animal will have its own "bespoke rig and bespoke set of animations". Well, that didn't really happen...
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfqji4WnX9o
Currently, we have spotted hyenas that move like canines, springboks that move like nyalas, okapis that move like horses, and orangutans that move like gorillas just to name a few obvious and extreme examples. The director also said that the team watched hours of documentaries and other footage of animals... but if that's the case, how do you think that all antelope move the same way? Heck, I'll even link some video reference for each of the animals that I mentioned in case an animator does get notified that this post exists.
Spotted Hyena references:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YiSL01kaTA
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsLo5CIuy_o
Springbok references (also why don't they have their iconic pronking behavior in the game?):
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr5Sru8gGSk
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMIiB9DnRXg
Okapi references:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6DWuOM7FaY
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmy-0Mf1o7c
Orangutan references:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHohS6xTFJ4
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=937b2sleUpU
I hope you realize that I'm not trying to offend Frontier, just giving feedback and using evidence to back myself up. Also, for any of you saying it'll "cost too much time and money to do proper animations for the animals", I have this to say:
1. It doesn't cost money to make an animation once you have the software installed. I've done it before and I find it quite fun.
2. Frontier has over 500 people on its team. If more than 25 are animators, I'm pretty confident that they can figure out a way to have some people work on the current animals and some work on the DLC animals' animations.
3. They could do this kind of stuff after the highly prioritized DLCs are out and they have time to go back and fix things up.
Currently, we have spotted hyenas that move like canines, springboks that move like nyalas, okapis that move like horses, and orangutans that move like gorillas just to name a few obvious and extreme examples. The director also said that the team watched hours of documentaries and other footage of animals... but if that's the case, how do you think that all antelope move the same way? Heck, I'll even link some video reference for each of the animals that I mentioned in case an animator does get notified that this post exists.
Spotted Hyena references:
Springbok references (also why don't they have their iconic pronking behavior in the game?):
Okapi references:
Orangutan references:
I hope you realize that I'm not trying to offend Frontier, just giving feedback and using evidence to back myself up. Also, for any of you saying it'll "cost too much time and money to do proper animations for the animals", I have this to say:
1. It doesn't cost money to make an animation once you have the software installed. I've done it before and I find it quite fun.
2. Frontier has over 500 people on its team. If more than 25 are animators, I'm pretty confident that they can figure out a way to have some people work on the current animals and some work on the DLC animals' animations.
3. They could do this kind of stuff after the highly prioritized DLCs are out and they have time to go back and fix things up.