The Facebook post doesn’t even include the word “Sifaka” at all.
Planet Zoo | ZooKeepers Animal Pack Announcement
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I mean it would be amazing if they also climb like a real sifaka but did we really expect this? Apparently Frontier couldn't or didn't want to change the way the gibbons climb completely. The gibbons got their special animations but they didn't overhaul the complete climbing animations for these.
So, do you all really expect to do this now for one last animal?
So, if the sifakas do their jumps on the ground, I'd be happy. Yes, it will look weird and wrong seeing them climbing like a ring-tailed lemur but so so do the siamangs when they climb like a chimpanzee and not brachiate.
The screenshot still looks a bit odd but I guess it's the perspective.
They just watched night at the museum for research and believed capuchins are the only new world monkeys that exist.
I might pop down to frontier HQ and give them an awesome powerpoint on all the cool birds, monkeys and south american animals that exist and for a fiver I will even talk about reptiles
Honestly, the problem with the Sifaka is that it was simply way too ambitious of an animal to do, and Frontier probably didn't have the resources to do it justice.
And this begs the question: why the Sifaka in the first place?
And this begs the question: why the Sifaka in the first place?
Because it was hald baked material they had lying around in some folder for scraped content of the tropical pack. This whole pack is made out of pieces from last year's packs. A shame that the tree kangaroo didn't make this second cut either.
At this point you guys are overly dreaming NWM to the point they will make the Sequel be around NWM.
This has to be the weirdest post they ever put out...
They don't even mention the name of the animal, it mentions "swinging", which isn't what a Sifaka does at all, and... I hate to be that guy BUT. Minor spelling mistake ("much if their life")
what is wrong with wanting one of the most common groups of animals in zoos to be represented by more than 1 member, meanwhile we have 9/7 big cats and 9/8 bears
welp, this screenshot in particular point me toward two directions:
the first one is basing in the idea that the model and animations are very good and looks like the actual sifaka and that Frontier marketing indeed sucks for making this screenshot in particular.
And the second one is that revealing the sifaka today with this screenshot is quite a genious move by the marketing team, as nobody can say for sure how it will be in game, despite it's probably being bad, like imagine if they dropped a screenshot for this guy similar from the Markhor, bear and baboon, people would get upset that the ingame thing don't make justice for the actual animal, and so they decided to drop this one, which don't give much of the quality.
Either way, youtubers video on this pack will probably drop tomorrow, so we can see what this guy will actually looks like.
the first one is basing in the idea that the model and animations are very good and looks like the actual sifaka and that Frontier marketing indeed sucks for making this screenshot in particular.
And the second one is that revealing the sifaka today with this screenshot is quite a genious move by the marketing team, as nobody can say for sure how it will be in game, despite it's probably being bad, like imagine if they dropped a screenshot for this guy similar from the Markhor, bear and baboon, people would get upset that the ingame thing don't make justice for the actual animal, and so they decided to drop this one, which don't give much of the quality.
Either way, youtubers video on this pack will probably drop tomorrow, so we can see what this guy will actually looks like.
Nah we are asking for just one more nwm, how hard is it to make one monkey.
No like they're actually gonna get the idea you guys want NWM over flying birds and make Planet zoo 2 be about NWMs...
I just hope it will at least jump on the ground.
If that is the case, I'll just make them an enclosure with no climbing frames or trees, no biggie.
If that is the case, I'll just make them an enclosure with no climbing frames or trees, no biggie.
Jim disagrees with this
It’s very funny to see people care so deeply about subspecies for panthers and brown bears while also wondering why Asian black bears weren’t represented with their whole species.
PREACH QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!! BIRD GANG RISE UP RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
WOW, what a painful way of reminding me that Frontier is actively avoiding more common animals because they don’t like birds or something.
Yes I’m still bitter about the lack of official birds, seeing the amazing mod work actually makes me more upset knowing the community is doing God’s work but Frontier won’t.
Also, I’m not gonna make a separate post for this. But if Frontier seriously made that sifaka without any special animations and just slapped it on the rig I’m gonna be upset. We got no new NWM or bird for this.
Seeing how it took 4 years for us to get one id say its very hard
Based on a picture we can't fully judge how the full set of animations will be. I'll buy the argument that the pic also has a bad angle, so it's also early to judge the (potentially short) length of the tail.
This being said, let's focus on what we can see for sure:
-The sifaka is playing an animation that does not happen in real life or, at least, I've never seen it myself.
-The angle can be as bad as you want but those hind legs don't have the right proportion.
-The nasal bridge has a weird shape.
-The hind feet are wrong. Too small, thumb not prominent enough and too close to the other fingers.
This being said, let's focus on what we can see for sure:
-The sifaka is playing an animation that does not happen in real life or, at least, I've never seen it myself.
-The angle can be as bad as you want but those hind legs don't have the right proportion.
-The nasal bridge has a weird shape.
-The hind feet are wrong. Too small, thumb not prominent enough and too close to the other fingers.
It's climbing a branch, I'm sorry but I didn't notice anyone mentioning vertical jumping on branches and climbing prior today. If they did, I would tell them to lower their expectations.
I thought we were all on the same page, when we said leaping, it meant the way they leap on the ground instead of walking on all fours. And we don't know that they don't.
I am one of those people who were looking forward for Sifaka, and I will be bummed if it turns out just another Lemur clone, but there's absolutely no reason for me to be mad now, only to go "Oh ok nvm" when the reveal drops.
Look at the Baboon discourse "It looks blocky in concept art, they ruined it" to "It looks great after all, thx Frontier" when trailer drops, to "actually hair isn't all that good" when Screencaps from trailer were analyzed, to "Omg it looks way better on Shreenshots" when they dropped later.
Markhor is either best caprine they made so far, or is looking worse than a mod.
We must be either hype about best models ever or mourn how they ruined another animal. All before we can have a proper look.
I'm just asking to "take it down a few notches". There will be plenty of time to be excited and to be angry