Unit Specific Animations

[Silent_Lamb]

Although maybe a little late in the development I thought I'd bring up something that is not particularly necessary, but really adds to the environment and feel of a game.

Unit Specific Animations, something you can see in Dawn of War or Medieval Total War 2. Something that has always taken me out of a game is watching units just hack and slash, cycling through 2-3 attack animations over and over again until the enemy dies. Although it's not as bad as I bring it up to be, it's still pretty dull. Some games like to throw in extra animations, like a finishing blow or a fancy sword maneuver when dispatching an enemy. You'll notice it in Medieval Total War 2 where a unit will land several blows on an enemy and then finish him off.

I was wondering if Dawn of Fantasy would incorporate this, and if the devs hadn't thought of it, if there was any way they could consider it.

[SPARROW94]

hehehe thats what i regulary do playing RTS games just watch them fight

[Darvin]

It's never bothered me that units cycle between 2 or 3 types of animations. I usually don't even notice if a game went cheap and only did one type of animation per action.

[Alexander Flegler]

In DoF units have several animations for defending themself from an attack, while they defend themself they can't attack though.

[Silent_Lamb]

Originally Posted by Darvin

It's never bothered me that units cycle between 2 or 3 types of animations. I usually don't even notice if a game went cheap and only did one type of animation per action.

As I said it's not really as bad as I make it out to be, it's just really a nice little touch.

It is good to hear that they cannot attack while their defense animation is being played. In fact it's good to hear in general that they have a defense animation.

[The Witch King of Angmar]

Originally Posted by Silent_Lamb

As I said it's not really as bad as I make it out to be, it's just really a nice little touch.

It is good to hear that they cannot attack while their defense animation is being played. In fact it's good to hear in general that they have a defense animation.

Yeah I'm looking forward to seeing this in action.

[jap88]

But do the defense animations actually do anything? It's kind of stupid for them to defend themselves if they still take the same amount of damage.