What Happened with Mass Effect Andromeda’s Animation?

Mass Effect: Andromeda has animation problems... but why? What could cause such a high profile game to falter where others, even other Bioware games, have succeeded? Let's talk about how conversation animation works in these massive RPGs.

*This video originally released on a different channel in April 2017*



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Check out the professional animator roundtable about Andromeda on AnimState!
http://www.animstate.com/round-table-...

Read Jonathan Cooper’s excellent Twitter thread about animating conversation:
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Find out more about The Witcher 3’s dialogue system in the GDC Vault:
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1022988/...


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Written and produced by Daniel Floyd

Special thanks to:
-Carrie Floyd
-Soraya Een Hajji
-Barry Kramer
-Eric Luhta
-Kyle Mohr



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♪ Featuring music from the Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect Andromeda, Uncharted 3, Uncharted 4, and The Witcher 3 official soundtracks.



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