So a mocapped animation is functionally the same as a handmade animation. They ultimately end up in the same type of file (FBX usually), and a mocapped animation can be as short as 1 frame, in theory. So you could mocap a simple animation, and add it to your animation tree. So randomly determining the animation for…

I'm sorry to have to call you out, but, well, you're not quite correct about this one.

I didn't see it, but it is possible they didn't mocap that scene, or the actors might have just done a poor job of it. Or maybe games just aren't ready for sexy time yet...

Holy f***ing balls how is Shining Force (proper SF, not the spinoffs with "Shining" in the title) not on this list? And how is Lunar on it? Yeah it needs a good third game, but I'm pretty sure Game Arts is out of business, and the Lunar series HAS seen recent iterations. Same with Suikoden - it's had recent…

Bioware just needs to either start mocapping, or get much better multi-person mocapping equipment, like Uncharted uses. Look at Uncharted 2 or 3 and tell me that mocap doesn't make all the difference in the world.

So much of ME's animation looks like it was NOT mo capped (I don't know if it was or not), but I'm fairly certain that mocapping is crucial to getting character-to-character interactions correct, and the mocap has to be done with two people simultaneously.

Funny you should say that - I recently put all those patches in and started playing. While it still looks nice, and having it in Widescreen is a definite plus, it doesn't quite work that great on a 23" monitor.

F'ing great. Now can we get Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition, PLEASE?

This seems like a bit of a redundant article - if someone is picking up ME3 without having played ME 1 or 2 that seems pretty stupid. Who starts out with Return of the Jedi the first time? The article doesn't say it was written by Captain Obvious, but I'm pretty sure it was.

Aaaaaand survey says? 4chan!

Gorgeous makeover? WTF are you guys smoking.

Please put this game on Steam so that you can SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

Am I the only one who thinks that all these bundles are because Ninty has a large backstock of 3DSes that they wanted to clear out in the coming months?

The worst part isn't the harassment of that poor woman (though that *is* pretty deplorable) - the worst was when that guy tried to justify it as "part of the culture", and the people who have rallied behind him under this banner.

Oh god, I fucking hate dubstep.

I'm glad the SNES is starting to see some resurrection love like the Genesis, NES, and other consoles have gotten over the years. Need to see some screenshots of this game though - no way would I commit to a preorder without knowing what I was getting. Run 'n Gun shooters cover a pretty broad category.

Yeah I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's probably just BG for iPhone/iPad.

Might have been more interested if the horrible porn-groove music wasn't drowning out the (very poorly recorded) audio. Maybe it is legitimately funny, but if the production values are THAT sloppy for the whole series, I'll pass.

Dollars to donuts that unskippable cutscene masks some kind of loading.

I actually really liked this game. I thought the story was completely inane fluff, but the action sequences were very good (especially for their time) and the combat was decent. The biggest problem was how short it was (although I did appreciate its lack of useless filler).