I think is more that devs make it difficult. Work wise, is the same making a sway walk and a more normal one. Is just hard make a both sexy and serious walk.
I think they are trying too hard and making it too hard for themselves for no reason. They don't need to make animate women in such exaggerated fashion. Most people would be happy with gender neutral animations. Not everyone but majority.
She was definitely animated for the male gaze
"I would suggest that you toggle into walk mode and play a female Hawke, and do just that. Mmmmrrrrowwwl."
It's really creepy, honestly.
These animations should not made for the arousal of straight men.
The male walk animations are strong and sexy as Fk.I think they called the f!Hawke's walk a "perfect blend of sexy and strong" and it occurred to me that I've never seen a male walk animation described like that.
I think is more that devs make it difficult. Work wise, is the same making a sway walk and a more normal one. Is just hard make a both sexy and serious walk.
So true, when I heard that announcement I was like "Dafuq you morons ? It's not hard to animate, you can use the exact same ones <.<"
Besides, again priorities. Lots less flak in giving female assassins "manly"/neutral animations and get some complaints that they're not feminine (while also getting some praise for the same reason) than in not having them outright for such a dumb reason
Also, FemShep's run was perfect imo, that's pretty much how I run irl and I don't think anyone actually has sway while running (unless it's that girly jogging thing which isn't really running) regardless of how they walk
Does the lady dorf use the same animation? I wonder what it looks like with her proportions.
Does the lady dorf use the same animation? I wonder what it looks like with her proportions.
I don't think we have seen female dwarf Inquisitor in the action. At least I haven't. But I think for female qunari the animation seems less exaggerated maybe same for female dwarf hmm.
So true, when I heard that announcement I was like "Dafuq you morons ? It's not hard to animate, you can use the exact same ones <.<"
Besides, again priorities. Lots less flak in giving female assassins "manly"/neutral animations and get some complaints that they're not feminine (while also getting some praise for the same reason) than in not having them outright for such a dumb reason
Also, FemShep's run was perfect imo, that's pretty much how I run irl and I don't think anyone actually has sway while running (unless it's that girly jogging thing which isn't really running) regardless of how they walk
Most comments I saw were about: just animate some boobs for her. No need for new wardrobe and animations! Assassins are more agility based than strenght so they dont generally have very manly animations (for me at least) so the male animations would have worked just fine for female character too. The devs are just doing to too harsh for themselves.
Also, only the walk and run animations can really be made feminine (and the run would be dumb since assassins are professional runners), you can't climb, blow darts, throw knives, shoot hidden guns or crossbows, swordfight, etc in a girly way. Everything that comes from training will be learned movements that are the same for everyone, no assassin trainer would be like "you're doing it wrong lass, sway your hips when you grab a window border"
Just my two cents since aaaaaah I've had so many feelings about this. The first time I saw FemHawke's idles and run/walk animations, I genuinely lol'd . I'm replaying DA2 at the moment and while my Hawke moves better now (the male-to-female animation mod is a heaven sent), having all the female NPCs strutting around the place, guards and templars and chantry sisters alike, still looks so silly. And judging from some DA:I vids, the runway-walk for everyone is back, yaay. >_> I lol'd again at Mother Giselle, too bad it's funny for all of five minutes and after that I just wish it wasn't so immersion-breaking.
Thank the Maker the over-the-top, childish idles seem to be gone but I was really disappointed to see that not only do they still think the female characters need to move ~*sexily*~, they added for all women what looks like Merrill's idle pose which is really dainty and not at all relaxed or neutral. Not much chance of playing a Brienne or Aveline type of character without major disconnect. I personally never had a problem with the shared male animations (in DA:O or ME) - they weren't ideal, but I was afraid what might happen if they tried making separate "feminine" animations... aaaannd I was right. Like, I'm 99,95% sure most people, even the ones who like the current ones, wouldn't have actually complained if they'd made more neutral-yet-still-feminine animations.
Honestly I only have only a few complaints with what I've seen of DA:I, but they mostly have to do with the female characters - the poses/animations and twiggy arms even on Qunaris (others include the hairstyles and the unchangeable Skyhold jammies, gimme my armor pls).
Also re:FemShep's arms, I can't express how much I love the buff FemShep mod 
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All those small fails everywhere are honestly my biggest motivation for getting a gaming rig eventually
Well after watching the prologue stream. The animations look so much better on femqunari. Still swaying but it doesn't look as bad on her frame.
DAMN THE QUNARI HAIR SUCKING SO HARD.
Well after watching the prologue stream. The animations look so much better on femqunari. Still swaying but it doesn't look as bad on her frame.
DAMN THE QUNARI HAIR SUCKING SO HARD.
*posts Frozen gif* 
*strangles*
That's why you can't have nice things lol
*posts Frozen gif*
Is this a photoshop with better texture than the actual thing ? ^
Is this a photoshop with better texture than the actual thing ? ^
I wish I could afford photoshop lol! I could actually make it convincing if I still had that 
I wish I could afford photoshop lol! I could actually make it convincing if I still had that
Oh I just meant photoshop in the "a picture editing program" sense, like when we say "obviously photoshopped" to mean "obviously edited"
Oh I just meant photoshop in the "a picture editing program" sense, like when we say "obviously photoshopped" to mean "obviously edited"
Oh, just call me derpina lol 
Just have to hope that DA4 will have female character model animation
So I saw this in the lady inquisitor thread. It's from Kotaku's 11 things you should know about Inquisition.
When your character smiles, it's the same bizarre horror-mask that Commander Shepard so often wore in Mass Effect. When characters cross their arms, their hands clip through their chests. My lady protagonist had male animations in cutscenes, so she'd swagger into each scene carrying invisible suitcases, legs splayed like she was riding an imaginary horse. It's all pretty awkward. The strong writing and voice acting make up for that stiffness, and after a while I stopped noticing. But given how incredible video game character-animation has gotten over the last several years, Inquisition's awkwardness sticks out.
*facepalms*
Worst of both freaking worlds I freaking knew it.
gh...it felt so strange to see the almost hulking (fantastic!) female Qunari run like Candy Candy...is not so much the sway, but how she move her arms... 
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