Hay, I'm back. I watched the update video and must say that I am amazed with the animations and the environments. Especially Picture City, with all the washed out colours and ink rain (though I've seen them before, they look soooo good in motion!), environment-wise, (Music Mountain and the updated Dream Forest are looking great too,) and the fist-throwing and ledge climbing(!!!!), animation-wise. (If this sentence can be made sense of, with all the brackets and commas
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I was simply awestruck by the subtlety but effectiveness of the facial expressions too.
Also, finally seeing the Gemstone Temple from Rayman M after reading so much about it was great! One thing though, is that it looks kind of bland now, with this repeating, dark texture on most of the walls. But I suppose that this is going to change, right? (The gem above the doorway is an awesome detail though!)
One other thing I noticed that looked slightly off, is how crooked Rayman's hair looks while he's falling (when it's fully outstretched). Is this an unavoidable evil that results from using bones in the hair?
Lastly, the lighting on the front of his nose looks rather angular (like at 2:26, 11:33 or 25:49).
The overall quality of the graphics is very high though! The environments look great (like I said above), with another honourable mention to the Ice Volcano, and Rayman's model is so detailed too. I would say it's perfect, except for these minor gripes.
Oh. One more thing, I think that the dashing looks slightly too duck-like now. I think a good guideline would be Rayman's animation from Rayman M when he runs over a dash pad.
So, overall, I must say that I am thoroughly impressed and amazed
Great work, RayFan!
EDIT: I just saw your reaction on a question about translations under the update video. Can I help with the Dutch translation? Being as picky with grammar as I am, I hope I could be of some help!
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