#The ingame character animations needs EMOTIONS

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minor jewel
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I think one of the reasons that the AI feels so robotic (well besides the actual AI) is that most of the character animations are so emotionless
Like yea there's a few ones that's filled with emotions specifically, like when they shout after you leave the house, but what i'm talking about mostly is the locomotion movement animations. They dont even have facial animations which makes the character just look robotic
I think Mr. Peterson suffers from this issue most (even though the other characters have this issue too). When he's chasing you he just looks blank, He should be like be angry, or get annoyed when seeing you after a hundred times. Or get more angry in the getting hit animation. In his Idle he should look around and think about his life or something. Not just look at you emotionless

I think revamping the ingame animations for the characters with more emotions would improve the game so much. I added some examples with Mr. Peterson where i think this issue is the most apparent

pseudo kiln
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I would say it would be cool if they were as expressive as that video promoting the community manager role.

minor jewel
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Like, when he sits down at his chair, He should get lost in deep thoughts, or get sad or angry from these thoughts. and when you interrupt these thoughts, he should get out of the chair in anger or annoyance

violet breach
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I completely agree with this. The issue is very apparent when he's chasing you.

pale bay
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For some reason I always remember him having expressions, but appereantly not, this needs to be added

pseudo kiln
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I feel like if he ran at you like this(from the AS) it would make it look like less robotic. But idk about his mouth being open

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sour pendant
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Couldn't agree more with this feedback, i feel like a lot of things could get a revamp, but the animations would be a great start.

upper cliff
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I like his current chase animation he just needs facial expression

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Like look angry at you then just blank

obsidian wind
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We’ve had way too much of that the past few years

upper cliff
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Bro is one step away

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From drooling

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Jk

pseudo kiln
obsidian wind
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Like literally how many HN2 Neighbor renders have we had where Ted doesn’t have his mouth open screaming angrily

minor jewel
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Okay, that's not the subject of this post though

runic escarp
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Mr. Apple alerted the horde lmao

pseudo kiln
obsidian wind
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I know was just bringing it up as part of how the characters personalities are portrayed (particularly Ted)
Though not ingame

pseudo kiln
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Very crappy edit on what it could look like

obsidian wind
pseudo kiln
red crater
vivid ore
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the reason why the ai feels robotic is because that poor man is destined to stand from a to b place and that's all he does.
he isn't capable of doing random things anymore, like he did in hn. would say, it's kinda scripted.

old Neighbor in prealpha is the living example on why facial expressions basically don't matter. hn2 neighbor has the excellent expression of being angry. and sad. but he's still not able to act like a human would.
idk if they gave the ability for guest to roam, attack and sneak, then they could give the others a bit more freedom too. i literally can't do anything with the neighbor, he's getting back to standing at x point in the mansion, lookin for me, even if I'm in there and he sees me.

minor jewel
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okay but thats not the point of this feedback

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and i didnt say it's the reason why ai feels robotic. I said it's one of the reasons why it feels robotic

vivid ore
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Jesus man, chill

coarse sigil
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what

tidal hazel
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This is one of the best suggestions

winged vortex