IJBM: CG in games (especially RPGs) means characters bob up and down

glennmagusharvey

...and occasionally flail uselessly all the time, just to show off movement.

See, part of the beauty of sprites was that there usually wasn't too much motion.  It didn't seem like everything was standing on a ship deck in a storm.

Bee

Didn't most RPGs have everyone jog in place constantly?

I mean I guess it's trading a ship deck in a storm for a Jazzercize video.

glennmagusharvey

Bee said:

Didn't most RPGs have everyone jog in place constantly?

I mean I guess it's trading a ship deck in a storm for a Jazzercize video.

True.

I never thought that made much sense either.

Haven

And then when they won a fight they turned around and pumped their arms to indicate dancing.

Tachyon

Haven said:

And then when they won a fight they turned around and pumped their arms to indicate dancing.

it was cute

Haven

It was!