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  • Lightbringer719
    Rookie
    • Aug 2009
    • 218

    #1

    Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

    If there's one thing that slightly annoys me about EA's game, is the many animations that either look terrible or simply look stupid. Here's a list of ones that grind my gears:

    - Of course you can't have a list of bad in-game animations without the infamous tripping flop. They literally use the same animation for every tripping penalty in a game. So you'll do a standing pokecheck, and the guy getting tripped outright dives.
    - All the goal celebrations are weak, but the ones that stand out are that one where the guy simply raises his hands, the stupid point-and-spin one (though if the goalscorer points at the goalie, it's pretty funny), and that double fist-pump one.
    - And while we're on the subject of goal celebrations, I have to say the "reaction" animations for the team that got scored on, look as equally dumb as the celebrations. From the one where the guy just hunches over like an angry senior citizen to the one where a player just shakes his head and skates away like he pooped in his hockey pants, they're all terrible.
    - That two-second freeze when you get stick lifted.

    Any others?
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  • Trevelyan
    MVP
    • Oct 2003
    • 1047

    #2
    Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

    The stick lift because it affects gameplay so much.

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    • pf8363
      Pro
      • May 2006
      • 652

      #3
      Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

      stick lift and tripping for sure
      will not change this until a buffalo team wins a championship.

      - started 11/15/08

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      • Bama83
        Banned
        • Dec 2008
        • 395

        #4
        Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

        1) Stick Lift Animation - I hate when they barely pop my stick and it flies up over my head and I'm left dazed for two seconds. That's simply poor and lazy programming to me.
        2) The "ouchie my hand" animation - I have never seen an NHL player get slashed and stand around shaking his hand for 10 seconds as the opponent skates around him to get the puck and immediately start the PP.
        3) Tripping - Really? Really?

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        • alx83
          Rookie
          • Jun 2010
          • 10

          #5
          Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

          The shooting animations.

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          • swil
            Rookie
            • Sep 2009
            • 216

            #6
            Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

            what's wrong with the shooting??

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            • Panther84
              Rookie
              • Sep 2003
              • 359

              #7
              Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

              Goalie doing splits all the time!

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              • BobSacamano
                Rookie
                • Feb 2010
                • 324

                #8
                Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                Originally posted by Bama83
                2) The "ouchie my hand" animation - I have never seen an NHL player get slashed and stand around shaking his hand for 10 seconds as the opponent skates around him to get the puck and immediately start the PP.
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                In overtime no less! It's actually kind of eerie how much that looks like something that would happen in NHL.

                But seriously, that animation is really bad. That and the tripping one really have to go.

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                • Bama83
                  Banned
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 395

                  #9
                  Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                  Originally posted by BobSacamano
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                  <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IuwFAmqVNSQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></object>But seriously, that animation is really bad. That and the tripping one really have to go.
                  Oh no! That's just terrible!!

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                  • plaidchuck
                    Pro
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 893

                    #10
                    Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                    lol yeah that's funny it's like they mocapped Kovalev right there and stuck it in the game.
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                    • swil
                      Rookie
                      • Sep 2009
                      • 216

                      #11
                      Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                      wow, the Habs got screwed on that one

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                      • thegoons21
                        Pro
                        • Sep 2004
                        • 703

                        #12
                        Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                        The deke animations are god awful.
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                        • Lightbringer719
                          Rookie
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 218

                          #13
                          Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                          The post-whistle ones are kinda weak. I mean, everyone's just standing around, often beside opposing teammates. The animations themselves are just as bad, especially the one where the player is "thinking" and the goalie's repetitive motions.
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                          • Vikes1
                            Proctor, MN. Go Rails!
                            • May 2008
                            • 4102

                            #14
                            Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                            Originally posted by Lightbringer719
                            The post-whistle ones are kinda weak. I mean, everyone's just standing around,
                            We maybe thinking of the same thing. Where the players are paired off, hacking each other with their sticks. It just looks terribly silly imo.
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                            • Lightbringer719
                              Rookie
                              • Aug 2009
                              • 218

                              #15
                              Re: Least Favorite In-Game Animations?

                              Originally posted by Vikes1
                              We maybe thinking of the same thing. Where the players are paired off, hacking each other with their sticks. It just looks terribly silly imo.
                              I "love" it when the players are in pairs. When the scrum's in full gear, they start slashing like silly, though when nothing's happening, they look like they're long lost pals or something.
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