I thought we were done with ragdoll physics? (Fallout 3 Question)

I'm sure all of us remember ragdoll physics, one of the worst trends to besiege gaming last generation. You'd kill a character, and watch their limbs fly every which way as they skidded across the landscape in a bloody tangle of broken limbs and cheesy death. As the new generation approached, we saw a decline in this, but in one of the newest and most highly lauded games of the year, fallout 3, ragdoll physics seem to have made a comeback.

The question is: does fallout 3 overuse a ragdoll engine, or do the trailers online just not do it justice?

I'm sure all of us remember ragdoll physics, one of the worst trends to besiege gaming last generation. You'd kill a character, and watch their limbs fly every which way as they skidded across the landscape in a bloody tangle of broken limbs and cheesy death. As the new generation approached, we saw a decline in this, but in one of the newest and most highly lauded games of the year, fallout 3, ragdoll physics seem to have made a comeback.

The question is: does fallout 3 overuse a ragdoll engine, or do the trailers online just not do it justice?

AnotherMulligan

[QUOTE="AnotherMulligan"]

I'm sure all of us remember ragdoll physics, one of the worst trends to besiege gaming last generation. You'd kill a character, and watch their limbs fly every which way as they skidded across the landscape in a bloody tangle of broken limbs and cheesy death. As the new generation approached, we saw a decline in this, but in one of the newest and most highly lauded games of the year, fallout 3, ragdoll physics seem to have made a comeback.

The question is: does fallout 3 overuse a ragdoll engine, or do the trailers online just not do it justice?

xraystar

realistic or not, I agree with you, they're pretty funny

I'm sure all of us remember ragdoll physics, one of the worst trends to besiege gaming last generation. You'd kill a character, and watch their limbs fly every which way as they skidded across the landscape in a bloody tangle of broken limbs and cheesy death. As the new generation approached, we saw a decline in this, but in one of the newest and most highly lauded games of the year, fallout 3, ragdoll physics seem to have made a comeback.

The question is: does fallout 3 overuse a ragdoll engine, or do the trailers online just not do it justice?

AnotherMulligan

What would you want to see instead of ragdolling?

Every enemy to fall to the ground in the same animated way and then fade away?

Ragdolling is progress from the old days, but it needs to be done well for it to appear realistic and not a joke. Also rag-doll physics never died away or declined. Maybe you've just been playing games that haven't used it.

[QUOTE="AnotherMulligan"]

I'm sure all of us remember ragdoll physics, one of the worst trends to besiege gaming last generation. You'd kill a character, and watch their limbs fly every which way as they skidded across the landscape in a bloody tangle of broken limbs and cheesy death. As the new generation approached, we saw a decline in this, but in one of the newest and most highly lauded games of the year, fallout 3, ragdoll physics seem to have made a comeback.

The question is: does fallout 3 overuse a ragdoll engine, or do the trailers online just not do it justice?

xraystar

euphoria and ragdoll= win