Welp, I guess we know what's up with the animations now

I swear, gamers are the worst.

wait what?! Did he really imply that? People like this make me hate that I share the species with them

Wait was PeeBee in proper armour earlier in development? That had best not miraculously make a return in DLC...

I may have missed her name, but according to MEA's end credits, she didn't work on animations at all, let alone in a lead capacity.

Honestly you'd think people would do a quick search for these details online. You'd also think people would attack the end product itself rather than an individual.

But I guess harassing someone and immediately blaming some form of positive discrimination appears to be a far more productive means of getting your criticism across in a meaningful way. For some reason. This one went downhill pretty fast, even by internet standards.

Yeah he did. Basically insinuated she either slept her way to the job or it was a SJW hiring because she was female.

I've gotta agree.  Facial animations were one of the few things that impressed me a bit about DA:I, and they are perfectly serviceable in Battlefield (The Renumbered!).  Both were done on the same iteration of Frostbite, with earlier release dates and somewhat tighter project times.

The problem is in Montreal Bioware.

EA supposedly paid to develop and push out Frostbite to its development studios in part to let people share a knowledge base and toolset.   Knowledge transfer to Montreal clearly did NOT happen the way it did elsewhere.  

/shrug

I'm going to start playing ME:A next week, and I'm reasonably sure I'll enjoy it.  But I'm not blind (yet...).  Serious problems in the animation and cutscenes, which are pretty much the main thing that differentiates Mass Effect SP from a generic shooter, are blitheringly OBVIOUS.  The suits in Redwood City can't be happy.  I suspect Manveer's head will not be the only one to roll.

Not that Thunder Curry is pursuing other interests and/or spending more time with his family over this issue in particular.  I think Redwood City has a lot of reasons to be unhappy with Montreal.

wavebend  ikr  It's not like DA:I and Battlefield 1 used Frostbyte... #sarcasm

This situation just saved BioWare from further derision. If they can keep bringing up this harassment campaign whenever MEA's animations are mentioned then they're good.

Frostbite:

BF1 (ingame) facial design:



MEA facial design:



Every EA studio works with the same (proprietary) animation toolkit. some people just can't admit that bioware montreal is a bunch of amateurs. literally inexcusable.

Wow those BF1 faces are almost photo realistic,colour me impressed.

It's ironic how the ones who complain about any form of mediocracy typically are the ones who expect their participation trophies. This doesn't surprise me in the least considering the idiotic riots and protests in my country. Be fucking grateful that you are fortunate enough to even get to play the damn game. There are so many people out there who absolutely sci fi adventures but will never experience anything like Mass Effect mostly because people are unfortunately a product of their environment