Sloane standoff then vs now

Criticized TGA footage


Final game with 1.05


I think this is a perfect example of how clueless BioWare can be in regards to addressing the criticism. People laughed their asses off at the weak disarm animation in the TGA trailer as well as Sara's face so BioWare intended to improve it... not the animation in the entire game, just this particular scene but that's not necessarily bad as it's still an improvement. However, as far as I'm concerned they've completely failed to 'get' what the problem with this action is.

Now, I did see one or two NeoGAF posters criticise it for the wrong reasons, saying that it's weak because Sara just moves her hand out of the camera and disarms it that way. To me that was never the problem. The problem is the choreography itself. A turian bodyguard imposingly moves towards Ryder to hold her at gunpoint; he's threatening to shoot her but Ryder just snaps the gun out of his hand almost as if he's giving it to her. This has not improved in the slightest in the final animation, it's arguable even worse now because Ryder almost does this karate pose as if to say "HEY, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR GUN IN 3-2-1...!" and he just takes it. It's absolutely laughable. It doesn't give me hope they're going to really address the game's animation flaws at large.