>>39497568>>39497652Despite what people meme, making a game IS hard. Recycling animations, especially ones that are good and work like the OP example, isn't cutting corners, it's standard practice. There's literally no reason not to, and it gives them more time to spend making new assets, which this game is chock full of.
Despite the textures not being fantastic, the environments are looking the most diverse we've had in any of the past games. Within each town/city we've seen, there's been little to no reused models/textures/etc. They all have been given a lot of effort to make them distinct, even the simpler ones like Milo's small farm town.
They've also made a lot more different NPCs. We even seem to have gym grunts now that wear the outfit of their gym rather than random trainer classes that match.
And the most important part, the new Pokemon, are so far pretty widespread with fairly solid designs. We'll have to wait and see how many we get, but I'm expecting them to hit at least 80 like they did last gen.
