HL2 ragdolls

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I dunno if anyone else has noticed but very often the HL2 ragdolls look really stupid, like sometimes they clie on their sides and cross their legs as if they're running, sometimes their arms fold backwards really weirdly, and spazzy stuff like that. the point is tis' really unrealistic.

what are you peoples' thoughts?

 

[Lobster]

Dont all ragdolls do this? I mean they all work on the same dodgy principle of interconnected physics objects,

 

[ríomhaire]

I love Source ragdolls. Other game's ragdolls are too stiff. Realistic or not, I just find HL2's ragdolls more fun to see falling about the place than most other games'. I remember actually loling for a minute after shooting a Combine soldier in the face with the revolver, while Alyx was trying to turn off a Combine generator, and seeing his hands fly up into his air above his head, which then ended up smashing off the ground as he backflipped. Also in Substance Mod shooting a CP with a sniper rifle and watch him slowly fall over to his side into a pool of dirty water.

 

[Mutley]

Dont all ragdolls do this? I mean they all work on the same dodgy principle of interconnected physics objects,

This.

 

[Laivasse]

Source ragdolls in HL2 work better than in a hell of a lot of other, more recent games I've seen. Even the euphoria ones in GTA4, while they're miles ahead in terms of producing a realistic stagger effect, glitch out quite a bit when they're on the floor. I think the problem (in GTA4) is that they have a default 'prone' pose which largely ignores the surrounding environment, so you end up with ragdolls that aren't really ragdolls any more, that glitch through stairs and kerbs, float over partially open space, etc... In comparison, HL2 ragdolls respond pretty well to collapsing on uneven surfaces. They also have a nice weight to them and have aged very well imo.

 

[Blackthorn]

Yet again this is in essence simply another "Realistic =/= Fun" argument. Ragdolls in HL2 may not look realistic, but they're ****ing hilarious. I love seeing Combine soldiers spinning through the air, limbs askew like a pinwheel.

 

[Unfocused]

I dunno if anyone else has noticed but very often the HL2 ragdolls look really stupid, like sometimes they clie on their sides and cross their legs as if they're running, sometimes their arms fold backwards really weirdly, and spazzy stuff like that. the point is tis' really unrealistic.

what are you peoples' thoughts?

Shit man, thanks for pointing that out.

 

[Eejit]

Source ragdolls ftw!

 

[G(ordon)-man]

No, i think that's what makes Source unique. And there isn't anything better than shooting a Combine soldier to his feet with a RPG.

 

[half-ben]

I think they are fine, they could have been worse

 

[kupocake]

Yet another thread that should have been about more Valve Store merchandise.

 

[Sliver Slave]

Sure, they may not be realistic, but tell me, can you resist crowbarring that head crab corpse around? And the ragdolls are even better in the water. I must have spent forever trying to get that metrocop to float face down.