Which video game has the best dodge animation?

Yes it's a silly question, just roll with it.
youtu.be/cdu5yLO9lkc

December 15, 2024 - 17:34 UTC

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Bayonetta obviously 🤣
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Dodge offset gang.
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While it's more of a Parry + Move, I feel like there's some sense of continuity between the Dark Step in No More Heroes and stuff like Witch Time in Bayonetta and similar time-slowing dodges in video games.
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Doing the important work.
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Love when the video on something you don't know much about makes you think you could or should get into that thing. Great work!
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Where would you put the new POE2 dodge roll (esp. in comparison with the 2 Diablo rankings)?
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I have a long flight soon and I’m just going to download this feature film.
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@andycortez.cool must have an opinion on this
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Seeing NieR:Automata be praised so heavily makes me so happy - it's the goat for a reason 😩
Fantastic video! Would love to see more videos in this style - if the process doesn't make you go crazy, of course haha
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Dan, please, you need to find smaller videos. I find myself choked every time I see one of these hour-and-a-half videos...
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Awesome video as always!

This is hyper-specific, but would be interested in your thoughts on Star-Lord's dodges in Marvel Rivals if ever you make another one of these (or, do individual/small groups of dodge rates as Shorts!)
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Disgusting SoulCalibur Raphael erasure.
(I love your videos so much <3)
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*dramatically diverolls, pounces the video, tumbles to a stop hugging it*
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This was a very good video . 0
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that pun is top tier.
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Gutted you ignored my suggestion of P.N.03
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well now i HAVE to do a follow-up
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Watching your video and going like "damn, he's so right!"

This video compelled me to go over my own dodge animations and improving the timing on the lingering poses, cleaning up the recovery roll, creating better flow into idle and run animations

Great resource and fantastic video as always!
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I'm very glad to have made something helpful!
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Every time I am like "I can't wait for a new 20-minute-long Animation Principles video", you drop a feature length breakdown that feels amazing and unexpected. This is great! Keep being rad.
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wait...wh....what time is it? DID I JUST LOSE AN HOUR AND A HALF?! YOU'RE A WITCH!
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Obviously that email from YouTube about not posting got to you (he says as if an hour plus deep dive of animations of dodge rolls is something that can be thrown together in the short amount of time since you posted about that)
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Well, obviously it's Tunic
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God Hand.
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Nah that's a good question dude. A good animation is not only visually appealing, but it also gives you the data on how invincible you are
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Furi is one of those games I wish I could forget so I could experience it for the first time. Perfectly dodging some sections of those boss fights just.....oh baby. So good!
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Did NOT realize this video was over an hour but now I'm locked in
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DODGE!

Sorry. Thanks to DBZA that word will never be the same for me xD
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Great video, as always!
It did remind me that I'd probably be much better at video games if I learned how to dodge once in a while...
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Anby and Knight my beloveds
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This originally started out as an idea for a short video 🙃
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Dan evading self control and low standards.
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An even sillier statement than the silly question -w-
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I'm cracking up thaf you thought you, an animator, would have uncomplicated opinions about game dodges, Dan. 😂
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Of course it did. (I love your gaming insights and am very excited for this one.)
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dodged that one
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oh I know that feeling!
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It wouldn't be a short video even if you only stuck to the King of Fighters series, as the Smash Bros segment shows.
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Got to be thorough. Got to do your due diligence. Big respect.
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Yo! Can’t wait to watch- it’s HOW LONG???
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I'm sensing a pattern here.

"Oh, This seems like a fun, silly little idea. I'm sure it will make for a short little vi-and now it is a feature length trilogy"
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Dan, you gotta do hit reactions one of these days! (I know it'll be too much work, I've considered doing just the game design side of it and it'll be a huge project if I do it the way I want).
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Sounds about right.
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Some of the games topics do seem like TBSkyen's shorts for design analysis for his many topics (from Pokémon designs to LoL skins).

Like, I wouldn't have been surprised if some of them would've been cut for shorts in Tiktok or shorts for YT.
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Just casually dropping the hour and a half long video 🙂

Looking forward to watching the whole thing!
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Superlatives never lead to short videos, Dan! You're too thorough for that! :P
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"Hedgehog... we meet again."

I've not heard a more "...my nemesis" line read this whole year. 😁
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“just roll with it.” @carriefloyd.bsky.social - level punnery
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