Grey Skies: A War of the Worlds Story

We used a technique called root motion on Grey Skies, which basically means the movement of the player comes entirely from the data in the animation, so, for example, when you point in a direction other than the one you are facing, the players character model is told "hey, the player is trying to go in this direction" so an animation would be played in line with this, Harper will turn to face the direction of desired movement and then start to move in that direction according to data burnt in to that animation, this is the same approach that huge games like GTA and Red Dead use, to increase realism. I've come to learn that realism doesn't neccessarily mean fun. And because you are always waiting for Harpers animations to catch up with your input, it feels clunky as hell. I've tried to add some movement in addition to the animation data, but I'm still not sure it feels any better, so I might need to completely remake the player character in a traditional "boxed" manner. If this turns out to be the case, it'll take me a fair while, but please know that I am trying and I am committed to at least attempting to make it right. If I release the remaster and everyone hates it again, I will accept I made a bad game and carry on with Beyond Hanwell, but I stand by the game we made, and in the style of Robbie Williams and RudeBox, I will die on this hill haha. Anyway, keep an eye on your library for Grey Skies Remastered, it will pop up without notice and I hope it is better than this (admittedly) hot mess.