Why is dismemberment so extreme?

[Hilldog]

I'm not sure why dismemberment, a feature that really helps create a gritty and realistic experience, has been edited so much to almost comical levels?

Take a look at the artillery effect in this trailer from 0:26-0:43...

http://youtu.be/jsUJnIl_9-I

It is the perfect balance of dismemberment from artillery, yet still not causing every soldier to be decapitated and torn limb from limb if an artillery shells hits somewhere near him.

Now when I'm playing in-game and an artillery shell lands around me, I'm instantly blown sky high and my character turns into this...

...except minus even the head...

I mean of course artillery is devastating, and limbs go flying everywhere, but it seems almost comical now when more or less every single artillery shell or grenade ends up with me losing all four of my limbs and my head, despite them not landing dead centre with my body.

It's a great game, and I love playing it, but I thought this is something that could be looked into.

 

[Nenjin]

I think it's actually been toned down. For a while I was seeing people literally getting their whole heads taken off by rifles and SMGs. It was kind of ridiculous.

You don't tend to see gibbing with anything else except grenades and other explosives...so I don't mind if it's a little exaggerated for the arty strikes.

 

[Baine]

I just miss the "blown away" animation, you know like in that trailer. Ingame they just fly like someone hit them with a megatruck.

 

[Waffle SS]

I just miss the "blown away" animation, you know like in that trailer. Ingame they just fly like someone hit them with a megatruck.

My grandfather was hit by an artillery shell in WW2 and all of his limbs , head , both ears, one eyebrow and both nostrils were ripped from his body.
However my grandmother kept his belly button alive for 36 hours.

 

[dogbadger]

can't really argue with that^
i used to think the red mist effect of RO was about right.

 

[NinetyNine]

ITT: nobody knows what the definition of dismember is...

 

[CraigslistHooker]

Yeah, put the red mist back!!!

 

[Wodin]

can't really argue with that^
i used to think the red mist effect of RO was about right.

Yeah that red mist was something....it was agreat effect....bette than the current animation....also why hwne your in the church at Sparta and Arty hits it your arms and legs fly off yet the shell hit the roof and caused no structural damage...maybe concussion would kill you but you wouldn't lose your limbs.

 

[Moonymoon]

Yeah, put the red mist back!!!

I've spotted some red mist in RO2, I believe it was mortars hitting a running german spot on... It was glorius :IS2:.