Some cool finishing animations would definitely be welcome just to spice up the combat a bit. Have it only play if you finish the enemy with a crit or something. They don't all have to be that brutal either. A simple bash to the face with your shield could work similar to the one in DA Origins.
If you guys ever played Age of Conan, that game also had some cool looking weapon based finishing moves. Also had finishing moves based on magic spells as well, come to think of it.
Also, do enemies have any cool looking animations during combat? I haven't played the entire EA yet, but so far all the enemies have had basic looking attacks.
I was fighting the Owlbear and the camera zoomed in on it and I thought it was going to do some crazy pounce attack or something like that, but it just roared. Do enemies have any grapple animations or finishing moves? Like, will an Illithid actually try to grapple you and feast on your brain if you get too close? Or do they all just do generic attacks and spells? That would be disappointing.
We have these amazing looking graphics, but the animations are a bit on the weak side, unfortunately. Not sure if this will be a priority for them, though, as it's not really a deal breaker in a game like this.
