Yeah, Shalkar's a bit of a one-trick pony.
...actually, probably a zero-trick pony.
Whatever the case may be, I'm happy we're getting some more specific details as to what's happening, even if, as Katie said, the behind-the-scenes stuff lately hasn't really been interesting enough to share. I'm happy that they're using motion-capture work; a lot of the character animations in the first four episodes were just the same animation over and over again. It was especially noticeable in Episode 4, where the most characters were available. That Winged One painter angrily motioning at Graham every single time he spoke, no matter what he was actually saying, was especially grating. Jollo laughing and slapping his knee happened a few too many times. Ditto with Graham recoiling with a surprised look on his face. And during the boss battle, Graham constantly pointing as he spoke just brought the "Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man" meme to mind.
The facial animations also needed work, so I'm glad they're getting an overhaul. Lip-syncing in gameplay, regardless of the game, is almost always off, because your machine might not be fast enough for the audio and visuals to match up. Pre-rendered cutscenes usually look better.
Lastly, the animation of cloaks. I'm familiar with this concept, since it's come up in some cartoons I watch. Two of the animated Star Wars shows have had this problem--The Clone Wars and Rebels. The Clone Wars was insanely expensive to animate already, but robes and cloaks were so difficult to animate that the show-runners practically held off entirely on them until five seasons in. In Rebels, Darth Vader appears...for only four episodes. Why? You'd think he would be pretty simple to animate, since he's just a black knight-like figure devoid of expression, right? Nope, his cape was so hard to animate that they pretty much blew their entire budget on it alone.
Looking at this gif, keep in mind that his cape was tougher to animate than the fire, smoke and sparks around him.
It's come up in movies, too. In Thor: Ragnarok, the scene with Doctor Strange, despite taking place at the very beginning of the movie, was one of the last to be completed because, despite it being shot on an easy-to-film set, Strange's cloak took them forever to animate.
So yes, I understand where the cloak thing comes from.
