it depends on how compelling the story is, imho. Stills are fine if I’m actually invested. If I’m just clicking around looking for fappable material, I’d say the opposite is true - mid tier animations… or something in between, like more action shots per scene.
A very few stills in a scene, clicking around a game I’m not super interested in (some of the story I like, it’s just that there’s a rinse & repeat aspect of course which makes it no longer about a narrative experience). Just for me, I would rather hope for animations which is more straightforward than asking for a complete overhaul of the game itself.