Im gon be honest am i the only one that thinks animating these games is most of the times a waste? Like, animation takes a whole lot of effort and the results, given the small timeframe you're working with always yield janky, non-natural looking movements. Just posing characters for still renders is obviously an ardous work, most of the times facial expressions simply don't look normal. Not like it's hugely offputting, but one would think that just looking at the fact that you're always in and out the uncanny valley without even animating would deter you from doing so.
I mean it's not a big deal but i sometimes think about that.