Mane Quest's problems eventually turn up in places I'd never noticed them, but now is impossible to un-see: Torrent looks like a horse, however their legs bend like...well like they shouldn't, much like a goat but also not really:
Now let's get to the bit I'm not fine with: Torrent's joints. Our horse suffers from two of the most typical issues: excessively bent forelegs and completely stiff fetlocks. It's like breaking a record right now because I've brought this up in numerous games however, a horse's fetlock joints need to be lowered as they bear their weight. Animating an extra joint will be a lot of effort, but I am constantly disappointed that an game with the same dimension and resources of Elden Ring does not consider this vital for the character's mount.
It is possible to justify this by pretending that Torrent is more goat than horse, or at least a mixture of both. However, when watching footage of goat walks their legs are fairly straight indeed. As Torrent's legs are more equine than... caprine's legs and I'm not very happy with that explanation. Especially since there are actually horses that aren't goats in this game who are mounted by enemies, and they all suffer from the same problem.
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