I liked Max Payne 2's ragdolls. Though it was more of a cinematic than realistic.

StonedMonkay:
GTA IV

and Crysis, God...throwing an enemy in strength mode straight into the wall of a building & to have the building collapse ontop of him is priceless

Shame about Germany's laws limiting the ragdoll physics though.

EDIT: Oops.

TF2. The death cam is just ;_; Frozen in your final moments, I've almost choked with laughter at some of the positions the ragdolls end up in when you die in that game. And not entirely related, but the facial expressions help alot. xD

I aint sure they're the 'best' technically, but the most enjoyable ragdoll effects I've played were in Painkiller (staking people to walls, or yanking them from high buildings to their doom) and Postal 2, just for the over the top murderfest.

First game and probably the best game I ever played with ragdoll physics is Porrasturvat - Stair Dismount

^Ahh, no. "Ragdoll" only applies to PEOPLE. Physics is EVERYTHING ELSE.

My vote goes to Soldat. Target practice with a severed head and body mutilation never get old.

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Although I'd probably say something else if my computer could run anything 3d.

I'd say Half-Life 2. I especially love how Metro Cops go so extremely floppy when they get killed.
Star Wars: Republic Commando is another game worth a mention. Nice, floppy ragdolls.

Some of the WORST ragdolls I've seen in games are Doom 3, Hitman: Blood Money, Far Cry & Riddick. Not to say that those games are bad (except Doom 3) -- they just have weak ragdoll physics.

stompy:
[quote=Decoy Doctorpus]Walking home drunk in GTA4. It's just hilarious. I remember falling over after taking a corner and Roman stumbled over me and cracked his head on the pavement. It was a thing of beauty.

Yes, that's hilarious. What would be funny as if the cops actually pulled you over for drink-driving. Awesome fun that game.[/quote

They do. Drive by a copcar when you're wasted, they'll pull you over. Some of the most entertaining police chases ever.

The Darkness gets an honorable mention from me, although oftentimes it was rather dull, when you speared people with tentacles or ripped their hearts out it was golden. The slug gun was awesome too.

I recently replayed both Max Payne games and the ragdolls and physics in the 2nd add alot to the game even though they don't really contribute to the gameplay. They just seem to add to the immersiveness

Psi-Ops had hilarious ragdolls..launching metal crates into peoples faces with telekinesis never gets old

Hitman 2 and use the nail gun cheat. Always fun :D

um. . . HalfLife 2.

Duh.

Halo 3 used to be amusing (wouldn't say the best) with the melee physics, as sometimes the loser would be launched halfway across the map. It made sense seeing as the Spartan could flip a bloody tank, it would seem feasible for him to fling a body a few hundred feet.

They've "fixed" this though so no one really gets launched anymore...

My Favourite ragdoll was Tony Hawks Project 8, they actually ga=ve you ragdoll sidequests (break x amount of bones etc)

Max Payne 2 for sure. Catch a guy with a slug in the leg whilst he's mid-dive and he'll spin in the air. Also Project 8 was pretty sweet too (giving you the option to bail yourself)

Destroy All Humans had good ragdoll to it. Especially when you could use your mind to fling them anywhere.

Codgo:

Lord Frunkamunch:
^Ahh, no. "Ragdoll" only applies to PEOPLE. Physics is EVERYTHING ELSE.

My vote goes to Soldat. Target practice with a severed head and body mutilation never get old.

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Although I'd probably say something else if my computer could run anything 3d.

But the physics powers everything, 'Ragdoll' was just a name given to humanoid objects because when they tend to die or fall over they look like one. This thread should have really been titled best physics really.

The problem with naming the thread best physics was the fact that i don't find a barrel tipping over too entertaining and really didn't want to hear any stories about it. You said it yourself right here, "'Ragdoll' was just a name given to humanoid objects". Well, all i wanted was to compare ragdoll so i used that as the thread title.

These discussions make me sad because the German Government hates gamers and ragdolls =(

snp517:
gta 4 and do not come at me with the it's not ragdoll physics it's euphoria bullshit do you know what euphoria is built off of ragdoll physics so i guess you could say it is advanced ragdoll physics

I'm sorry, but what did you just say? Me no speekee 1337.

Anyway, I'm gonna go for GTA4. If only to see it implemented in the next BF game.

What's all this about the German government?

GTA 4 for sure but I also really really like the ragdolls from Skate.

There not.. flop around kinda ones.. Arms cant move backwards and stuff like that.. It adds a nice flavor to it =D

stompy:

Decoy Doctorpus:
Walking home drunk in GTA4. It's just hilarious. I remember falling over after taking a corner and Roman stumbled over me and cracked his head on the pavement. It was a thing of beauty.

Yes, that's hilarious. What would be funny as if the cops actually pulled you over for drink-driving. Awesome fun that game.

I thought that did happen, but you dont so much get pulled over as you get chased, I could be wrong try it out.

Just like arguing about Physics engines this is. Majority of games use integrated Havok, so they're almost all the same. But with Garry's Mod, they're posable, so...

meatloaf231:
Half Life 2, hands down.

Half-Life 2.

Picking Overwatch off rooftops with the crossbow and watching them fall head over heels....right into a pile of explosive barrels I made.

Priceless.

Best/Worst.

Thief: Deadly Shadows. You would knock someone out and they would fall in these funny yoga poses. Like, on their knees head bend completely backwards. Some very flexible citizens. Looked rather painful to me.

Hitman 1. The knock back from weapons was completely ridiculous on that one. A physics teacher's nightmare.

EDIT - Oblivion. Let's not forget the Stretch Armstrong physics of when a body gets caught in a door.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9iOBtmsWWrc

HBrutusH:
What's all this about the German government?

German laws don't allow ragdolls. There's also other restrictions, but I know only a handful of them. Gore is a no-no.

Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness had some very . . . interesting rag doll deaths. :D

I think the ragdoll effects in the original Flatout were brilliant. They weren't very realistic but it's entertaining when you fling your driver through the front window :D

Unknower:

HBrutusH:
What's all this about the German government?

German laws don't allow ragdolls. There's also other restrictions, but I know only a handful of them. Gore is a no-no.

You better be kidding O_O

all ragdoll are the same. once somet5hings dead, the physics engine kicks in. so basically this is a best physics engine thread :P

I loved the Ragdoll physics in Saints Row.

On the Insurance fraud missions get a decent hit from a speeding car and watch your body fly. One of the better parts of that game.

GTAIV

watching a pedestrian hang from your driver side door as you speed down the road, only to fling him into a light post... his body bends in half wrapping around it and spinning off towards the floor.

saints row had some of the best ragdoll. but i have to say GTA 4 has some pretty good ragdoll especially when you speed down the main drag on algonquin and smash into...something and then go flying only to be hit by oncoming traffic. hilarious. SR2 needs motorcycles and jet planes, and space ships, and helicopter, and crazy flying platforms like the silver surfer.. hur hur hur.... yatzee would label me a blithering cuntbag or something for saying that. hehe