What is Project Nova's movement system, parkour or just fancy climbing?

[EvelynMH]

I just saw that leaked gameplay snippet for Project Nova, and I’m trying to figure out if the movement system is actually a new kind of parkour or if it’s just fancier climbing animations. It looked so fluid in the clip, but I can’t tell if that’s just good animation work or if there’s real mechanical depth there.

[Michael.R]

I watched the clip a few times it could be a new kind of parkour or maybe just slick climbing with heavy animation blending fluidity can come from mocap and transitions more than a real physics based system

[Larry_G]

I have dabbled with similar ideas in a side project when the timing slots line up a wall run or ledge grab feels amazing in isolation but in practice input windows are forgiving and the camera masks the rough bits

[Riley70]

Do you think the real issue is that we are chasing spectacle rather than real mechanic depth?

[EleanorJ]

If you want a gut check compare a couple clips frame by frame and look for inconsistent inputs or frames where the character is not using the environment I did that once and it felt more animation trick than system