I would like to know how a Game like "Sin and Punishment" works on the technical side. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxz8BJDIrMk For example how is it done, that the Player Character is always following the same path. Splines? Same goes for the enemies. Everything looks like "Sequences" but how are such Sequences made? Also very weird is the Highscore system. Any thoughts on that? Looking forward to see some interesting posts here Thanks.
You probably have a fixed path (maybe an extra velocity for each path part or delay points) and a timer. That timer makes you move along the path (probably using linear interpolation (most multiplayer games do this) or by using a speed from the animation [so the linear interpolation would be slower when a running animation has just started from the idle pose - GTA3 / VC / SA does this]). The first would sync the animations to the actual movement while the second will sync the movement to the animation. The same timer can be used to control all sorts of animations. Additionally you can use the player position to control animations or gameplay
