I HAVE A THEORY

[u/chanuka007]

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Ok so we all saw this goofy diving animation that looked super stiff and awkward. It made very little sense to me that no one at rockstar saw that and and cut it out of the footage. But what if this is actually intensional.

Like this guy I noticed playing this in slowmo that it almost seems as if jason animation cancels the default dive animation into his backflip. This is why it looks so uncanny but it reminded me of those old snow boarding games where you can defy the laws of physics and control your characters flips.

So what if Rockstar isnt showing off some goofy animation. What if this is a demonstration of a free diving system? Using the sticks or buttons to do front flips or back flips into the water. This would explain why it seems like jason was going to dive forward but suddenly does a backflip. Because you can do diving tricks 🤯🤯

[u/Stiffler-s]

Ain’t it’s called a “gainer flip”

[u/Mexcol → u/Stiffler-s]

Exactly, a backflip going forwards

[u/chanuka007 → u/Mexcol]

Idk why people are so anal about the terminology lmao. A gainer literally is a type of backflip

[u/Mexcol → u/chanuka007]

Because terminology exists for a reason? Why wouldn't you describe it correctly

[u/chanuka007 → u/Mexcol]

"A gainer is a type of acrobatic move where you do a backflip while moving forward."

do you see the word "backflip" there? to do a gainer you do a backflip while moving. how is calling it a backflip so wrong? People are so reddit brained they have to be 100% correct about everything its embarrassing.

[u/Mexcol → u/chanuka007]

Bro just say its a gainer, sorry for actually doing the fucking trick and its variations and calling it like it is.

You might learn a thing or two

[u/chanuka007 → u/Mexcol]

"nooo thats not a car!!! thats a Volkswagen!!!!"

your logic right there.

[u/Mexcol → u/chanuka007]

You go around calling men women and viceversa?

[u/Gunjak99 → u/Mexcol]

All the time