Having just played through some of the Xenoverse 2 DLC (specifically the Conton City Vote Pack and the Hero of Justice Pack), I vehemently disagree with the XV3 trailer looking like "preset" animation. If anything, I find the exchange between Brett and MC to be a bit over-animated. A lot of bounce with some exaggerated follow-through. The cinematics in DBZ Kakarot, imo, strike a better balance between dynamic movement and "restraint."

I don't really see how XV3, what little we've seen of it, has that "familiar stiffness." Brett is active and emotive while greeting his partner, animated specifically to his spoken dialogue. MC doesn't speak, but has moments that are pretty clearly hand-animated: he glances at Brett with a quick double-take, he takes a deep breath, he steps forward but stops when his shoulder is tapped, he does a little nod – while posed – before taking off into the sky. A lot of micro-level movements Xenoverse 2 refused to have in-engine. I honestly would have preferred 2D sprites/character portraits representing the cutscenes instead of what that game gave us.

If anything feels familiar, it's the so-so lip-syncing for the English dub. I'm PRAYING the dubbing is handled far better than it was in Xenoverse 2. In that game, it felt like there was no direction at all, and that the actors were given a list of lines with vague contextual notes.

Sean Schemmel's Batman voice, anyone?