Starting in SL they seemed they were getting better. Mouth movement was particularly good.
DF seemed to be back and forth with good animation and bad animation
But now we have TWW with this monstrosity
However we also have this one with good facial movements
Just doesn’t seem like they can keep a good rhythm going with animation quality
It’s just budget allocation: major patches have more high quality cutscenes and less low quality ones and the reverse is true for .5 patches.
It’s a side quest cutscene with the player it’s not all dolled up like the main story scenes
That’s what I would’ve guessed as well. Blizz tend to reserve the better quality cinematics for major patches, not minor patches.
That said, the cinematic in question that everyone is clowning on is bad for reasons other than just the wonky animations.