Guild Wars 2

Why the change in character orientation during dialogues? The old stage actor method felt much better; characters may not have been directly facing each other, but they nearly always maintained eye contact, so there was no issue there.

B: http://i.imgur.com/4RaST.jpg
A: http://i.imgur.com/kwCBD.jpg

The older orientation also let you see facial expressions more easily. Here’s the difference between suspicious and squinting:

B: http://i.imgur.com/LqGg5.jpg
A: http://i.imgur.com/bWvjO.jpg