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User blog comment:Animusradiation/Ubisoft E3 Conference Liveblog!/@comment-4047495-20110606225610/@comment-2121369-20110607053452
The crowd looked lively because they were animated in the cutscene, during actual gameplay I don't think you'll probably see those detailed interactions and uniqueness between passing crowd people, though there are a few more general crowd animations.