Not sure of your experience level with Blender, but it's rigging tools are about on par these days. Drivers are easy to setup and with a few add-ons it can be o

Not sure of your experience level with Blender, but it's rigging tools are about on par these days. Drivers are easy to setup and with a few add-ons it can be one click. That's part of the issue with Blender, finding the right addons or programming your own. I've even made my own character animation addon. :P Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, they all can do the same things in the end.