I switched from phaser to pixi because I wanted more control over what I was doing. Animated sprites in phaser -- at least from what I could figure out -- have

I switched from phaser to pixi because I wanted more control over what I was doing. Animated sprites in phaser -- at least from what I could figure out -- have to have the exact same dimensions. Some of the sprites I was using were not that clean. This is one example of what I didn't like phaser, but it was pervasive. If phaser fit your particular game assets and use-cases, then it saved a ton of time. If it didn't fit perfectly, then it was a time suck going through forum posts, documentation, blogs, etc. trying to figure out what to do. Pixi supplies the primitives and gets out of your way.