Connected Digital World writes: In this video I got to sit down with actor and voice over legend Troy Baker to talk about various things, including his new role in inFamous: Second Son. The interview took place in London on the 7th March 2014 - and yes, we were in the back of a van.
The acting legend on making his own game, AI, working with indies, and replacing fear with trust
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VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "As game scripts expand in size and the technology to capture performances improves, blockbuster game companies are under tremendous pressure to get the right fit for a leading role. In some cases, said actor essentially becomes the face of that franchise; their mug may be digitally altered or cropped in select ways, but they're – more or less – in the same spot as a film actor at this point. As a result, there's also a keener interest in how those performers sound if they're replacing somebody else.
Perhaps the most glaring example of that was Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake. Alongside a bevy of other gameplay & story alterations, Luke Roberts replacing Guy Cihi's original James Sunderland was a major point of distress for long-time fans before release. Sure, Cihi wasn't a trained actor at the time (and it shows), but he carried a type of unique charm that meshed perfectly with the game's strange world. A similar situation was Troy Baker assuming the mantle of Indiana Jones. How similar could he actually sound to a younger Harrison Ford? Judging by the collective staff & community acclaim, both of them fared quite well, and so too did the others who made up our final five."
Troy really is driving the future direction of how video games are been perceived, most people I know who aren't gamers look at The majority of games as "pointless, childish or even just mindless violence" but I've shown friends the last of us and they watch it like its a movie and can actually see why so many people enjoy it because you really do care about the characters, just like you do a good movie, but even more so I think gamers will agree been involved in all aspects of how the story happens is so much more emersive
Hope infamous is the same :-)