Exqueese me? I thought he was great in bg3.
Comment on Idris Elba: Actors in video games like Phantom Liberty is 'sign of the times'
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
Big, well known actors in video games have been a thing for a long time now?
bookmeat@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
It felt a bit flat. Especially having played the original game and getting this as your introduction to him: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hoSqDtky0pU
Aceticon@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It makes sense for those who are big enough in the Game Industry (which is now several times the size of the Movie Industry in terms of revenue) to try and do the same as movies and leverage that sweet brand recognition of celebrity actors to sell more copies of the game.
However I suspect it doesn’t work quite the same as the “main character in the story” in games is almost invariably the player him/herself and those famous names will never be more than secondary characters with limite interaction possibilities.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
They could do the cyberpunk or fallout 4 thing. Have Keanu Reeves in your head, or get someone known to voice the protagonist (only unlike fo4 in that the PC VAs are otherwise unknown afaik).