Our old pal Sully is still alive! But why is he working for the bad guys? Let’s find out!
It’s easy to criticize Naughty Dog for the cinematic quality of their games and how it fails to truly capture what the medium is capable of, but one thing I will give credit to this style is the way it helps the natural chemistry between actors shine through.
Instead of recording their lines in a voice recording booth, the actors are set up in motion capture suits and act out the performance on a stage, where their mannerisms and voice are recorded for use in the game. Since all of the actors, and the writing team, are together in the same room, they have the capacity to work together in a way other more traditional video game recording setups don’t allow. What that does is add a layer of authenticity to the characters that can’t be recreated any other way.
As critical as I can be of their style, I can’t deny that there are strengths to it as well, this being chief among them.
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