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Motion Capture: An End To The Nolan North Monopoly

Play-Mag: We love Nolan North, the voice actor behind Nathan Drake, but he’s in a lot of games. Could motion capture open up the field to new and different talent?

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ShinFuYux4829d ago

Motion capturing actually puts the actor in a test to see how well of an actor he can be. While in Hollywood, it takes less talents nowadays to be an actor, in motion capture, you need to be more aware of your actions, your body language and such.

Motion Capturing is the true test of a real good actor.

ShadowArchangel4828d ago

lol Nolan North does motion capture for Uncharted.

A lot of his voice acting is also for random soldier #1, why would a company do motion capture for random characters that have a single line of dialogue inside a game play scenario. Not saying of course that he should do every Random Soldier #1, but you know, voice acting and motion capture are different even though they share similarities.

TABSF4828d ago (Edited 4828d ago )

There is a difference

Motion capture
Motion scanning

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

They are taking about Motion scanning, its easy to act but to show real emotion not many actors can do that.
What they are saying is it going to be challenging for Nolan North.

This is what they are talking about monopoly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
He's been in Halo, Assassins Creed and obviously his most famous role as Nathan Drake in Uncharted.

ShadowArchangel4828d ago

I see. And I understand what they mean about monopoly, having watched the embed video recently. I also understand the difference between motion scanning and capture, but they call it Capture in the article.

They also ignore the fact that Nolan North has done soap operas and TV shows. Not as much as Video games lol

I really didn't know who he was until uncharted. I got amazed by how many games he was in later on while making fun of him with my friends (about the amount of roles)

TABSF4828d ago

Yeah your right they need to edit the title.
Its pretty crazy how many games he has been in.

PhantomT14124824d ago

@TABSF No, they're indeed talking about -traditionnal- motion capture. You can do highly detailed facial animation capture with mocap tech, and that's what they did with Avatar (the film), Enslaved, Black Ops, Tron (I think), etc.

Motion Scan is a completely new technology patented by Depth Analysis. I imagine the difference with traditional mocap is that it does not (only) capture the animations but also the entire model & texture of the actor's face. In that case, it would be the same deal as in Hollywood since the actor's appearance would remain unchangeable.

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Play L.A. Noire Free With Your GTA+ Membership

L.A. Noire is coming to the library of free games available to GTA+ Members on Thursday, May 2.

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TheColbertinator18d ago

Great game that unfortunately was only made once

anast18d ago

I would day 1 New York or Chicago Noir even LA Noir 2.

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L.A. Noire And Bully — Rockstar's Lost Gems That Deserve A Sequel As Much As GTA

Hanzala from eXputer: "I do appreciate GTA 6, Rockstar, but if I could trade it for a new L.A. Noire or a Bully game, I'd do so in a heartbeat."

Skuletor44d ago

How are they lost? You can get L.A. Noire on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch and Bully is on the PS5 and Xbox Series too.

Psychonaut8544d ago

I want a new Manhunt game. But that will never happen.

Demetrius44d ago

Mfs are too sensitive nowadays and would cry instead of being concerned bout real world problems

Demetrius44d ago

Whenever gta 6 launch we won't be getting another rockstar title for another 10 years lol but on the positive side they bou to come back n show how open world supposed to be done 🔥

Skuletor44d ago

I won't expect any singleplayer DLC like IV's The Lost & Damned or The Ballad of Gay Tony after it launches either

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12 Years Later, L.A. Noire is Still an Excellent Experience

There was a lot to love about Rockstar and Team Bondi's 2011 open world title.

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shinoff2183150d ago

One I never finished. I've been looking at the ps4 version off Amazon the last few months just never bit

Knightofelemia149d ago

It's worth playing LA Noire is one of my favorite Rockstar games. But I would also check out pawnshops or thrift stores if you want the game dirt cheap. Someone may have been dumb enough to dump the game.

andy85149d ago

Baffles me when people have these opinions about acclaimed games 😂

RhinoGamer88150d ago

100% agree... not perfect, but an engaging/refreshing experience.

sagapo150d ago

Agree, at time of release those facial expressions were amazing! They still hold strong even today imo.
The game on its own was good. Something fresh, but sidequests were a bit meh after a while.

Nacho_Z150d ago

I picked it up on sale recently, going to play it next summer. I'll get more out of it this time, first time around I treated the open world like it was GTA and goofed about, whereas now I'll play it with more respect. RDR2 has trained me well.

I also hadn't read Raymond Chandler at the time so presumably that'll add another layer of enjoyment too.

1nsomniac150d ago (Edited 150d ago )

Absolutely stunning game. So underrated. Played through it again last year and it still stands up so well. Like many of rockstars games it’s actually a far better experience on PC. I didn’t enjoy it as much on console. Completed it at least 3 times on pc.

The rumours of a sequel are awesome news despite the fact I think Rockstar are now the shell of the company they once were.

SyntheticForm149d ago

Team Bondi made a hell of a game.

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