Hugely popular voice actor Troy Baker, who is set to appear as Sam Drake in Naughty Dog's upcoming Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, has admitted that he initially chose to play Assassin's Creed over the first game in the series.
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."
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During MCM Comic Con London X EGX, CGM got the chance to be part of a press group interview with the stars of the Uncharted titles, namely the legendary Nolan North, who played protagonist Nathan Drake, Emily Rose, who portrayed Elena Fisher and Richard McGonagle, who took on the role of Victor ‘Sully’ Sullivan,
Makes sense. Assassins creed would likely offer more work than Uncharted courtesy of its yearly schedule.
Nolan and troy, the best voice actors there is in gaming! They really are in almost every game!
Maybe thats because he knew nothing about Uncharted compared to Assassin's Creed that was popular and got a yearly release
And he didnt shun it, he chose to buy a game he was more familiar with before playing a new IP
what a clickbait headline
LOL man, these sites will make an article out of anything. Out of everything in the interview that could have been talked about, this was the most important to this site. smh.
Troy Baker does "voices". Nolan North while not bad does pretty much his own voice.