Topic: Nintendo Life Playstation 3 Fan Thread

Voice acting in games is still pretty mundane compared to cartoons and animated movies.

Guys like Mel Blanc, Billy West, Joe Alaskey, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Tress MacNeille, etc. are the masters of their craft.

Animation and voice acting are both severely lacking in video games right now. We're getting there with games like Uncharted, but that's like a needle in a haystack of poorly designed games.

Can't these big game publishers hire some of the guys from Pixar and Dreamworks to assist in character animating? It would make the games much more believable if they had smooth, fluid animations.

Um... I don't care? how did we do from sexyhiko's voice actor to talking about animation?

You do know that pixar movies aren't in real-time, correct? So you should be comparing this to the movies. Basically, there are people who are good at animating whether it comes to video games or movies. Same with voice acting.

Edit: Well I should've expected it, you completely edited your comment into something almost entirely different. Maybe I should start quoting comments more.

It's funny how developers put more effort into making cutscenes look great, but the actual gameplay is nowhere near as impressive (talking about animation specifically).

A good example: Dragon Age. The in-game cutscenes are bland, the characters look like puppets without any hint of emotion. The actual gameplay is ugly, the characters move stiffly and jerkily. That is an example of bad animation in games.

LOL. Criticising the visuals of Dragon Age is like criticising Citizen Kane because it's not colourful enough.

With the quality of that game, I wouldn't care if there was no animation at all.

Good point. Just out of curiosity, can you list a few games in which the actual gameplay matches the production quality of the cutscenes (animation, voice acting, etc.)? I already know about Uncharted, but I'd like some more examples.

Final Fantasy 10
Metal Gear Solid 1-4
Resident Evil 4 & 5
Mass Effect 2
Heavy Rain

So, what games do I think are good?

"Gameplay matches the production quality of the cutscenes," is so highly subjective and it's literally no different from asking "what games do you like."

Oh right, going on Viewtiful - good games that are pretty.

FFXIII
FFXIII-2
Dark Souls
Dynasty Warriors 7

How is that question subjective? You look at a game that has beautifully rendered cutscenes, and then look at the gameplay aspects. Let me explain it better. Look at a game like Uncharted. The cutscenes are all done in the game engine, yet the smooth animation and lip-syncing paired with the high-quality voice acting makes it look almost as good as a CG clip. When the gameplay transitions to a cutscene (and vice versa) the transition is so seamless that it's hard to tell the two apart.

I'm talking about a game that has the same high production values throughout, not just in the cutscenes.

I think my answer was pretty good.

I think the God of War series (maybe just 3?) fits that bill. I've only ever played the first PSP GoW so I don't speak from experience, but that's the word on the street.

Amazon has the Uncharted 1 and 2 combo pack on sale for $30 and I had $13 credit so I got both games for $17.

Good deal, it's a great combo pack.

I haven't played either but have heard nothing but good things.

You won't be disappointed, Uncharted 2 is one of the best looking and well-polished games I've ever played

I haven't had the chance to play the first or third games in the series yet though.

I never got the chance to play Jak and Daxter on PS2. I'm hoping to get the HD collection.

Should i buy Dante's Inferno or Castlevania: LoS?

castlevania: Los dante inferno good but castlevania LOS beats it out

If you like Castlevania and really fun hack and slash games get Lord of Shadow. If your a fan of British Literature or more specifically, Dante's Inferno, get that one.

Damn, i really like Castlevania, and have actually read Dante's Divine Comedy, which i enjoyed a lot. Hard choice :/

castlevania wins in gameplay and its a good game dante is boring at first but gets good it is a hard choice butcastlevania is amazing graphics are awsome and its a game worth beating