- Edward Kenway actor Matt Ryan says he will return to capturing record-breaking performances for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag resynchronized It’s very different than it was 14 years ago.
- Ryan says revisiting performance capture has “reinvigorated” his love for the medium
- He says that voice actors are more than just voice actors.
assassin’s creed Black Flag Actor Matt Ryan has said that he will recapture the record-breaking performance for the game’s upcoming remake, Resynchronized Black Flaghas “revivalized” his love for the medium.
Ryan, who plays Black FlagPirate assassin protagonist Edward Kenway first recorded the role nearly 14 years ago for the original 2013 game, but returning to the world of performance capture more than a decade later is a lot different than it was then.
“Well, I didn’t have as big a headache as the first time I made the first one, like [there was] this great gadget and you have a camera in your face, like a dog with a muzzle,” Ryan told TechRadar Gaming in a Resynchronized Black Flag previous event in Paris.
Ryan went on to talk about how he hadn’t captured the performance since Black Flagand he had always loved the process.
“This time I felt a lot more comfortable like this and I haven’t done any more performance captures since,” he said. “I remember saying at the time that I loved working in that medium and would love to do more, but I’ve been lucky enough to be very busy, so I haven’t really had the opportunity. But coming back to it, it’s like reinvigorating my love for that medium and what you can do in that medium.”
The actor continued, touching on how he still has aspirations within the medium, praising the performances and games we’ve seen over the years, but said that the role of “voice actor” is much more than the title.
“I think the industry has changed, but the media hasn’t, because they’re still called ‘voice actors’. But they’re not just voice actors, they’re video game actors,” Ryan said.
“I think they still have to catch up on that, because what I love about the games you play is like, ‘Oh my God, I recognize that actor.’ It’s not just like their voice, but you can feel the whole physical presence of that person, even if they’re in another skin.”
While Ryan has expressed his love for Edward Kenway, he said he doesn’t worry about whether his performance will be remembered in history, explaining that during the process, “you just do the job” and “do the best thing in front of you” with as much preparation as you can and “then you put one foot in front of the other.”
“At the end of the day, you’re there to serve a story, a character, a director’s vision, and you do it, and you try not to think too much,” Ryan explained.
“When I got the role of Constantine and then started reading the comics, I thought, ‘Oh shit, this is a very important character to a lot of people,’ but you can’t think about that weight on your shoulders, like revisiting this. [Black Flag]I can’t think, ‘Oh, I have to be as good as I was.’ You just can’t think externally that way.”
the long awaited Assassin’s Creed Black Flag resynchronized It is scheduled for release on July 9 for PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC.
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