The actors of “Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag” hope that developers will use more motion capture to make games. The father and son share the feeling that the quality of “AC” has declined in recent years.

British actor Ralph Ineson, who played the villain Charles Vane in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, suggested that game developers should use more motion capture technology when making games, such as “Black Flag” “The performance of “Assassin’s Creed” is very good. Both he and his son feel that the quality of “Assassin’s Creed” in recent years is not as good as before.

Motion capture technology tracks and records human movements through lenses, sensors, full sets of clothes and other wearable devices, and converts them into 2D or 3D computer animations. It is often used in fields such as film production and VTuber. It is also used in the game industry. exception.

Ralph Ineson plays Galactus in the 2025 MCU reboot version of “The Fantastic Four” with motion capture. He has also been responsible for the English dubbing of many game characters, including “Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows II Part 2” Member of “Death Eaters”, Sid in “Final Fantasy 16”, Loras in “Diablo 4”.

Ralph Ineson revealed in a report by foreign media GamesRadar+ that not all game performance work content is the same. For his past role as the notorious pirate Vann in “Black Flag”, in addition to dubbing, he also performed in a costume, which is completely orthodox. acting work.

“It was a pure acting job,” Ineson recalled of the motion-capture shoot at the time. “About once a month for four months, I would fly to Montreal with Mark Bonnar and a few other British actors to work on their motion capture. Stay in the studio for a week.”

“Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag” 2013 release of the game’s cast interview footage:

Games of the same period such as “Enslaved: Odyssey” produced by Bandai Namco, invited Andy Serkis, a well-known British actor who has played Gollum in “Lord of the Rings” and Caesar in “Rise of the Planets”, as the protagonist of the game, Monkey, in full action Capture and dubbing, other well-known cases include Johnny Silverhand (Keanu Reeves) in “Avatar 2077”, but most video games will only use Hollywood movie stars to dub.

When Ineson talked about video games, he said that he prefers motion capture to pure dubbing. “(Motion capture) is very powerful. It is a completely different acting experience.” He promised, “I hope more game companies can use motion capture.” Capture technology, after all, I think the performance in “Black Flag” is very exciting.”

Unfortunately, both Ineson and his son believe that the quality of recent games in the “Assassin’s Creed” series has declined. “Compared with some of the newer Assassin’s Creed games, although there is some facial capture, there is a lack of body movement capture. “Players should be able to tell the difference,” he explained. “My son knows more about games than I do. He said to me, ‘Dad, the one you played was definitely the best one, and everything has gone downhill since then. 』』

The latest game of “Assassin’s Creed” “Assassin’s Creed: Shadowbringers” has been postponed to allow the development team to further polish it. The new release date is set for February 14, 2025. However, in the face of multiple major releases in 2025, players’ time is limited. The battle is bound to be fierce.