Baldur's Gate 3's performances are so good because all 248 voice actors also did the motion capture
If you weren’t impressed by Baldur’s Gate 3 enough already, it turns out that motion capture from 248 actors was used across its many NPCs.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is wowing players for a whole host of reasons, with the big cast of characters and their performances, whether they’re a major part of the story or not, being a big part of that. And the big reason the game’s performances are so strong is because all 248 actors that recorded dialogue also did motion capture for their characters. Baldur Gate 3’s performance director Aliona Baranova shared this in a Twitter thread earlier this week, where she went into all the effort that went into getting these performances.
“Firstly: for almost all the dialogue we recorded we also captured the actors mocap data,” Baranova wrote. “That Means all 248 actors, ALL the NPCs and not just the companions put on a mocap suit and their movements, gestures and physical choices were recorded & sent along with the audio files for the animators to use in game. Which is why the performances feel so alive.”
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