Troy Baker is one of the most important video game voices of the last decade. His appearances include Joel's own in The Last of Us, Booker in Bioshock Infinite, Snow in the Final Fantasy XIII sub-saga, Vincent in Catherine, the Joker in Batman Arkham Origins, Sam Drake in Uncharted 4, Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain or Higgs in Death Stranding among many, many more roles.
Putting aside his video game experience, Troy has had his little roles in live action, too, so he can have an opinion on series and movies. If we put all this together and take into account the next series of The Last of Us on HBO, it can occur to us that the good Troy is one of the candidates to play Joel. Meanwhile, we can keep what you think about this new series.
"I think that episodically you can tell this story much more effectively because trying to condense that experience from 16 hours to 2 hours is impossible"Baker said in an interview that picks up Comic book. “We go from the point of distillation to reduction. I think being able to do this episodically and say, 'We'll do this for example, three or four seasons,' and being able to count almost 1: 1 (the story of the game) presents a great opportunity for more people to experience this story. ”.
Still, Baker believes that the whole "interactive" part makes games are an experience that is above what a series or movie can offer with this franchise, making it clear that the video game and what we experience in it is much more rewarding for the player than for a series viewer.
"At the end of the day, man, the reason it's a game is because when you go from fall to winter – after Joel falls, and you think he's dead – and you see that beautiful rabbit in that pristine white snow, and the arrow … and then you realize for the first time that it is Ellie who is alone, standing there- and you move the analog stick forward- that is something that does not translate into any other medium than a game »
"Nothing else can beat that"Baker concluded. “But I think (with the television show The Last of Us) we can get closer. That we can give a different kind of experience for those who -for whatever reason- don't want to have that kind of interaction with the characters ».
Of course, overcoming the experience of the first game is something very complicated that Naughty Dog will face in two ways. The first is with the expected The Last of Us Part II and the second is with this series on The Last of Us, which will also have the head of one of the best series in recent years, Craig Mazin.
Mazin, creator of Chernobyl, will work closely with Neil Druckmann the creator of The Last of Us in a series that so far we only know that will be available on HBO and that will tell the story of Joel and Ellie.
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