We shoot this like we would a show or a film. GamesBeat: Does it get easier to do your lines if you’re motion-capturing at the same time?īaker: The more connected you can be to any performance, whatever that means, the better. But the able to execute that for the other actors kind of became my job. Mike de Plater is our coach, and he has the vision for this game. It became an opportunity for me to be like the quarterback, I guess. Took me beat by beat through that conversation. Then we came back for this and - when I went to Monolith up in Seattle, they wanted to pitch me the game and show me what they were thinking about doing. GamesBeat: Is this the first time you’ve done that kind of capture?īaker: We did it on the first game as well. And not just as an actor, but as the director of the performance capture now. And not just in past games, but now to be able to come back and play a character that is now part of Middle-earth lore. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to do that. Everybody tries to find a way to create a career out what they love doing, what their passion is, what they naturally like to do. There’s a lot of people running around in my head. Where does that come from?īaker: You know, I don’t know. GamesBeat: You’ve done a lot of different voices over the years. All of a sudden when you hear that sound come out of me, it’s a weird juxtaposition. We’ve done such a good job of creating these characters and making them look so real. GamesBeat: Can you do Talion’s voice for us?īaker: Yes, but what’s interesting - it looks so weird coming out of my face. I never thought I’d see cosplayers at E3.īaker: It’s been an interesting transition into opening it up to consumers, but it’s breathed some new life into the show. GamesBeat: Are you enjoying the show so far?

Tolkien’s books, we know that Talion fails. And that should yield plenty of airtime for Baker, who returns to the role of the ranger who aims to stop Sauron before the events of The Lord of the Rings. (That probably means it will take me hundreds of hours to finish it as it took me 80 to finish Shadow of Mordor.

He returned to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) to tout the game in the wake of the release of a new trailer teasing the story behind the sequel to the enormously popular Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor of 2014.ĭebuting on consoles and PC on October 10, the sequel promises to be much bigger as an open world, according to creative director Michael de Plater and art director Philip Straub. He’s coming back this year as the voice of Talion, the hero known as The Bright Lord in Warner Bros.’ Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Troy Baker is the ubiquitous video game actor. Missed the GamesBeat Summit excitement? Don't worry! Tune in now to catch all of the live and virtual sessions here.

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