Quote Originally Posted by Flying Arrow View Post
Acting: CG characters can`t act and never will be able to act. Nothing can ever replace a real actor`s performance and it is absolutely laughable when developers try to render photo-realistic looking `actors` to say their lines. Gaming will always be (and should always be) considered a low form of entertainment as long developers fail to realize that they can`t squeeze humanity out of a bunch of ones and zeroes (no matter how `photo-realistic`).
It may not be perfect, but I will say that in Uncharted 2, I never once questioned the 'acting' of the characters. I think they're on their way to getting as close as a video game needs to get. As for 'close-up' bits, I'd say FFXIII did very well indeed. Obviously real-life actors will always be better - it's impossible for an imitation of life to be better than life itself. But you get the idea.