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[Miker]

Capcom has done this a few times.

Jill Valentine - Julia Voth

Sheva Alomar - Michelle Van Der Water

Wayne - Lee Byung-Hun

Samanosuke Akechi - Takeshi Kaneshiro

Jacques Blanc/Guy From Onimusha - Jean Reno

Remedy did it with Max Payne and its sequel.

Max Payne - Sam Lake

Bonus:

Max Payne (2) - Timothy Gibbs

Mona Sax - Katherine Tong

And of course, Quantic Dream has done this with Beyoncé: Two Souls, starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe. I'm too lazy to post pictures of them, but suffice to say they resemble themselves.

Others I've missed:

Forever-unnamed Silent Hills dood - Norman Reedus

These are the ones that I know of, anyway. Post more if you know of any. Which character or digital translation is your favorite? Do you like the practice, or do you prefer your characters built "from scratch"?

 

[RPGamer92]

Norman Reedus- Silent Hills

 

[Hikami]

These are the ones that I know of, anyway. Post more if you know of any.

Don't remember them off the top of my head but, Troy Baker has quite a few.

 

[Miker]

Norman Reedus- Silent Hills

Good one! I completely forgot about him for some reason. I'll add it to the OP.

 

[Grimsen]

GTA V did it.

Infamous SS too.

 

[drotahorror]

Jill and Jean Reno are the only ones imo that look very much like the actor.

 

[Elitist1945]

Does this count? lol

Spoiler

Game is Titanic: Adventure out of Time btw

 

[LowSignal]

Beyoncé: Two Souls?

What about the original Resident Evils do the FMV actors count?

 

[forrest]

L.A. Noire

 

[Callibretto]

someone made a list for Troy Baker please

 

[Roto13]

Don't remember them off the top of my head but, Troy Baker has quite a few.

He and Travis Willingham had their characters modeled after them in InFamous: Second Son. Which was weird, because they're both white and the characters are native American.

Laura Bailey might have modeled for Fetch, too, I'm not sure what she looks like.

 

[Squire]

Kadeem Hardison's Beyond character is also modeled after him, I'm sure.

There's also Alan Wake, and Male Shepherd from Mass Effect.

 

[fastmower]

Sam Lake Max Payne is best Max Payne.

 

[SolidSnakex]

He and Travis Willingham had their characters modeled after them in InFamous: Second Son. Which was weird, because they're both white and the characters are native American.

Laura Bailey might have modeled for Fetch, too, I'm not sure what she looks like.

She's definitely modeled after her

 

[Callibretto]

He and Travis Willingham had their characters modeled after them in InFamous: Second Son. Which was weird, because they're both white and the characters are native American.

Laura Bailey might have modeled for Fetch, too, I'm not sure what she looks like.

they take some of actor features for Second Son, but still modified it enough that I think they look native american in the game to me.

 

[Squire]

The face model for Samara from Mass Effect actually cosplay a the character all the time.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

 

[Miker]

Beyoncé: Two Souls?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq-rpYvGJ5s

 

[Jachaos]

Obligatory Trevor at Times Square

He and Travis Willingham had their characters modeled after them in InFamous: Second Son. Which was weird, because they're both white and the characters are native American.

Laura Bailey might have modeled for Fetch, too, I'm not sure what she looks like.

Her with a Delsin cosplayer:

So... kinda?

Edit: Yeah that picture of her besides Fetch a few posts above shows she definitely modeled for the character. It's tough to find a picture of her like that on Google image though. She normally has longer hair and all that but she does have a similar face.

 

[Labrys]

Does this count? lol

Spoiler

Game is Titanic: Adventure out of Time btw

I love this game with all my heart but those guys freaked me out more than any other of the characters. I hate how they'd just POP up and scare the crap out of you randomly.

 

[Creaking]

Don't forget Max Payne 3, where they actually modeled him after his voice actor.

 

[Forkball]

[insert David Bowie joke]

MGS4 did this with the beauties. GTA V also did this, but there were some obvious major changes. Honestly I think basing a character off of someone works well for games that aim for photorealistic graphics. It results in characters looking naturally unique.

 

[KalBalboa]

You forgot the "real" Max Payne. James McCaffrey.

Edit: Beaten by seconds!

 

[pantsattack]

Mark Vanderloo

 

[Nottle]

The Valve games typically have done this. Also Woolie in SSX.

 

[Creaking]

When does this turn into a Troy Baker thread?

 

[newsguy]

Apocalypse

 

[Eggbok]

Francisco Randez

 

[CHC]

You forgot the "real" Max Payne. James McCaffrey.
Edit: Beaten by seconds!

Real Max Payne!?

I got your real Max Payne right here bro

 

[LiquidSolid]

Jubei Yagyu in Onimusha 2 was modelled after the late, great Yusaku Matsuda:

 

[KalBalboa]

I got your real Max Payne right here bro

James never gets enough love for his work. He's been the voice in all three games, and having his physical performance in #3 really brought the character home.

 

[Currygan]

David Kennedy - "Psycho" Sykes in Crysis 3

 

[BadWolf]

MGSV seems to be going all in with this for various characters like Quite etc.

 

[Laputa_94]

 

[wmlk]

Never confirmed, but...

Master Eraqus, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

Hironobu Sakaguchi

Eraqus is an anagram of Square!

 

[binarymelon]

Sam Witwer / Starkiller

 

[Kurt Angle]

Mark Vanderloo

wrex

 

[Yasumi]

The Yakuza series does this a lot.

 

[CHC]

James never gets enough love for his work. He's been the voice in all three games, and having his physical performance in #3 really brought the character home.

I know his voice is great but I'm just a sucker for Sam Lake's hamfisted faces, plus I think it's just so funny that the director of the game casts himself as the image of the main character. That's like some Tommy Wiseau level shit.

 

[Creaking]

James never gets enough love for his work. He's been the voice in all three games, and having his physical performance in #3 really brought the character home.

True. His voice seems kind of off when applied to the other faces.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

All of these are super creepy

Does this count? lol

Spoiler

Game is Titanic: Adventure out of Time btw

Except this.

 

[Dimitri LH]

Surprised no ones mentioned the CoD one.....or was it Battlefield? I think the latter.

Edit: Also, GOD DAMN Julia Voth is beatiful o_o

 

[The Lone Courier]

The entirety of LA Noire's characters are modeled after real folk.

 

[Dimitri LH]

It was COD, not Battlefield.

Kevin Spacey:

 

[jwk94]

You forgot some of the best:

 

[Kurt Angle]

You forgot the "real" Max Payne. James McCaffrey.

Edit: Beaten by seconds!

the only real max payne is Sam lake

 

[DOWN]

You forgot some of the best:

You forgot to read the OP

 

[KiraXD]

Sam Witwer / Starkiller

this one was good... i love Witwer as Starkiller.

 

[dugdug]

There's a...real Sheva?

I...um...I gotta go guys. Brb.

 

[DOWN]

this one was good... i love Witwer as Starkiller.

This was probably the first super significant mo-cap that I was ever aware of.