Baldur's Gate 3: What it's like acting in a virtual fantasy world

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Baldur's Gate 3: What it's like acting in a virtual fantasy world
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Intimacy co-ordinators, improvisation and stable employment - are video games getting like TV shows?

Fans have been waiting 23 years since the last Baldur's Gate gameYou might think video games and TV soaps don't have much in common. But if you speak to people who've worked on both you might be surprised.But we are talking about what it's like to act on a big-budget game.Jennifer English and Devora Wilde tell BBC Newsbeat that working on fantasy role-playing game Baldur's Gate 3 gave them the same sort of stability.

Jennifer first found out she'd got the role in 2019. Since then, she's spent hours and hours recording lines and full-body motion capture sequences.Jennifer's character Shadowheart can be recruited and befriended in the game"It's not like an everyday kitchen sink drama, there's a lot going on. And you have to create that in your imagination on your own.

Jennifer also revealed that parts of the script were altered during recording, with actors and directors workshopping changes as they went along."We've played and created, and we've made a character that's really nuanced. That comes from conversation and collaboration," she says.

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