Uncharted, and now everything: give Nolan North a time out
- Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:05
Nolan North is probably best known for playing Nathan Drake in the Uncharted series of games, and in that role he took a character that could have been little more than a bundle of Indiana Jones jokes and brought it to life. North as Drake is always a pleasure to listen to, and is a large part of the appeal of the Uncharted titles... but then he became the go-to guy when you needed a hero or character who sounded like Nolan North, or Nathan Drake. It's a problem.
It's not that North isn't a talented voice-over artist, because he is. It's not that he doesn't deserve work, because he does. The problem is that his voice sticks out like a sore thumb, and it can be found in so many games that, at this point, it doesn't aid immersion as much as it actively pulls you out of a game.













