Faces of gaming: Real vs Virtual
Has next-gen tech brought perfect likenesses to gaming? We run the comparisons to find out
Above: Gary Oldman as Sirius Black in bothHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixes
Gary Oldman's a sterling old British actor (not that old, Gary, sorry) and he looks rakish and rough, and... no, we'll stop that. Anyway. We're surprised that, although the resemblance is good - helped no doubt by the poodle hair and similar pose - the game's art team has made Oldman's character look less rugged and more, well, puffy.
The 'tache, too, looks a bit more twee than in real life. They've certainly got the hair nailed, though. Just look at that fringe, bobbing over his stern, intelligent forehead like... Okay, time to move on.
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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.