Video game developers today are always trying to push the limits of graphical fidelity. Whether it's to create realistic environments or design life-like characters, ridiculously huge budgets are used in order to constantly push video game graphics to new heights. In fact, real people are often used as models for video game characters. With each passing day, it's becoming more common to see celebrities and models appear as characters in video games.
The following is a compilation of various video game characters and the real-life people that they are modeled after.
Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect 2)
Model: Yvonne Strahovski
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Male Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Model: Mark Vanderloo
Liara T'Soni (Mass Effect)
Model: Jillian Murray
The Illusive Man (Mass Effect 2)
Model: Martin Sheen
Sheva Alomar (Resident Evil 5)
Model: Michelle Van Der Water
Alan Wake (Alan Wake)
Model: Ilkka Villi
Starkiller (Star Wars: The Force Unleashed)
Model: Samuel Witwer
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Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
Model: Sonja Kinski
Alyx Vance (Half-Life 2)
Model: Jamil Mullen
Madison Paige (Heavy Rain)
Model: Jaqui Ainsley
Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
Model: Sam Douglas
Norman Jayden (Heavy Rain)
Model: Leon Ockenden
Ethan Mars (Heavy Rain)
Model: Pascal Langdale
Lucy Stillman (Assassin's Creed)
Model: Kristen Bell
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Samanosuke Akechi (Onimusha: Warlords)
Model: Takeshi Kineshiro
Genesis (Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core)
Model: Gackt Camui
Laughing Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
Model: Lyndall Jarvis
Raging Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
Model: Yumi Kikuchi
Crying Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
Model: Mieko Rye
Screaming Beauty (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
Model: Scarlett Chorvat
Second Guy in Your Family (Family Feud, Sega Genesis)
Model: Chuck Norris
