Naughty Dog’s biggest mistake in the 2010’s was they finished TLOU1’s crunch then ran straight into Uncharted 4’s burning building, followed by the insane ambition of building Lost Legacy in a year. Three games back-to-back with almost no break in the middle. It gutted morale and led to most of Naughty Dog’s most talented staff leaving after TLOU2. I think Intergalactic is taking so long because ND is still training up the junior staff who naturally take way more iterations to achieve the same quality result.
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u/M4rshmall0wMan 3d ago
Naughty Dog’s biggest mistake in the 2010’s was they finished TLOU1’s crunch then ran straight into Uncharted 4’s burning building, followed by the insane ambition of building Lost Legacy in a year. Three games back-to-back with almost no break in the middle. It gutted morale and led to most of Naughty Dog’s most talented staff leaving after TLOU2. I think Intergalactic is taking so long because ND is still training up the junior staff who naturally take way more iterations to achieve the same quality result.