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The story in part 3 of Sony Interactive Entertainment and Naughty Dog's The Last of Us series may explore a "congregation of immune people."
Former Naughty Dog artist Gabriel Betancourt explains why the "sweet spot" for game teams is under 200 people and how AAA "factories" kill creativity.
There’s definitely some truth to this. When teams get too large, coordination starts to outweigh creativity—layers of approval, risk aversion, and tight deadlines can turn bold ideas into “safe” ones. Keeping a team under ~200 people sounds ideal for maintaining clear communication and a shared vision. That said, massive AAA projects also come with huge technical demands and expectations, so scaling up isn’t always avoidable. The real challenge is figuring out how to keep that small-team creativity alive inside big studio structures.
More than that, it's logistically untenable. Inevitably, when teams get too large, how do you keep tabs on accountability? I suspect this massive team size is a consequence of the perfectionism streak Naughty Dog has.
I wish we could have so many people working on something and it turns out great because I'm all for collaboration in spirit - the problem is too many people as part of the larger team and smaller units. Suppose for example that you have too many people in the art department; you will very often come up against fiercely competing visions for how things should look. That competitive vision will cause friction between team members, team doesn't work as a unit, the back and forth can further delay parts that the other departments are waiting for, etc etc.
A 200-person team says, to me, that we need to scale back game development. Even if it means we go back to PS2 era costs and scale, why not? Those games are still great fun, the budgets were in check, and you could literally break the 200-man team into like 10 20-man teams working on different projects.
Alanah Pearce, who was a writer at Sony Santa Monica for several years and worked on God of War Ragnarök, has shed more light on the sex minigames which cropped up in the series' earlier entries.
Other than looking like that, why does anyone care about what she has to say about anything?
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots.
the list is
Journey
Infamous
Heavy Rain
Valkyria Chronicles
GOW3
Resistance 2
LBP
U2: Among Theives
TLoU
1. MGS4
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From an experience point of view, The Last of Us has my #1 spot, such a well told story with such believable characters.
I often maneuvered the camera so I could see Joel & Ellie's faces during ingame conversations, the facial animations gave another level of experience during ingame conversations, really fleshed out the characters.
I also have a soft spot for Infamous 1, the game was & still is amazing for me from a gameplay perspective.
Resistance 2 ,LBP, U2 Among thieves over God Of War 3 hahahaha. gow 3 is a least top 2 gow 3 is better then mgs 4
Killzone 2/3 are BOSS! They are technical marvels, plus the gameplay is groundbreaking. Definitely. A "must play" for any FPS fan, imho. PS3 1st party titles are amazing! MGS4 fulfilled every criteria I had, great game!