Neil Druckmann says The Last of Us 2 is long because "we wanted to make it that long"
Druckmann💜 addressed criticism on Tr𝐆oy Baker's podcast

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Last of Us 2 director Neil Druckmann has responded to the critics claiming the game is too long. Check out the video from Troy Baker's pꩵodcast below (the conversation about game length begins around the 1:00:20 mark).
Druckmann makes the statement shortly after him and Baker go back and forth about workshopping the script in real time. Baker mentions that no one from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Naughty Dog's marketing team ever stuck their h🧸ead in to suggest they add lines to the ꦛscript.
"I have to stop you right there," Druckmann interjects. "I've seen someone – fuck I'm gonna get in trouble for this – I don't care. Someone recently said 'games are too long' and part of their thread they're saying like, 'it's because marketing wants to say how big games are and that's how they're gonna sell the game'. In my 16-year career at Naughty Dog, marketing has never – not once – given us a creative note to say 'this should be in the game, or the game should be this long, or this short, or have this feature." He conti🦩nues, "the game is this long because we wanted to make it this long."
Druckmann then goes on to say, "It might be too long for certain people, it might be long enough for certain people, but it's this long because that was our call." For reference, The Last of Us is nearly double the ཧsize of the original game, clocking in at around just under 30♈ hours for more thorough play-through.
The rest of the video goes into great detail about the work that went into The Last of Us 2, so def﷽initely check it out if you're interested in the process.
The Last of Us 2, complicated women, and survival.
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