The Last of Us PS5 Remake Reportedly Developed Without Crunch Time

[Kokoloko]

The Last of Us PS5 Remake Reportedly Developed Without Crunch Time

On the heels of The Last of Us remake going gold, developers have shared info on the lack of crunch in place during development.

gamerant.com

“On the heels of The Last of Us remake going gold, developers have shared info on the lack of crunch in place during development.”

The report of lack of crunch comes from Principal Environment Artist on The Last of Us Part 1Anthony Vaccaro. He states that for the first time in his career he didn't need to crunch to finish a game across the multitude of studios and projects he's worked on. He also shares that while avoiding the need to crunch, the team managed to hit the same quality bar that The Last of Us 2 set.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Naughty Dog said they were making big structural changes, i think this is just the beginning. Hopefully you we get similar reports when factions and the new game ships

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

No crunch, no buy.

 

[Dr Bass]

Not to be a stick in the mud but ... is any of that because you know ... the game was already made before?

Let's see if they can do that for their first actually new IP for PS5. Where is it btw?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Naughty Dog said they were making big structural changes, i think this is just the beginning. Hopefully you we get similar reports when factions and the new game ships

If they can do that, they should definitely share the sauce.

Cuz there is crunch and there is CrUnCh.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

If they can do that, they should definitely share the sauce.

Cuz there is crunch and there is CrUnCh.

From what I know Insomniac doesn’t really crunch, which is absolutely insane for the output they have and the quality of games.

 

[kyliethicc]

Funny how Naughty Dog get shit for crunching and get shit for not making games fast enough.

 

[Kretos]

no crunch means it will take more time to make games, fuck that

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

From what I know Insomniac doesn’t really crunch, which is absolutely insane for the output they have and the quality of games.

Thats what I hear from ratchet and clank. And Jaffe said he talk with someone and confirmed that.

Yep is insane, I wonder if Spider-Man 2 is closer that we think.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Thats what I hear from ratchet and clank. And Jaffe said he talk with someone and confirmed that.

Yep is insane, I wonder if Spider-Man 2 is closer that we think.

The original was delayed so I wouldn’t be super sure but if they can hit next fall (spider-man 2018 was september) it should be a really good year. If we don’t get gameplay in late august/early september then its not coming

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

The original was delayed so I wouldn’t be super sure but if they can hit next fall (spider-man 2018 was september) it should be a really good year. If we don’t get gameplay in late august/early september then its not coming

Yep. That is what I am thinking.

 

[nominedomine]

Too bad, I like my games extra crunchy.

 

[Cragarmi]

no crunch means it will take more time to make games, fuck that

Depends how the project is managed. Insomniac don't crutch and their output is phenomenal. It's a false narrative that crutch is needed to produce AAA videogames, it is so embedded in development culture, that people think it is the only way to do things

 

[Alabtrosmyster]

Free range programmers?

 

[Craig of War]

 

[arvfab]

Had a brain fart and read "Without Lunch Time" at first, thinking how Schreier was probably writing about starvation issues at ND right now.

 

[LightBolt]

How will the crunch bar stay in business if Naughty Dog doesn't use them!

 

[Darth Vader]

Good to know, and assuming this is true, may more developers apply the same practices.

 

[Yurinka]

Maybe he didn't cruch but other people did. What Mumbauer (the boss of the Sony VASG team who pitched and started this game as lead studio, and later moved back to their original support studio role) said about crunch in his interview with Jaffe? As I remember he said that his team crunchunched like motherfuckers.