The Last Of Us Part 2 Was Brought To Life By Over 2 000 People

A workforce of well over 2,000 people was necessary to make The Last of Us Part II, which shouldn’t be that huge of a surprise given the game’s sheer quality.

The Naughty Dog title dropped for the PlayStation 4 on June 19 as a Sony exclusive and, while reviews have been mixed, there’s no doubting the aesthetics. Say what you will about the story, but the 2020 sequel of the 2013 release is absolutely amazing if we’re talking about the graphics, build, and lifelike properties. The devs even went to some interesting lengths to get an infant motion captured.

According to VG24/7, Naughty Dog contracted 14 studios to work on TLOU2. Out of the reported 2,332 individuals, 2, 169 were developers.

Two of the studios were outsourced to take care of voice over recording and editorial. Those studios focused on sound design and mixing, one for general audio and the other for the recording of weapons and combat sound effects.

12 studios were brought on to help with other aspects of the game. Some of these were skeleton staffed, with as little as two workers, but others were comprised of 50 or more individuals. As mentioned above, there’s little to be surprised about when the game’s quality is taken into consideration.

You could head over to Moby Games if you’re looking to catch up on full credits, which is inclusive of all of the outsourced contractors.

The Last of Us 2 was already 2020’s third-best-selling game as of early July, knocking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare off the No.1 position for the month of June.

It will be interesting to see how this game does by the end of the year, relative to Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima. This title launched on July 17 and was pushed back to facilitate TLOU2’s June release and is racking up rave reviews.

When it comes to the picturesque attributes, it definitely rivals Naughty Dog’s product and is being touted as one of the most beautifully-designed games of all time. There was no credit information for Ghost of Tsushima on Moby Games at the time of writing but we wouldn’t be surprised to learn it took around the same number of people to bring it to fruition, if not more.