maxd

As a Naughty Dog employee that just finished making The Last of Us, <3

Usually 10, but Polygon gave him a 7.5.

We don't own the rights to Crash Bandicoot any more!

We did one a couple of weeks ago! Here.

Hey thanks for the question; someone downvoted you but I countered!

That was absolutely intentional, and it was a very hard decision to make. As Sessler and a few other reviews pointed out, the alternative would be extremely infuriating. We are trying to make a game where stealth is an important aspect, and we knew we wouldn't be able to guarantee the buddy AI would be able to stay hidden as well as the player. If the buddies were seen by enemies, it would be extremely frustrating.

The buddy AI was actually what I have spent the last four months or so writing, and I think we did a good job of making them seem believable. Ellie will stick in cover with you and hunker under your protective arm, and she is good at keeping up with you.

The best thing is that because the AI is emergent, the playthroughs will be different for everyone, and different on successive playthroughs.