The success of Uncharted 2’s set pieces had a negative impact on Uncharted 3, designer says

A developer who worked on the Uncharted series says the success of the set pieces in the second game had a negative impact on the third game. In an interview with FRVR, Benson Russell – who was at Naughty Dog for nearly a decade and worked as a game designer on Uncharted 1-3 and The Last of Us – explained that only one or two set pieces were planned for Uncharted 2, most notably the train sequence in Tibet which leads to the train hanging over a cliff. Because these were so well-received, Russell says development of Uncharted 3 started off with around a dozen set pieces planned, which he feels were too much. Read More...

Aug 26, 2026 - 14:12

The success of Uncharted 2’s set pieces had a negative impact on Uncharted 3, designer says

A developer who worked on the Uncharted series says the success of the set pieces in the second game had a negative impact on the third game.

In an interview with FRVR, Benson Russell – who was at Naughty Dog for nearly a decade and worked as a game designer on Uncharted 1-3 and The Last of Us – explained that only one or two set pieces were planned for Uncharted 2, most notably the train sequence in Tibet which leads to the train hanging over a cliff.

Because these were so well-received, Russell says development of Uncharted 3 started off with around a dozen set pieces planned, which he feels were too much.

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