Actually, DAI was something of an anomaly because the DA2 expansion pack was cancelled that same summer (2011), so by the time development started, they had a ton of people on Inquisition early (which is one of the reasons the game’s world is so big — arguably too big).

Yeah, I’ve actually changed the headline from ‘Downsized’ to ‘Scaled Down’ to make it clear that people were moved, not laid off.

Hoping no one lost their jobs! :<

I actually think it makes a lot of sense. Naruto didn’t grow up with a father, and the Third Hokage functioning as everyone’s second dad was extremely important to him. He doesn’t even really question his opinion of the way the Third Hokage operates, even though it seems to me that the Third didn’t really enough time…

Yeah, but he died fighting someone equivalent to himself who had grown alongside him. Naruto dying to Sasuke or vice versa wouldn’t present an issue, but for someone to go from zero to stronger than Naruto in a couple of years reeks of asspull imo.