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\u201cI think it captures a ton of the culture pretty accurately because the reference is so clear,\u201d said art director Dion Rogers. \u201cThey really showed us what was great about the culture, what [were] the right things to build architecture-wise.\u201d <\/p>

Using \u201ctons of vacation pictures\u201d from the designers, the art team went above and beyond to create an accurate representation of Portugal. An entire sound team was sent out to capture ambient noise and there\u2019s even a room with news playing in Portuguese. <\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ve found some of our best maps come from when we have a person on the team that\u2019s actually from the location,\u201d Rogers said. <\/p>