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Naughty Dog Announces Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Shes shaped like a rectangle. LOL!

And we dont know what this girls body is shaped like yet
I love the hypocrisy of woke apologists. Talk about people hating women as the only reason they could hate a female protagonist and mock their looks. Then when you're given examples of women protagonist those people like, you always mock their physical appearance. Happens. Every. Single. Time.

I honestly think you guys like to white knight because you think women respect male feminists and it may get you laid. Trust me, they don't respect you.
 
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Jinzo Prime

Member
Is she really? News to me and very interesting.


TLOU2 sold well because it was the sequel to a modern masterpiece. What happened to Joel still has people enraged and it did incredible damage to Neil's reputation. People lost a lot of faith in the guy and the reception we're seeing for this trailer proves that. The shine is off Naughty Dog.
That's a bold step I am not willing to make. I think this will sell well regardless of the controversy, even though I will not likely be participating.
 

pasterpl

Member
Got Jedi survivor vibes, on top of this that odd product placement (curious), graphically based on this trailer disappointed.
 

Loomy

Banned
TLOU2 sold well because it was the sequel to a modern masterpiece. What happened to Joel still has people enraged and it did incredible damage to Neil's reputation. People lost a lot of faith in the guy and the reception we're seeing for this trailer proves that. The shine is off Naughty Dog.
Since that game came out, he's co-produced/co-written an award winning TV series based on The Last of Us, became studio head at Naughty Dog, Spent 4 years working on his next dream project.

If that's damage to reputation, I wish someone would fuck mine up.
 

Mister Wolf

Member
Ain't black women or white women shaving their head bald in mass. Especially black women who spend a ton of money to maintain their hair, press their hair straight, scared to get it wet. Weaves, wigs, and braids to cast the illusion of having longer hair. It's a billion dollar industry.
 

bender

What time is it?
Sci-fi is probably my least favorite genre and I have almost no faith in western developers doing character action games. That's a bad recipe for my interests. The Pet Shop Boys also bring back some bad memories. lol
 
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SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
Looks like Lalo is in this.


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Wish he was the lead. this girl has the chemistry of a wood.
 
TLOU2 sold well because it was the sequel to a modern masterpiece. What happened to Joel still has people enraged and it did incredible damage to Neil's reputation. People lost a lot of faith in the guy and the reception we're seeing for this trailer proves that. The shine is off Naughty Dog.

The divisive nature of the game's story also made it an all time revenge classic. Nobody lost faith. Game sold millions and scored 10s and won GOTY.

Guy then delivered an amazing HBO show

He's got this one too, dawg
 

Jinzo Prime

Member
Ain't black women or white women shaving their head bald in mass. Especially black women who spend a ton of money to maintain their hair, press their hair straight, scared to get it wet. Weaves, wigs, and braids to cast the illusion of having longer hair. It's a billion dollar industry.
I agree with you that it is not a massive trend, but it is common enough to be noticeable.
 
Ain't black women or white women shaving their head bald in mass. Especially black women who spend a ton of money to maintain their hair, press their hair straight, scared to get it wet. Weaves, wigs, and braids to cast the illusion of having longer hair. It's a billion dollar industry.
Why would I lie about this? I know three women in my circle have shaved heads currently, ones a singer, ones a graphic designer, ones a waitress… it is not the dominant hairstyle but it’s not uncommon. All straight, all completely shaved like in the trailer.
 
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Loomy

Banned
Ain't black women or white women shaving their head bald in mass. Especially black women who spend a ton of money to maintain their hair, press their hair straight, scared to get it wet. Weaves, wigs, and braids to cast the illusion of having longer hair. It's a billion dollar industry.
My guy...I was at my kids christmas concert earlier today and saw 2 black women with shaved heads. I work in a 900+ people company with multiple women with shaved heads. It's not that uncommon.

And to the bolded point, that's why a lot of black women shave their heads. So they don't have to deal with all that bullshit.
 

Kacho

Gold Member
Since that game came out, he's co-produced/co-written an award winning TV series based on The Last of Us, became studio head at Naughty Dog, Spent 4 years working on his next dream project.

If that's damage to reputation, I wish someone would fuck mine up.
What do his career accomplishments have to do with his damaged reputation amongst gamers?

That's a bold step I am not willing to make. I think this will sell well regardless of the controversy, even though I will not likely be participating.
To each their own. Always trust your gut.
 

EviLore

Expansive Ellipses
Staff Member
Main Character is giving me Girl with a Dragon Tattoo vibes, and I think that could be a good thing which is why I'm not dismissing it. Creepy, dreamy Trent Reznor soundtrack + Dark Sci Fi + character that looks....intentionally unappealing and rough.

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A beautiful woman intentionally made alternative-looking by an extreme makeover. She's still attractive in the film despite their efforts, because attractive actresses are a good thing. They didn't hire an ugly woman for the role.


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SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
ND's youtube channel has turned off all comments already. I guess i dont understand why they continue to do this stuff if they know the reception will be toxic?

What happened to market research? Why actively go out of your way to piss off so many of your users?
 

ProtoByte

Weeb Underling
Since that game came out, he's co-produced/co-written an award winning TV series based on The Last of Us, became studio head at Naughty Dog, Spent 4 years working on his next dream project.

If that's damage to reputation, I wish someone would fuck mine up.
All of that is insulated from the real world. Druckmann got his picture taken at the Golden Globes, great. TLOU 2 did not meet PlayStation's expectations. The second season of the show will be on eggshells.

This? This might actually fucking bomb. Then what? Druckmann would've had a good 5 year period where he released a show and some remasters, and that's the height of his career?
 

Fret Runner

Member
From the creators of Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter!

No.

That Naughty Dog got put down more than a decade ago. What’s left is Zombified Dog.
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Oh please lord, oh mighty powerful smiter! Won’t you please smite the evil one that goes by the name Druckmann and free this once great developer from his crap predictable ways?!

This is not a “boo, woke“ post, I just genuinely hate modern Naughty Dog with a passion and wish they would just go back to their fun roots.
 
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JaksGhost

Member
So what the fuck we talking about. Like I said women cherish their hair. Billion dollar industry. Little to no women are shaving their head BALD. Not even "Studs" if you know what I'm talking about.
There are plenty of women who are shaving their hair bald for various reasons. Chemo, scars from traumatic injuries, alopecia, genetic hair thinning, etc. the list goes on.
 
A beautiful woman intentionally made alternative-looking by an extreme makeover. She's still attractive in the film despite their efforts, because attractive actresses are a good thing. They didn't hire an ugly woman for the role.

No doubt.

But my point was mostly about the end result. Tho, I don't think she's attractive in the film personally, she looks gawd awful and trashy to me. Tati Gabrielle probably would look decent if she wasn't going for an extreme style and nose ring too and tried to actually class it up.
 

Jinzo Prime

Member
Why would I lie about this? I know three women in my circle have shaved heads currently, ones a singer, ones a graphic designer, ones a waitress… it is not the dominant hairstyle but it’s not uncommon. All straight, all completely shaved like in the trailer.
I wish I had a shocked Pikachu face because that does actually surprise me. Totally bald? Interesting.
 

Kacho

Gold Member
My gut is telling me there are too many people enamored with TLOU for them to pass on this.
To be clear, I'm not saying the game will bomb. But I do think the negative reception will have an impact on the game. We've seen this story before. The damage has been done and now it's an uphill battle for NDs marketing department to control the narrative. Lucky for them they have an army of James Sawyer Ford James Sawyer Ford 's behind them.
 

gow3isben

Member
You should know by now that Neil always wins. People were bitching about TLOU2 as well. Still sold over 10M and won GOTY

I think times are a bit different now

And TLOU2 clearly sold well but not nearly what it had the potential to sell

Its hype train before the Golf club shenanigans would have lead it to be the best selling playstation game ever by far and it took a big hit
 
I wish I had a shocked Pikachu face because that does actually surprise me. Totally bald? Interesting.
Yep. Not that they won’t let it grow a few inches at points, especially during the winter, but they’ll keep it at around a one guard - like I said not the dominant hairstyle but it’s not out of place either - and to be clear none of the women I know are doing it to make some political statement - cus I know that’s also a thing now
 
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Boss Mog

Member
Has a Guardians of the Galaxy meets Cowboy Bebop kind of vibe. I might've been interested in this but ND can go fuck themselves with that character design. Another girl boss with tattoos and a shaved head, yeah, no thanks.
 

Mister Wolf

Member
There are plenty of women who are shaving their hair bald for various reasons. Chemo, scars from traumatic injuries, alopecia, genetic hair thinning, etc. the list goes on.

I already said as a style having nothing to do with medical illness. What we are this discussing is prevalence of women in America being BALD as a style. Not Halle Berry short haircut. BALD. Like Charles Barkley.
 
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To be clear, I'm not saying the game will bomb. But I do think the negative reception will have an impact on the game. We've seen this story before. The damage has been done and now it's an uphill battle for NDs marketing department to control the narrative. Lucky for them they have an army of James Sawyer Ford James Sawyer Ford 's behind them.

Naw dawg. This game will more than likely have a 90s+ meta and be a GOTY contender with the ND name. That's all it needs to sell. The drama over the MC will settle down once they realize ND actually nails the characterization in their games.

And their games never lean too heavily on any single character in general. The overall cast looks DOPE.
 

LordOcidax

Member
The divisive nature of the game's story also made it an all time revenge classic. Nobody lost faith. Game sold millions and scored 10s and won GOTY.

Guy then delivered an amazing HBO show

He's got this one too, dawg
Are you ok with games filled with WOKE shit? Yes or No… An simple answer please.
 

Represent.

Banned
I love the hypocrisy of woke apologists.
Im not a woke apologist, Im not anything. I just play the fucking game as is - and don't care about how attractive or ugly the main character is. Ugly? Great. Hot? Great. I don't give a shit. As long as it fits the role.
Talk about people hating women as the only reason they could hate a female protagonist and mock their looks. Then when you're given examples of women protagonist those peopleike, you always mock their physical appearance. Happens. Every. Single. Time.
I'm doing it to paint a picture of how foolish some of you look. I don't find Ripley hot.

But guess what... you will never in your fucking life see me shed tears and go on a rampage about her appearance, and hate the director for casting such a masculine woman to star in a movie. Shes not my type, I say ok, move on, and enjoy the movie. I dont need her to be a smokeshow to enjoy the movie.

You guys dont have the ability to do that. You complain, moan and bitch, derail every thread and comment section on every platform known to man. You can't just enjoy the game/movie for what it is - the character has to look like Stellar Blade or its woke to you. It is embarrassing and annoying.
I honestly think you guys like to white knight because you think women respect male feminists and it may get you laid. Trust me, they don't respect you.
I'm not a male feminist, i'm just not upset when the character I play as doesnt' look like fucking Sydnee Sweeney. Lol. I consider myself... normal. Trust me, I'm not the odd one here.
 
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JaksGhost

Member
All of that is insulated from the real world. Druckmann got his picture taken at the Golden Globes, great. TLOU 2 did not meet PlayStation's expectations. The second season of the show will be on eggshells.

This? This might actually fucking bomb. Then what? Druckmann would've had a good 5 year period where he released a show and some remasters, and that's the height of his career?
I need a quoted source on TLOU Part II not meeting PlayStation's expectations. That seems like some shit detracters made up to make themselves feel better for not playing or liking the game.
 
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Jinzo Prime

Member
I think times are a bit different now

And TLOU2 clearly sold well but not nearly what it had the potential to sell

Its hype train before the Golf club shenanigans would have lead it to be the best selling playstation game ever by far and it took a big hit
I'm not too sure about that, I didn't like what happened but Sony can't be mad at 10 million plus copies.
 

DForce

NaughtyDog Defense Force
That's all? That's your take?

You sure nothing else happened that made gamers/consumers lose their trust about the intentions of current day developers/publishers and other media producers?

I think some complaints are legitimate.

While others are just people whining on social media.

If a game like Hogwarts didn't piss off people on REE then you would see a lot more complaints from people who hate "woke" games.

And about this Naughty Dog game? If you don't like the design then that's fine. I just think the usual suspects were going to complain regardless of the character's female design.

It's like how people complained about the Horizon Zero Dawn and Last of Us Part II Remaster. It was rumored for months by credible sources, but some people complained like they heard it announced for the first time.
 
i think it’s the attitude and lack of respect - it looks childish and immature with that expression of emotion. Not funny or cute but more distracting than moving the plot forward
Exactly, it's the trope of : "I'm too cool for this shit". Breaks immersion, and gravitas (especially given the character age). it also comes across as sloppy or formulaic writing. (like using a character archetype in the wrong character)
 

Men_in_Boxes

Snake Oil Salesman
The worst part of the video was the very end.

Gameplay alludes to dumb AI attacking you in a pattern with a sword. That concept is so played out.
 

Kacho

Gold Member
ND's youtube channel has turned off all comments already. I guess i dont understand why they continue to do this stuff if they know the reception will be toxic?

What happened to market research? Why actively go out of your way to piss off so many of your users?
The next couple years will be games that went into production around 2020. It was a very different time and video game development isn't agile.
 

Cakeboxer

Member
It's going to be a GOTY contender if not winner based on the dev's pedigree, so doubting this game while peddling Todd Howard dogshit will continue being your MO.

You should know by now that Neil always wins. People were bitching about TLOU2 as well. Still sold over 10M and won GOTY

The divisive nature of the game's story also made it an all time revenge classic. Nobody lost faith. Game sold millions and scored 10s and won GOTY.

Guy then delivered an amazing HBO show

He's got this one too, dawg
GOTY is only a quality seal if it's chosen by the gamers and not by some "experts". Once Sony goes day one pc, you can brag about the Steam Awards.
 
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