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[PeteBull]

I for one i am ok with this game bombing hard so druckman loses his job and ND can actually go back to making great games, and often

 

[ikbalCO]

This will be the lowest selling ND game ever.

I’ll be there day one.

 

[The Cockatrice]

You love Sci-fi from when? 2000 onwards?

This has proper 80's sci-fi vibe, cant wait to hear the Reznor/Ross soundtrack

Anything thats sci-fi really.

 

[Lokaum D+]

Didnt see anything woke, i hot prog in a cool setting, looks good

 

[Wandering Leopard]

It's a game so I'll only form a real opinion on it after seeing gameplay/core mechanics - so I'm not sure what criteria some people are using to judge it.

Other immediate thoughts;

• Great music and the the direction is good too
• The woman with the eye patch has a better character design than the protagonist
• Reminds me a little of Cowboy Bebop

Finally, I assume because this is a AAA title, they want it to be a multi-game ip, so an obvious question is when was the last time a game - especially a new ip - with a female protagonist became successful long running ip.

 

[Gaelyon]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

 

[Guilty_AI]

These threads are a key indicator in showing you the men who have no contact with women

None of the women i know like this kind of design. I seriously have no idea who they're trying to pander here, must be some hollywood/california thing.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Render a Last of Us 2 scene and i couldn't tell the difference.
That said, the final clip when she's fighting that robot, if that's ingame…

After the hype of how we are not ready for the graphics, the game doesn't look that great and I was say Fable looks way better and more impressive

 

[shamoomoo]

Character looks uninteresting, getting guardians of the Galaxy vibes which I'm so sick of seeing.

Really? For some reason I was reminded of Space Dandy.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Excited to see how naughty dog approach what looks like a 3rd person action game.

I just wish it wasn't another 80s themes space game

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

Blame Hollywood and game devs pushing this shit so hard for the last 8 years that people can’t stand it anymore.

 

[PeteBull]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

We dont shame u for ur gay prefernce bro, no need to call heterosexual men insecure for finding bald full of DEI woman disgusting, we call spade a spade simply

 

[bbeach123]

lol no

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Have to say didn't look that impressive

Ikr?
Wasn't there someone saying how we "wasn't ready for how amazing it is" or something close to that?

 

[RJMacready73]

I'm gonna need to see more before making any kind of judgement, the trailer was mid and if y'all were expecting a white dude protag in this era of gaming from ND, you only have yourselves to blame.. but, its ND so we know its going to be top tier AAA, just need to see more

 

[HL3.exe]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

Ya should leave Gaf my dude. It's unsalvageable at this point. I'm glad I don't work on video games cause you have be willing to be a retard wrangler all day dealing with these folks online. Instead of having a productive conversation.

 

[shamoomoo]

Why can't we criticize ugly character design from western games specially from SONY? There was no need to make her bald. It added nothing.

Because it's a personal opinion and it seems like Tati Gabrielle doesn't look right in digital form, assuming Naughty Dog didn't actually modify her proportion. Some people probably don't look right as a semi realistic digital character.

 

[PatientGamer]

Looking forward to this one. Can already tell how it's going to play from just looking at it.

Future GOTY confirmed, regardless of when it comes out.

 

[Trilobit]

I watched the trailer again and thought I'd focus on some positive parts and some parts I wish they'd do differently(not including anything about wokeness):

• I love retro-futuristic scifi and the 80's aesthetic is very cool. It feels super crisp, while still feeling nostalgic. Like the shoes or the Porsche design. I wish they'd skip CDs though and instead have more of a VHS-punk vibe. Could be VHS-style storage medium that is superior to anything we experienced. Sort of like DTheater D-VHS, but more extreme. There's just something wonderful about big cassettes that you plop into a VHS-player or NES/SNES/N64.
• The trailer tries to show off this spunky 80's vibe, but it doesn't nail the "fun" aspect of it. ND should re-watch movies from that era and replicate that mentality instead of putting a modern person into that setting. I hope they have some actually fun writers on the team, because the whole vibe of the trailer felt depressing, despite the nostalgia.
• The game will be insanely gorgeous graphically, but I'm afraid that drab characters and too gloomy settings will be a hindrance to whatever they're trying to make. It'd be more fun if it had at least one character resembling the natural comedy of Michael J. Fox in BttF or the idealism of Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy. Hopefully Kumail Nanjiani can bring that atmosphere.
• Neil Druckmann isn't the type of director I'd want for this kind of game. I also don't mean that I want Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy vibe as it'd be too silly. Druckmann's mentality fits more in an 80's dark fantasy setting with its particular depressing and overly dark vibe. Maybe that's what ND will be going for and maybe this trailer is just a red herring with its soundtrack and colorful aesthetics. Time will tell.

Looking forward to seeing more of the game, but I'm not entirely sold on the concept just yet.

how can this be woke if it takes place in alternate 1980s?

I wondered the same thing when I finally sat down and watched 'For All Mankind', a show set in alternate 60's/70's and started scratching my head over what I was seeing.

 

[PeteBull]

Didnt see anything woke, i hot prog in a cool setting, looks good

How about blasian bald female protag? Its woke af, to the point ppl call this game concord2 in yt comments

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I have a great idea for a strong female protagonist. What if that chick from Ghost of Yotei finished shaving her head?

 

[Gaelyon]

We dont shame u for ur gay prefernce bro, no need to call heterosexual men insecure for finding bald full of DEI woman disgusting, we call spade a spade simply

I prefer real women, even bald one. You can wank to stellar blade all days though.

 

[Boglin]

It takes place in a feminist utopia where all men have been beaten to death with golf clubs….. except 1. And your job is to track him down.

He'll probably get a "sex change" to go deep cover.

You joke, but it's so absurd that it could be fun as hell

 

[YuLY]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

You are supposed to be a self insert in video games, thats why you play and not watch it like you do with a movie. Some of us actually have standards and dont want to play as an ugly bald woman because we dont get invested into the game and drop it in a few hours. You into ugly bald chicks np, give Druckmann your money so he can continue.

 

[RaduN]

Insecure grown "men" cries about a video game trailer because the protagonist is a bald athletic woman. It's so sad that every game is now judged by its supposed "wokeness" first... Don't worry, you'll still wank to Lea Seydoux in DS2. Oh wait she has short hair...

Basically this

 

[Coherenthy]

Can someone make poll about which main character looks more hideous? Ghost of Yotei or Intergalactic?

 

[midnightAI]

Excited to see how naughty dog approach what looks like a 3rd person action game.

I just wish it wasn't another 80s themes space game

I really like the 80's aesthetic, worked really well for Guardians, but the games so far (other than the Guardians game and Cyberpunk maybe) have suffered from it especially going gritty/realistic and not cartoony. The first Starfield trailer (the one that got me excited at first, then I played the game) had a nice 80's look mainly due to the logo, and, well, we know what happened to Concord. I have faith ND will pull it off well and I have absolute faith the soundtrack will be a banger (NIИ are one of, if not 'the' favourite bands of mine)

 

[Team Andromeda]

Ikr?
Wasn't there someone saying how we "wasn't ready for how amazing it is" or something close to that?

Something like that and the game looks nothing special and where I would say the likes of Fable look a hell of lot better.

But its nice to see a new IP from Naughty and will give it a go

 

[Lord Panda]

Forget the shitty and predictable character designs, it's the stupid game title that's stupid. That's really the best they could come up with? Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophecy? WTF.

 

[Rudius]

WTF is WRONG with Western games character design?!?!?

srsly, I'm so fucking tired of it

They are copying movies and TV shows, which are failing. To make matters worse games take so long to make that this style is already dated.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Hmm.. looks ok. That trailer didn’t do much for me tbh. I might be a bit burned out on the space theme.

The voice of the old lady(?) was also super strange, sounded way too young.

But it’s ND so hopefully it’ll end up being outstanding.

When you realize the voice is of an 75 year old lol...

Gamers can't help but complain... too many space games, too many ninja games (people don't even know what ninjas are apparently).

Like what genre are you all not tired of? Be specific.

 

[MISTER INVEIGLER]

The woman with the eye patch is just as cringe. Why is that a woman have to be a bald lesbian or have an eye patch and scar just to look tough like a man. The toughest women I know irl look like regular women. I just don’t get why games keep making ugly female protagonist.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I prefer real women, even bald one. You can wank to stellar blade all days though.

but do they prefer you?

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Blame Hollywood and game devs pushing this shit so hard for the last 8 years that people can’t stand it anymore.

Exactly.
Why can't someone just be fed up of something that once was considered more progressive and inclusive, but is now (ironically) the tropiest of tropes?

 

[Mister Wolf]

You joke, but it's so absurd that it could be fun as hell

 

[midnightAI]

Can someone make poll about which main character looks more hideous? Ghost of Yotei or Intergalactic?

(both look awesome by the way, weird when there are thousands of other games with worse looking characters)

 

[balls of snow]

That Porsche logo means it may get digitally delisted in the future once the licensing deal expires. Maybe by that time it’ll be ready for a remaster anyway and they’ll replace it with some imaginary fake brand (or renew the licensing deal).

Guess cyberpunk is gonna get delisted next year.

 

[Gaelyon]

Forget the shitty and predictable character designs, it's the stupid game title that's stupid. That's really the best they could come up with? Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophecy? WTF.

Sure, there's tons of better titles, for instance "Short Hair : The Insecure Prophecy"

 

[Boglin]

 

[kikkis]

Will that jacket become iconic, like the one in drive movie

 

[ChoosableOne]

-Sir, they didn't like Abby's look, what should we do?
+

 

[Rudius]

Why can't we criticize ugly character design from western games specially from SONY? There was no need to make her bald. It added nothing.

It added ugliness and and repulsion.

 

[EN250]

Cybercunt 2077

Its the same they/them actor as the bald one in TLOU2?

 

[Coherenthy]

(both look awesome by the way, weird when there are thousands of other games with worse looking characters)

Obviously both are included among the thousands of games with horrendous looking characters.

 

[cormack12]

Putting aside not particularly likeable protag, there just wasn't anything interesting in this trailer. Nothing interesting happened in it, at all. Graphics is same as we have seen for years now. The only interesting thing was the music by Reznor (I assume). That is really not enough for a closer of a show like this.

Also, the name is bad. They should have just kept it Intergalactic, the subtitle is lame.

Kind of my take too.

It felt a bit like outlaws/survivor crossed with guardians of the galaxy. All just felt so derivative. Now sure, Uncharted and TLoU are also derivative but they can be carried with more grounded gameplay and heart (Joel and Ellie, Nate and Elena/Sully). The biggest criticisms lately have been about weakening those relationships (Sam, Dina). If this is kind of a solo protagonist thing who is as arrogant and looks like Mbappe then I have too much else to make room for it. The frustrating thing is that woman on the screen looked more interesting and had a stronger fuck you attitude but wasn't unlikeable. Whatever.

Graphics looked really sharp and clean though. Anyway, they had a perfect reaction in there to the trailer:

 

[Esppiral]

I have mixed feelings about this.
Hate the main protag, but reminds me of Guardians of the Galaxy and I love that.

 

[Shakka43]

How gay is they though?

 

[SJRB]

Putting aside not particularly likeable protag, there just wasn't anything interesting in this trailer. Nothing interesting happened in it, at all. Graphics is same as we have seen for years now. The only interesting thing was the music by Reznor (I assume). That is really not enough for a closer of a show like this.

Also, the name is bad. They should have just kept it Intergalactic, the subtitle is lame.

Trent Reznor is doing the music for this game?

 

[Boglin]

How gay is they though?

Like everything these days, them's either too gay or not gay enough

 

[DirtInUrEye]

This will be the lowest selling ND game ever.

I’ll be there day one.

CDKeys in seven years for me.