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[James Sawyer Ford]

This looked really intriguing. I understand the initial dislike of the main character based on nothing more than superficial looks, but like any naughty dog game it's more about the overall cast and we really don't know much more beyond those two characters. She looks like gutter trash (kinda the point, really? she's a bounty hunter), but it's a cyberpunk type vibe and she seems to be well acted and has a personality so I'm not gonna outright dismiss the character like many will especially given the strength of ND when it comes to motion capture and narrative.

I absolutely loved the dark, dystopian, bounty hunter type theme in deep space, with some vibes that reminded me of blade runner, daft punk, etc.

So yeah, absolutely hyped as hell, they nailed the aesthetic, graphics, music, etc...and I'm intrigued that it looks to be maybe a melee/shooter combo type game.

 

[sendit]

BLOG POST

We're back! You have been dying to know what's next for us, and I'm thrilled to finally be able to answer: Naughty Dog's next game is Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, currently in development for the PlayStation 5 console. We've been working on this brand-new adventure since 2020! This game is shaping up to be our wildest, most creative story yet. If you haven't already, check out the announcement trailer.

Intergalactic stars our newest protagonist, Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who ends up stranded on Sempiria – a distant planet whose communication with the outside universe went dark hundreds of years ago. In fact, anyone who's flown to it hoping to unravel its mysterious past was never heard from again. Jordan will have to use all her skills and wits if she hopes to be the first person in over 600 years to leave its orbit.

Beyond that, we're keeping everything about the story under wraps – at least for now. What we can tell you is that this game lives up to the Naughty Dog tradition of creating an emotional, character-driven epic journey. Our narrative goals are rivaled only by our gameplay ambitions. This will be the deepest gameplay in Naughty Dog's history, taking our learnings from our previous franchises and pushing them beyond anything we've ever done before.

Jordan is played by the talented Tati Gabrielle, who leads a stellar cast (pun intended!). Eagle-eyed players might spot some of the other cast members in the trailer. We'll reveal more of our ensemble down the line.

Our incredible voyage into the cosmos also needs an equally incredible soundtrack. As tremendous fans of their work, I'm excited to announce our collaboration with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross who'll be scoring Intergalactic! The guys are cooking, and the trailer is just a small tease of their work for the game.

We know you're eager for more – and trust us, we're very eager to share more with you. For now, though, it's time to put our heads back down and keep cranking away on Jordan's adventure.

On behalf of the entire team at Naughty Dog, thank you to all our fans! Your support allows us to work on our dream games, bringing these wonderful new worlds and characters to life. We can't wait to show you more!

See you on the other side,

Neil Druckmann

Naughty Dog Studio Head

Announcing Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a new franchise From Naughty Dog​

Explore a whole new world from the studio behind The Last of Us, Uncharted, and more.

blog.playstation.com

lets go bitches

Game is going to slap. Usual suspects bitching about a Sony game.

 

[iQuasarLV]

I am an 80s baby brought up with SciFi.
If you know 80s you knew product placement was huge. The only bigger thing after this was actual hollywood celebs being paid to do commercials in the 2000s.

But what do I know, I see SciFi and I simp.

 

[Frwrd]

It would be much simpler to let people create their own fucking characters in this day and age... Just, nothing like that Veilguard fuck shit.

Game looks interesting, that's all I'm going to say...

Fuck Neil Cuckmann

 

[CartesianMan]

I feel nothing.

 

[Saber]

So just because the main character is a female some of the brainless people here automatically start calling it woke, like what! Didn't we have female characters in the past?!
Bunch of fucking crybabies, you haven't even seen what the gameplay or what the story is all about

It would be better to make sure the mc is actually female before doing that snarky remark.

 

[shamoomoo]

I hate most modern games but something about this really grabbed me. Cautiously very optimistic.

Me too. I can't quite explain it, but watching the game trailer again, there's something very natural about the reveal that doesn't seem game-y. The game doesn't come off like a movie,but it doesn't seem like a game either,if that makes sense.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Man....love Naughty Dog games. Love space games. Don't care fellas. I'm looking forward to this. Bet it will be amazing.

Initial hatewave aside it looks fresh and sounds amazing.

ND will pull this off.

 

[peish]

So generic and expected from neil wokemann

I am not sure who will find an uglyfied girlboss protag appealing?

Why are western developers trying so hard to push some kind of message? I still dont get their message in fact.

Girls should act like guys, all gruff up and doing sexual things with my fellow girls?

 

[balls of snow]

Fuck Gaf lol

Indeed.


The 4k trailer is stunning.

 

[Myths]

So just because the main character is a female some of the brainless people here automatically start calling it woke, like what! Didn't we have female characters in the past?!
Bunch of fucking crybabies, you haven't even seen what the gameplay or what the story is all about

That’s all they do is cry, I love to see it. Anti-wokies have become to the new crybaby leftists.

 

[demigod]

Dat sword and graphics, badass. Woke character though.

 

[reinking]

I thought the game looked really good. Waiting to see more.

 

[LordCBH]

I dig the setting, and the aesthetic.

Wtf choice for protag, but I’m interested for now.

 

[Interfectum]

2020 character design

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Someone mentioned it looks like something Netflix produced and I agree. Looks bland outside of the graphics.

 

[TintoConCasera]

The face reveal made me lol.

 

[JaksGhost]

Context she wants to be bald...

She has a visible scar running up the back of her head.

 

[Yoda]

+ New IP
+ Solid graphics, if the downgrade isn't too bad will be very pretty
- Generic girl boss protag
- Marvel writing
- Product placement feels forced and yeah kinda took me out of the vibe, hopefully it goes away.

I think this'll suffer from Druckman not having anyone competent writing it like TLOU2.

 

[phant0m]

Change the MC (Keep it a woman but she looks horrible) and get rid of the real name brands other then Sony and I think it would be better.

Idk, Porsche spaceship was kinda dope

 

[EviLore]

Maybe you can collect various wigs from across the galaxy

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The face reveal made me lol.

I was almost certain it was gonna be Debra Wilson

 

[Sleepwalker]

Not that interested but im sure I'll end up playing it. Hopefully its good. Main character looked awful but its not like it would change a lot for me.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

I don't know anything about the game, no one knows really... but I already see dumb shits in here crying about "woke." Y'all ever get tired of crying and complaining?

OT: They must have paid out the ass for all that licensed stuff. I know it's in space. Ship looks cool. Supposedly that shit was "in game" or whatever. But i'm going to need to see way more than that before I can pass any kind of judgement. It's ND after all, but NO ONE is above "missing" the target. I'll wait and see.

 

[demigod]

Awful, bring Amy Hennig back.

After Forspoken? Fuck no

 

[squidilix]

No it won’t. You god damn know it won’t too.

This game never gonna make 10 millions only on PS5, because is a new IP and MC as uninteresting look.

 

[Robb]

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.

 

[delirium trigger]

Druckmann killed off Joel with a golf club and here comes female Tiger Woods to save the dystopian 80s galaxy.

 

[BigStef71]

The usual suspects show up to complain. lol.

Hilarious.

You know if you don't like it then you can go to REE and participate in their circlejerk.

 

[pqueue]

Intergalactic: The Lesbians of Us.

 

[Atrus]

They could have done a better job with their first teaser.

There was more excitement that this was from Naughty Dog than anything they revealed about the game itself.

 

[Balducci30]

All those ad placements fucking suck

I kinda liked them lol. Makes the world feel real

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I'm so happy for PlayStation Fans right now!

Spoiler

 

[Luipadre]

Love scifi, but sadly this trailer did nothing for me i used to get really excited when the ND logo shows up, i felt nothing here

 

[Giallo Corsa]

- Focus group : "how much 80s nostalgia and Marvelization should we go for?"

- Sony/ND : "yes"

 

[Urban]

Bookmark it :

Time moves slower on the planet and that’s why nobody has left it for 600 years, because for most of them it was maybe weeks since they went there

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Bruv how did this already reach 5 pages at lightspeed

 

[DForce]

You know if you don't like it then you can go to REE and participate in their circlejerk.

They're almost like some of the people here.. just on the other side of the coin.

 

[Punished Miku]

If you told me this was a new Concord episode I’d believe it

Literally. Concord would have probably done fine if it was a single player FPS.

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

I’m caustically optimistic, but I’m going to wait and see more before ultimately deciding whether it’s going to be bad or good. is the main character design a bit bland? Meh could be worser but I’m not saying it’s the best. Loving the 80’s sci-fi aesthetic. don’t think people realize that it’s a sub genre people eat up regardless if it seems played out. it literally is spliced into the DNA of some space opera or cyberpunk inspired media.

 

[Mossybrew]

So generic and expected from neil wokemann

I am not sure who will find an uglyfied girlboss protag appealing?

Why are western developers trying so hard to push some kind of message? I still dont get their message in fact.

Girls should act like guys, all gruff up and doing sexual things with my fellow girls?

I enjoy GAF its just sad that some of the dumbest, saddest bitches on the planet also post here.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

So just because the main character is a female some of the brainless people here automatically start calling it woke, like what! Didn't we have female characters in the past?!
Bunch of fucking crybabies, you haven't even seen what the gameplay or what the story is all about

Yeah, if it was a white male everybody would be pumping it up. Plus, people calling her ugly are out of their mind. They must think any chick with a shaved head is ugly. The actress is very attractive IRL, as she is in the video game

 

[hinch7]

So just because the main character is a female some of the brainless people here automatically start calling it woke, like what! Didn't we have female characters in the past?!
Bunch of fucking crybabies, you haven't even seen what the gameplay or what the story is all about

Not that they are female but western devs making the MC as unattractive and androgynous as possible. Its just predictable and tiring.

Why not make a cool/hot pretty looking MC that people want to look at for several hours?? That goes for men as well.

 

[Jaybe]

I was worried I’d have FOMO from selling my PS5 this summer once Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch’s new games got announced, but I’m relieved now

 

[Kdad]

Jesus Christ the number of tender souls who can't handle a female character with short hair and a realistic body. Grow Up.

 

[reinking]

I'm so happy for PlayStation Fans right now!

Spoiler

 

[nick776]

Terrible main character design. Ugh.

I was so hyped to watch that just now, then I see the main character and am thinking "is she black, is she lesbian, is she asian?" Then I became hopeful and thought to myself, "maybe she is not the protagonist, maybe this is setting up to show us something else." Nope, instant hopes dashed.

 

[demigod]

Will Smith about to bitchslap Druckmann.

 

[DForce]

How long until Endymion comes up with some fake insider rumors about a troubled development?

 

[3liteDragon]

Hyped but this may be the first time I find the main character so off putting lol