Rumor: Intergalactic Leak

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Worked QA on builds from Feb-May
can't say much or I'll get f***ed, but here's what I saw

think The Last of Us 2 meets Dark Souls
NOT open world in the Ubisoft sense, it's like a nested sandbox, big areas with layers of traversal
planetside traversal = mix of glider, parkour, and these "faith anchors" you can link to unlock fast travel checkpoint

combat is very good, satisfying feedback, several combos by stringing jumps and dashes into attacks.
you can break limbs to handicap enemies and use special tools to inflict unique status. It's very similar to God of War 2018 but with less focus on combos juggling enemies. you can use weapons, including the pistol seen in the trailer, to target weakpoints, some of which can be seen while the enemy attacks.
the effects of metal destruction, explosions and particles is really well made

the "bounty hunter" protagonist talks with a dialogue wheel is back but very sparse, player is still mostly alone
several encounters are optional, you can stealth, avoid, even negotiate (sometimes), or hack enemies

The planet is a tomb of failed civilizations, think Elden Ring lore but in space
something cut the planet off from the rest of the galaxy 600 years ago shortly after a technocult implemented a planet-wide lockdown
Druckmann's script is HEAVY. Like religious apocalypse fanfic meets hard sci-fi
there's cutscenes and several characters you interact but you can still piece together a lot of info by finding items, journal entries and exploring.

tested on PS5 Pro devkits
lighting engine is insane whole levels shift color based on "planetary phase" throughout the game so you can

music goes from ambient drone to "metal" religious choir and then to rock

there are "Relics" that work like builds, but you can hold 2 and swap them and those can be upgraded

Final thing: Launch window internally said late 2026, full cinematic trailer at Game Awards 2025 if things stay on.

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I love the sandbox concept as The Last Of Us 2 did such a great job of that.

I like most of what I'm reading so far

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(Semi OT, getting the shotgun from the bank underground here was so much fun and tells this narrative story with just objects and notes)

adamsapple adamsapple makes sense, Sony is generally only showing titles a few years out, so 2027 makes sense.

I wonder what will be the big 2026 AAA game from them? Spiderman 3 or Venom etc
 
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there was somewhere that they said they liked bloodborne and wanted to make a game like that.

so, seems like they are doing that and putting their spin on it.
 
If that is true I like what I am hearing. Souls like mixed with TLOU2 sounds like top tier gameplay. It is too bad some people will never be able to put aside their culture war biases.
 
If that is true I like what I am hearing. Souls like mixed with TLOU2 sounds like top tier gameplay. It is too bad some people will never be able to put aside their culture war biases.
I mean no one has made a AAA story and visuals souls like, so if they nail the gameplay they'll have a recipe here for a GOTY contender.

The issues they will face:
-Gamers aren't going to want to be lectured to or have some agenda pushed. So it better be good dialogue.
-Gamers feel burned by naughty dog only updating last of us 1&2
-Gamers will be extra judgy of this game after last of us 2

For me as long as it's a good game I'm in, but I have a hard time believing Neil can do it. So what would normally be a day one buy like with fromsoft title is now a wait and see.
 
If she is giving a lecture about the patriarchy every five minutes then feel free to call it preachy but simply having a female protagonist with a shaved head does not make it woke.

For all the flack TLOU2 gets there is very little preaching besides maybe the Seth thing. It seems accepted that men and women are equals and comrades but there is no gender war stuff.
 
I don't trust Naughty Dog to do melee when they can't wrap their head around gunplay after nearly 20 years of failing at it. I'm sure it'll be another beautiful turd.
 
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I believe the whole story leak from months ago is real

Unfortunately, 'cause that was ass

I'll still play it for the presentation alone
 
You already know the game will have ridiculous animations and incredible looking character models. Can we tone down on the lesbians though.
 
Ill get it and play it, but im not going to lie... as a guy, im a bit burned out on Sony's focus on female protagonists for all of their major titles. It just immediately undercuts my hype at this point.

Even in Sony titles where you are a male protagonist they tend to insert other characters you are required to play as that further dilute their roles.
 
So this clown claims to be worried about getting fucked but gives out the department he worked for and an exact time frame of when he was supposedly testing.

This is fake as fuck.
 
Sounds fake.

I just hope the game is good.

I can't stand how ugly the main protagonist is though with her bald head. I hope they give us the ability to give her a cap or something. That bald head is too distracting and stupid.
 
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