Naughty Dog Announces Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet for PS5 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 December 2024 / 4,957 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Naughty Dog have announced Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet for the PlayStation 5.
The game is directed by Neil Druckmann and has been in development since 2020.
View the announcement trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is the newest franchise in development for the PlayStation 5 console from Naughty Dog, the studio behind acclaimed series like The Last of Us and Uncharted.
Set thousands of years in the future, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet puts players into the role of 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. 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.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I mean... I hope it's good...
But I had zero interest until it said Naughty Dog
Can't help but have a weird and kinda bad feeling about this one
i hope that bad feeling you are having is from bad oysters last night
ND has been my favorite 1st party Sony team since Uncharted 1 so I do hope I'm wrong lol
I think it was a combination of the very strange product placement and really thinking the trailer was nothing special until it said "From the creators of..."
Like if this wasn't from ND, would I be interested?
No... So, I hope the trust I have in that team ends up being true
"bad feeling" is weirdly ominous lol
Probably you just don't love the character design & brand placement
Character design is whatever... no judgement
Brand placement did feel weird and the trailer didn't interest me in the lightest until it said Naught Dog so idk lol
The brands are there to ground you, an anchor to our own culture, to tell you that this is a world where things like corporations and capatalism still exist. This is different from the cold clean traditional Sci-fi of things like Star Trek.
It’s why you will see product placement in things like Akira and Bladerunner too.
It's a 2 sided coin in our modern era of product placement. You're right on how known products help ground sci-fi in reality but having then can also feel like it sells out.
No one really talks about how in Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Lord has a Sony Walkman because, well, everyone had a Walkman in that era and it feels less product placement than than it probably is.
For all we know all this stuff, Adidas, Sony music system and even CDs and Pet Shop Boys, is all about setting the tone of the world it's set it and the feel of the game. Music will definitely be a big theme.
Meanwhile, my mind "How much did adidas pay?" :P
It gave me a bit of a Kojima/Death Stranding vibe, I think due to the music. Feels like it's going to have an eerie atmosphere.
Also impressive that it was all in-engine, even though thats different from gameplay.
The anti-woke are a ridiculous bunch. They even thought Dragon Age was going to get the GOTY because of some kind of conspiracy theory.
That was hilarious, Dragon Age would be nominated for GOTY because of a woke conspiracy theory and Black Myth would be ignored for the same reasons...Then the opposite happened, Dragon Age didn't even get nominated and Black Myth was, Lmao.
Of course they'll justify being wrong by probably saying something like "Journalists nominated Black Myth to look unbiased and non-woke! They secretly deep down wanted Dragon Age to win! Journalists are the enemy!" Or some shit.
It's Naughty Dog, so I'm at the very least curious. Need to see some actual gameplay before making any judgements, though. And I'm sure the Youtube comment sections are perfectly rational and wholesome about the game having a female protagonist.
YouTube? Try this comment board.
Well, that too. It's fascinating to see how something as innocuous as a woman being the main character of a game makes certain people so irrationally angry.
It's how it's portrayed. Female leads isn't new, it's when it feels forced or woke, than people have an issue with it.
What exactly feels forced or woke about it? The character seem reminiscent of cool characters like Ripley from Aliens franchise of the 70's and later.
I don't have anything agaisnt this character shown as of right now however people are sceptical about her. Showing her shave her head right at the very start is probably a poor choice for a trailer and its Naughty Dog, they are known for pushing agenda's. I personally wouldn't be shocked if the main character is trans but it's a wait and see. So far it looks fine if they are going for that Ripley look.
What agendas have they pushed?
The words going around is the forced woke politics in games, agenda.
If you think a woman with a shaved head is a forced political agenda then you need to put the kool-aid down and get your life together.
Read my first sentence of my first post.
Your posts all read exactly like “Asking for a friend…” No ones buying it. You’re asking for yourself. Just be big enough to say these are your opinions.
Lol okay bro. What ever helps you sleep at night.
What woke agenda specifically?
I don't know exactly, you would have to ask the thousands who are currently bashing the trailer and previous games.
What if the character is trans. What's wrong with that unless you or people are homophobes
If its done correctly and naturally fits the story, good. if it's forced in, people will hate on it.
There's no right or wrong way of doing that. Like race and religion there's a certain etiquette that needs to be followed and respected. Can you imagine the backlash if there was a white character saying the n word in the game.
Alot of us don't know about these new etiquette and it's good thing to learn. I notice gamers now are becoming less of a gamer and more keyboard warrior's
Its almost every time now. Unless the character looks like a doll (Stellar Blade), the usual suspects have issues with it. They're having a meltdown about Ciri from The Witcher as well.
Gamers have become fed up with the industry now, that's probably why. We are seeing more flat chested woman, less booty on males and females all having crazy or short hair styles. When people see that, they will jump to conclusions, in this case for this game, ill assume its the buzz cut.
What's wrong with women with flat chest and no booty. These actual women do exist in society. The standard that we are used in Hollywood movies and videogames ks not natural btw
This feels fine to me so far... like there is nothing wrong with a female protagonist.
And the buzz cut and her being slightly more buff, makes sense if shes a bounty hunter.
I'm with Azzanation here, its not about female main characters. When people scream woke its how its presented in game. This game looks pretty great to me, asian version of Sigourney Weaver. :)
Sigourney Weaver had that look in Alien. While it's not a style I usually jive with, it doesn't have to resonate with me in every game.
Maybe I'll end up liking it. But if I don't, that's not neccesarily a big deal. Especially since I liked them in their previous game. I liked Ellie's design as a protagonist, and Abby as an antagonist was intimidating.
You also have to like the characters you are playing with.
Look at Doom, people love playing as the DoomSlayer.
But if he took his helmet off, said he was gay and started kissing another marine for no real reason but to drive a narrative, people will start hating the game. People don't want unnecessary politics and views shoved in their face.
Those gamers who complains over that need to ask themselves are they are a gamer or a casual. If the game is fun despite that , then that's all that matters right?
Dei type characters gas always existed but back then talking about them in an open space had negative stigma. Now there's none so it's more open.. people should be able to talk about it and he more open.. correct me if I am wrong isn't most of vgchattz members part of the LGBTQ groups?
Well, it IS getting kind of old. I mean, these days, you don't even need to look into it. If it's from certain movie studios or developers, you just know what the protagonist is going to look like and what it won't look like.. which makes it obvious and leaves a bad aftertaste in your mouth.
There use to be a time when you could go into a movie or game blindly and be whisked away in a dreamland, removed from all the ills of the world.
Not anymore.
Now, you're just reminded of them.
It's sad.
Not sure what to really think about this until I see actual gameplay. But I'll keep an eye on it.
Naughty Dog's worst title in ages. Maybe there's an in-game reason for pairing nouns like that, but it sounds clunky compared to "The Heretical Prophet."
The cinematic part reminded me so much of Cyberpunk 2077, but with a score from Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross to add a slightly different atmosphere. The set-up and setting is interesting and cool, but the protagonist seems unlikeable. Will be interesting to see what the combat is like in-game.
Verisimilitude is the word here - I completely believe in character of Pvt. Jennette Vasquez from Aliens being total badass.
This one - not so much.
Can she morph into a ball? No? Then screw this wana be Samus. Jokes aside I may check this one out since they don't mention a PS4 version. Might actually push my PS5. I'll try to remember this one.
This comment sextion predictably turned into a garbage fire.
Incels and fanboys HATE this game.
Leys hope not, like it or not they represent a huge part of the potential audience
Correction: they represent a vocal minority (on Twitter) of the potential audience. (TLOU:Pt2 sold over 10mil. It should be fine.)
I haven’t been that much of a fan of Naughty Dog in a long time, but I do like a good sci fi game. No idea what to expect, but I was pretty “meh” until I saw Naughty Dog’s logo.
Their games aren’t generally my cup of tea, but they have amazing production values and I will keep my eye on this one. I like good sci-fi stuff myself, Outer Worlds 2 is one of my top picks of all the reveals yesterday.
Undeniably so! ND said they had inspiration from the likes of Akira and Cowboy Bebop which were immediately present. So I am at least intrigued so far. Outer Worlds 2 I'm really looking forward to along with the likes of Onimusha and Okami 2!
I liked this a lot... I'm surprised so many are so negative on the character shown instead. And I'm one of those that was off put by all the DEI stuff forced into DA-Veilguard. We don't know anything other than how she looks so far, and honestly theres nothing wrong with (imo). You don't need every female character to be a super model, and its not like shes purposefully made fugly looking. Then again, I always liked Sigourney Weaver in Aliens.
Studies have shown even women want good looking characters. Sex sells and always will do.
The character seems fitting for the game in my opinion, but I too can't help wondering whether she was designed the way she was because of the current, ahem, trends. This would probably not have been an issue at all 10-20 years ago, but identity politics is so much more prevalent these days that it's not hard to look at everything through such lenses.
Nice to know what they are finally working on, but need to see gameplay.
i have a lot of faith in Naughty Dog. They have only ever delivered an extremely consistent stream of insanely high quality games (Crash Bandicoot original trilogy, Uncharted 1-4, The Last of Us pt1+2). I am very excited to see what they've got in the works here! Looks a whole lot different than I was expecting lol, but i remain confident.
Jak and daxter...
what about it? (i didn't include it in my list b/c i've never played it.)
Wasn't in love with the teaser itself, for a new IP I think it needs to do a bit more to create excitement for the world and gameplay. Naughty Dog can get away with it but I think it will leave many feeling luke warm.
None the less, thr pieces are in place for a very exciting game. Quality performances, retro sci-fi setting, great presentation and naughty dogs killer story telling.
Will not comment much on the character until we see her in action & get a bit more story/personality.
Exactly... The trailer itself did nothing for me but I'm sure it will be a quality game.
Just hope ND isn't pushing too far outside of their wheelhouse on this one.
I highly doubt a significant amount of people are there from their Jak and Daxter sifi / action days.
We're never getting another Jak and Daxter, are we?
Sly > Jak
Nice opinion. Too bad its wrong.
This will have to be one of those games where I'm not feeling it at first but I "dont knock it until I try it" scenarios.
Odd. I'm not a big Playstation guy myself, but since when does Naughty Dog make terrible games? Everything they make is high quality regardless how you feel.
Way of the Warrior was a bad MK clone, buuuut, I had to go back almost 3 decades to a time when the studio was a low budget startup for that one. So….
I believe we can exclude Way of the Warrior at this point.
All i could think was "Is that adidas trainers?"
The trailer is getting ratio'd pretty hard.
Yeah, by the usual incel crowd
well I guess this would be my first naughty dog game that I skip. Good luck naughty dog...
released right at the end of the generation so can also sell a PS6 Remastered version
I thought it was a the new game from kojima, when i saw the main character in the bathroom onwards. Graphics looked like death stranding engine. Did anyone notice the animation of the face mocap, looked like abby from tlou2. I swear the movement of the smile and the way the mouth moved, gave me flashbacks to tlou2. I wonder if they used the same mocap model. I also need to add, i love the fkn soundtrack/music used. It;s been in my head all day.
Naughty Dog games made me very excited before, those were good days.
Wow, so Marienne had to go to space to escape Joe
So, it looks like this game is "inspired" from the visit ND paid to SpaceX HQ years ago. (it was back in Oct 2013)
Not what I was expecting but I'm just glad to finally have a new Naughty Dog game to look forward to.
Dont know if that person is the protagonist, if yes then the effect on me is the opposite of wanting to play the game. Loved the soundtrack though.
I think ND is on a downward trajectory. Did not like Uncharred 4 as much. Thought Lost Legacy was worse. And I hated TLoU2. So I am not expecting great things from this one.
I did not like the many product placements in this relatively short trailer. Don't know what they are going for with that.
And the protagonist (if that is who she is) seems hardly likeable. (Would think the same if she was a man - just making sure not to be misinterpreted here.) But perhaps that is on purpose. Not a good introduction in my book, though.
Combat is suggested to have a meely focus. And I am sceptical about this in a ND game. But good on them to try something different. Enemy looks meh.
We have a vibe. A first look. But this is still much of a nothing burger. I mostly think new game debuts are better with gameplay.
I still hope they can finaly make something I truely enjoy. It has been more than 10 years since TLoU1, their last game that was the case for me.
Naw, Uncharted 4 was great.
LoU2? I didn't hate it, but it felt way too "safe" for me. Like a GORGEOUS but run of the mill revenge story set in the LoU universe.
Uncharted 4 had great moments for sure. I just did not like that most of the adventure happened while Nathan was lying to his wife. Did did not even feel necessary. And the brother is so clearly a character they wrote in after the fact. And Nadine was portrayed as likeable in the end, even though she through Nathan out of a window and tried to kill him, his brother and her employer by shutting the old ships door. (Sorry for that rant, but that really was the beginning of their downward spiral for me.)
I agree about LoU2 - way to safe and run of the mill revenge story. But to couple that with the game trying to hammer home how every single NPC is a human and has a name and a story and Ellie kills everybody. But not the final boss. Because that is the one that counts for some reason. Not all the other humans. Only that one. And it was also clearly driven by a nasty political agenda. Just looking at a doctor pregnant in the third trimester (somebody very vulnerable and extremely important in a survivers group) being cleared for a combat run because girl power. I wanted something realistic. If "realistic" is functional in that setting with messages from Californias current socio-policital issues, sure, bring them in. But that made no sense. ... Just to name some of the many things I hate about that game.
Uncharted 4 was fantasic.
But I never got on with the actual gameplay loop in TLOU.
I have the utmost confidence in ND, so will be keeping an eye on this and probably will get it, unless the writing turns out to be modern drivel. But dang, why do all characters have to look like this now? Ugh..
Nope, staring a tattoo master, no thanks. Is the main bad guy a white male? Just having a joke.
I mean yeah, probably. As per usual.
You and Enrico were saying that about TLOU2. Or rather that the only badguys were white males. While the main antagonist of Lev/Yara/Abby's arc was a colored male, and the main antagonist for Ellie was a female.
If the main antagonist is female that will be a problem as well, unless she looks like a doll. If you cant find an issue with her looks, she'll be called a Mary Sue, forced, etc. A certain community is doing it now over Ciri in Witcher.
Most videogame characters are white male. Even if every game from now on until 2040 only features women, that will likely still remain the case. A lot of people simply prefer female protagonists (me for example) so there's a lot of catching up to do.
Either way, this conspiracy theory sounds like projection based on how you guys viewed minority villains in games before. Most normal people didn't think about it that way, hence they don't bat an eye if the roles are reversed.
I'm going to watch this like a movie. On YouTube.
Dead on Arrival, Concord 2.0
what makes you say that? We haven't gameplay lol. (And this is Naughty Dog we're talking about...they have a veeeeery consistent record of strong games.)
You said it yourself, this is ND we're talking about, they wouldn't dare have a male protag. Instead we get shaved head activist lesbian sarcastic butch girl boss. It's gonna flop.
ND made Ellie a fully playable character one time and yall have lost your minds ever since lmfao
Nothing wrong with Ellie, but this ain't Ellie. I guess they wanted to go hard to remove the last vestiges of anything that "the male gaze" would find pleasing. Not sure all lesbians dig the bald look either, though.
TLoU:Pt1 beat GTAV for critical reception in 2013, Uncharted 4 was the winningest GotY title in 2016, Crash N-Sane Trilogy exists, TLoU:Pt2 is still one of the most critically acclaimed games of all time.🤷♂️ But ig you can be offended by “girlboss lesbo” wtvr your talking abt here. Everyone else will be enjoying a great game!
GTAV scored higher than TLOU and TLOU2 user scores were brutal.
Userscores are pointless when people who don't play the games can review bomb. And TLOU2's plot twist was spoiled beforehand out of context.
Sure however the game was getting down voted by its own audience just as much.
LOL user score is about as accurate as a blind man aiming XD
Cool, and the highest rated and highest selling games of that gen was GTAV.
And that counters the point that user score is pointless and filled with biased fanboys who never played the game yet allowed to leave a review how?
Didn't the first TLOU have a huge following?
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