Naughty Dog, the developer behind The Last of Us, Uncharted, Jak & Daxter, and the unique Crash Bandicoot video games, lastly revealed what it’s been engaged on since The Last of Us Part II launched in 2020. The sport known as Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and it’s coming to a PlayStation 5 close to you. We noticed the first trailer for it at The Game Awards, and within the days since, some extra particulars have trickled out by interviews, weblog posts, and social media. Read on for a recap of all the pieces we’ve gleaned to date about Naughty Dog’s subsequent sport.
What is Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet about?
Intergalactic follows a space-faring bounty hunter named Jordan A. Mun who finally ends up stranded on a planet referred to as Sempiria. Communication with the planet has been darkish for over 600 years, and nobody has left its orbit in all that point. Jordan goes to Sempiria searching for members of the Five Aces crime syndicate, apparently as a result of she’s in determined want of the bounty. They seemingly have historical past, as in Jordan’s ship, we see a photograph of her and what seems to be different members of the group, although the specifics of her relationship with them are unconfirmed. Once she reaches the planet’s floor, she’s confronted by hostile robots and sure different risks.
That’s the gist of what we all know of the primary plot, however so far as the bigger world of Intergalactic, director Neil Druckmann defined to The New York Times that Jordan’s story will even embrace some sort of fictional faith on the heart and discover “what occurs once you put your religion in numerous establishments.” Druckmann additionally stated that Intergalactic takes place in an alternate future by which house journey had turn out to be fairly superior by the Nineteen Eighties. That’s why you’ll discover a number of retrofuturistic parts in Jordan’s house ship, together with a CD participant on which she spins “It’s a Sin” by the Pet Shop Boys and a CRT tv on which she watches anime.
Intergalactic’s reveal trailer undoubtedly feels prefer it’s minimize from the identical material as Uncharted and The Last of Us by way of being a “status” cinematic story-driven sport, and Druckmann says a lot of the workforce’s inspiration got here from anime like Akira and Cowboy Bebop. Fans have even famous that some particulars within the trailer seem like homages to Akira, from Jordan’s crimson jacket to the CD participant in her ship.
Who’s concerned?
While we solely know the broad strokes of the sport’s story and haven’t seen any precise gameplay but, we do know a good variety of the important thing personnel hooked up to Intergalactic. Druckmann is the artistic director after main each The Last of Us video games and Uncharted 4, with Naughty Dog veterans Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau each appearing as sport administrators.
Jordan is performed by actor Tati Gabrielle, who Naughty Dog followers might acknowledge from her function within the Uncharted film as mercenary chief Jo Braddock, a personality who kinda felt like a stand-in for Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy’s antagonist-turned-ally Nadine Ross. By the time Intergalactic is out, followers will doubtless be much more acquainted together with her, as she performs Nora in The Last of Us’ upcoming second season.
Outside of Gabrielle, we all know a couple of different actors who will make an look in Intergalactic. Halley Gross, the co-writer and narrative lead on The Last of Us Part II, will play AJ, Jordan’s agent, as seen within the announcement trailer. The Big Sick and Eternals actor Kumail Nanjiani will seem as Colin Graves, one of many Five Aces Jordan is searching. Better Call Saul actor Tony Dalton can also be enjoying a member of the Five Aces, however the character’s title is unknown proper now. Troy Baker, who performs Joel in The Last of Us video games and James within the HBO sequence, can also be confirmed to play a personality in Intergalactic.
Lastly, the duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are composing music for the sport. The two have written numerous scores for movies through the years, with some latest standouts together with Challengers and Queer. This marks their first time engaged on a online game rating collectively.
What’s the plan for the long run?
Druckmann advised The New York Times that Naughty Dog had been restructured as “an IP powerhouse” following layoffs over the previous yr, and the studio is aiming for Intergalactic to turn out to be a giant new franchise for PlayStation. Whether or not that involves move will depend upon how the primary sport does, however given Sony’s propensity to exploit video games for spin-offs and exterior media, I wouldn’t doubt that Sony desires Intergalactic to spawn sequels and perhaps some TV or film diversifications. Naughty Dog is already presenting the sport as a “franchise” in its official announcement, so it seems like expectations for this one are fairly excessive. We’ll see the way it all pans out sooner or later within the coming months or years, as proper now we don’t know when Intergalactic will truly make its method to our PlayStation 5s.
