Intergalactic will go beyond The Last of Us. Naughty Dog's new game will take player's confusion and loneliness to the next level
In addition to the themes of faith and religion, Naughty Dog studio's new game will also focus on loneliness. Neil Druckmann wants players to really feel lost and confused.
In December last year, during The Game Awards 2024, Naughty Dog studio revealed their latest game - Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Since then, we have received little information about it. We only got to know the developers' inspirations and found out that they will delve into religious themes.
Recently, the head of Naughty Dog studio, Neil Druckmann, participated in a Creator to Creator interview organized by Sony. He revealed there several new pieces of information about the upcoming game.
Game about loneliness
The action of Intergalactic takes place in the distant future, 2000 years from now, in an alternate world whose timeline began to diverge from ours in the 1980s, following the birth of a new religion on the planet Sempiria. At some point in history, communication with it was lost, and as a result, there has been no contact with any of its inhabitants for 600 years. At this moment, the protagonist of Intergalactic will reach it.
Druckmann primarily draws attention to the sense of loneliness that is supposed to accompany us while uncovering the secrets of Sempiria. What sets Intergalactic apart from the studio's previous games is, for instance, the lack of an ally whose presence would lift our spirits. Although the post-apocalyptic The Last of Us can sometimes evoke a sense of isolation and loss, the new IP is set to go a step further.
I really wanted to make a game about faith and religion, but also about just being lonely. So many of the previous games we've done – there's always, like, an ally, with you. I really want you to be lost in a place where you're really confused about what happened here.
By the way, the developer joked that Intergalactic will certainly face "less" criticism from players than The Last of Us 2. It's undeniable that Druckmann likes controversial topics.
With The Last of Us 2, we made certain creative decisions that got us a lot of hate. A lot of people love it, but a lot of people hate that game. […] But the joke is like, you know what, let's do something that people won't care as much about. Let's make a game about faith and religion.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is heading exclusively to PlayStation 5. The title doesn't have a release date yet.
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