Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet: Everything We Know

Naughty Dog, the developer behind the last of us, Uncharted, jack and daxteras well as the original Crash Bandicoot game, finally revealed what it has been working on since The Last of Us Part 2 Launched in 2020, the game is called Interstellar: Prophet of Heresy It’s coming to a PlayStation 5 near you. we saw First trailer at The Game AwardsIn the days since, more details have trickled out through interviews, blog posts and social media. Read on to review everything we’ve gathered so far about Naughty Dog’s next game.

what is Interstellar: Prophet of Heresy about?

interstellar It tells the story of a space bounty hunter named Jordan A. Mun who ends up stranded on a planet called Sempiria. Communication with the planet has been interrupted for more than 600 years, and no one has left its orbit during this time. Jordan travels to Semperia to find members of the Five Aces crime syndicate, apparently because she’s desperate for the bounty. They appear to have a history, as on Jordan’s ship we see photos of her and other members of the group, although details of her relationship with them have not been confirmed. Once she reaches the planet’s surface, she’ll face hostile robots and possibly other dangers.

That’s the gist of the main plot as we know it, but in terms of the larger world interstellarexplains director Neil Druckmann new york times Jordan’s story will also center on a fictional religion and explore “what happens when you believe in different institutions.” Druckmann also said interstellar The story takes place in an alternate future where space travel has become quite advanced in the 1980s. That’s why you’ll notice some retro-futuristic elements on Jordan’s spaceship, including the CD player she plays “It’s a Sin” by Pet Shop Boys and the CRT TV she uses to watch anime.

interstellar‘s trailer definitely feels like it was cut from the same cloth Uncharted and the last of us In terms of being a “prestige” cinematic story-driven game, Druckmann said much of the team’s inspiration came from anime, e.g. Akira and cowboy bebop. Fans even noticed some details in the trailer that seemed to be tipping the scales Akirafrom Jordan’s red jacket to the CD player on her boat.

Who is involved?

While we only know the general outline of the game’s story and haven’t seen any actual gameplay, we do know quite a few key players interstellar. Druckmann led both projects as creative director the last of us games and Uncharted 4Naughty Dog veterans Matthew Gallant and Kurt Margenau both serve as game directors.

Jordan is played by actress Tati Gabrielle, who Naughty Dog fans may recognize from her role in Uncharted In the movie, he plays the mercenary leader Jo Braddock. This role is a bit like a stand-in. Uncharted 4 and lost legacyNadine Ross’ rival turned ally. by the time interstellar Fans may become more familiar with her after she comes out, as she plays Nora on the show the last of usThe upcoming second season.

In addition to Gabrielle, we know a few other actors will also be appearing interstellar. Halley Gross, co-writer and narrative lead The Last of Us Part 2will play Jordan’s agent AJ, as shown in the announcement trailer. serious illness and Eternals Actor Kumail Nanjiani will play Colin Graves, one of the five aces Jordan is hunting. Better call Saul Actor Tony Dalton also plays a member of the Ace Five, but the character’s name is currently unknown. Troy Baker as Joel the last of us games and James in the HBO series,Too Confirm the role interstellar.

Finally, the duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are composing music for the game. The pair have composed numerous scores for films over the years, with some recent standouts including challenger and Queer. This marks the first time they’ve worked together on a video game soundtrack.

What are your plans for the future?

druckman says new york times Naughty Dog has restructured into an “intellectual property giant” layoffs Over the past year, the studio’s goal has been to interstellar Becoming a massive new series for PlayStation. Whether this comes to fruition will depend on how well the first game performs, but given Sony’s tendency to use games for spin-offs and outside media, I have no doubt Sony wants to interstellar spawning sequels and maybe some TV or movie adaptations. naughty dog ​​has Presenting the game as a “franchise” Judging from the official announcement, it seems that everyone’s expectations for this product are quite high. We’ll see how this all plays out sometime in the coming months or years, because right now we don’t know when interstellar It’s actually going to be coming to our PlayStation 5.