Intergalactic By Naughty Dog

[Bigpig]

Naughty Dog have just announced their next game.

Announcing Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a New Franchise From Naughty Dog || Naughty Dog

Explore a whole new world from the studio behind The Last of Us, Uncharted and more.

www.naughtydog.com

 

[Bigpig]

The first one was very story driven too though? Do you mean you just didn't like the story in the second one? I feel like I'm missing something here.
What was it about the story that makes you think it's going to impact any of the other games going forward?

Anita Sarkeesian was brought into naughty dog as consultant and Drunckmann lapped it up like a lap dog. He also played a large role in removing Amy Hennig.

 

[Bigpig]

I don't know who any of those people are and I probably don't care either. Thank you for the explanation but I'll just accept I don't get whatever's going on in here but I'm now beginning to suspect it's something 'political'

Basically men are all bad.

 

[Bigpig]

It's a challenging **** alright!!

 

[Bigpig]

Sales will be very interesting to see. Sony isn’t to hot atm and with triple A games in general are struggling over the past year or two.

TLOU2 sold over 40% less than TLOU1 with like triple the budget. Are we looking at a similar type of performance?

At the end of the day the games main target audience for that type of game is male which this doesn’t seem to be aimed at.

 

[Bigpig]

No one had any problem with HZ games and Aloy. I couldn't imagine playing as a male character in that game.

Aloy wasn't a bald girl boss with an attitude but she was slapped hard with uglyfaction stick in part two same as Mary Jane.

 

[Bigpig]

Where is the rule that a "strong independent woman" always has to look like a man now though ? Its just a different stereotype now. Shaved head, smoke cigars, has a face that looks like a smacked arse etc etc.

It’s not just that. They also pick some of the worst male traits to insert into their characters. “A picture is worth a thousand words”
Resting bitch face while sucking on straw tells us a lot. They weren’t brave enough to turn the comments on!!

 

[Bigpig]

Yes I’m sure it’s just a woman with a shaved head.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870869396706718195

 

[Bigpig]

I watched that teaser trailer and my overriding response was “this looks cool”

Then I went to Reddit and lolled at the hate. On the strength of a video snippet that is out of context and without any further information, the internet experts have already deduced this game will be a massive flop because the main protagonist is a butch lesbian skinhead, and that’s just not attractive to men.

Smh.

There’s studies out there that dispite the modern day social norms. Women will pick a feminine character despite it being hyper sexualised over female character that displays masculine traits. So just to say it’s a male thing is incorrect.

I don’t believe the game will flop and very interested to see the games sales and will it continue the downward trend.

Even if it does flop Naughty Dog will just release The Last of Us part 1 for the 4th time.

 

[Bigpig]

Indeed. Sigourney was gracefully and unapologetically doing strong independent woman (or as she says, just "woman") before it was a populist catchphrase.

Ripley was a complete power house and showcased the best and strongest females characteristics.

 

[Bigpig]

You still grasping onto that fantasy that TLOU2 was a flop I see, because of some misinterpreted numbers from a leak years ago?

As far as I’m aware part two was profitable on day 1.

You can take a broader look at the gaming market in general. New triple A’s IP’s that’s not built on a previous games success are struggling and have been for a while.