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Naughty Dog fans have uncovered what seems to be an eerily accurate reference toIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetin 2014’sThe Last of Us: Left BehindDLC. Both of these games are a decade apart, leading some to believe that Naughty Dog may have been planningIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetfor quite a while longer than expected.
As the next full-blown Naughty Dog game,Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophethas fans of the studio at a fever pitch in terms of hype. Not only isIntergalactic: The Heretic ProphetNaughty Dog’s first swing at a space-faring sci-fi adventure, but it also sports a retro-futuristic 1980s aesthetic that lends the game a unique identity. There’s no confirmedrelease window forIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetat the moment, but that hasn’t stopped Naughty Dog fans from digging deep into the studio’s prior releases to gather any clues they can about the sci-fi game, and one new discovery is quite intriguing.
Twitter user NaughtyDogWorld recently posted a screengrab fromThe Last of Us: Left Behindwhere Ellie says to Riley: “Like one of those intergalactic giant spaceships with like two warp engines.” This has piqued the attention of Naughty Dog fans as a potential reference toIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetin a decade-oldThe Last of UsDLC. Aside from the obvious “intergalactic” name-drop, the mention of spaceships with “two warp engines” rings close to the scene inIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’s trailerwhen protagonist Jordan A. Mun fires up her Porsche spacecraft’s two thrusters and zips off towards a hostile planet.
The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC Possibly Hinted at Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet 10 Years Ago
The evidence for Ellie’s line to be an overt hint toIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetis quite compelling, but given that the sci-fi game started development a full six years after the launch ofThe Last of Us: Left Behind, it’s most likely just a very serendipitous coincidence. Still, there’s always the possibility that extremely early ideas forIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetwere floating around Naughty Dog’s senior creatives around 2014, possibly borne from theSavage Starlight collectibles in bothThe Last of Usgames.
Therefore, Naughty Dog might have stashed a tiny clue toIntergalactic: The Heretic ProphetinThe Last of Us: Left Behindthat the studio knew would’ve taken around a decade to pay off.Naughty Dog can be quite sneaky when it comes to Easter eggsand references between its various games. To be clear, all of this is ultimately speculation, but it goes to show how deep Naughty Dog fans are willing to dig for any crumbs of information related toIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
