Naughty Dog Turns Off Intergalactic PS5 Trailer's Comments As Discourse Turns Nasty 1

Naughty Dog has disabled the comments on its official upload of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’s debut trailer, as the discourse has soured in the aftermath of the title’s announcement. PlayStation has kept the comments up on its mirror, much to the surprise of some fans.

A small, vocal section of the gaming populous have taken umbridge with new protagonist Jordan A. Mun’s appearance. It’s worth noting the character is played by real-life actress Tati Gabrielle, who also featured as the villain in the Uncharted movie.

Writing on Instagram, Gabrielle said: “I am incredibly grateful and excited for this opportunity to work on this game, and with the video game God himself [Neil] Druckmann and the whole Naughty Dog team. Thank you Neil for seeing me and trusting me with this new baby of yours, I promise to make you proud dude.”

Many still haven’t forgiven Naughty Dog, and specifically series creator Neil Druckmann, for the plot of The Last of Us 2, which leaked devastatingly prior to release. We maintain that the sequel is one of the greatest PlayStation exclusives ever made, but the discourse around it has been sour for nearing five years now.

While we don’t feel we should need to address some of the nastiness being thrown around on social media, we don’t think Jordan’s look is particularly out of place for a sci-fi story. Sigourney Weaver famously shaved her head for Alien 3, for example; last year’s critically acclaimed Furiosa saw Anya Taylor-Joy sport a similar look.

And more importantly, none of this should matter when we know so little about the characters or subject matter in question.

There’s nothing wrong with being sceptical of an upcoming game, regardless of whether it’s from a studio with a track record on the level of Naughty Dog. But this nastiness that’s unfurling around a title that otherwise looks extremely exciting is tiresome and unnecessary to say the least.

[source youtube.com]