Naughty Canine is reportedly taking inspiration from Elden Ring for its subsequent recreation, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. On the time of the reveal, the studio promised its latest franchise for the PS5 would supply the “deepest gameplay in Naughty Canine’s historical past.” An business insider, nonetheless, has claimed that Intergalactic will take notes from FromSoftware’s action-RPG phenomenon that received Sport of the Yr at The Sport Awards 2022.
Naughty Canine Taking Inspiration From Elden Ring
In line with Ben Hanson, founding father of impartial video games media outlet MinnMax, Naughty Canine’s Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is impressed by Elden Ring, offering extra decisions to gamers.
“In some unspecified time in the future on the podcast some time in the past earlier than the reveal trailer occurred, I teased the thought of like ‘I’ve heard Naughty Canine’s subsequent recreation may be very impressed by a recreation with a number of participant freedom.’ I believe it is advantageous to say now: that recreation was Elden Ring that it was in comparison with again then,” Hanson mentioned on the newest version of The MinnMax Present final week.
“If I might have mentioned ‘Naughty Canine’s subsequent recreation is like Elden Ring’ after which that reveal trailer got here out, I really feel like we might have been lit on fireplace. However now that concept of, okay, it is going down on one planet, form of uncovering the historical past of this world, you’ll be able to form of see a bit of extra the place they could be going with that,” he added.
Earlier than Intergalactic was revealed at The Sport Awards 2024 in December, Hanson had claimed on his present, citing a supply who labored on the title, that Naughty Canine’s subsequent recreation would function “a number of participant freedom”.
Neil Druckmann on Intergalactic
Following the reveal, Naughty Canine president and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet director Neil Druckmann mentioned that the sport can be the studio’s “wildest, most inventive story but.” Druckmann additionally promised the sport would function an “emotional, character-driven” story typical to developer’s video games and the “deepest gameplay in Naughty Canine’s historical past”.
The truth is, lengthy earlier than Intergalactic was revealed, Druckmann mentioned he was involved in video games like Elden Ring and Inside that delivered their tales via atmosphere, exploration and gameplay, quite than via a standard linear narrative and cinematic cutscenes.
“I am extra just lately intrigued by stuff like Elden Ring and Inside that does not rely as a lot on conventional narrative to inform its story and is–I believe there’s some–some of the most effective storytelling in “The Final of Us,” a number of it’s within the cinematics. However a number of it’s in gameplay and shifting round an area and understanding a historical past of an area by simply it and analyzing it,” Druckmann had mentioned in an interview with The Washington Put up in 2023.
Naughty Canine hasn’t revealed a ton of particulars about Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, however from the reveal trailer it does appear the studio goes for a special method with the gameplay from its earlier releases. Each Uncharted and The Final of Us are third-person action-adventure video games that primarily centre round taking pictures. Intergalactic, nonetheless, appears to be including melee fight to the combo as properly, with the protagonist seen wielding a sword within the trailer.
The sport can be set on a distant planet the place exploration will likely be key to discovering secrets and techniques concerning the planet’s previous and guiding gamers ahead. Right here, Elden Ring’s method to open-ended and largely unguided exploration of its world, the Lands Between, might act as gameplay inspiration for Intergalactic.
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet doesn’t but have a confirmed launch date, however the recreation has been in improvement since 2020 and will likely be launched completely on the PS5.
