Summary
- Naughty Dog may have hinted at Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC from 2014.
- A line spoken by Ellie in the DLC mentions the word “intergalactic,” followed by “spaceships” with “two warp engines.”
- Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet’s reveal trailer features the protagonist firing up her spaceship’s twin thrusters, drawing close parallels to Ellie’s line in The Last of Us: Left Behind.
Naughty Dog fans have uncovered what seems to be an eerily accurate reference to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in 2014’s The Last of Us: Left Behind DLC. Both of these games are a decade apart, leading some to believe that Naughty Dog may have been planning Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet for quite a while longer than expected.
As the next full-blown Naughty Dog game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet has fans of the studio at a fever pitch in terms of hype. Not only is Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Naughty 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 confirmed release window for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet at 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.
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Naughty Dog games have always had their fair share of Easter eggs, and Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet could take a classic one to the next level.
Twitter user NaughtyDogWorld recently posted a screengrab from The Last of Us: Left Behind where 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 to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in a decade-old The Last of Us DLC. Aside from the obvious “intergalactic” name-drop, the mention of spaceships with “two warp engines” rings close to the scene in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet‘s trailer when 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 to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is quite compelling, but given that the sci-fi game started development a full six years after the launch of The Last of Us: Left Behind, it’s most likely just a very serendipitous coincidence. Still, there’s always the possibility that extremely early ideas for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet were floating around Naughty Dog’s senior creatives around 2014, possibly borne from the Savage Starlight collectibles in both The Last of Us games.
Therefore, Naughty Dog might have stashed a tiny clue to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet in The Last of Us: Left Behind that the studio knew would’ve taken around a decade to pay off. Naughty Dog can be quite sneaky when it comes to Easter eggs and 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 to Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment