Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Was Compared To A Mystery Game Before Its Reveal, And Now We Finally Know Which Game Its Similar To

Summary

MinnMax’s Ben Hanson has finally confirmed thatElden Ringis the game that he previously teased thatIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetis similar to in terms of player freedom.

2024’sThe Game Awardsmight not have hadHollow Knight: Silksong,Half-Life 3, andGTA 6like so many of us hoped forwhen the rumours started flying that it was a “holy s**t” showcase, but it was still a big night for reveals.The Witcher 4 and Elden Ring Nightreign instantly jump to mind, but undeniably the biggest unveiling was for Naughty Dog’s next game.

Despite previous rumours that Naughty Dog was working on a fantasy game, the reveal atThe Game Awards confirmed it’s actually a sci-fi adventure called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.Even with that first trailer, there’s not that much to say about the game so farbeyond its setting and focus on religion, although there’s been one lingering mystery.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet Is Reportedly Similar To Elden Ring Due To Its Player Freedom

That mystery dates all the way back to October of last year, whenMinnMax’s Ben Hanson shared a “juicy tidbit” about Naughty Dog’s at-the-time unrevealed game. Hanson said that he’d heard that thetitle would have a lot of “player freedom” and was similar in structure to a certain game, but didn’t go as far as confirming what game he was referencing.k/.

At the time, many guessed that Hanson was either referring toThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildor Elden Ring, and he’s finally confirmed what he was teasingduring the most recent episode of The MinnMax Show.When asked by a community member what he previously meant,Hanson revealed that the game is indeed Elden Ring.

I think it’s fine to say it now, that game was Elden Ring that it was compared to back then. If I would have said ‘Naughty Dog’s next game is like Elden Ring’ and then that reveal trailer came out, I feel like we would have been lit on fire. - Ben Hanson

Hanson notes that he didn’t want to say it at the time because the expectationswould have caused a lot of backlash when the reveal trailer eventually was shared. He also says that now we know it’s set on a single planet and the player is focused on finding out what happened, we can kind of see where Naughty Dog is going with it and why the Elden Ring comparisons have been made.