Naughty Dog is expecting gamers to hate on their newest game

The lead actress playing the main character in Naughty Dog's new epic title has revealed the developer is anticipating hatred toward the game.

Jak Connor

Tech and Science Editor

Published May 13, 2025 1:03 AM CDT

1 minutes & 30 seconds read time

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TL;DR: Tati Gabriella, lead actress in Naughty Dog's upcoming game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, reveals she is preparing for backlash over her character's design. Despite early criticism about her appearance and identity, Gabriella and creative director Neil Druckmann remain committed to delivering a proud, impactful gaming experience.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Tati Gabriella, the lead actress playing Jordan Mun, the star of Naughty Dog's next big title, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, touched on how the developer and more specifically, Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann, is anticipating gamers to lash out about the new title.

Gabriella said during the interview that she is undergoing "bootcamp-ing" in preparation for the release of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The lead actress and Naughty Dog are anticipating a tirade of "hate" from gamers criticising the design choices for the lead character, as gamers have already begun criticizing the game following the reveal of the title in December 2024 at The Game Awards.

"I got a lot of love, but there was a lot of hate over me being a woman, me being a woman of color, me having my head shaved, all these things that I didn't even actually initially see - I'm out of the social media zeitgeist for that reason - but once I did, Neil was like, 'Ignore it. No matter what, me and you, we're going to make something beautiful. We're going to make something that we're proud of," said Gabriella

Since the title's reveal, along with gamers' criticisms of The Last of Us Part 2 and the current Last of Us TV show, Druckmann, the creative director of Intergalactic and The Last of Us, has been preparing Gabriella for the worst.