For starters, these are not just random references.
Jordan, the game’s protagonist, wears Adidas trefoil sneakers, which were notably popular in the 1980s.
These are obviously deliberate stylistic choices.
We just don’t know why yet.
Intergalactic’s Product Placement Is All Deliberately ’80s
Intergalactic offers a compelling premise.
It’s set in a reality alternate to our own, yet very similar.
This is where the song’s title comes in.
Of course, how subversive is it really when these companies are still giving you money?
I don’t care much that ‘we’ give Kojima a pass because I never have.
I found the Monster Energy stuff hackneyed inDeath Strandingtoo.
On the one hand, these are extremely cool things to be influenced by.
The jury is out.
’80s plus space also feels like an equation forGuardians of the Galaxy.
Naughty Dog has got its work cut out.
Clearly the studio has been hard at work on Intergalactic, but again, it has no gameplay.
GTA 5 sold 205 million copies as of last month.
Naughty Dog does not have the numbers to be a Rockstar.
But, many would argue, it does have the quality.
Maybe Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is Product Placement: The Game.
Maybe it couldn’t be a game without it.
