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Indiana Jones and The Great Circle | Review Thread
BigLee74
Member
And I thanked you for it. Now go out and find some others and report back with as much enthusiasm! Chop chop!
Now It got handed a 2/5, and I shared it in this thread.
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PropellerEar
Member
You're welcome.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I couldn’t play much as I was out the whole day. I will have to play more tonight to see more
Neff
Member
I beat the game on hard, and I didn't use guns all that much. With isolated groups of about five enemies or so, a little shooting is fine. There were a few times I had the Raiders 'fuck this' response and just shot them because I couldn't be arsed, and partly also because Indy's pistol looks and sounds so good. But in an area with ten adjacent enemies or more, it's risky. I'm glad they didn't do the bullshit stealth thing where every enemy instantly knows where you are the moment you fire a shot, and it's good that staying on the move further throws them off the scent. For 80-90% of the game though I feel the best way to play is via traditional stealth- sneak and get silent kills, and retrieve bodies from open areas.
BigLee74
Member
2 out of 5 material right there!
TBiddy
Member
High enough to upset the usual suspects, clearly!
Caio
Member
87% on Meta, teetering on the edge of 90. Let’s be real, though, if this were an MS exclusive, it’d be a 90+ faster than you can say ‘Game Pass!’ Some reviewers just can’t resist sprinkling a little extra stardust on that Xbox charm; this is not exclusive to Sony.Deaf person AND a lesbian?
By the way, the Game is Great, this is what really matters
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
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But still I love the game. This is one of those interesting original games that ends up in conversation with GOTY but never quite gets there. Like Deathloop or Control or Psychonauts 2.
Eh I think it's reviewed fairly. I am loving the game but it's got some flaws, the checkpoint system is pretty schizophrenic, the gunplay is kind of useless, and sometimes objectives or interactions are unclear. It doesn't have the play testing polish of some other big games.87% on Meta, teetering on the edge of 90. Let’s be real, though, if this were an MS exclusive, it’d be a 90+ faster than you can say ‘Game Pass!’ Some reviewers just can’t resist sprinkling a little extra stardust on that Xbox charm; this is not exclusive to Sony.
By the way, the Game is Great, this is what really matters
But still I love the game. This is one of those interesting original games that ends up in conversation with GOTY but never quite gets there. Like Deathloop or Control or Psychonauts 2.
diffusionx
Gold Member
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I name these games specifically because they didn't have that universal consensus. I happened to enjoy Deathloop a lot but I also very much get that it wasn't for everyone and I think that's probably true of Indy as well.
Not saying it's like Deathloop in any meaningful way beyond that.
Topher
Identifies as young
87% on Meta, teetering on the edge of 90. Let’s be real, though, if this were an MS exclusive, it’d be a 90+ faster than you can say ‘Game Pass!’ Some reviewers just can’t resist sprinkling a little extra stardust on that Xbox charm; this is not exclusive to Sony.
By the way, the Game is Great, this is what really matters
I can't keep up with these if/then narratives regarding review scores. The game reviewed great and is pretty dang accurate, imo. I'm 20 hours in and I can definitely agree with any review in the 8 to 9 range.
Games of Today
Member
Well historically speaking in terms of films or games that have more engaging plots than others, I would say yes, all of those things should be important in one way or another to the plot.
For instance, I feel like in a puzzle game such as this, his deaf characteristics should have had a little more of a role in the plot than just "Oh he's deaf because he's a war veteran." How is that any different than the Spiderman girl.
JackMcGunns
Member
As more reviews come in, score average is going up rather than down
IGN Brazil 95
Voxel 95
Even with some small problems, it is easy to say that Indiana Jones and the Big Circle is one of the best games of 2024, even though it has been released too late to participate in big awards.
IGN Brazil 95
Voxel 95
Even with some small problems, it is easy to say that Indiana Jones and the Big Circle is one of the best games of 2024, even though it has been released too late to participate in big awards.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
I may not have been able to stop the reviews, but my latest tactic of going door to door to dissuade potential buyers clearly worked with the low concurrent users
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
sainraja
Member
Let's see...
Xbox tablet, green shirt...
What are you doing at Ass of Can Whooping's house?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Let's see...
Xbox tablet, green shirt...
What are you doing at Ass of Can Whooping's house?
Mattyp
Not the YouTuber
Biggest news paper in Finland(even Nordic countries)
2/5
"Microsoft's Indiana Jones game is dull, repetitive and even unambitious."
Peliarvio | Legendaarinen Indiana Jones lerpahtaa odotetussa jättituotannossa
Microsoftin Indiana Jones -peli on vaimea, itseään toistava ja jopa kunnianhimoton.www.hs.fi
Dull, repetitive, unambitious. Think the reviewer just forgot he was reviewing Finland.
BigLee74
Member
I’m sure Finland is a lovely country. But the latest Indiana Jones is not a 4/10 game, so I can only assume the reviewer was having a bad day or that somebody shat in his sautéed reindeer stew.
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
The game has numerous good reviews. Very few people would find the game 'crap.' For the majority, it will be a pleasant experience.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Pretty much all modern releases have time frames for patches baked in. Expect something in the next week or so, or maybe they let the team take some time off for holidays then work.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Spider-Man 2 is super woke DEI but the people who made it and the people who made this game are in the same cultural milieu which says that “representation matters” so they go out of their way to find places to put deaf people, people with vitiligo, disabled people, even if it looks dumb as hell like the operator in a wheelchair in R6 Siege. It doesn’t matter if the game is made by Sony, or EA, or Microsoft, or it is made in Sweden or North Carolina or California or France, that is the nature of the shitlib behemoth that has swamped game making. A game like Spjderman that takes place in modern NYC simply affords easier insertion of these elements than 1930s Europe or whatever.
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SlyDoughnut
Neo Member
About an hour into Giza and can't quite believe this game was made.
Context, a 50 year old dude who's been gaming too long on PC and just about every console.
I don't game that much any more, read books, boardgame but every so often something comes along that really takes me and this is that.
It's my favourite game from the last few years and my only worry is it won't get the numbers and there won't be a sequel or whatnot. Just brilliant fun and utterly absorbing.
Also, a quick aside, I thought all the trailers over the last few years made it look janky and decidedly not good.
Context, a 50 year old dude who's been gaming too long on PC and just about every console.
I don't game that much any more, read books, boardgame but every so often something comes along that really takes me and this is that.
It's my favourite game from the last few years and my only worry is it won't get the numbers and there won't be a sequel or whatnot. Just brilliant fun and utterly absorbing.
Also, a quick aside, I thought all the trailers over the last few years made it look janky and decidedly not good.
PropellerEar
Member
Certinty
Member
Happy to admit I was totally wrong about this game.
Thought everything they showed pre-launch was rather dull and generic.
But after four or so hours i’m loving it. Definitely a little janky with a few questionable decisions but really enjoying the variety of stealth, combat, puzzles and exploration.
A breath of fresh air from most other games i’ve played in recent times.
Thought everything they showed pre-launch was rather dull and generic.
But after four or so hours i’m loving it. Definitely a little janky with a few questionable decisions but really enjoying the variety of stealth, combat, puzzles and exploration.
A breath of fresh air from most other games i’ve played in recent times.
SportsFan581
Member
I've been trying to avoid spoilers since I probably won't get started on this one until after the holidays, but nice scores.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Hermen Hulst Fanclub's #1 Member
What?
vaibhavpisal
Member
First person is the way to go for this one.
FunkMiller
Member
I've kinda fallen off this one, lads. A good five or six hours in the Vatican and the pacing and the story just aren't grabbing me. Indy feels like he needs something a little more action packed and - yes, I'm going to say it - more like Uncharted. I'll try to get back to it at some point, but there doesn't feel any kind of compulsion to see where the story is going right now.
Cakeboxer
Member
It's a game about exploration, not action or fighting. I'm glad there are no basic and boring shootouts or a million exploding mummies, car driving etc. The game just doesn't need it. It's a loveletter for Indiana Jones fans who want to solve riddles and find hidden treasures.
FunkMiller
Member
It’s all of those things… but it’s also not really paced that well, IMO. I feel like I’m buggering about the Vatican doing lots of stuff with no strong throughline. Ah well. I guess I’ll get back to it eventually.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
If you jumped in expecting Uncharted or an action game, you picked the wrong game. This game is a classical adventure, where most of the time you explore stuff slowly and sometimes punch enemies in the face if you prefer not to stealth but the main grabbing point here is level design and just collecting a ton of stuff. It's not exciting, but for immersive sim fans this is pretty decent.
Also as far an Indiana goes, this game is incredibly accurate and a love letter to the movies, from enemy animations to Troy Baker doing an incredible job with the acting. I've laughed so many times like a child watching Indiana Jones for the first time. It's pretty much just like Alien Isolation and I'm afraid just like that game, this game is not going to be very popular due to its core design. They should've made the puzzles more difficult instead of trying to cater to the idiot kids audience that would've never played this game in the first place.
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MMaRsu
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