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[StereoVsn]

Of course.

It may not be a GOTY but it is still a great game and especially so if you are an Indy fan.

Personally I enjoyed it quite a bit and was pleasantly surprised. To be fair I expected it to be more of Veilguard or Avowed level game and instead got a very competently done and fun game with right Indy vibes.

 

[Topher]

Because it's not GotY material.

Welcome back bro

 

[vaibhavpisal]

It's not the first time I see someone saying it's kinda like an imm-sim. Honestly, if that's the case, lots of props to MS for allowing it.

Its adjacent.

Its basically IM Sim changed a bit to be more appealing to a wider audience.

I would have preferred if it was fully simulation based.

As is, its a mashup of different genres, best way to play it depends on player. I enjoyed it like a Skyrim lite, exploring with reckless abandon.

 

[DEAD ORIGINAL]

Actually forgot this came to PS5 must be crap.

 

[SlimySnake]

Because the game was mid as fuck.

Because the game was first person.

Because the game was made by Machine Games who are a mid developer.

 

[BigLee74]

Was a really good game, and probably worthy of a nomination or two. Won't win a thing though.

Definitely appeals more to the age group that grew up with Indy - makes it easier to gloss over the obvious flaws.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Am I missing something?

Don't see many outlets writing their nominations yet, the one that we did get so far does have it in the GoTY noms.

Event  Thread 'Golden Joystick Awards - Ultimate Game of the Year Nominees'

Nov 3, 2025

Golden Joystick Awards 2025: Vote for Your Ultimate Game of the Year!

Only YOU can decide the winner from our list of nominees

www.gamesradar.com

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Clair Obscur Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come Deliverance II
• Blue Prince
• Split Fiction
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight Silksong
• Peak
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Silent Hill f

• LectureMaster
• Replies: 54
• Forum: Gaming Discussion

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It's in the nominee list, but it's not in the discussion as per the OP

 

[adamsapple]

It's in the nominee list, but it's not in the discussion as per the OP

 

[RetroGamingUK]

 

[Durin]

It largely is the release date where it has the opposite of recency bias, and I think the game isn't what people wanted from the IP, even if it was good.

People really did I think want the Uncharted third-person cinematic experience, even with how stale as fuck that formula is in Uncharted itself.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Because the game was mid as fuck.

Because the game was first person.

Because the game was made by Machine Games who are a mid developer.

Are you high? MG made the Wolfenstein games and they are great (at least the 1st one and the DLC stand-alone game, and the sequel).

 

[Chuck Berry]

After how it was especially treated at the Game Awards last year, with Ford showing up all that that bs, it really is simply a 2024 game. It's just a shame it came out so late in the year. It was in a weird spot.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Indiana jones deserves game of the year, being more of a "challenge" doesn't mean your game is better.

Yes it does especially if it's a well designed challenge. A game needs to have some challenge, some kind of difficulty curve to be great. Donkey Kong Bonanza- could've been a good game if there was any challenge whatsoever but there wasn't. Who does this appeal to? What's the point of even having enemies at a certain point. Kids? When I was a kid games were harder than today- perhaps too hard but at least most games had a challenge, something to overcome and get better at.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Its an Xbox studio and we hate that.....

Jesus Christ. Control your tears for the 4 trillion dollar company.

On the subject I found it kind of boring. Tried it for an hour then uninstalled it.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Indy game is easily a top 5 story of any game I have ever played. It legit felt like you were playing a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Up there with Uncharted 4 with providing top tier cinematics, graphics, world design, and voice acting. The gameplay was good, not great, but definitely one of my favorite experiences of this generation

I say this as someone who strongly believes the vast majority of AAA games have stories that are terribly written and are of poor quality. Indy game was on par with the quality of writing of the original trilogy

 

[Mr Moose]

It's a great game. Playing it right now. Has an 90 on MC.

All Platforms

Based on 27 Critic Reviews

78

Based on 7 Critic Reviews

90

Based on 93 Critic Reviews

81

 

[Lightbreak]

Because is not that good

 

[Kvally]

Based on 7 Critic Reviews

90

 

[UltimaKilo]

Absolutely loved the game. Should it be in the convo? Yes. However, it is not GOTY. Expedition 33 takes that by a mile.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Why do people care about the Dorito Pope Awards?

 

[simpatico]

Game made me dislike Indy as an IP. What a boring slog. Why even get such an action oriented license if you're going to make such a depressed game out of it. I hope the guys at Machine Games are OK. You coulda had bi-planes and motorcycle jumps and revolvers shooting dynamite out of the air. But nah, lets root through this alter boy's shoe box and look for some text documents. THAT, is next gen.

 

[bender]

The game is mediocre outside of the presentation.

 

[Orbital2060]

Wasnt it on goty lists last year? Was on mine - Black Ops 6 and Indy on top.

 

[CashPrizes]

It came out in 2024, so it is not eligible.
Keighley's show is not to be taken seriously, if it were serious it would air in January/February 2025 (like the Oscars or the Dice awards) and wait for all games to be released in 2024.

 

[Randall365]

I bought the game and am enjoying it- the first person view was a bad choice though - makes it feel like a walking simulator with qte events rather than a proper game sadly. Playing as Indy but only seeing him for 1% of the time is disappointing which is of course why they added hours and hours of cutscenes.

It feels boring too often which is the exact opposite of what Indy should be. Imagine if Last Crusade spent 20 mins in Indy's office, 20mins in Henry's house, 20 mins in the Venice library and 20 mins in the Zeppelin and then had about 30 mins of action, most of which was Indy hitting people over the head with spades or using his whip to jump crevices - that's this game.

I am enjoying it - as an Indy fan - but it is a slog - I have got to near the end of Egypt and have been playing since January!

 

[genesisblock]

It's like an Indie title with so much bloat with AAA visuals. Remove the back and forth side quests and you essentially removed half of the game time.

 

[deriks]

It's a good game, not GOTY level of good thou

 

[Cakeboxer]

Because we already have enough extras for Expedition 33 and the release date sucks for awards.

 

[mdkirby]

It was a decent enough game, but we ate well this year.

 

[JimmyRustler]

I played and finished it but looking back it was no GoTY material. The beginning was great but already midway through Egypt it kinda looses it's steam - and then you get an even bigger area tacked on. Found myself progressively doing less and less tasks as the games went on. Meaning, everything in the Vatican and almost nothing in the last area. Devs should should be a bit more self aware and know how long a certain gameplay can carry a game.

 

[kiphalfton]

Because it's not game of the year material?

 

[evolve]

Because it came out last year. And although it's supposed to enter this year's contest, it never happens

 

[GymWolf]

Watched some gameplay and i only saw retarded enemies, bad stealth and basic ass combat.

 

[Comandr]

The game was okay but ultimately I dropped it after getting to Egypt. So many great perks are locked behind finding books and then the currency needed to unlock those perks are gotten from every other macguffin. It turns the game into a weird collectathon. There are seriously more collectibles than a banjo kazooie.. game…

Microsoft, is this a fucking joke to you? Is this how you torment me?

Uh anyway… the game really would have benefited from a tighter focus on the critical path, which I did find pretty enjoyable. You could argue that I could have just ignored all of the side stuff but… that's a huge amount of content to ignore then.

If I have the opportunity to explore the world and collect stuff, I want to. That's how games like botw, Skyrim, cyberpunk, etc become games you play for hundreds of hours.

Indiana jones didn't need to be that.

Troy baker was incredible as Indy and I consistently forgot I was NOT listening to Harrison Ford.

Fascinating tidbit: only 31% of steam players have the achievement for beating the game.

63% of MHWilds players have completed all of the story missions in that game though.

So while Indiana sits at a comfortable 89 on steam and has generally received high praise, Wilds is sitting at a 66 and getting dragged through the mud, despite more people playing it longer and a higher percentage completing the story.

That game has no shot at GOTY either. At least it actually came out this year. They can commiserate together.

 

[Luipadre]

Recency bias. It deservers to be there imo

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Watched some gameplay and i only saw retarded enemies, bad stealth and basic ass combat.

Oh yeah the gameplay is pretty bad. But frankly gameplay is the least important part of a videogame for me. Otherwise we might have well stopped at Tetris.

 

[Sorcerer]

Indiana Old!!! Two bad movies stained Indies legacy. Youngsters would have no hype for this.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

I am talking strictly The Game Awards which ends eligibility period in November, it is actually frustrating to think Indiana Jones is not even in the conversation for a nomination, same thing happened with Smash Bros and it will also happen to Metroid Prime 4, it will be interesting to see what Geoff will do about GTA 6 next year though if it meets its current launch date it will probably not be eligible for next year and he either going to extend the period or what? Skip it and put against Intergalactic in 2027?

Because people don't think it was good enough. That simple.
Anymore stupid questions?

 

[playbignbox]

Because there are at least 10 better games this year.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

The Game Awards dropped the ball this year, and didn't nominate several titles for appropriate categories. Sonic 3 was left out of the movie/tv adaption category. Which was a mistake.

Shinobi was not nominated as it should have been.

Family game is a mistake.

Best sound missed Mario kart World.

A lot of things wrong this year. Even if it was all fine. I feel that the excitement has been let out of the Game Awards.

I hope Geoff can bring back some excitement this year.

 

[RainblowDash]

Do some people think its GOTY material?

 

[GymWolf]

Do some people think its GOTY material?

Mostly xboys if i have to take a guess.

 

[yamaci17]

it's a much better game than ghost of yotei so if yotei is there, so could indiana jones

I will be able to compare it to expedition 33 but I've started that just now (3 hours played so far). with what I'm seeing, indiana jones is a better game than expedition 33 too. I just cannot get immersed in expedition the way I got immersed in indiana jones so I'm sad that it is not nominated for GOTY

it is what it is

edit: I thought I saw yotei in the goty nominations. turns out it wasn't

 

[Randall365]

It's been a shit year for games really. Releasing last year probably didn't help Indy - nor did getting the rights to let you play as a beloved character and then making sure you only ever see him in cut scenes.

The biggest releases have been a Doom reskin, an Assassin's Creed reskin, a Ghosts of Tsushima reskin, a Metal Gear reskin, a Kingdom Come reskin and a tagged on multiplayer for Elden Ring.

I suspect GTA VI had something to do with it - with every big release avoiding its launch window.

If it wasn't for Nintendo first party stuff, this year would be completely forgettable.

Next year we get the new 007 game, GTA VI, Elder Scrolls 6, the Marvel WW2 nonsense, and proper new Fromsoft and Resident Evil games - that will be decent.

 

[PropellerEar]

it's a much better game than ghost of yotei so if yotei is there, so could indiana jones

I will be able to compare it to expedition 33 but I've started that just now (3 hours played so far). with what I'm seeing, indiana jones is a better game than expedition 33 too. I just cannot get immersed in expedition the way I got immersed in indiana jones so I'm sad that it is not nominated for GOTY

it is what it is

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

it's a much better game than ghost of yotei so if yotei is there, so could indiana jones

I will be able to compare it to expedition 33 but I've started that just now (3 hours played so far). with what I'm seeing, indiana jones is a better game than expedition 33 too. I just cannot get immersed in expedition the way I got immersed in indiana jones so I'm sad that it is not nominated for GOTY

it is what it is

 

[Branded]

For me, it's because it's a FPV game.

Not sure if bait or actually retarded.

 

[ByWatterson]

Because it imitates the GOTY formula from ten years ago but doesn't even do that particularly well.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

it's a much better game than ghost of yotei so if yotei is there, so could indiana jones

Yotei isn't nominated for the GOTY category at this year's TGA. Indiana Jones would've had a good shot at a nom last year, but it dropped too late, and this year the competition is just way too stacked. It's as simple as that.

 

[yamaci17]

Yotei isn't nominated for the GOTY category at this year's TGA. Indiana Jones would've had a good shot at a nom last year, but it dropped too late, and this year the competition is just way too stacked. It's as simple as that.

thanks for the correction on the yotei part
as for the rest, it's still my opinion, simple as that