I want Bethesda to use the best Indiana Jones movie as a blueprint

With Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny hitting theatres soon, I need Bethesda to use the best Indy movie as a foundation for its Xbox Indiana Jones game.

[-Foxtrot]

I hope they do their own thing and don’t try and base it on the movie too much with a Ford look alike

[Sonic1881]

Ain't this game supposed to be in first person? I remember hearing about that. I think it should be in third person

[4Sh0w]

Uhm not that Uncharted franchise is bad or anything, it's actually one my favorite on ps but I kinda want IJ game to be as different from Uncharted as possible because #1I love fresh new ideas & creativity #2 I don't want to hear for 3,4 yrs "it's just a Uncharted copy cat", I already know just by game type it may have alot of similarities...or am I just overthinking this one?

[Sonic1881]

I'm not hearing people say Tomb raider being a copycat or vice versa Uncharted being a copycat 🤔 I enjoyed Uncharted and Tomb raider and felt like they were different in their own way

[4Sh0w]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[GhostScholar]

I couldn’t agree more

[jznrpg]

Story isn’t hard there is a lot to go off of. Combat and traversal is where I’m not confident . Bethesda as a whole has had poor combat.

Indiana Jones mainly uses a whip and a pistol so it will be interesting to see how they make the AI work with that, skills etc.

I’m old so this IP and grew up with the first movies and they have a lot of potential .

I wish it was in a better studios hands really but maybe they deliver but I won’t be sold (or not) until it’s actually shown.

[DOMination-]

Good job Bethesda Game Studios aren't making the game then.

MachineGames are developing it as far as I know. And their combat systems have broadly acknowledged as being rather good?

Seems like a weird thing to worry about. For me, MachineGames are known for making fast paced action shooters. Even then, Wolfenstein had a half decent campaign, even if it wasn't particularly deep. Lets see if their writing can keep up with their gameplay.

[Bathyj]

Well there's where I'm worried. Indiana Jones should not be a shooter. He does very little shooting. I don't know what the gameplay loop is going to be other than exploring and puzzles. Maybe more melee. I don't want it to be just at uncharted clone either.

[GhostScholar]

I agree that combat has been Bethesda’s weak point, but the gunplay has improved drastically from the first gameplay reveal to the last xbox showcase. I am pretty sure id or another studio may have came in and helped out with it. That was my biggest takeaway from the showcase. Gun play looks the best it ever has for a Bethesda game.

[anast]

That would be Temple of Doom, but it doesn't matter because Bethesda games haven't been solid in more than 30 years.

[GhostScholar]

I get that you don’t even believe that yourself, but come on man. Oblivion, Skyrim, fallout, riiigghhht those games were horrible

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Not to mention that its not even Bethesda making the game, its MachineGames, who made the recent Wolfenstein games which were great.
By his logic, even Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Hi Fi Rush, etc havent been solid either.

Probably not even worth replying to him…

[anast]

Morrowind was the last game they made that could be considered a solid game. Last time I checked HiFi Rush had the "same" player count as Gollum

[glennhkboy]

On I don't. Bethesda should write their own story, like Bioware wrote Knight Of The Old Republic, one of the best Star War story ever.

[blacktiger]

Good luck on that

[ANIALATOR136]

Just make sure you use Ford's voice and not some sound alike

[SlothLordPootus]

This is what im curious about. To me Indiana Jones IS Harrison Ford. Im skeptical that theyll get him to do it tho.

[mastershredder]

I want Bethesda to flush when they are done.

[The_DFO]

A "great circle" is a circle inscribed on a sphere, defined by a plane that passes through the center of the sphere. So, the equator is one great circle; the Prime Meridian is another. I imagine they might invoke some mystical ley-line-ish kind of resonance with that, to fit with the supernatural elements of other Indiana Jones adventures.