MachinesGames have announced Indiana Jones and The Great Circle, a new Indiana Jones game set between Raiders of the Lost Ark & Last Crusade.
Tim and Luis talk about what they’ve been watching and playing along with the news from the past week, including the swirling Xbox rumors and the potential future of the brand, Marvel’s Echo show, Steam Next Fest highlights, the new Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth demo and a new Rugrats game!
Digital Foundry : It's been just over a year now since Microsoft delivered its first Developer Direct - and back in the day I called it the "best games show we've seen in years". After its latest episode, I stand by those words and more than that, I also believe it's the perfect way to debut a big new game. I don't think they get much bigger with the hugely promising Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
I agree.
XDD is awesome and a great medium to reveal big AAA previously announced games.
The reveal and release date for Indiana Jones later this year was EPIC and unexpected!
Here´s hoping Xbox to do something similar for Fable, Perfect Dark and Everwild next year.
Jerk Gustafsson, game director at MachineGames, speaks to Lucasfilm.
Indiana Jones will soon embark on his next big adventure: starring in a current-generation video game. Teased in 2021 and fully unveiled today with a new trailer, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle arrives later this year on Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Xbox Game Pass; it’s the first Indy game in years, and as such has generated enough hype to fill the Raiders of the Lost Ark warehouse.
It fits right in their wheelhouse with first person action and beating up nazis. Just trade out the whip for a gun and it could be another Wolfenstein game.
While I'd prefer 3rd person for a game like this it still looks fun. So I'll check it out. One thing though. There's nothing unique about first person.
Haven't seen real gameplay yet, so have nothing about first-person yet. But reasoning is beyond dumb.
«making it a unique experience that you cannot find anywhere else» - Cyberpunk 2077, BioShock, Far Cry, Dishonored, Wolfenstein and many other first person action-adventure games all say group hello. So that doesn't look unique already.
Oh, and just because you think it's «unique» doesn't mean it's a good fit. Having camera turned upside-down is certanly unique, doesn't mean it's good. But again, i'll wait and see.
Nothing wrong with the first-person perspective but I wonder what they didn't reveal during the trailer if he's saying this will be a 'unique' experience. It looked like every other first-person game that I've seen before. Unless he mean unique compared to the past Indiana Jones games.
The directors first mistake was responding to people complaining. There is no pleasing ppl but now all those ppl see that he will respond. Basically giving trolls food.
What a year For Xbox/PC!
Indiana jones
Hellblade 2
Avowed
Microsoft flight 2
If only we get a release date For Squadron 42 soon
Can't wait to play Horizon Forbidden West too
The name ain't doing it for me but that classic score is top notch.
Kind of surprised they used Harrison Fords likeness. I thought they’d have done their own take of the character.
Looks interesting, shame it’s first person, I don’t really think it fits this kind of game. Will have to try it to see how it feels.
I just think it’s funny you get Fords likeness and you hide it behind First Person.
Does look pretty good, can tell it's machinesgames. Will probably give this a go.
This looks very…. average. I’m really hoping the gameplay in trailer is not indicative of what it’ll be like in reality. Looks so clunky and slow paced.