Do yourself a favor and play this

[max]

This is a real gem, and one of the better games done in the last several years.

I went in blind knowing nothing about the game and had low expectations.

I expected a nazi shooter or a TR clone with a grotesque or all too serious story, and overbearing characters.
Instead I was greeted with an immsim, exploration, non linearity, puzzles, side activities, fun story that doesn't take itself very seriously, some historical trivia, jokes all around (that fit), fun characters, superb voice acting, and a great villain. Honestly, can't decide who's character I'm enjoying more Indy or Voss, both are done remarkably well.

IMO, the only way this game could be improved further is by adding a VR mode with good controls.

PS. Playing on gamepass.

[CountZero]

I've played only a small amount, and I've loved it so far. I'm glad you're enjoying it and voiced it here in the forums!

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by max:

This is a real gem.

An unexpected gem.

I did not want this game before it was released. It took watching an 8-hour YouTube playthrough to convince me to buy it. It's certainly better than I had expected.

The exact same thing happened to me with two other games that I didn't want.

Star Wars: Outlaws and Hogwarts Legacy.

Don't listen to the liberals that come here and spread lies about DEI. All three of these games are good.

If you like puzzles, do yourself a favour and play Star Wars: Outlaws. The game is not at all what I thought it would be. It's not a shooter. It's a puzzle-infested, stealth adventure.

Same with Hogwarts, but recommending that game is kind of stupid because the entire world has already played it.

It'd be like asking people if they've ever played Clash of Clans.

[Molesworth.Houghton]

This is the worst game i've ever played in the last 27 years and i've played hundreds. It only consists of bored running from A to B and back in order to visit Point A some time later again, clipping errors of body parts, strange character movements and an A.I. of defective robots. Awful experience. And these from the guys who made the great wolfenstein games.

[FireDrakeZ]

Alex Battaglia at Digital Foundry on his Full Ray Tracing review is calling it one of his favorite games of all time

[Yskas]

Originally posted by max:

This is a real gem, and one of the better games done in the last several years.

I went in blind knowing nothing about the game and had low expectations.

I expected a nazi shooter or a TR clone with a grotesque or all too serious story, and overbearing characters.
Instead I was greeted with an immsim, exploration, non linearity, puzzles, side activities, fun story that doesn't take itself very seriously, some historical trivia, jokes all around (that fit), fun characters, superb voice acting, and a great villain. Honestly, can't decide who's character I'm enjoying more Indy or Voss, both are done remarkably well.

IMO, the only way this game could be improved further is by adding a VR mode with good controls.

PS. Playing on gamepass.

AAA marketing has scared off normies almost entirely, unless you have pink hair and moderate a subreddit, nobody else is really going to play this.

Gaming as a medium is slipping into "uncool" territory extremely quickly.

[bshock]

Originally posted by FireDrakeZ:

Alex Battaglia at Digital Foundry on his Full Ray Tracing review is calling it one of his favorite games of all time

Pretty cool that so many people are hailing it as a personal all time classic. Machinegames have to be given a sequel.

[FireDrakeZ]

Originally posted by bshock:

Originally posted by FireDrakeZ:

Alex Battaglia at Digital Foundry on his Full Ray Tracing review is calling it one of his favorite games of all time

Pretty cool that so many people are hailing it as a personal all time classic. Machinegames have to be given a sequel.

Lucasfilms loves it and the positive reception(87 on Metacritic, 92 on OpenCritic and 90 on steam) it has received from critics and fans alike so expect multiple sequels.

"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out and better than anyone hoped it could ever be, but Lucasfilm Games already reckons more Indy games could be ‘super interesting’ to see.

Bethesda and Machine Games' first crack at an Indy story went over smoother than expected - even our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review had glowing praise for the game and Harrison Ford himself publicly called out the ‘great’ work that went into it - so, good news: there might be more whip-cracking misadventures ahead.


…But the company is still thinking about what's next. ‘I think we're always looking for great stories,’ Reilly said. ‘And the good news is, there's a lot of space in between the films where we could tell more and more Indiana Jones stories that I think would be super interesting."

[dorohn]

Loved the game for all the 48 hours I played it. Everything from punching them fascists, solving the various puzzles, to the music and plotline made me feel like I was in an actual Indy movie, definitely one of my fav Indy games now.

[ᛈᚢᛒᚲᚱᚨᛚᚱ13]

Originally posted by dorohn:

Loved the game for all the 48 hours I played it. Everything from punching them fascists, solving the various puzzles, to the music and plotline made me feel like I was in an actual Indy movie, definitely one of my fav Indy games now.

This is it. It genuinely feels like the awesome 4th movie we never got.

[max]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

If you like puzzles, do yourself a favour and play Star Wars: Outlaws. The game is not at all what I thought it would be. It's not a shooter. It's a puzzle-infested, stealth adventure.

Thanks for the tip. I'll give this one a try.