They nailed the tone of what an Indiana Jones story should feel like. Everything from the somewhat cheesy, somewhat serious line delivery to the exciting action scenes where nobody can seem to hold onto whatever artifact they're fighting over for more than a couple of seconds... it all just feels correct. They even managed to modernize certain elements of the character without it ever feeling forced or out of nowhere.

The combat has gunplay but there's a very heavy emphasis on stealth and melee combat, both of which are done adequately, if not uniquely. This is one of the few games where I actually recommend upping the difficulty a little bit just to give the stealth a little more consequence, since the normal difficulty will have you fairly easily wiping out entire brigades of nazi's without any real trouble. If you just want a fairly painless experience going through what could have been a lost Indiana Jones movie though, Normal or Easy difficulty will get the job done.

It isn't perfect. There has been some occasional jank in the gameplay, particularly with puzzles that require precise solutions, even if something else seems like it should work. Some of the plot elements, particularly one involving Indy learning to read and translate an entire language on the spot, seem to stretch the bounds of what even pulp aficionados can realistically believe, but the story moves quickly enough and the gameplay issues are infrequent enough that they rarely stay an issue for very long.

Otherwise, I do recommend being careful of the specs for the game. Even with an RTX 3080 8GB, I'm on the low end of what this game requires to run and even with settings all turned down, it's choppy. Not enough to be game-breaking but enough to be constantly noticeable. The last patch improved this chop and fingers crossed that it will improve even more as time goes on. The upside for this is that even on low settings, the game looks amazing. You won't feel like you're missing out at all and I look forward to playing this again on high settings a few years and a PC upgrade later.

If you don't have a ton of time for gaming, this game is very friendly towards players who need to run through the story mode pretty quickly. It separates quests into required, optional but recommended, and diversions so you know what's important at a glance and what you can reasonably skip. While you'll miss out on some character upgrades by rushing through, you likely won't miss them much as they only offer fairly minor upgrades anyway. They're fun enough for completionists to get but story mode gamers will be just fine without them. The story can be completed in probably a dozen or so hours or completionists can find at least 30-40 hours combing through the open areas for collectables, most of which have rewards and/or story beats tied to them.

Before this came out, I had thought that Indy may just be an aged icon that just doesn't work in the modern era anymore. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle proved me wrong and I fervently hope they get the chance to make a sequel in the future.

They nailed the tone of what an Indiana Jones story should feel like. Everything from the somewhat cheesy, somewhat serious line delivery to the exciting action scenes where nobody can seem to hold onto whatever artifact they're fighting over for more than a couple of seconds... it all just feels correct. They even managed to modernize certain elements of the character without it ever feeling forced or out of nowhere. The combat has gunplay but there's a very heavy emphasis on stealth and melee combat, both of which are done adequately, if not uniquely. This is one of the few games where I actually recommend upping the difficulty a little bit just to give the stealth a little more consequence, since the normal difficulty will have you fairly easily wiping out entire brigades of nazi's without any real trouble. If you just want a fairly painless experience going through what could have been a lost Indiana Jones movie though, Normal or Easy difficulty will get the job done. It isn't perfect. There has been some occasional jank in the gameplay, particularly with puzzles that require precise solutions, even if something else seems like it should work. Some of the plot elements, particularly one involving Indy learning to read and translate an entire language on the spot, seem to stretch the bounds of what even pulp aficionados can realistically believe, but the story moves quickly enough and the gameplay issues are infrequent enough that they rarely stay an issue for very long. Otherwise, I do recommend being careful of the specs for the game. Even with an RTX 3080 8GB, I'm on the low end of what this game requires to run and even with settings all turned down, it's choppy. Not enough to be game-breaking but enough to be constantly noticeable. The last patch improved this chop and fingers crossed that it will improve even more as time goes on. The upside for this is that even on low settings, the game looks amazing. You won't feel like you're missing out at all and I look forward to playing this again on high settings a few years and a PC upgrade later. If you don't have a ton of time for gaming, this game is very friendly towards players who need to run through the story mode pretty quickly. It separates quests into required, optional but recommended, and diversions so you know what's important at a glance and what you can reasonably skip. While you'll miss out on some character upgrades by rushing through, you likely won't miss them much as they only offer fairly minor upgrades anyway. They're fun enough for completionists to get but story mode gamers will be just fine without them. The story can be completed in probably a dozen or so hours or completionists can find at least 30-40 hours combing through the open areas for collectables, most of which have rewards and/or story beats tied to them. Before this came out, I had thought that Indy may just be an aged icon that just doesn't work in the modern era anymore. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle proved me wrong and I fervently hope they get the chance to make a sequel in the future.