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Machine Games’ Indiana Jones game was given an official name and first gameplay was shown during today’s Xbox Developer Direct. We also learned that it will be released later this year. EW.com also confirmed that while Harrison Ford’s likeness will appear in the game, it will be played by Troy Baker (The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite).
The adventure is called Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and stars Indy at his best doing what he does best: solving puzzles, exploring tombs and beating up Nazis. Set in 1937 between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark i The Last CrusadeIndy is chasing a stolen relic to solve an ancient, globe-trotting mystery.
Like Machine Games’ modern Wolfenstein games, The Great Circle is a first-person experience. Expect to engage in gunfights and fistfights in this more intimate perspective, but the game switches to third-person during climbing sequences.
Indy will be aided by new character Gina, an investigative reporter pursuing her own goals that land her in a mutually beneficial (and joking) partnership with Dr. Jones. The pair travel to places like Egypt, the Vatican, the peaks of the Himalayas and the sunken temples of Sukhothai to visit various tombs filled with puzzles that Machine Games explains have multiple solutions, either using your wits or, occasionally so, with brute force. .
In addition to knocking out enemies’ lights or shooting them in the face, Indy’s signature whip is incorporated into every aspect of the game. It can be used for traversing, such as attaching it to grip points for climbing walls. You can whip objects to create distractions in order to sneak up on enemies. Or you can just whip the bricks like they owe money to Indy, including launching distant enemies towards you.
Machine Games says The Great Circle emphasizes player choice. You can discover various routes through the levels to sneak quietly or go and beat everything in sight. The game’s trailer shows exciting sequences, including seeing Indy jump from plane to plane in a mid-air dogfight, wielding a machine gun to cut down opponents, and swinging from precarious ledges while taking out enemies from high perches
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be released sometime this year for Xbox Series X/S and PC. It will also come to Xbox Game Pass.
Source: gameinformer.com