Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
December 9, 2024
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87.0
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Critic Reviews (36)
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80.0
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75.0
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90.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is just good old fashioned fun. Its simplistic gameplay lets it down a little, but with vibrant environments brought to life with stunning detail, excellent writing and performances across the board, and a fun …"
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78.0
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82.0
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76.0
"Coupled with several jaw-dropping set pieces and puzzles that left me scratching my head just enough that it never became annoying, this is about as enjoyable an Indiana Jones experience as one could hope for."
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85.0
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85.0
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85.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an excellent adventure/action game that features one of the best Indiana Jones stories, great level design that rewards exploration, and awesome ray traced visuals. This might just be the best game dedicated to …"
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100.0
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100.0
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100.0
"Every now and then, a game comes along that just full-on surprises you. I love the Indiana Jones movies (at least, the first three) and so always had an interest in this game. I ultimately sort of expected a fun …"
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30.0
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90.0
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75.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an exhilarating adventure that features fun combat, engaging exploration and a story that perfectly embodies the warmth of the iconic franchise. While it occasionally faces traversal hiccups, it remains a thrilling action-packed experience."
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80.0
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75.0
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85.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers some of the best puzzling and tomb-raiding in a video game, matching Spielberg&s;s films in many respects."
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90.0
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20.0
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85.0
"A truly great blend, though, can appeal to more than just its target audience. If I can sit here after finishing the game and keep smiling when I think about Voss&s;s eccentricities or the dumbstruck look on the faces of …"
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87.0
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92.0
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86.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle isn’t just a masterful execution of a licensed game. It takes everything that MachineGames has learned from the Wolfenstein series and The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay to create a deeply fun …"
Read original review"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is authentic and exciting, filled with excellent set pieces and some enjoyable gameplay."
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96.0
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95.0
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92.0
"An incredible and hugely enjoyable cinematic videogame, with very few pauses, a rare attention to detail and an almost touching competence in terms of gameplay. Indiana Jones&s; fans will live a 20+ hour dream, but even those who have never …"
Read original review"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is the great adventure of the year, a game that breathes affection towards the character and his classic films that we love so much. Prioritizing exploration is a success, as is not wanting to …"
Read original review"You come out of it with an appreciation for ancient secrets and moral quandaries. There’s a love story with an unexpected ending and a familiar character who, after 21 so-so games, finally comes out of the cold into your living …"
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85.0
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88.0
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78.0
"MachineGames has fully captured the essence of what makes the original Indiana Jones trilogy great, delivering a fantastic experience full of stunning detail that feels like you are living through one of those 80s Indy adventures. With great characters, amazing …"
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85.0
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90.0
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75.0
"It’s a fun story with some decent gameplay variety that’s authentically Indy. You won’t miss much by strictly sticking to the main quest, and in fact, your experience will be better for it. It’s a shame the rest of it …"
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75.0
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78.0
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82.0
"When Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is at its best, it’s a clever mix of Dishonored and Uncharted that rewards players for using their brains to get one step ahead of a fascist power grab. It does that while …"
Read original review"The Great Circle is an excellent time. The voice acting is great, the action is breezy and fast, and the whole game is quite beautiful. Plus the story has some serious hooks. Indiana Jones is all about globetrotting adventures, punching …"
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70.0
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70.0
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70.0
"MachineGames sure loves taking it to the Nazis, and Indiana Jones was a natural fit for the team&s;s next game. I&s;m happy to report that they&s;ve added a fine entry to the franchise, warts and all."
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65.0
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80.0
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85.0
"For what Indiana Jones and the Great Circle sets out to do, I think it succeeds in every aspect. This is a game made with adoration and love for the legacy of Indiana Jones; for anyone that has a history …"
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95.0
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85.0
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90.0
"We had a smile on our face from beginning to end while playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. As close as games can come to a genuine old-fashioned Hollywood blockbuster, it&s;s also an incredibly rich adventure game stuffed to …"
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75.0
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85.0
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90.0
""Indiana Jones and the Great Circle shows that there&s;s still plenty left for Lara Croft and Nathan Drake to learn about raiding tombs from the master""
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75.0
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85.0
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80.0
"It all, again, depends on who Indiana Jones is to you. Great Circle is a wonderful Indiana Jones game if your Indy is a man keeping history sacred while jet-setting to beautiful remote locales with God, or gods, on his …"
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95.0
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100.0
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100.0
"Smart, fun and so very Indiana Jones, The Great Circle is a stealth action tour de force that marks a bold new era for MachineGames."
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65.0
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85.0
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80.0
"A globe-trotting adventure with compelling exploration, crunchy melee, and tomb-raiding puzzles. With a great story and sky-high production value, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an authentic new franchise entry with a capable lead in Troy Baker. And despite …"
Read original review"An irresistible and immersive global treasure hunt, and far and away the best Indy story this century, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doesn’t belong in a museum; it belongs on your hard drive where you can play the heck …"
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78.0
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88.0
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94.0
"Indiana Jones and The Great Circle doesn’t reinvent the action-adventure wheel. In a weird backward way, it’s more or less a first-person version of an Uncharted or Tomb Raider game – franchises that probably wouldn’t exist without Indiana Jones in …"
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78.0
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72.0
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82.0
"Closing out a season of fantastic launches, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle finally delivers on the promise of Xbox Games Pass, delivering a high-quality and entertaining single-player adventure that fans of the series will absolutely adore. While it&s;s not …"
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95.0
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94.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle stands as one of the best video games of 2024 and living proof that MachineGames is a studio that knows how to move skillfully in environments different from those we&s;ve been accustomed to in …"
Read original review"Indiana Jones and The Great Circle takes an unexpectedly stealthy and freeform approach, making for a faithful, rip-roaring adventure in which you truly embody the famous archeologist."
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92.0
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48.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is a new entry into the tomb raiding genre that takes its cues not from the games themselves that have come before, but the films of its namesake that originally inspired it all. This …"
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"With cinematic flair straight out of the original movies, MachineGames proves it understands the world&s;s most iconic Nazi-fighting archeologist. With fun exploration, dangerous puzzles, and a few twists up its sleeves, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is sure to …"
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82.0
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65.0
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73.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle forges its own, distinctive path as an archeological adventure, excellently capturing the feel of the films with its visuals and performances. There&s;s a fun new story here as well, wrapped around its blend of …"
Read original review"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an incredibly authentic Indiana Jones experience, and MachineGames really makes you feel like you are Indiana Jones. If you’re looking for an epic journey of exploration with a fun and mysterious story, that’s …"
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"Like if an immersive sim got caught in a teleporter accident with Uncharted. Some aspects of The Great Circle are weaker than others, but it joins Batman Arkham and Goldeneye in the god tier of licensed games."
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95.0
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95.0
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95.0
"If you have been waiting for the PS5 release then I am here to tell you that this game is going knock your socks off and I am not even on a PS5 Pro; I can only imagine how well …"
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87.0
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93.0
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94.0
"Indiana Jones and the Great Circle may have broken just about every expectation I had for MachineGames, short of the fact that I expected a great game. It&s;s definitely that, but the reasons for that greatness are that it’s an …"
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80.0
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92.0
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78.0
"Machine Games&s; "adventure-action" game is one of the most alluring experiences on Xbox and delivers one of the best games of the year."
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