Topic: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle --OT--

@PeaceSalad Well they aren't Nazi technically they are Blackshirts which predate Nazi, but yes you can bust them open with a Melee weapon.

@Tasuki My mistake

So.just wrapped up the Vatican and all I can say is OMG what an epic time I had. Everything I did from exploring the temple.to making.my through the Vatican vaults just oozed with Indy feeling. I especially love the giant fight (R.I.P. Tony Todd). I seriously didn't want to stop.playing the game. Thankfully I have tomorrow off from work, so I know what I will be doing tomorrow.

Started Giza yesterday and I already cleared two fieldwork assignments and am currently going around collecting the collectibles and just getting familiar with the area. Alot more open then the Vatican it seems. I already got the digsite disguise and found the Nazi fighting area which I am guessing I will need a Nazi disguise to enter it like the blackshirt in the Vatican.

@Tasuki Gizeh really is a wonder to explore. So far I can’t fault the level design, the sheer genuine sense of discovery is unmatched. There is a boxing ring yes and I managed to beat this one, I really suck at boxing.

Got a bit further in the story yesterday. I infiltrated Voss's office after that I did some exploring. I managed to get the Nazi uniform so now traveling around Giza is a whole lot easier. Doing so I was able to enter the boxing ring, finish that, grab a bunch of medicine bottles, books and relics overall a fairly accomplished time.

My biggest grip is I wish there was some sort of vehicle in the game at least in Giza at least let me grab a motorcycle. While the Vatican wasn't to bad to travel mainly cause everything was so close together and you can go across the rooftops, and climb through the different buildings in Giza everything is just so spread out. As a result I can only play an hour or so before I just get tired of aimless traveling. I don't know about later levels and quite frankly I don't want too but this is my biggest gripe with Giza.

@PeaceSalad Boxing is about defending and counterattacking just twice each time, but you can "cheat" if you lower the combat difficulty and lower the damage that enemies cause.

@Tasuki Upgrade your stamina when possible and before your health (that you can improve in the difficulty menus). I enjoyed the exploration in this game immensely. I only found Sukhothai a bit more frustrating to navigate, but it also brings variety, a boat that Gina can bring if you call her, more water that looks stunning in this game, interesting underground puzzles and underwater challenges. Remember also that you can fast travel if you check the signposts, so you don't need to walk all the time.

@Banjo- Thanks pal appreciate that, I think I’m getting the hang of it now. I’m always reticent to adjust difficulty mid flow probably through stubbornness more than anything else, as evidenced by my current experience with Spider-Man 2. I really dislike the combat and could have probably had a better time by tweaking the difficulty so I could just have a nicer time 🤷

@PeaceSalad I understand the stubbornness, we want to know what's wrong and how we are supposed to solve it. Something I like about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is that the interaction and puzzles are logical and realistic. I'm not a fan of Insomniac and Naughty Dog's games because the gameplay isn't good, they can only nail the cinematic feel.

@Banjo- Absolutely, the puzzles are very intuitive, I get a proper buzz from solving them. I had a mishap with one though where a piece I needed to solve a puzzle had fallen down a staircase and I was pulling my hair out why none of my solutions were working. It wasn’t until I did another sweep of the area after around 15 minutes that I realised what had happened and then the puzzle was done in seconds 😂

I’ve made it to what seems like the final stretch and oh boy what a ride. Some brilliant set pieces and puzzles in the previous area Sukhothai and I actually didn’t mean to move on but ended up swept up in proceedings without realising as is typical of a classic Indy story. I actually think Troy Baker’s performance improves over the course of the game, it’s uncanny while also having a flavour all his own.

Someone needed to create this kind of story for one of the previous two films, oh well

Rolled the credits last night. Bravo, bravo 👏 the perfect distillation of the magic of the films into the interactive form factor of a game. All credit to Machine Games and the incredible cast. Voss was a riot. I’m a happy gamer today 😃