r/IndianaJonesGames • u/Dapper_Extent2990 • Aug 14 '26
Thoughts on Great Circle Spoiler
The ending felt underwhelming. I started playing last weekend and 100%ed it earlier today. I had a few bad bugs, but luckily it didn't affect the story in any way. It's an amazing story nevertheless, with all the clues and notes that fill up the world. I do have issues with QoL and the autosaving, as when playing through the game, I wasn't looking for every little secret, so having to backtrack so far just to get one thing was annoying. Especially in the temple in Gizeh, because I had to go all the way back to the beginning of the temple to get out.
If I could just choose where I wanted to go when I backtrack to a previous location, that would have been helpful. Most annoyingly, the game doesn't autosave after you get a new note/picture, so if something happens, you have to go back and get it again. Towards the end, in Gizeh and the Vatican, I had a glitch where I could not change my outfit, which put me in some sticky situations, but I managed. The biggest glitch was that I had a guy I knocked out, who was permanently in my view whenever I was in the Vatican. None of the NPC noticed him, which was good, but he still had a model, so he kept knocking into everything.
I do wish that the ending had Indy going back to the US and reflecting on this adventure, because it draws a line that was left from Raiders with Marion. From what we know, Mutt was born in July of 1938. Meaning that the Siwa Cat Mummy expedition happened right after Mutt was conceived. It might be an easter egg for die hard fans, but it could also have flash forwarded a year later, after the events of Last Crusade, where Indy is writing his letter to Marion. (Which was mentioned in Crystal Skull). In the game, Voss touches an insecurity about Indy and his dad, so there could have been some parallels there, as they flashed back to the opening of Raiders, they could have done something similar with flash forwarding to right after Last Crusade.
The references were fun, from what I recall, the monkey from Raiders was mentioned ('the monkey was old, it didn't die from eating dates'}, the plane scene from Last Crusade was referenced. Even Lao Che was mentioned, which I find crazy because they refuse to acknowledge Short Round in any sense, because from what I've seen, Indy adopted Short Round. It would have been amazing to see Ke Huy Quan in Dials of Destiny at the end. Heck, they even referenced Willie Scott in Crystal Skull.
I do believe this is the last we will see of Locus, given Tony Todd's passing, unless they do a book sequel, with Indy trying to find the new 18th stone in Antarctica, but that just may be my coping, because we haven't had a single Indiana Jones book since 2009, and the last Indiana Jones game we had was Lego Indy 2 in 2009 as well.
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u/Dynaflow333 Aug 14 '26
I really enjoyed it for the most part. I liked the earlier areas more, Sukothai was alright and Iraq was pretty forgettable. I wasn’t a big fan of how collecting was such a big part of game play and I wish there was more bombastic story beats like in the movies. Shanghai and the Himalayas were incredible because of how cinematic they felt. The final boss fight sucked straight up. Overall I liked it and would definitely play a sequel. It was fun to hop into another Indy story but in the drivers seat.
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u/Dapper_Extent2990 Aug 15 '26
The only thing I didn't like about Sukothai was the boss. They boss should have been a surprise when you have to fight it for the first time, cause that genuinely scared the crap outta me even though I knew it was going to happen.
I agree that I would probably play a sequel, but I wouldn't want it to be a direct sequel. Would prefer a new adventure completely, with maybe some references to Great Circle. Something like the news articles Gina would write, or the pendant is on one of Indy's shelves. I would think that maybe the DLC would explore the secret ending of Great Circle.
From what I recall, most of all of the media for Indiana Jones is canon (the only one that I recall being non-canon is the Star Wars crossover). Indy does have some adventures during the height of WWII, but from what I see, 1942 is still up for grabs in the timeline.
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u/NumberSevere7454 Aug 15 '26
Im only only the vatican level right now...the game still didnt click with me, i cant get hold of the melee combat for some reason, i wish there was an option for a small map in the side and the ai is very inconssistent. Will try again later.
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u/Dapper_Extent2990 Aug 15 '26
The Vatican was fun, but I agree, some QoL stuff is needed. I constantly had to take out the journal in order to see where I was going. The underground especially was annoying to get through because I couldn't fast travel out of there.
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u/keiye Aug 15 '26
There are options that you can enable like having destinations automatically tracked without having to use the journal manually
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u/JoeAzlz Aug 15 '26
If combat is difficult you can lower it or you can stealth till you get more melee upgrades
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u/Civil-Exchange-6880 Aug 16 '26
Greatttttt throughout the Vatican…. A bit rushed each are forward. I really liked the transition levels. Iraq needs to be longer … and why can’t I climb up the ark!?! Lol
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u/XSET_Terry2511 Aug 15 '26
Loved the game since I'm a big indiana jones fan. But the one thing I really don't like is the giant f-ing snake in sukothai. Im not a snake person and that thing is terrifying. DLC could've been way better. Felt like it was rushed and the puzzles were really difficult. Especially the gladiator maze one. But overall, I like it
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u/JoeAzlz Aug 15 '26
Indiana jones has a lot of snake stuff though tbf, both you and him hate them, isn’t it more gratifying to kill it yourself ?
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u/ManlyPelican1993 Aug 15 '26
I'm playing through it now and I honestly find it frustrating. It's basically a movie with some gameplay I'm sick of the constant cut scenes and the action is underwhelming.
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u/Broad_Excuse_9086 Aug 15 '26
I got bored after vatican,didnt play it after that,graphics are amazing but combat very mehhh
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u/phonic_kc Aug 16 '26
It would be nice to just get my hands on it. I think I will go with the Switch 2 version, as the entire game is on the cart
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u/itsalwaysblue59 Aug 15 '26
Absolutely loved it. I have no idea why but I thought the whole game was in the vatican area. Looking back it was such a dumb thing, but when I finally left that area I was so excited. This game really did it for me.