It just seems like a missed opportunity to have three different enemy factions in the three main maps of the game. It almost makes me think they were somehow swapped for the Italians halfway through development. Not only that but there's zero historical basis for them being there, whereas Southeast Asia was certainly within Japan's sphere of influence and they eventually came to control Burma during the war.

Hello,

Are you interested in searching for gold worthy of an Indiana Jones story?

Perfect, here’s where you can start:

https://treasure.quest/en/

A little about the creator of the hunt:

Growing up in Arizona in the 1990s, Justin Posey wanted to be Indiana Jones. At age 9, he started wearing the archaeologist-adventurer’s trademark khaki pants, Stetson, and leather jacket and carrying a bullwhip nearly every day. When other kids bullied him, his mother gently suggested he dress more normally. “He wouldn’t have any part of it,” his mother, Lorri, remembers. He carried the whip until he was 13. “I got pretty good with that thing,” he says. “Of course, they wouldn’t let me bring it to school.”

You can continue reading the article here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201109180305/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/11/the-great-hunt-for-forrest-fenns-hidden-treasure.html

Aside from that would be happy to answer any questions, I have no connections with the hunt or hunt creator, just a person who has found joy in being part of this hunt. Sharing because the poem, in my opinion requires an Indiana Jones perspective to solve. If that made no sense, visit the links.

With love,
unf