My first experience of raiders was a Christmas showing in 1984 / 5 on a 22inch mono Pye TV and it blew my mind . One day I hope to see it on a big screen but the fact it's just amazing shows that it was the story and atmosphere that made the film so great.
The minimal gunplay makes sense if you've seen the movies, Indiana may carry a gun but he would use it as a last resort or if there was no other choice.
this looks like it mirrors the movies more than most games. it will be interesting to see if people actually like that. indy primarily solved puzzles, explored and snuck around, save for several misfortunes when his back was against the wall. i am super excited for it personally.
The set-pieces in the Indy films are all key, defining aspects of those films -- and much more primary than the sneaking elements are; heck, the puzzle-solving elements primarily existed as pace breakers between action beats. While "Indiana Jones is a proper archaeologist " is what we're told at various points in the films, the character as portrayed is a very "I can tell George Lucase was involved in writing this"-style of swashbuckling rogue.
@@arglebargle5531 Sure, but the game can't be 90% set pieces. The movies cut short all the "boring" part of Indy's adventuring and investigating for the sake of pacing, but the game can make you experience them first-hand and in a much more interesting way. That's where Uncharted fails at with its many set pieces, makes Nate feel like a superhuman killing machine, as opposed to the likable scoundrel you see in the cutscenes. Haven't yet played this game of course, but on paper the immersive sim design feels like the right call for this franchise.
I loved the movies (originals), but hate to say I don't like this game. I love the idea of it, but the implementation of this is just bad. First person was absolutely not a good idea
@@sulev111 As far as I know, he was executive producer on the Indiana Jones game. It's why he wasn't involved in the Starfield DLC, because he was busy with this game.
@@octavianpopescu4776I mean way not , when there is alot of passion. Starfield was good imo but you can tell Indy was his big passion project for many years, as he is an Indy fan as well.
@octavianpopescu4776 yeah he's also apart of the new fallout show (as executive producer) and the new elder scrolls, homie spreading himself a Lil thin, were getting great products but it's only so much he can do
The focus on fisticuffs and a relative rarity of gunplay harkens back to Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay from Starbreeze Studios, which is where a large portion of the Machine Games staff exited from before starting their current studio.
To be honest Indy is mostly fighting with his fists and signature whip in the movies as well. There are guns, sure, but the majority of the fight scenes are close quarter hand-to-hand fighting.
Well, considering I grew up with POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE INDY GAMES, The Last Crusade and Fate of Atlantis, the fact this is less action oriented wont be a problem.
@@chrisdissident I cannot bring my self to watch the latest one I prefer to think of Indiana Jones as an almost perfect 1980s trilogy. Raiders being one of the Greatest movies ever and IMO the greatest adventure film ever .
Matty showing his youth with the unknown IP/history comment at start - Indianna Jones Last Crusade and especially Indianna Jones Fate of Atlantis were 2 of the GOATed point and click PC adventure games of the 1990s (from Lucasarts/Lucasfilm).
100% agree...My dad had the original CD Roms, and yeah I remember playing them back in the late 90's, but the games are also on Steam and have been on Steam for years now!
Yes! I remember playing Fate Of Atlantis as a Kid, my older brother got as a Christmas gift, and after he beat the game I was able to play too, such an amazing game!
Matty, You gotta try The Chonicles of Riddick Escape From Butcher Bay for Retro Rebound. It seems like to me Indy is a spiritual successor to Riddick in that its a cinematic, single player, immersive sim like game with lots of exploration, and melee combat, and also Machine Games used to be Starbreeze Studios, the team behind Riddick! As much as I adore Indiana Jones, I love the Riddick games so much that that is what got me hyped to play this title. So excited to finally pick it up maybe for Christmas.
Yep. More than half of the Riddick credits work at MachineGames. There are a few people from that team that have moved on to DICE and Hazelight, but most are with MachineGames. These guys have been together for more than 20 years.
@@Morkins324happy to see they are still around. Starbreeze still exists but they just do Payday now and not these awesome cinematic games anymore. Now if we can get a rerelease of the Riddick games, The Darkness and maybe Syndicate, then the Starbreeze fans will so happy.
@@blendernoob64 Starbreeze is almost entirely a different team of people though. MachineGames was founded by a core of 7 people who were very important parts of the Starbreeze team, and Starbreeze was having so many issues at the time because of Syndicate and dealing with EA, so a huge chunk of the team ended up leaving to join MachineGames. And the chunk of remaining Riddick team that had stuck with Starbreeze ended up leaving when Hazelight was founded. If you look at the Credits for the Riddick Games, then look up to figure out where the team is currently working, like 60% of them are at MachineGames, 20% of them are at Hazelight, 10% of them are at DICE, and the last 10% are kind of scattered around. But very few people from those teams are still at Starbreeze.
I would argue Indiana Jones was one of the most influential movie in video game development history. You can see it in Castlevania with its whip welding hero. Legend of Zelda whole going from tombs to tombs picking up artifacts that unlock more of the world and story. And of course Tomb Raider and Uncharted wouldn’t exist without Dr Jones
So glad they thought about the character and didn't go down the action adventure route, made it authentic, standing in its own space from tomb raider and uncharted, can't wait to find the time to play.
I was about to write this game off entirely, but now I'm intrigued. I'll be paying attention. I loved Dishonored, so another game with that feel would be cool.
Those were the days, man. We'll never have those boxed PC 'IBM Compatible' games with tons of extras packed in again. Glad I was around for that time in gaming history. Cloth maps. Remember cloth maps? I have a hankering to play Ultima VII now.
@ YES! I just got triggered when Matty didn’t mention all the great Indy games we’ve had, I live for Indy games, and ones with original storylines are everything. I was one of the guys in the old Fountain of Youth forum back in 2005-ish. I was so sad when the guys couldn’t finish it, but at least we got the demo and some New Years mini games from it. Thanks for posting!
Okay now I'm interested with how you mentioned the puzzles. I love Breath of the Wild puzzles which just respects your intellect with no hand holding. So I appreciate that Bethesda made the puzzles respecting you as a player not insulting you by giving the "auto hints".
It's not Bethesda (and certainly not BGS), it's Machine Games. From what I've seen of the recent Zeldas, those puzzles are incredibly simple, so I'd hope The Great Circle goes further. But yes, proper puzzles feel like they've been omitted from mainstream gaming for a while now, and Indy is a perfect character to use in a game with proper puzzling.
@@SabiJD"certainly not BGS" I kinda funny since the head of BGS worked on the game and even came up with it. But the main team was Machine Games, you're right. Was a collaboration between them and Todd
Hey Matty, I know it’s before your time and not really part of modern gaming, but in the golden era of graphical adventure games, Fate of Atlantis was a pretty beloved game. I agree the IP when it comes to gaming didn’t have a lot going on recently, but some of the 80s and 90s titles were very well received at the time. LEGO Indiana Jones was also one the best selling games for LucasArts when it released. It was after Staff of Kings that it went downhill, but the franchise has a long history of beloved games for those that were gaming as far back as the 80s.
You should play "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis". I belive it's on GOG. First and best I.J. story not based on movies. Very complex pioint-and-click adventure with multiple paths and ocasional natzi brawling.
24:48 Could you elaborate on this? You said the story “sucked” but I didn’t get that impression based on how you had been explaining things just seconds before making that claim. Is it just not engaging at all or something?
Solid video. Man Indiana Jones and The Great Circle has turned out to be the best surprise of 2024, Machine Games absolutely nailed the look, feel and vibe of the movies, the fact that the game runs at 60 fps, ray racing, 1080p, the graphics look amazing. So much attention to detail. Happy to see a good old fashioned single player adventure game. Excited to pick the game up! 🤠
I just remembered there was a series that was called The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. That was actually fantastic. So, if this is still available somewhere I can highly recommend that to everyone who loves the movies 👌
I love you Matty, it makes me laugh that you dressed up as Indiana Jones for Halloween, but never saw the movies. Did you have strict parents like I did? I missed out on a LOT of movies. I didn't watch any Harry Potter until i was an adult lol
Matty, great review. just as heads up, Machine Games werent lead on Youngblood, that was Arkane. MachineGames primarily handled the tech side (as theyre doing currently with id tech 8)
Wow just found your channel. You are great with giving the right detailed context to the game and understanding the mindset gamers can have when choosing a game. Loved this review. Both technically and storywise you covered all the important aspects I wanted to understand before starting to olau
I really hope I enjoy this game. I’m a huge Uncharted fan and I miss the series so much cause I love the adventure and being a history guy, I love the stories. I’m not expecting Uncharted but I hope it’s a fun adventure that invokes the same feeling of wonderment
Upgraded my 6 year old video card on cyber monday, this game came with it. Pretty cool because this seems right up my alley, and I almost never install the games/software that come with my hardware purchases (I like rpgs and adventures, and those almost always come with shooters).
Its on gamepass.....so ill def check it out. GamePass has been dropping bangers lately. STALKER 2 is amazing. Genshin impact i had never played, enjoyed it for 20+ hrs. Inscryption (the first part) was flawless. Id recommend it if u need some good games this holiday. Oh, and stardew valley.....i have 200+ hrs on that 😂 now back to stalker 2
Stalker 2 is badly optimized. This isn’t much of a problem for PC players as much as console players. I tried on series S and Uninstalled immediately. This game having 60 FPS on series S shows how optimized a game can be.
Hi there! My art director got it for me for Christmas. His reasoning was “it’s fashionable enough for those who don’t know and for those who can read it, they’re going to want to know what is going on there.” 🤣
Not even a big Indiana fan but really hyped to give this a go, in the mood for a first person game. Also, very good to hear the game doesn't spoil its own puzzles in 30 seconds, if it did I wouldn't buy it as I'm sensitive to that stuff after God of War & Horizon.
I grew up on the indiana jones movies. The first level was a absolute lovely piece of nostalgia to get into the game and what like your gonna be doing for the rest of the game. From the start you have emphasis of the puzzles and like strategic manuevering and not as a fps which is perfect for a indiana jones game
Looking forward to a AAA Indy sneaker! I was not expecting that at all but pleasantly surprised. I had resigned myself to the thought Eidos Montreal had dealt a mortal blow to the genre with their Thief remake 🤦 still breaks my heart lol
People are saying it's going to be woke but I don't really see how yet nothing in the trailers makes me think that and just cause there is a female in the game doest mean it's woke
@MrSkullMerchant ya I seen that I don't think she will be the main character I mean if they make her save indy at the end of the game and turn him into a slop and make her the superhero then I can see that but for now there is nothing that says that I also think there is pissed off fan boys shit talking cause they can't play it yet 😆
Female- woke, non white-woke, Indie not physically dominating his oponents and has to resolve to stelath, subterfuge and dirty moves-woke. Non woke world seems pretty limited and pathetic.
i have a bug that just happened to me where the audio of the fire from the china level still plays throughout the rest of the levels that I travel too I had to turn off ambient audio
I don't really have a lot to say. Im mad about Skyrim AE and Starfield. Skyrim because its my favorite game. Its always something new everything I start up the game. Just a lot of stuff that you don't see happening in any other game makers game I have ever seen. I un installed Starfield again because I am sick of trying to get it to work around updates that break it for me. Anyway Happy Holidays Gamers. Rock on. 😎
There were people from Starbreeze at Machine Games. Starbreeze made Chronicles of Riddick games and there was stealth and hand to hand boxing. So i can see why they would make a game with that kind of combat. They made the Darkness with a few small open areas that you had to fast travel sort of by taking the New York subway. So the level design and fast travel makes sense to me. I am pretty excited to play The Great Circle.
This game is way bigger than I expected you can easily sink 30 hours into this😂 that's not a big game my man 30 hours is just getting started for a big game
I was not expecting them to pull it off!! So glad I was wrong. It's refreshing to have a big game being released without going the safe route and going full on action game. Indiana Jones always was about the puzzles. Can't wait to play this out
@@Ben-hn4nwlol clearly you and your toxic troll bait bot ilk 😂 fragile incels with nothing better to do than harass a nuanced professional game journalist.
Im happy you liked this game! I got the feeling xbox kinda was missing this year on some of their big titles but glad to see such a classic movie series got an amazing game adaptation
I am just waiting on the ps5 release,looking forward to this game, I want to thank PC and Xbox gamers for playing this game first,it will help us out alot,without you we would probably get a glitchy mess on release,thank you taking one for us ps5 players.
Used to have so much faith in my man matty…Now i have to wait for multiple reviewers (Who don’t rely on early access and relationships at these companies) for another perspective. All love but still the games the game
So far, The way that you smiled while saying “let’s talk about Indiana jones and the great circle” let’s me know that this is going to be one of those more positive Matty reviews. I wonder if my prediction will be accurate 🧐
If you seen any Indiana Jones movies you know that was plenty of blood in those movies If you watch Indiana and the Temple of doom that was literally how Indiana Jones game supposed to be.
@ and what pisses me off he said he watched the original trilogy which means he had to watch Indiana Jones in the temple of doom WHICH THEY HAD A WHOLE MINE CART CHASING SCENE WITH GUNS🤯🤦🏾♂️ and he approving garbage I don’t believe he really watched the movies if you watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom that was literally action from beginning to end…I’m 39 btw I seen every last one and the original 3 were the MOST ACTION PACKED…WTF IS THIS?
@@bluecitrusartreally? I just watched gameranx review on this and he clearly shoots with a pistol as Indy so in what parts of the game weren’t you able to shoot with a gun?
Lots of confidence watching this video. Hasn't watched the original movies until a couple days ago just to get context for the game... Says it's mostly a stealth game like Dishonored which makes it stand out from easy comparisons to Uncharted or Tomb Raider, then goes into detail about how the stealth is milk toast, open world is still fairly linear, and AI is junk... says the puzzles are really engaging and fun, but also says he's not a puzzle guy... Gee whiz, I can't wait to play this game after watching this video with zero credible recommendations going for it. To be fair the game looked pretty boring and mild anyway. Machine Games are well past their heyday and Todd Howard hasn't made a good game in almost a decade.
@irecordwithaphone1856 everything that he praised he deflates or robs of credibility somewhere else in the video. Did you not read my comment that says that exact same thing and gives examples or did you just read a fragment and get triggered?
If you need another example he says they did a really good job of making the game feel like it takes place firing the original trilogy, even though he only just watched them for the first time (maybe he's just really good at taking in movies and details after a single watch through our something). He then closes his video with saying he's gets if people might get turned off by the weak story and Indiana Jones fighting 18 people at once stealth gameplay without consequences. Where in that thesis do those to talking points match up as a fun Indiana Jones game?
Cons with this game 7:42 bad fast travel, 8:238:08 10:1610:48 11:13 id rather have him mutter that. 12:06 irritating annoying puzzles , doable. 🤯💥💨🧠 23:29🤔 24:55 stealthing around Nice review
I’m starting to think Matty may be a woke zealot in disguise. Or he’s too much of a coward to talk about it. “Please don’t ban me. I’ll be nice and stay lukewarm.”
Started playing it last night, one of the few games I’ve played recently that fully feels like a “next gen” experience, it’s gorgeous, it’s fluid, cut scenes are fantastic and it’s witty like the movies. Can’t wait to god binge it after work
Sadly, I'm old enough that I saw Raiders, Temple, and the Last Crusade in the theater. It's amazing how fast time goes by
Nothing to be sad about. It must have been great to see those movies in theater. The '80s was a golden age for movies imo
I wish that was me.
My first experience of raiders was a Christmas showing in 1984 / 5 on a 22inch mono Pye TV and it blew my mind . One day I hope to see it on a big screen but the fact it's just amazing shows that it was the story and atmosphere that made the film so great.
Same here man. The movies had so much innovation and magic in the 70s and 80s. Miss those days of going to the theater as a kid full of wonder.
Respect. Raiders in the theater is my first memory of life and LC is hands down best theater experience of my life. Seems like yesterday.
I about spit my drink out when you said you haven't watched the movies till 2 weeks ago.
Fair. It's such a L hahahaha
@@WimpieTV movie 1 vid of matty's thoughts on it is out now on the Retro Rewind channel!
I watched it 2 days ago, & it's meh. So I m still not suing I wanna Play this game or not. I got gamepass
It almost discredits the review no matter which way it falls
@@Ciki92 Maybe because you’re an adult now. It’s kind of something you need to grow up with.
The minimal gunplay makes sense if you've seen the movies, Indiana may carry a gun but he would use it as a last resort or if there was no other choice.
Unless you’re a swordsman wielding a falchion
Usually there is a story reason he can’t use his gun, he got captured, ran out of ammunition, Willie Scott drops it at the beginning of the movie.
Can you be evil in the game?
It would be hilarious if you could only throw the gun to confuse enemies
@Al_Lergicits not that type od game dude no
this looks like it mirrors the movies more than most games. it will be interesting to see if people actually like that. indy primarily solved puzzles, explored and snuck around, save for several misfortunes when his back was against the wall. i am super excited for it personally.
The set-pieces in the Indy films are all key, defining aspects of those films -- and much more primary than the sneaking elements are; heck, the puzzle-solving elements primarily existed as pace breakers between action beats. While "Indiana Jones is a proper archaeologist " is what we're told at various points in the films, the character as portrayed is a very "I can tell George Lucase was involved in writing this"-style of swashbuckling rogue.
@@arglebargle5531 Sure, but the game can't be 90% set pieces. The movies cut short all the "boring" part of Indy's adventuring and investigating for the sake of pacing, but the game can make you experience them first-hand and in a much more interesting way. That's where Uncharted fails at with its many set pieces, makes Nate feel like a superhuman killing machine, as opposed to the likable scoundrel you see in the cutscenes. Haven't yet played this game of course, but on paper the immersive sim design feels like the right call for this franchise.
Sounds very skippable to me
@@LuckeeStrikeeyou’re gonna love this game then. It delivers exactly that IMO
I loved the movies (originals), but hate to say I don't like this game. I love the idea of it, but the implementation of this is just bad. First person was absolutely not a good idea
Indiana Jones… I always knew someday you’d come walking back through my door
- This is the 2nd time I’ve had to reclaim my property from you, Dr Jones…
“That belongs in a Museum !!”
We named the DOG Indiana
I read that too fast :D
@@Desmond-Darklmao
Fantastic comment
You know Todd Howard watched this video and breathed a sigh of relief.
I'm honestly a bit surprised he can still do something good.
@@octavianpopescu4776 Publisher and developer are 2 different things.
@@sulev111 As far as I know, he was executive producer on the Indiana Jones game. It's why he wasn't involved in the Starfield DLC, because he was busy with this game.
@@octavianpopescu4776I mean way not , when there is alot of passion. Starfield was good imo but you can tell Indy was his big passion project for many years, as he is an Indy fan as well.
@octavianpopescu4776 yeah he's also apart of the new fallout show (as executive producer) and the new elder scrolls, homie spreading himself a Lil thin, were getting great products but it's only so much he can do
To be fair he’s a teacher/archaeologist. I wouldn’t expect him to be super goated in a gun fight vs a solder.
The movies show he is pretty good with this gun though, with zero hesitation about using it on people.
Man was about to use a rpg
@danielredziniak2996 , wasn't that a bluff, and they called him on it?
But you should expect him to be able to handle himself against soldiers with his fists? Lol
Someone hasn't ever watched any Indiana Jones movies. They are action adventure movies, so its the game... Not a shooters.
The focus on fisticuffs and a relative rarity of gunplay harkens back to Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay from Starbreeze Studios, which is where a large portion of the Machine Games staff exited from before starting their current studio.
I loved that game and was sadly underrated.
To be honest Indy is mostly fighting with his fists and signature whip in the movies as well. There are guns, sure, but the majority of the fight scenes are close quarter hand-to-hand fighting.
He only shoots when he has no other option. He's no BJ Blaskowitz mowing down the German Army by himself
If i remember correctly other than dealing with literal nazis Indy only uses a gun on one person in rotla the other man got turned to a smoothie
@ exactly
@@joemccarthy57 So I was right?
@@TheFallenOne0702 In The Last Crusade, on the "Tank Scene", Indy kills like 4 or 5 Nazis lined up with a single bullet.
Like Dishonored? You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.
@ULTRAOutdoorsman have you played it?
I am FULLY at attention
@ULTRAOutdoorsmanme when i pull shit out of my ass
@ULTRAOutdoorsman crazy how you already played it
@@wangchung2157Crazy how a lot of people have played it, I guess then? Since you are watching a full on review of it right now.
Well, considering I grew up with POINT AND CLICK ADVENTURE INDY GAMES, The Last Crusade and Fate of Atlantis, the fact this is less action oriented wont be a problem.
Fate of Atlantis was an amazing game, but that probably predates you haha.
You'd be correct haha
I LOVED Fate of Atlantis
Dishonered Indiana Jones made by Machine Games? Sign me up!
nah its everything a indiana jones game shouldnt be, uncharted is still WAY WAY ahead
I personally don’t care about Indiana jones at all but dishonored is one of my favorites so it’s actually catching my interest now.
@@Jeanssj98hauahauhaua uncharted hahahahahaha UNCHARTED HAHAHAHA
It’s dishonored, but instead of the cool combat and abilities, it’s investigation and puzzle solving with light combat
@@Jeanssj98 Exposing yourself.
I'm amazed at the number of people saying they haven't seen the movies
Totally. I haven’t seen the fifth but watched the first 3 dozens of times. 4th. Meh. I’m an 80s kid.
Right....and many don't recognise candyman.
Gen Z losers, what do you expect.
@@chrisdissident I cannot bring my self to watch the latest one I prefer to think of Indiana Jones as an almost perfect 1980s trilogy. Raiders being one of the Greatest movies ever and IMO the greatest adventure film ever .
I have never seen them. They are boomer movies
Matty showing his youth with the unknown IP/history comment at start - Indianna Jones Last Crusade and especially Indianna Jones Fate of Atlantis were 2 of the GOATed point and click PC adventure games of the 1990s (from Lucasarts/Lucasfilm).
100% agree...My dad had the original CD Roms, and yeah I remember playing them back in the late 90's, but the games are also on Steam and have been on Steam for years now!
I came to the comment section just to say this! Fate of Atlantis is still worth playing and is known among fans as "the real Indy 4"
Yes! I remember playing Fate Of Atlantis as a Kid, my older brother got as a Christmas gift, and after he beat the game I was able to play too, such an amazing game!
+1
@@Trai1b1aze dude, his Retro Rebound channel rarely goes past PS2. He sticks mostly to the 360. He's a baby.
Matty, You gotta try The Chonicles of Riddick Escape From Butcher Bay for Retro Rebound. It seems like to me Indy is a spiritual successor to Riddick in that its a cinematic, single player, immersive sim like game with lots of exploration, and melee combat, and also Machine Games used to be Starbreeze Studios, the team behind Riddick! As much as I adore Indiana Jones, I love the Riddick games so much that that is what got me hyped to play this title. So excited to finally pick it up maybe for Christmas.
Yep. More than half of the Riddick credits work at MachineGames. There are a few people from that team that have moved on to DICE and Hazelight, but most are with MachineGames. These guys have been together for more than 20 years.
@@Morkins324happy to see they are still around. Starbreeze still exists but they just do Payday now and not these awesome cinematic games anymore. Now if we can get a rerelease of the Riddick games, The Darkness and maybe Syndicate, then the Starbreeze fans will so happy.
@@blendernoob64 Starbreeze is almost entirely a different team of people though. MachineGames was founded by a core of 7 people who were very important parts of the Starbreeze team, and Starbreeze was having so many issues at the time because of Syndicate and dealing with EA, so a huge chunk of the team ended up leaving to join MachineGames. And the chunk of remaining Riddick team that had stuck with Starbreeze ended up leaving when Hazelight was founded. If you look at the Credits for the Riddick Games, then look up to figure out where the team is currently working, like 60% of them are at MachineGames, 20% of them are at Hazelight, 10% of them are at DICE, and the last 10% are kind of scattered around. But very few people from those teams are still at Starbreeze.
Riddick was insane and ahead of its time.
I would argue Indiana Jones was one of the most influential movie in video game development history. You can see it in Castlevania with its whip welding hero. Legend of Zelda whole going from tombs to tombs picking up artifacts that unlock more of the world and story. And of course Tomb Raider and Uncharted wouldn’t exist without Dr Jones
Don't forget the Crash Bandicoot stages where he's running away from a boulder or the Donkey Kong Country Minecart stages too
Pitfall, dude. Don't forget that.
The Dishonored series is immaculate. This game being ANYTHING like that series is a huge + for me.
It's not anything like Dishonoured in practice
The most exciting thing about this game for me is, Tony Todd is featured in it. 🥺 rest his soul. Such a pleasent surprise. Legend
The series ends at the 3rd film. The rest is just fan fiction.
It’s great to see you doing more early reviews Matty, keep up the great reviews! Excited to give this game a shot in Spring.
I'm kinda glad this year is coming to a end
Same. It's been a long year 😂
Why is that?
@@sterlingkart9562 what Maddy said lol
Not looking forward to next year, that's for sure...
@@JuanAMatos-zx4ub why not
I was 7 when Raiders came out on video. I’ve seen it so many times and I never get tired of it.
It’s my favorite of the three. Such a fun ride.
We are the same age😂😂😂
My favorite is The last Crusade, Temple of Doom easily the weakest of the OG three @@MrMattyPlays
This game is for Indiana Jones fans who love dishonored games💯
This game is exactly what I was hoping for🔥
So glad they thought about the character and didn't go down the action adventure route, made it authentic, standing in its own space from tomb raider and uncharted, can't wait to find the time to play.
I was about to write this game off entirely, but now I'm intrigued. I'll be paying attention. I loved Dishonored, so another game with that feel would be cool.
indy fist fighting 18 people is not immersion breaking, it is completely in character
>>> Fate of Atlantis
Those were the days, man. We'll never have those boxed PC 'IBM Compatible' games with tons of extras packed in again. Glad I was around for that time in gaming history. Cloth maps. Remember cloth maps? I have a hankering to play Ultima VII now.
@ YES! I just got triggered when Matty didn’t mention all the great Indy games we’ve had, I live for Indy games, and ones with original storylines are everything. I was one of the guys in the old Fountain of Youth forum back in 2005-ish. I was so sad when the guys couldn’t finish it, but at least we got the demo and some New Years mini games from it. Thanks for posting!
The enemies being called “facsist” in the subtitles is hilarious and tells me that these devs understand this franchise so well.
As someone who is a HUGE fan of the movies...this looks amazing 😍🤠
Okay now I'm interested with how you mentioned the puzzles. I love Breath of the Wild puzzles which just respects your intellect with no hand holding. So I appreciate that Bethesda made the puzzles respecting you as a player not insulting you by giving the "auto hints".
It's not Bethesda (and certainly not BGS), it's Machine Games.
From what I've seen of the recent Zeldas, those puzzles are incredibly simple, so I'd hope The Great Circle goes further. But yes, proper puzzles feel like they've been omitted from mainstream gaming for a while now, and Indy is a perfect character to use in a game with proper puzzling.
@@SabiJD"certainly not BGS"
I kinda funny since the head of BGS worked on the game and even came up with it. But the main team was Machine Games, you're right. Was a collaboration between them and Todd
I really hope Todd Howard learned from this experience and brings some of this immersion into Elder Scrolls 6
That would he dope
ES6 has been in development before starfield launched so I doubt it. Plus, it's using the creation engine...
Lol it’s going to be as immersive as Starfield buddy
@emarskineel ES6 entered pre production a year ago. That's hardly development.
Hey Matty, I know it’s before your time and not really part of modern gaming, but in the golden era of graphical adventure games, Fate of Atlantis was a pretty beloved game. I agree the IP when it comes to gaming didn’t have a lot going on recently, but some of the 80s and 90s titles were very well received at the time. LEGO Indiana Jones was also one the best selling games for LucasArts when it released. It was after Staff of Kings that it went downhill, but the franchise has a long history of beloved games for those that were gaming as far back as the 80s.
Matty do yourself a favor: let this be your final memory of Indiana Jones. Avoid Crystal Skull and Dial of.... crap. Trust me (big Indy fan here).
DoD was better than Crystal Skull, though. It certainly isn't the worst one.
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is actually good.
@@DriveupLife22 it was entertaining as hell when I was like 12. Even I thought the ending was ridiculous tho lmao
@@bart3736 Exactly
Nah crystal skull was a decent one and so was the last one.
It may come as a shock to many that Indiana Jones works for a museum and is not Rambo.
the quality of the story in this game is the only thing i cared about so im glad
You should play "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis". I belive it's on GOG. First and best I.J. story not based on movies. Very complex pioint-and-click adventure with multiple paths and ocasional natzi brawling.
It's also a bonus game in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Wii version only.
Nice to see Matty genuinely surprised and happy.
Indy is Back Baby!
Right there with you man…Indiana Jones was on TV last week and I found myself unable to change the channel because I’ve never seen any of the movies
Watch all sigh even crystal skull and dial of destiny but if you do not want the last two part 3 is perfect at least to me.
DON'T watch the last 2. Stick with the original trilogy. Pretend the other 2 don't exist. You'll be better for it.
@@1_underthesunlike Terminator 1&2.
Anything after them we do not speak of…
@@Frequency47 Major League....there are no sequels.
3 hrs of cut scenes plus 20 hrs of gaming! Love it. I'm in the desert in Indis on my mission. I just did that light puzzle.
As a massive Dishonored fan, this title is for me. Thanks for the review.
24:48 Could you elaborate on this? You said the story “sucked” but I didn’t get that impression based on how you had been explaining things just seconds before making that claim. Is it just not engaging at all or something?
20:40 was that TONY TODD aka Candy Man??! Yep just looked it up. RIP!!!!
Solid video. Man Indiana Jones and The Great Circle has turned out to be the best surprise of 2024, Machine Games absolutely nailed the look, feel and vibe of the movies, the fact that the game runs at 60 fps, ray racing, 1080p, the graphics look amazing. So much attention to detail. Happy to see a good old fashioned single player adventure game.
Excited to pick the game up! 🤠
I love the Dishonored series! Some of the most fun stealth games I have ever played.
HEY NOW MATT LETS NOT GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES HERE 😑😑😑❗❗ 1:11
Excited for this and rivals
Gonna be a great weekend for gamers :)
I just remembered there was a series that was called The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. That was actually fantastic. So, if this is still available somewhere I can highly recommend that to everyone who loves the movies 👌
I remember that show fondly. I wish it had stayed on TV longer.
Yep i remember it 👍 not seen it in over a decade
I love you Matty, it makes me laugh that you dressed up as Indiana Jones for Halloween, but never saw the movies. Did you have strict parents like I did? I missed out on a LOT of movies. I didn't watch any Harry Potter until i was an adult lol
Harry Potter is lame as sh*t
@@timriff3923 I didn't ask you.
The old adventure games were great.
The Last Crusade even came with it's own Grail Diary
Machinegames needs to make a new Punisher game their perfect for that character man
Indiana looks really good. For Stealth Puzzle Cinematic Adventure game, it looks awesome!
Matty, great review. just as heads up, Machine Games werent lead on Youngblood, that was Arkane. MachineGames primarily handled the tech side (as theyre doing currently with id tech 8)
Wow just found your channel. You are great with giving the right detailed context to the game and understanding the mindset gamers can have when choosing a game. Loved this review. Both technically and storywise you covered all the important aspects I wanted to understand before starting to olau
Indiana jones and Path of Exile 2. It's a good month to be a gamer, thank goodness.
Those games and Marvel rivals. I’m not going to get anything productive done for at least a month.
@Jpow5734 I forgot all about that one ! We're all eating good this month.
Thanks for the code for the Himalayas that I couldn’t figure out the other night before I decided it was bed time 😂
I really hope I enjoy this game. I’m a huge Uncharted fan and I miss the series so much cause I love the adventure and being a history guy, I love the stories. I’m not expecting Uncharted but I hope it’s a fun adventure that invokes the same feeling of wonderment
Great intro, Matty! It’s been a pleasure watching all of your fantastic content this year. Thanks for the A+ effort!
i got a free copy of this game with my new pc, looking forward to playing it!
Upgraded my 6 year old video card on cyber monday, this game came with it. Pretty cool because this seems right up my alley, and I almost never install the games/software that come with my hardware purchases (I like rpgs and adventures, and those almost always come with shooters).
@wavion2 Touch some grass today.
If i walk into a dark room and candyman is in there I'm out.
Thanks for the great review. I hope to play this on PS5 when it comes out on February. Hopefully all the bugs will be sorted then.
Its on gamepass.....so ill def check it out. GamePass has been dropping bangers lately. STALKER 2 is amazing. Genshin impact i had never played, enjoyed it for 20+ hrs. Inscryption (the first part) was flawless. Id recommend it if u need some good games this holiday. Oh, and stardew valley.....i have 200+ hrs on that 😂 now back to stalker 2
$20 is a scam
Stalker 2 is a banger? Nah. Lol enjoy the 20 dollar rentals, i will pick the disk up in a year for 5 dollars on my ps5 pro
@@wizzenberry You sound like a butthurt pony
@wizzenberry LOL, touch some grass kid. Also, PS5 pro is the worst system ever.
Stalker 2 is badly optimized. This isn’t much of a problem for PC players as much as console players. I tried on series S and Uninstalled immediately. This game having 60 FPS on series S shows how optimized a game can be.
There are a lot of cutscene, but getting to practically see and hear Harrison Ford perform in this role is an absolute treat.
Hi from Japan. I couldn't stop focusing on your T-shirt. What's up with the yakiniku (焼肉) Tee? I actually kind of liked it frankly.
Hi there! My art director got it for me for Christmas. His reasoning was “it’s fashionable enough for those who don’t know and for those who can read it, they’re going to want to know what is going on there.” 🤣
Not even a big Indiana fan but really hyped to give this a go, in the mood for a first person game. Also, very good to hear the game doesn't spoil its own puzzles in 30 seconds, if it did I wouldn't buy it as I'm sensitive to that stuff after God of War & Horizon.
I don't trust your reviews anymore.
who
Probably because of the whole starfield debacle
I grew up on the indiana jones movies. The first level was a absolute lovely piece of nostalgia to get into the game and what like your gonna be doing for the rest of the game. From the start you have emphasis of the puzzles and like strategic manuevering and not as a fps which is perfect for a indiana jones game
PoE II today guys!
Back log is getting nuts.
Looking forward to a AAA Indy sneaker! I was not expecting that at all but pleasantly surprised. I had resigned myself to the thought Eidos Montreal had dealt a mortal blow to the genre with their Thief remake 🤦 still breaks my heart lol
People are saying it's going to be woke but I don't really see how yet nothing in the trailers makes me think that and just cause there is a female in the game doest mean it's woke
"Woke" nowadays means "woman of color" basically. So if your game has one black or brown woman in it, it's "woke" according to these internet virgins.
Only incels say such things.
People think the female is gonna be a girl boss they like to shove in games these days, she doesnt seem bad to me though
@MrSkullMerchant ya I seen that I don't think she will be the main character I mean if they make her save indy at the end of the game and turn him into a slop and make her the superhero then I can see that but for now there is nothing that says that I also think there is pissed off fan boys shit talking cause they can't play it yet 😆
Female- woke, non white-woke, Indie not physically dominating his oponents and has to resolve to stelath, subterfuge and dirty moves-woke. Non woke world seems pretty limited and pathetic.
i have a bug that just happened to me where the audio of the fire from the china level still plays throughout the rest of the levels that I travel too I had to turn off ambient audio
I don't really have a lot to say. Im mad about Skyrim AE and Starfield. Skyrim because its my favorite game. Its always something new everything I start up the game. Just a lot of stuff that you don't see happening in any other game makers game I have ever seen. I un installed Starfield again because I am sick of trying to get it to work around updates that break it for me. Anyway Happy Holidays Gamers. Rock on. 😎
There were people from Starbreeze at Machine Games. Starbreeze made Chronicles of Riddick games and there was stealth and hand to hand boxing. So i can see why they would make a game with that kind of combat. They made the Darkness with a few small open areas that you had to fast travel sort of by taking the New York subway. So the level design and fast travel makes sense to me. I am pretty excited to play The Great Circle.
This game is way bigger than I expected you can easily sink 30 hours into this😂 that's not a big game my man 30 hours is just getting started for a big game
Happy Christmas mate hope u have a good one
Was refreshing at 7 just to watch this video
“I adored it” LFG
Just subscribe and hit the bell.
I was not expecting them to pull it off!! So glad I was wrong. It's refreshing to have a big game being released without going the safe route and going full on action game.
Indiana Jones always was about the puzzles. Can't wait to play this out
Barely a minute out and these comment are the absolute worst type of nega-bots ive seen
So far im hyped for this game and matty's opinion
Wait which comments? Which bots are you talking abt?
@@Ben-hn4nwlol clearly you and your toxic troll bait bot ilk 😂 fragile incels with nothing better to do than harass a nuanced professional game journalist.
@@Ben-hn4nwyou
Im happy you liked this game! I got the feeling xbox kinda was missing this year on some of their big titles but glad to see such a classic movie series got an amazing game adaptation
No yellow paint in an Indiana Jones game is a huge plus!
I am just waiting on the ps5 release,looking forward to this game,
I want to thank PC and Xbox gamers for playing this game first,it will help us out alot,without you we would probably get a glitchy mess on release,thank you taking one for us ps5 players.
Used to have so much faith in my man matty…Now i have to wait for multiple reviewers (Who don’t rely on early access and relationships at these companies) for another perspective. All love but still the games the game
Do the enemies respawn ? Do the dead bodies disappear when you’re in a zone ?
Very good to know that we finally have another good Indiana Jones adventure. It's been too long!
I'll wait to play this on my PS5.
It's not worth waiting 4 months to pay $70, just get it on Game Pass and save $50
So far, The way that you smiled while saying “let’s talk about Indiana jones and the great circle” let’s me know that this is going to be one of those more positive Matty reviews. I wonder if my prediction will be accurate 🧐
Played for an hour now. Damn, it's so boring. Don't know how that metacritic score came about.
Puzzles are hard, huh?
@@Rashimotosan Dude I finished Talos Principle 2. The puzzles in Indy are laughable.
If you seen any Indiana Jones movies you know that was plenty of blood in those movies If you watch Indiana and the Temple of doom that was literally how Indiana Jones game supposed to be.
In Indiana Jones, in the Temple of doom, they were ripping our hearts… this game looks like bullshit
Indiana Jones can’t even shoot guns in this game… hard pass for me . And I have game pass
@ and what pisses me off he said he watched the original trilogy which means he had to watch Indiana Jones in the temple of doom WHICH THEY HAD A WHOLE MINE CART CHASING SCENE WITH GUNS🤯🤦🏾♂️ and he approving garbage I don’t believe he really watched the movies if you watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom that was literally action from beginning to end…I’m 39 btw I seen every last one and the original 3 were the MOST ACTION PACKED…WTF IS THIS?
@@bluecitrusartreally? I just watched gameranx review on this and he clearly shoots with a pistol as Indy so in what parts of the game weren’t you able to shoot with a gun?
@@bluecitrusart You absolutely can shoot guns in the game, the hell are you on about? Quit spreading misinformation.
Does it have new game plus or the ability to replay levels with all unlocks?
Glad I got it with xbox game pass ultimate on my xbox series x.🥂😏
20 dollar rental service? I will pick it up on disk in 5 months for 20 dollars on my pro, the best place to play :)
@@wizzenberryWhat's wrong with you??... you're everywhere pony
Now that you have finally watched the first 3 Indiana Jones movies (I'm still questioning your childhood), what do you think of them?
Lots of confidence watching this video. Hasn't watched the original movies until a couple days ago just to get context for the game... Says it's mostly a stealth game like Dishonored which makes it stand out from easy comparisons to Uncharted or Tomb Raider, then goes into detail about how the stealth is milk toast, open world is still fairly linear, and AI is junk... says the puzzles are really engaging and fun, but also says he's not a puzzle guy...
Gee whiz, I can't wait to play this game after watching this video with zero credible recommendations going for it. To be fair the game looked pretty boring and mild anyway. Machine Games are well past their heyday and Todd Howard hasn't made a good game in almost a decade.
So you legitimately ignored the bits of the video where he did praise things?
@irecordwithaphone1856 everything that he praised he deflates or robs of credibility somewhere else in the video. Did you not read my comment that says that exact same thing and gives examples or did you just read a fragment and get triggered?
If you need another example he says they did a really good job of making the game feel like it takes place firing the original trilogy, even though he only just watched them for the first time (maybe he's just really good at taking in movies and details after a single watch through our something). He then closes his video with saying he's gets if people might get turned off by the weak story and Indiana Jones fighting 18 people at once stealth gameplay without consequences. Where in that thesis do those to talking points match up as a fun Indiana Jones game?
"Todd hasn't made a good game in almost a decade"
Well that clock just reset with this game. Him and Machine Games cooked
What a pleasant surprise I’ll definitely check this out thanks Matty
Review starts at 2:40
Legend!!!
Not even worth mentioning at 2 minutes
Cons with this game
7:42 bad fast travel, 8:23 8:08
10:16 10:48
11:13 id rather have him mutter that.
12:06 irritating annoying puzzles , doable. 🤯💥💨🧠
23:29🤔 24:55 stealthing around
Nice review
With respect, Matty, you lose a lot of credibility when you haven't even seen the movies. That's like playing KOTOR without watching Star Wars.
😂😂😂
@qjames0077 But he did watch the movies? He said this at the beginning of the video?
He literally said he watched the movies
He watch them a week ago wtf.
Their Riddick games were also mostly stealthiness around. Sounds like a return to form?
(cursed auto correct)
I’m starting to think Matty may be a woke zealot in disguise. Or he’s too much of a coward to talk about it. “Please don’t ban me. I’ll be nice and stay lukewarm.”
what
My biggest complaint about this game is the lack of a manual save option.
But i didnt get to choose my pronouns. 😅
Started playing it last night, one of the few games I’ve played recently that fully feels like a “next gen” experience, it’s gorgeous, it’s fluid, cut scenes are fantastic and it’s witty like the movies. Can’t wait to god binge it after work