Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are on the cards right now. As per the January 2024 Xbox Developer Direct, the game will be released somewhere later in 2024. Despite the fact that there is no confirmed release date yet from Bethesda, there have been regular sneak peeks for the company.
Bethesda has recently shared gameplay footage for the upcoming title. The Great Circle is a stealth game-play-based title. And seeing the gameplay footage, three of the most popular titles in this genre are popping into our minds.
Bethesda Shared New Gameplay Footage of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
When talking about stealth, we can never go past three of the best names in this genre: Dishonored, Wolfenstein, and Metal Gear Solid. Seeing the recent gameplay footage, Great Circle looks as if these three popular titles have a baby together. Not only that, the upcoming Bethesda title is being developed by MachineGames, the same company that is behind Wolfenstein.
Check your surroundings! A nearby item might be the perfect tool to get you out of a jam. #IndianaJones pic.twitter.com/A78emuaYYm
— Bethesda (@bethesda) June 17, 2024
In this video, we can see that this title is going to be an absolute treat for stealth lovers. The video mainly focuses on the ability of Indy to distract people with the surrounding objects.
Like in this case, on an old, frozen ship, he picks up a hammer and throws it at a distance to distract a guard from another guard. After that, he picks up another one and sneakily takes out another guard with a few swings of the hammer, exactly on the opposite side of where the first guard was being distracted.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Will Be More of a Puzzle/Stealth Game Than Gunplay
As developed by MachineGames, will Great Circle be a gun-blazing shooter just like Wolfenstein, which excelled in both aspects: shooting and stealth? The director of the upcoming game, Jerk Gustafsson, has an answer to that.
According to him, this title is going to be a “proper adventure game,” which will mainly focus on a “wider audience” than the past hardcore shooters of the company.
In the Official Xbox Podcast, here’s what Gustafsson had to say about the game:
“We’re used to having these heavy weapons, gun-blazing shooters. This is a little bit different. We are making a proper adventure game here, and it’s also a game that is a little more directed toward a wider audience, which is a bit of a new thing for us.”
He has also explained the reason for making the Great Circle more adventure-selective-oriented than an all-out gunslinger title. The director says the development team was committed to staying true to Indy’s personality. He is a normal human being, not a superhero with a cape.
But he does possess excellent fighting skills as well as a smart brain with brilliant problem-solving skills. That’s why this game is a stealthy puzzle-solving title rather than a 1v100 gunfight.
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