An Indiana Jones & The Great Circle Sequel Could Face One Huge Challenge That Uncharted 2 Never Did

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One of the hits from the end of 2024 was . With how well it did and the success it’s experiencing, a sequel seems like a guarantee rather than a guess. While it is not set in stone just yet as it is lacking an official announcement, it is already a big property with plenty of potential for more. However, this sequel will face one challenge that the very similar game series did not.

’s ending already sparked debates for more content and a potential sequel. However, while that is likely to be a DLC, there is plenty to speculate on as far as where the series will go next. However, that is the big issue with the game as it stands, and a sequel that has to follow it. While the series has a lot of similarities, and the two definitely had a hand in inspiring each other, the sequel in that series did not have the same challenge.

The original game was defining for both the genre and the Naughty Dog studio, but it still felt very confined in terms of the setting. While Nathan Drake is said to be a globetrotting treasure hunter, the game takes place mostly on an island near Panama. He is searching for El Dorado and following the footsteps of Sir Francis Drake.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers players a compelling narrative-driven FPS experience, and, fortunately, there are plenty of games like it.

That game had a strong narrative focus, with a very small setting. Comparatively, the sequel had a huge opportunity to expand the world. This made it easy to distinguish it from its predecessor and gave it a lot of variety. The game made other improvements as well, but the expanded setting not only improved upon but set it apart from the first game as well, which was needed to make the game stand out.

From the early trailers, it was already known that was going to be a game with a large variety in environments. There were maps spreading across the globe, connecting monuments all across the world to each other to form the titular Great Circle. Indy leads the player all around