Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Metacritic Score Has Broken An Xbox Record For 2024
Just one day after its early access launch, has already broken a major Xbox record. Released on December 5 for Xbox and PC, is the first game to star Indiana Jones in over a decade, and the first real movie tie-in game of this console generation. Starring Indy on an original globetrotting adventure, it features stealth and combat against rival archeologists, exploration of ancient ruins and historic sites, and brain-teasing puzzles surrounding long-lost artifacts. It's already garnered largely positive reviews, with critics focusing on its immersion and similarity to the films.
Those reviews have propelled to the status of highest-rated Xbox console exclusive of 2024, according to Metacritic. At the time of writing, it's sitting pretty at an 86 Metascore on consoles, and an 87 on PC, beating out other Xbox/PC exclusives and games put out by Microsoft-owned companies this year.
has beaten out various other major releases this year to claim the title of highest-rated Xbox game of the year. In most recent memory is, which came out just a few weeks ago to mixed reviews that netted it a 73 on Metacritic. Although series fans loved the way it captured the original games' unapologetic difficulty and oppressive atmosphere, its technical issues were too much for some to bear. Major features, including its ostensibly advanced enemy AI, were dead on arrival. Although a plethora of post-launch patches (sometimes multiple in one week) have gone a long way in resolving these issues, the damage is already done.
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Launching just one day before, Xbox also got this year, which has a slightly higher Metascore at 78. Similarly to, fans of previous games loved the 2024 edition for its increased realism, brand-new career mode, and wider-than-ever variety of aircraft. But it was widely criticized for its unstable performance and barrages of
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