Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Deep Dive Gameplay Trailer Showcases Puzzle Solving, Gear & Combat
As, the first AAA game adaptation of the movie franchise gets closer to release, a new, deep-dive gameplay preview is giving players a better idea of what to expect. Developed by Machine Games, best known for the modern series, is seeking to tell an all-new story in the series, integrating itself into the canon.
In the approach to 's release date, a new gameplay deep dive has been released on publisher Bethesda Softwork's YouTube channel, revealing new details about the game's story, structure, and mechanics. As discussed in previous trailers and previews, is an adventure game that, emulating the movies, features a mix of exploration, puzzle-solving, and combat, and gives players a wide variety of tools to tackle whichever scenario is presented to them.
As shown in the deep dive, has several different mechanics supporting its main gameplay pillars,placing a heavy emphasis on making use of the environment to explore, solve puzzles, and fight enemies. In particular, the game focuses on Indiana's iconic whip, which, in the, can be used to disarm or distract enemies, interact with the environment, or swing from designated points in the environment for traversal.
With less than a month to go until 's release on December 9, the new trailer is a welcome look at the game's mechanics. Notably, although shares the first-person perspective of the modern games, it has much less of an emphasis on shooting — while Indiana has a revolver, much of the game's combat, as shown in the trailer, seems to place more of an emphasis on fist-fighting.
Other than gameplay, though, one of 's main goals is to be true to the movies while still offering something new, as detailed in an interview with 's developers. Shaking off the stigma of movie tie-in games can be a tall task, but so far, it seems like Machine Games is managing to deliver on the promise of a video game adaptation of in both story and gameplay, adapting the aspects that make the series iconic while telling a new story.
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