Indiana Jones & The Great Circle's Biggest Accomplishment Breaks A 22-Year-Old Indy Game Trend

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With showing up and already sweeping award nominations, it is bucking a gaming trend among the franchise that until now felt fairly impossible.There have been a number of Indiana Jones video games, ranging from arcade games, to a graphic adventure game, to the well-beloved LEGO games. However, not all of them have stood the test of time, and for a long time, a critically well-received action game with a solid story seemed impossible.

The best Indiana Jones games have had some ups and downs. Prior to, seemed to scratch the itch for a good game that told a compelling story that fit into the universe and felt like a successor to the movie franchise. However, while this was done as a point-and-click adventure, it seemed like all the action games failed to hit the mark.

There were plenty of video games in Indy’s early-days, including the Atari 2600 1982 tie-in. This was very much a product of its time and with little to no story beyond what came from the movie. It was followed by a series of similar retro games, arcade games, and a few more tie-in games.

Indiana Jones has faced off against some notoriously evil villains in his time. However, the Great Circle's villain might actually be the best yet.

Of these, the tie-in game for was probably the closest to an Action game, although there was a tie-in for actually called but was not very good. In fact,it was outclassed by the other tie-in games for the same movie that it was depicting, which was unfortunate for the game in question. The Action Games in the franchise seemingly didn’t have much luck, even with some of the earliest attempts.

Around the same time, and as a few other Indiana Jones games failed to hit the mark, was released. Even now, it still comes second in many rankings of the franchise’s games and was only recently bumped down. It came out at the peak of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventure games in 1992, and it was an early hit. Many would think that the legendary city of Atlantis could be an epic spot