Indiana Jones & The Great Circle's File Size Highlights A Growing Trend In Gaming That's A Problem

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is making headlines as the first good Xbox exclusive in a long while, in large part thanks to its glowing reviews. It offers players an exhilarating adventure as the iconic titular character, filled with action-packed escapades and thrilling puzzles. However, while fans of the original films and MachineGames' brand of first-person action games are enjoying it, there is one major caveat.

Among the best features is a ridiculously large file size, the kind that would make any gamer blush. It's becoming a point of controversy, not simply because it is taking up too much space on player's already cramped Xbox Series X/S consoles, but becauseit's continuing a gaming trend that people are quickly becoming exhausted with. While isn't the first game to have a large file size, it might just be the straw that broke the camel's back.

is continuing a recent gaming trend of having a ridiculously large file size that's sure to require multiple games to be uninstalled in order to squeeze it in. On Xbox Series X/S, the game's full file size comes in at a whopping 133.9GB, according to the official Xbox store listing, with the console asking for 263.1GB of storage space before downloading it. This is unreasonably large, although perhaps not unexpected in today's gaming climate.

It is worth noting that without the high-resolution texture pack, is around 87GB. While significantly smaller, this is still an enormous file size, especially when the base Xbox Series S only has 512GB of storage.

While this is one of the few mistakes it makes, it is nevertheless a frustrating issue exacerbated for those who've already installed a library of necessary games. For those who play multiplayer shooters, for example, trying to get another 100GB+ game installed can be a challenge. Unfortunately, as aforementioned, is not the first game to do this, as many games before it have seen their file sizes balloon beyond expectations.

The most infamous example of increasing file sizes is the franchise,