Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · December 24, 2024

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review, Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure. The year is 1937, sinister forces are scouring the globe for the secret to an ancient power connected to the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them – Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review Pros:

Beautiful highly detailed graphics.
112.48GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
3 save slots.
Steam trading card drops.
HDR support.
The safe mode launch option is where all settings are set to the default.
Officially licensed product.
Controller, mouse, and keyboard settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders, remap controls, aim assist, aim assist strength, and toggles for actions individually.
Screen settings – display mode, monitor, aspect ratio, and resolution.
Graphics settings – Hud safe zone, field of view slider, v-sync, FPS limit, motion blur, chromatic aberration, sharpening, film grain, depth of field, and depth of field anti-aliasing.
Graphics quality settings – overall quality, text poop size, shadow quality, decal rendering distance, global illumination, reflections quality, motion blur quality, water quality, volumetric quality, hair quality, and texture anisotropic filtering quality.
Advanced video settings – vegetation quality, upscaling, DLSS super-resolution, resolution scaling, static resolution scaling, dynamic resolution scaling target FPS, and performance metrics.
Colorblind support and settings.
Awesome soundtrack and voice work.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Adventure gameplay.
Game settings – UI font size, subtitles, closed captions, subtitles font size, and high contrast mode.
Four action difficulties – light, moderate, hard, and very hard. This will determine the damage you do and receive.
Two adventure difficulties – light, and moderate and this is more feared towards signposting and puzzle difficulties, etc.
Three viewing options – fullscreen, widescreen, and cinematic (adds borders to make it more authentic).
In-game cutscenes and interactions with seamless transitions.
Memorable set pieces and sequences.
Xbox login and cloud save support. Both are optional and opt-in.
Cross-save across all versions when using the same Xbox login.
Outfit choice and whip.
A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
First-person view.
Characters look just like the actors/characters from the films.
Hidden Collectibles scattered around.
Find clues to help advance or delve deeper into the story.
The game moves and plays really well.
Button prompts show to help with interactions and some can give off a glint to help find them.
Even playing on low the game looks beautiful.
The opening of the game has you playing out the classic opening to the film where you borrow the Golden Idol.
The accessibility of puzzles is a game changer, if you don’t want to think or you just need a hand the way they integrate support is both seamless and not condescending.
The game manual acts like a tutorial library giving you controls, mechanics, and short story beats.
Stamina system in play for combat and running.
First-person combat from fists to weapons and your trusty whip.
Movie quality presentation.
It’s really cool that you get to walk around freely and explore the college where Indy works.
A must-play for any Indiana Jones fans.
The pause screen tells you when the game was last saved.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review Cons:

Had the game lock up or crash to the desktop a few times and at really random times.
The transitions are not always as smooth as you would like and going from a third-person sequence to a first-person view can be jarring at times.
The interactions have more to them but at times it feels a bit needless and a bit of a faff.
You never feel confident when you trigger a checkpoint.
The combat took a lot of getting used to more for the timing than anything.
At times it does assume you already know things or know where to go.
Puzzles can sometimes make no sense or they can just be brute forced.
At times the eyes and facial work of characters look wooden and weird.
Little replay value after you finish the story.