Indiana Jones and the Great Circle originally came out in December 2024 for the Xbox and PC platforms, and is currently gearing up for a release on PlayStation 5. This felt like a good time for me to review this game, as I missed playing it during its initial launch window. Since this is one of my longer reviews, I will keep the introduction short and skip straight to the summary, for those of you who won’t watch the full video.
And the summary is that this game is really, really good…as long as you keep your expectations in check regarding the “action” part of this action-adventure game. For the most part, it is more of an adventure game than an action one, but even during the most intense action sequences, there is less of combat and more of the cinematic action sequences that we have come to expect from franchises like Tomb Raider and Uncharted, which ironically, were directly or otherwise inspired from the Indiana Jones film franchise.
The game is visually stunning, features excellent voice acting, all of which back up a well-written story that keeps you interested throughout its modest runtime of 12-15 hours. However, that’s only if you stick to the main story. For those who like exploring everything a game has to offer, I’ve seen people report playtimes of 40 hours or more.
For PS5 players wondering if they should get this game on day one, it definitely matches the high standards set by some of PlayStation’s best single-player franchises like God of War, Spider-Man or The Last of Us. The start can be a bit slow in terms of gameplay, as there’s more puzzles than action, but the pace picks up gradually in the second half and it’s an amazing ride all the way till the end.
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