Indiana Jones is back with a game that literally NO ONE genuinely expected to be as good, and especially FUN as it is. And it really surprised me as well.
I had this game sitting in my wish list for about a YEAR and the only thing that really put me off was that the price just wouldn’t want to drop below 50 bucks, and yeah, I know that the game is 70 euros and a drop to 50 was pretty good, but I was on a budget ok???
Well anyway, I’m not at all dissatisfied with the product I bought.
First, let’s talk graphics… ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I’ve been blown away. This game has some of the most beautiful environments I’ve ever seen in a video game. The art direction is out of this world. The lighting, shadowing, textures, character models and expressions, are all out of this world. HOWEVER you better be packing some serious heat on ur pc because the game absolutely chugs on your resources if you want to up the quality, ESPECIALLY the massive amount of VRAM it consumes as if it was a professional eater or muckbanger.
Aside from that, the gameplay is really fun. There are 3 main areas you travel as Indiana that act as a semi-open world. All of these areas are beautiful and packed with content, side quests, mysteries to discover and puzzles to solve. The combat is where the REAL magic happens. Use indianas whip to throw Nazis on the ground and beat them silly, use guns to engage, or choose a more stealthy approach. It’s deep enough that you won’t get tired of it in one playthrough. Plus, your abilities get expanded or enhanced by books you can read with a currency you earn by doing literally anything discovery-like.
The story was fun, with many moments with the humour of the classic Indiana jones trilogy that actually made burst out laughing many, many times. The characters are charming, but many of them you never see again after you move on to the next expedition area.
Gina, who follows you throughout most of your journey started off as unlikeable for me, but she quickly grey on me after the relationship between her and Indiana began to develop. She also has her own motivations and mysteries to solve, but her story ties with indianas in a very meaningful way.
The main plot centers around a connection of sites that appear to form a great circle around the globe. These places seem to have the pieces to a hidden puzzle that supposedly have and otherworldly power, that must not fall in the hands of Voss, a crazy Nazi archaeologist that wants the power of the great circle for his own reasons.
A really good game with enjoyable characters and gameplay that fans of the og movies will love, paired with some amazing graphics, makes this a must buy.
