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[LordCBH]

Everything looked great. Except the first person shit….ehat a disappointing shit of a reveal.

 

[Aion002]

 

[drotahorror]

Seems pretty mediocre.

Graphics are hit and miss, animations are sub-par and gameplay looks basic and boring.

You seem salty for some reason. Maybe I missed something but there’s about 10 sec of footage and you act like you’ve seen it all.

 

[Crayon]

#teamfirstpersonindy

 

[Killer8]

The biggest issue with first person is that it minimizes the most recognizable thing about Indiana Jones - his silhouette. You always know that it's him in the movies as soon as you see this:

If you were to take a glance at this game during the moment-to-moment gameplay, there is very little that signals to you that this game is Indiana Jones and not just any other first-person shooter. You are only reminded of the fact during the occasional third-person cut away. It's a huge blunder by the developers and no amount of "it's in first-person to really make you feel like Indy!" is going to fix it.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Man. super fucking impressed. day one.

the graphics, the gameplay, the animation. the cut scenes .. everything . I really do not get excited very easily for a game but this is just mind blowing........

 

[Skifi28]

Or....

This is what I had in mind when they announced it. Imagine this game, but polished with good animations and modern visuals....Guess we'll never know.

 

[March Climber]

It could only be 1st person with Uncharted and Tomb Raider.

 

[digdug2]

I can understand the disappointment, but this is exactly what I was hoping for. It reminds me so much of the point and click games of the 90s with all of the puzzle solving, but also gives me vibes of the 3D games. And Machine Games nailed Wolfenstein: The New Order- so they know the time period very well. Looking forward to checking it out when it releases.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

Why does this series scream corny to me.

 

[Gudji]

Doesn't look that great but might be fun.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

Graphically it's not very impressive, most of the models look quite bad and the animations are terrible. Some things are nice like the fire effect on the torch and some of the lighting looks alright but this looks like a game meant for last gen then ported up. How big is that studio?

 

[FalconPunch]

Copying my post from the other thread.

Indiana Jones Ratings:
-Graphics: A
-Frame Rate: C
-Gameplay: Very very mid
-Animation: D. All the games showed so far have horrible animation. Hellblade doesn’t count because I don’t know that it’s a “game”. All I saw was developers talking out of their ass.
-POV: F. Indiana Jones in first person is wack

EDIT: No doubt Indy will get compared to uncharted and other than graphics, this looks worse than uncharted 4 in every way from fluidity, to gameplay, to animation. We’ll see how it turns out for the story but I don’t have any faith in machine games.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Voice acting and face looked off at times. Also not confident in their writing after wolf 2. They will manage to make it modern cringe. Oh well. It is what it is.

 

[cireza]

Looks really fun.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Looks fun. First person is not a dealbreaker, but I hate that it switches between 1st person and 3rd person when climbing ladders etc. Just use one perspective and stick with it. Switching views just breaks the immersion. Dumb decision imo.

 

[adamsapple]

The biggest issue with first person is that it minimizes the most recognizable thing about Indiana Jones - his silhouette. You always know that it's him in the movies as soon as you see this:

You know cut-scenes exist right?

 

[DenchDeckard]

I'm sold. I thought I wanted third person but I'm 100 percent sold now. Glad they differentiated themselves and brought the machine-gun games magic!

It's gonna be a banger!

 

[Redneckerz]

Very much Thief meets The Darkness with bits of Riddick scattered in. I think that would work for Indiana Jones and in first-perso.

Those who yuck at that idea or even call it a Skyrim mod - please be excited.

 

[belmarduk]

I think I can finally put away my aversion to first person for this game. Looks amazing. I was hoping it would be out sooner.

 

[Zathalus]

I was a bit worried about the graphics but I forgot how a Youtube stream absolutely butchers image quality. It actually looks pretty good rewatching the 4k video.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

HQ

 

[TheUsual]

Reveal was great. First person is not a surprise given the developer. Can't wait to check out.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

You seem salty for some reason. Maybe I missed something but there’s about 10 sec of footage and you act like you’ve seen it all.

What's salty about a first impression of a reveal?
Was just curious about the Direct and this is what they showed.

Just saying it looks mediocre. There's more games that look mediocre out there.
This is just another one on the list.

 

[Valt7786]

I'm more concerned about the "we can create an original indy story for a modern gaming audience", naturally said by the "senior narrative designer" with the side of their head shaved.

 

[cireza]

The biggest issue with first person is that it minimizes the most recognizable thing about Indiana Jones - his silhouette. You always know that it's him in the movies as soon as you see this:

Did you even watch the video ? They took the time to specifically address this point with explanations and examples of moments where they put the camera back for you to see the character, as well as cut-scenes.

 

[kiphalfton]

I'm convinced Naughty Dog is the ONLY dev that would have done this game justice.

The animations, art style, graphics, lighting, character models, etc. in Uncharted 4 still look leagues above any game out this gen.

 

[NikuNashi]

Cant wait to play as Gina. Its my dream since I was an 8 year old kid watching Temple Of Doom for the first time.

 

[Alexios]

Something's really off with his face/eyes in some parts and facial animations in general not great at all, very last gen.

The whip has no impact in combat and seems way overused too, it should be closer to Prime grapple beam instead.

I can just imagine how he'll constantly talk and solve the rudimentary riddles for you as you grab this and that object.

I guess with that plane and on rails stuff they're going for set pieces and spectacles, not something like Tomb Raider.

Could be fun but why didn't they give it to Arkane, an immsim Indiana Jones could rock much more than an FPS one.

 

[StueyDuck]

having watched the trailer a couple of times now, im sure this will be dumb fun, similar to how i felt about TNC... the writing seems a little bit better than that but we will only know when we play it.

if you just pretend in your head it's an Indy FPS spinoff type game from the 80s-90s where no one really gave a fuck about replicating or being truthful to the source material then this will be a good time.

I do deep down in my heart think that Machine Games was not the right call for Indy. I'm gonna get flak here I know but it does kind of look like a reskinned Wolfenstein game. When he grapples the Nazi i almost thought it transitioned to a Wolfenstein game and there was gonna be some crazy cross over.

Personally i would prefer a Studio with more exploration and puzzle design chops taking the lead on this one. Call me crazy but i think Rare (if they could of recaptured some of their past) would have been a great fit

 

[kyussman]

My favorite part was when the guy started taking about the franchise and they only showed the first three movies........because as we all know,there are in fact only three Indiana Jones movies,lol.Anyway,when it was first announced Machine Games were doing this I thought,that's a big departure from Wolfenstein......but it seems it wasn't as they have just put an Indiana Jones skin on their Wolfenstein games and called it a day.And I actually expected some effort......who am I kidding,this is a modern video game after all.Should have been third person,but of course then they would have had to actually make a new game.This fucking industy...seriously.

 

[Elios83]

First person is a mistake given the nature of the character and the chance they had to cover a genre that has been lacking on Xbox but it's clear the developer was not comfortable to leave behind first person gameplay given their past experience.
Cutscenes look great, gameplay nothing special, a mix of a fps with some first person puzzle interaction like in many VR games.

 

[Orbital2060]

 

[YukiOnna]

It will definitely fill that Uncharted hole that ND now won't provide, so I'm in.

First person is so disappointing though.

 

[xVodevil]

I'd also prefer 3rd person, but hey an FPS Indy game is still better than none.

 

[gow3isben]

If this was third person I would buy an xbox for this

 

[Team Andromeda]

Game looked amazing

 

[Sweden85]

Lol first person :-/

 

[balls of snow]

Looks damn good.

 

[near]

Indiana Jones and The Great Circle Gameplay Reveal

Become the legendary archaeologist in Indiana Jones and The Great Circle™, the new first-person action-adventure game from MachineGames in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and executive produced by Todd Howard.

bethesda.net

 

[MidGenRefresh]

 

[Mister Wolf]

If you're going to have him in third person climbing up plumbing pipes then it should just be third person always. Fucking idiots.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

“Not terrible, Not Great”

- Doesnt look inspired. Like a Ubisoft Indiana jones game

- Gameplay looks basic and mid.

- Animations and models looked off.

- Indiana Jones has a Karen for a side kick that will undoubtedly make the experience worse


+ Puzzle focus, hopefully they are good

+ Varied locations

We’ll see how it turns out.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

How much gameplay is going to be used for the Strong woman? In an Indiana Jones game I want to play as Indiana Jones... not someone else.
Also third person, not first....

 

[Stuart360]

People moaning about the graphics clearly havent watched the 4k vid in the OP and are judging the game off a low bitrate stream, the graphics look awesome.

Man this game must feel like a dream for hardcore Indy fans. I think i know now how Potterheads felt with Hogwarts.

cant wait!.

 

[Pelao]

Game looks rough.

 

[Morrie’s wig shop]

Loving what I’ve seen.
I’m down for 1st person

 

[R3TRODYCE]

That looks alright.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

People moaning about the graphics clearly havent watched the 4k vid in the OP and are judging the game off a low bitrate stream, the graphics look awesome.

Man this game must feel like a dream for hardcore Indy fans. I think i know now how Potterheads felt with Hogwarts.

cant wait!.

People are just salty af! They already knew they "wouldn't be impressed" way before it was shown.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

You know cut-scenes exist right?

FPS game and Third person cut scenes are a limiting factor for narrative AND gameplay