Review - I was Shocked by Indiana Jones and The Great Circle

[@JohnnyLCob]

*100% agree, I fell in love with the game, 5 minutes into playing it.*

[@nospin9831]

Huge Indy Fan so glad we have a new game however how do you feel about the creative director being a satanist and selling satanic ritual stuff online through their shop. Is there satanic stuff in the game? I got kids and don't want them playing stuff made by a dude that's corrupted by the enemy of humanity.

[@jarrodedson5441]

This game is so much fun, it's leaps better than the dial of destiny

[@ALiberalVeteran]

I may actually spend the money to play this early, the Internet is blowing up about this game

[@pathfindersam1812]

Swany, new review format is great! I've been one of your subscribers mostly for Helldivers 2, since I am a huge fan of it, but now here is one more reason to visit the channel! But! I have some recommendations, if you allow me. 1. Editing yourself into a bookshelf is fun, but do not jump all over the screen for too much, please :D 2. Get a better mic for this type of videos. Obviously, you can't use your usual gear, bit this little fella is... not transiting your voice really clean sometimes. 3. When you review the gameplay, pay more attention to separated gameplay segments. For example, you have been quite short-worded about stealth in IJ this time. But those are really small flaws, time and experience will fix it. 4. Stay loyal yourself and keep it up, we'll be waiting for more! You're doing good. Good luck with future reviews! (but don't you dare forgetting that you are still a citizen of Super-Earth)

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Thanks for the feedback. Already figured out why my microphone sounded so bad so hopefully that will be fixed in the future. As for the editing, like you said we'll figure it out as we go with trial and error. I appreciate you watching and giving feedback and don't worry I will still make many Helldivers 2 videos.

[@adamdurham16]

Excellent review/ video as well.

[@braydenshannon7734]

Hey Swany! Love the thumbnail, dressed to boot! Loving this game and can’t wait to watch this video after finishing the game, can’t have anything spoiled. Loving it so far and glad you liked it too!

[@JoseJKazCR]

Great review! Thanks for sharing your thoughts

[@adamdurham16]

Machine Games did an excellent job with Wolfenstein so I did hope this would be good.

[@kg30004]

Love this game (and all of Todd Howard’s work for the record)

[@slasherhero9795]

Todd Howard not wanting Troy Baker because he thought he was overused in the industry reminds me of how George Lucas didn’t want Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones because he was always in his movies.

[@Extirpo]

Thx my man, appreciated. Game is coming to PS5 april 25, and I will be there. 🙌

[@kg30004]

Moment I hear a reviewer talk about “politics” in gaming I click off. Complete nonsense

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

I don't like politics either. That's why I'm glad there wasn't any forced in The Great Circle.

[@adamblackedition5529]

so you were saying about the gun combat and now weak the guns feels... but did you use your books to level up the guns ? im pretty sure when you level them up, you can take people out pretty easy

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Yes I had most of the books found because I did a lot of the side content before progressing the story. I think some of the weapons just straight up sucked. Maybe there were some secret books that I hadn't found yet, can't say for sure.

[@adamblackedition5529]

@@SwanyPlaysGames well guns is the only ones I didnt upgrade as I figured fists are gonna be more important and they were... honestly by the time I beefed up my indy, I didnt need guns or even food anymore, as energy replenished itself, I was pretty unstoppable to the point where if im using guns im just doing it for the fun of it, and not cos I need to....

[@GameShark-dn6wq]

I’m so glad I preordered the game. I’m only in Vatican City but I’ve been enjoying the short time I was able to play. Also, didn’t know if you knew this but you can actually pause the cutscenes so you don’t miss anything next time. That’s what I had to do to take care of my dogs.

[@hpc1717]

Just finished the game and damn the last hour or so of the game is awesome, classic Indiana Jones storytelling

[@drekon6939]

Im at a point in the game, after beating it, that im going back to do everything else. Gina is stuck aaying her line from Sukhothai. Its obnoxious and genuinely pissing me off. A save point would fix it. But i like the game so much, im basically just going, "I can go back to the start, i can just replay the game".

[@salvadormuro7346]

I like the new style! More content 😃

[@adamblackedition5529]

one of the best games ever

[@JohnSmith-kk4ds]

i like the new style

[@battypanic]

Love the new content format. Though i will say its better to not openly take a political stance. No matter where you fall you'll always end up alienating someone Addendum: From what Ive seen, DA:tV treats you like a child no matter what the subject matter is. The game just has bad writing lol

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Yeah. I agree. I probably shouldn't have mentioned anything political. The point I was trying to make was that it felt nice to play a game that WASN'T very political. I'll be more careful in the future. Thanks for the feedback.

[@commanderct1354]

I admit the game had some interest from me based on the trailers and previews, but your review sold me! Can’t wait to get home from college and play it

[@DamianoNeroli]

@SwanyPlaysGames Great job on the review, it’s really well done! Thumbs up, you totally deserve it! 😊 Sorry to bother you, but I wanted to ask if there’s a New Game Plus after finishing the game, or maybe something similar? Thanks again for your review!

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

I don't think there is new game plus but after you beat the game you can go around to all the locations to find all the remaining collectables

[@DamianoNeroli]

@@SwanyPlaysGames Do enemies respawn even after the game ends, or are you left completely alone?

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

@DamianoNeroli There are still enemies and stuff you can fight. They respawn if you leave the area and come back later.

[@Langford-qz8hb]

I just finished the main story last night. Took me about 13 hours. I’m not even lying or kidding when I say that it’s a top 3 game of all time for me. Maybe you can call me biased since Indiana Jones is my favorite film franchise ever. But that was genuinely everything I wanted from an Indiana Jones game and more. The story, gameplay, exploration, characters were all brilliant and felt true to the franchise. I can tell the devs where just a big of a fan as I was their love for this franchisee is very clear. So this game checked every box I as a mega Indy fan had and a little more. I genuinely have not loved a game this much since Batman Arkham Knight in 2015. And with Indy not having many W’s lately this was so great to see and play. I think the future of this franchise is video games there’s so much you can do in a sequel maybe I would love to see Indiana Jones go after Excalibur I think that would be sweet. But yea they knocked this out of the park. Indiana Jones and the great circle is a 9/10 for me and if you have gamepass it’s a no brainer to snag and when it comes to PlayStation in a few months highly recommend it. I already wanna replay the story again and I still gotta do all the side content stuff.

[@Ric_1-t9e]

Great review! Cheers Swany

[@Hikarux83]

Could you give an example of a game that tried to give a political message this year please? Nvm, I found the answer myself at minute <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1330">22:10</a>. You think Dragon Age was woke because gay/transgender characters exist. Got it.

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Where did I say it was woke because gays/transgenders exists? I think they need to do a better job of writing non binary / trans characters. Making a character's entire personality revolve around being non binary and then talking down on the player isn't the way to get people to like a non binary character.

[@camper5579]

I guess i could pull my xbox out of a box somewhere

[@djstef4549]

Sup Swany

[@JGRL0RD]

Marion. Lol

[@mcfuggin.1620]

This games bar is super high with mass advertising, after playing 15 hrs I uninstalled it from my PC it’s an ok story with bad gameplay to say the least. Its highest play count was 1200 on Xbox and 8000 on pc. For those that don’t know that’s super low. I imagine when it comes out for pcs5 it may tick up a tad but being a shorter game it’s not looking good. I played it on PC with an i9. RTX 4080 and had no issues that I would say but had some lag here and there. The graphics are less impressive than black myth Wukong by a lot. I’d rate it at 3 of 10. I wouldn’t play it twice and that’s just because the gameplay was so bad and repetitive and the npcs are bad bad. Just look at that club of a hand when he uses the lighter. lol😂

[@TimCoolidge-tl4mo]

The facial animation and skin texture is really off the ps5 could reder facial animation quite better,but I'll play this game,I remember the atari game swinging over water hoping not to get killed by aligaters,pitfall yeah,so this game got me,so I'll be playing soon.

[@FearNot777]

Maybe this is just me, (i want to like this game, love first 3 movies) but this game, apart from its decent graphics, and its impressive ability to put you into the indiana jones world, looks very boring. Its just cutscene after cutscene, followed by slow walking sections, with slow puzzle solving, mixed in with mediocre stealth sections and fist fighting. Doesnt seem to be no major set piece sequences nor any decent gunplay. Are people happy to settle for this in games lately?

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

Not every game needs to be a high action shooter or souls like game. Sometimes a slow paced puzzle game is nice from time to time.

[@FearNot777]

@SwanyPlaysGames I understand that, but have you seen the movies? Theres some great action set pieces with that iconic indy music. Wouldve been great to see in the game, def would not have hurt. Nonetheless, im still waiting for more reviews, as im hearing from quite a few that the stealth is broken and the fighting is not that great, and its not a game with much replayability

[@lazydgsf7429]

I grew up with the movies in the 80’s and seen them 100’s of times. This game nailed it perfectly. Go back the kiddie pool and leave us alone.

[@FearNot777]

@lazydgsf7429 Your not man enough to handle another opinion? If you like the game, thats all that matters? Nonetheless, i watched whole walkthrough, great movie, not much of a game. I cant help that ive been spoiled by better games like uncharted, tombraiders etc. If they didnt call this a game, but rather an interactive movie, id be less critical. But im not the only one who thinks this, many in the walkthrough comments feel the same

[@iampkhacker]

10+ years ago, games based off movies or shows were hit or miss. now they're all garbage. i can think of a dozen that are fucking terrible and really only one that wasn't, and that's the harry potter game that came out last year. i think you've just blurred the line so you can say this. i seriously doubt they'd let someone play the title early and it sucked and would actually say so. games that don't suck don't need to play tested by youtubers and allowed to uploaded. because a youtuber WILL purchase and play it for self interest to confirm it's good upon release, instead of reassuring people before it's released.

[@CrockbackColumbo]

Why does this sound like a paid advertisement?

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

No idea. I wasn't paid whatsoever.

[@TheFreakazoid777]

“It seems like every game has a political message it tries to shove down your throats” oh Jesus, you’re one of THOSE. Yea I’ll stick to just watching your Helldivers 2 updates.

[@SwanyPlaysGames]

No no, I am not one of those "anti woke" channels that likes to point out anything that goes against their political views. I'm against forced political views getting shoved into a game where it doesn't make sense. On both sides of the political spectrum.

[@TheFreakazoid777]

Ok fair enough.

[@jamieroach5755]

He is just stating a fact my friend , alot of games are forcing a political message. Its not a myth its just a fact

[@astrosquirrel5038]

I too was concerned that political and social messaging would be injected into the game. I'm against that in any form because I go into these properties to be entertained, not preached to. Thankfully it sounds like this game may be a straightforward adventure in the spirit of the movies, which is exactly what it should be.

[@TheFreakazoid777]

What are some games that have actual “forced” political messages that aren’t inherent to the game? A game including a gay or trans character doesn’t count because that argument ultimately boils down to, “I shouldn’t have to look at these people unless absolutely necessary!” Which, you know, is kinda fucked up.

[@darthtwerk6899]

Indiana Swany!

[@LazarusFlint]

lol - grow up!