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[BusierDonkey]

This should have just been 3rd-person.

 

[Vyse]

Looks great. Can’t wait! Hey, that rhymed.

 

[Stuart360]

Glad they had the balls to have Nazi's as the bad guys, it wouldnt feel the same without them.

 

[thatJohann]

Looked ok.

Sold my Series X already, but if it ever comes to PS5 I'll try it.

 

[The Cockatrice]

As long as it actually has imm sim features and I can genuinely play stealthy then sure, might be good. However I expect this to be a walking sim pos with a few baby level puzzles.

 

[samoilaaa]

will that reporter tell Indiana Jones that she couldnt become an explorer because men kept her from achieving her dreams?

 

[Comandr]

Actually looks great. Will pick up on PC day 1 for sure.

 

[adamsapple]

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

Why?

Play the Robocop game, you won't think that way afterward.

 

[Chuck Berry]

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.

Good thing its BC and part of the library

 

[bender]

I hope the game is fairly light on combat. Using a whip and melee in first person gets old to me really quickly. Apologies to Breakdown and Condemned.

 

[Doom85]

Sees a few seconds of what appears to be third person gameplay:

And switches to first person:

Seriously, how do you fuck this up? I like some first person games, this should not be one of them.

Imagine if Insomniac was making their Wolverine game first person. It would be the same bullshit.

We want to see the iconic character we’re controlling.

 

[whyman]

This actually looked better then I expected.

 

[Edder1]

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.

Last thing we need is a game made by Naughty Dog where we have flashbacks of young Indiana having romantic fling with a young Algerian male archeologist. Archeologist then gets murdered by the Nazis and Indiana says "screw the relics" and goes on a revenge quest.

 

[Md Ray]

 

[TIGERCOOL]

inb4 Indy gets brutally bludgeoned to death in the prologue and the female reporter is the main protagonist for the rest of the game

 

[StueyDuck]

isn't that kind of a no shit sherlock moment. It's very clearly built upon what they did with TNC...

 

[MidGenRefresh]

This is gonna run beautifully on everything then. Superb choice.

 

[R6Rider]

Looks good to me.

 

[SolidQ]

Id tech is good, should be alot fps

 

[salva]

I wish it was 3P, but nonetheless - it does look good!

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

I never expected Indy to look like it might just work in the first person. Crazy

 

[Sethbacca]

Why?

Play the Robocop game, you won't think that way afterward.

There are a ton of scenes in the Robocop movies filmed from a first person perspective. It made logical sense to make Robocop as an FPS as he's not super agile and basically a walking tank. It doesn't make any sense for Indy IMO.

 

[killatopak]

All complaints about first person is nothing to me. This is actually what I want. I’m now more confident Machine Games can deliver.

 

[Johnny Concrete]

They nailed young Harrison Ford and his mannerisms.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Is Troy Baker really voicing Indy? Not bad at all if so, but a bit monotone. The Denholm Elliot impersonator sounded good too.

After watching the trailer Im in. It looks a bit rough in spots though and Im willing to bet it wont release this year.

 

[Majormaxxx]

Last thing we need is a game made by Naughty Dog where we have flashbacks of young Indiana having romantic fling with a young Algerian male archeologist. The young archeologist gets murdered by the Nazis and Indiana says "screw the relics" and goes on a revenge quest.

Machine games are likely to have similar narrative goals judging from wolfenstein 2.

 

[Ristifer]

Lot of grouchy fucks on here. I think it looked good. As long as it doesn’t hold your hand for every puzzle presented to you, then I’m good to go.

 

[Laptop1991]

Def sold on Indy, i like everything they've shown. on the buy list.

 

[near]

Buy Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | Xbox

Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in a first-person, single-player adventure set between the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark™ and The Last Crusade™. 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...

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[adamsapple]

I never expected Indy to look like it might just work in the first person. Crazy

Looks like a decent amount of puzzle solving and exploration to boot, and not just gun-play.

 

[Dunker99]

Is this just a timed Xbox exclusive that could eventually come to playstation? Or a proper Xbox exclusive? My PS5 is telling me it‘ll want to play this.

 

[Ogbert]

Looked good. They’ve nailed the tone.

Some of the expected efforts to concern troll are cringe.

 

[RoboFu]

First Person? well there's goes all the hype I could have had.

 

[dem]

Game definitely looks fun.

Will play.

My kids will want to play too.

 

[Luipadre]

Game looks fun, definitely gonna play it. Just hope they will fix his facial animations, because everyone had decent one except Indy lol

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Looks like a decent amount of puzzle solving and exploration to boot, and not just gun-play.

Yeah, I expected puzzles with first person rumors. I did not expect fighting and stuff. But fist fight in the first person looks good.

 

[Ogbert]

Also, why are people worried about Machine Games making a first person title?

They’re pretty good at it…

 

[Mister Wolf]

Makes me shake my head watching that trailer when it shows him whip swinging in third person just to switch to first person when he lands. It baffles me that they would make such a stupid and jarring decision. Then they try to dress it up with the "make you feel like Indiana" bullshit. No, it's your lack of confidence in your ability to make a third person game.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

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.

This is the real concern. I don't know how I missed it, but you are right.

 

[adamsapple]

Also, why are people worried about Machine Games making a first person title?

They’re pretty good at it…

It's a studio who makes nothing but first person games, and even still some folks need to convey how disappointed they are that it isn't a third person game

 

[Katajx]

I just don’t get the first person gameplay. The rest I was on board with.

It looks jarring and out of place. Seeing the way everything looks going from the cutscenes to the gameplay…the quality change is just jarring.

The world may look kinda nice, but the rest of the gameplay shown was average at best.

 

[Edder1]

Machine games are likely to have similar narrative goals judging from wolfenstein 2.

That studio is very woke and yes they screwed up second Wolfenstein game with their politics, but this game's plot was written By Todd Howard, so they probably won't have much influence over the game's direction. It's basically a game Todd wanted to make for 20+ years. However I would have preferred 3rd person and visually the game just isn't impressive. Animations also look somewhat stiff.

 

[Sephimoth]

Hope someone mods third person mode in

 

[SolidQ]

, why are people worried about Machine Games making a first person title?

People can play Deadfall Adventures and see how it work

 

[Comandr]

You know, watching the trailer again... There were a couple scenes where Indy really looks like young Harrison Ford. Nailed it. Then there's the scene where he's talking to Marcus and the very last scene with the unexplainable Morticia Addams lighting where its... Great Value brand Kentucky Jones. I don't know if it's the expressions or what. But he looks totally different in those scenes.

 

[Draugoth]

 

[Darsxx82]

I have seen the essence of Indiana Jones and the essence of the MachineGames games in this project..... And I love Indiana Jones and the MachineGames games ergo..... win win for me

 

[Audiophile]

First person just doesn't tickle my pickle for this. I don't buy that it inherently makes games more immersive, the world, the interaction; and the subsequent state of flow and suspension of disbelief is what determines immersion if you're gaming on a traditional display.

If anything, I find the oft-more stilted interaction of first-person can lead to things feeling more uncanny, in that first-person should be more natural, but almost always isn't. I also think being able to see the iconic character during play is important. I felt the same way about Avatar.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Makes me shake my head watching that trailer when it shows him whip swinging in third person just to switch to first person when he lands. It baffles me that they would make such a stupid and jarring decision. Then they try to dress it up with the "make you feel like Indiana" bullshit. No, it's your lack of confidence in your ability to make a third person game.

The third person traversal looked absolutely awful too

 

[Js562]

Looking good