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Controller in hand, this is a classic adventure game \u2013 MachineGames has brought its considerable experience with first-person action games, but pushed it so much further. In Marshall College, you\u2019re given a truly sumptuous tutorial \u2013 Indy unsuccessfully attempts to foil a break-in (teaching you the rudiments of combat), works out which exhibit has been stolen from the museum (giving you the basics of puzzle solving), and asks you to follow clues to work out who broke in, and who they might work for (giving you some light traversal tips).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following those clues to Vatican City, we\u2019re then shown how the game will approach its more linear sequences \u2013 Indy needs to break into Vatican walls, getting past the fascist forces that have mysteriously moved in. It\u2019s introduced as an exercise in stealth \u2013 levels are rammed with items you can pick up and throw to distract guards, from bottles to\u2026 violins. But you\u2019re also taught that anything thrown can also be a weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For someone who is shaky at stealth at the best of times, this is welcome news. One of the pure pleasures of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle<\/em> is how seamlessly it shifts gears, and this section teaches that beautifully. One moment, I\u2019m confusing guards with clattering objects, the next I\u2019m up on the battlements of the castle, choosing my own path towards my objective (even these more straightforward sections offer multiple routes to success), and then I\u2019m travelling down a zipline, alerting three guards, shooting two, realizing I\u2019ve run out of bullets, and then realizing again<\/em> that, when I\u2019m out of bullets, I can use my revolver as a melee weapon (I wish I\u2019d understood that during the wooden spoon incident, incidentally).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n