DarkZero: With the recent announcement that Lucasarts are working on Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings for Wii, DS, PS2 and the PSP, many people wondered what had happened with the "next gen" version of Indiana Jones that was highly boasted about a few years back, and if development of that game was happening, albeit quietly, concurrently with Staff of Kings.
However, this seems not to be the case, and Lucasarts have now confirmed they've decided to work solely on Staff of Kings, making a "strategic business decision" to end development of the 360/PS3 versions.
Bethesda’s new Indiana Jones game may have had its title revealed early ahead of the Xbox Developer Direct, and it’s surprisingly underwhelming.
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Yeah but it's Indiana Jones, they've always had titles which sound so...adventurous. The name which makes you sound like you're going on a quest yourself.
This just sounds generic
Even if it was called "Indiana Jones and the Great ANCIENT Circle" sounds at least a tiny bit better.
Could be worse could be
Indiana Jones and lost pills 🤷🏿
Post your worse names bellow
Indiana Jones and the lost testicle.
Hitler has only got one ball, the other is in the Albert hall 😂🤣
its not really that funny...
its a name with zero context. it could have an explanation, or its a temporary name. of course its the internet so we must overreact.
the name doesn't matter as much as the game play will it be a third person like uncharted or tomb raider ill have to wait and see.
I'm guessing Wolfenstein would be the template in terms of mechanics and such, given the developers, but that's a guess.
Why? Machine Games have a good rep. Last Wolfenstein sucked but pretty sure that was Arkane.
I predict the game will be decent but unsuccessful - Indiana Jones’ last movie flopped and the gaming demographic doesn’t seem very interested in it either going by sales of other Indy games
It's an Xbox game, they will do anything to downplay the game and create negativity surrounding it. Attack the title, the graphics, the developer, and just vl chip away at it so people look down on it. It's been the way Sony has been doing things for the last few years. And the fanboys help by perpetuating it.
They left a word out starts with a "J" ends with "K" and has two other letters in-between.
With Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny hitting theatres soon, I need Bethesda to use the best Indy movie as a foundation for its Xbox Indiana Jones game.
I hope they do their own thing and don’t try and base it on the movie too much with a Ford look alike
Ain't this game supposed to be in first person? I remember hearing about that. I think it should be in third person
Uhm not that Uncharted franchise is bad or anything, it's actually one my favorite on ps but I kinda want IJ game to be as different from Uncharted as possible because #1I love fresh new ideas & creativity #2 I don't want to hear for 3,4 yrs "it's just a Uncharted copy cat", I already know just by game type it may have alot of similarities...or am I just overthinking this one?
I'm not hearing people say Tomb raider being a copycat or vice versa Uncharted being a copycat 🤔 I enjoyed Uncharted and Tomb raider and felt like they were different in their own way
Story isn’t hard there is a lot to go off of. Combat and traversal is where I’m not confident . Bethesda as a whole has had poor combat.
Indiana Jones mainly uses a whip and a pistol so it will be interesting to see how they make the AI work with that, skills etc.
I’m old so this IP and grew up with the first movies and they have a lot of potential .
I wish it was in a better studios hands really but maybe they deliver but I won’t be sold (or not) until it’s actually shown.
Good job Bethesda Game Studios aren't making the game then.
MachineGames are developing it as far as I know. And their combat systems have broadly acknowledged as being rather good?
Seems like a weird thing to worry about. For me, MachineGames are known for making fast paced action shooters. Even then, Wolfenstein had a half decent campaign, even if it wasn't particularly deep. Lets see if their writing can keep up with their gameplay.
Well there's where I'm worried. Indiana Jones should not be a shooter. He does very little shooting. I don't know what the gameplay loop is going to be other than exploring and puzzles. Maybe more melee. I don't want it to be just at uncharted clone either.
I agree that combat has been Bethesda’s weak point, but the gunplay has improved drastically from the first gameplay reveal to the last xbox showcase. I am pretty sure id or another studio may have came in and helped out with it. That was my biggest takeaway from the showcase. Gun play looks the best it ever has for a Bethesda game.
That would be Temple of Doom, but it doesn't matter because Bethesda games haven't been solid in more than 30 years.
I get that you don’t even believe that yourself, but come on man. Oblivion, Skyrim, fallout, riiigghhht those games were horrible
Not to mention that its not even Bethesda making the game, its MachineGames, who made the recent Wolfenstein games which were great.
By his logic, even Dishonored, Prey, Doom, Hi Fi Rush, etc havent been solid either.
Probably not even worth replying to him…
Morrowind was the last game they made that could be considered a solid game. Last time I checked HiFi Rush had the "same" player count as Gollum
Andersson will act as design director on the title and work in parallel with creative director Axel Torvenius – who was previously art director for the Wolfenstein games and with executive producer Jerk Gustafsson at the helm.
You know what games I want way more than Indiana Jones? The darkness and Riddick.
Haha, completely agree... But, the fact that he is involved in this is a definitely a positive sign! Could actually be a good game!
You might be right. Indiana Jones will never do Jackie or Riddick stuff though. The darkness was brutal on the eyes and ears lol.
The Darkness was an underrated gem. Fantastic lore and Mike patton from Faith No More voicing the darkness is up there with the great video game voice overs imo.
Well, that sucks... but Lucas Arts hasnt been known for pumping out quality lately. Maybe its for the best.
Shame that.Good for the Wii,PS2,PSP and DS gamers I suppose
I was looking forward to kicking ass with Indy... :(
I guess after Fracture lmao!
TGSI
Maybe Lucasarts could divert some resources to Monkey Island 5.