Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: PS5 Review

Developed by MachineGames
Published by Bethesda
Platform: PS5

Porting across to the PlayStation just months after it impressed on XBox, the Indiana Jones game feels like a natural fit for the kind of escapades made famous by the Uncharted franchise - exploring, taking on bad guys and looting where necessary.

Set between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, the game drops Indy into 1937 as he tries to harness the power of the Great Circle, something a group of bad guy Nazis are also trying to do. Jumping around the world, the game gets the globetrotting story of Indy right and makes a compelling argument for good times in the franchise.

From stealth to fighting, the Great Circle's strength is an accurate depiction of what you'd want from an Indy title - and along with the elements of stealth and whip-cracking, this is the kind of port across that you'd want. With haptics and the PS tech being integrated into the game, the Indiana Jones experience is one that can't easily be denied.

And while the game feels eerily true to the film franchise and could be accused of doing little to stand out on its own, its adherence and performance from Troy Baker as Indy are all to be admired. It does exactly what you'd want from an Indy game and manages to seize on the nostalgia highs you'd expect.

Graphically the game soars on the PS (and one suspects the PS5 Pro would see it soar even higher) but while it's faithful to the Xbox version, its emulation within the PlayStation environment means it's still deeply enjoyable.