I am playing it on puny XSX so no path tracing update (and some minor screen space GI pass issues in some areas and times where the LOD changes visibly in front of you… mostly shadows but lighting and Sometimes objects too), but I can say that any and all blemishes disappear. The whole is much much greater than the sum of its parts!
The game is definitely trying to nudge players, at the medium / default difficulty settings at least, towards more stealth and fist fights than using guns. Between the number of enemies and bullets per weapon (and the enemy accuracy when aiming + your own movement speed), trying to play it like a first person shooter will get you killed easily… then again it is quite realistic (if you play well and you setup your arsenal including dynamite
you can give yourself a great chance even with large groups of enemies though).
I know it is small but the sound effects when you punch enemies is just so Indy and so satisfying!
Troy Baker does the performance of a lifetime here but to be fair all voice actors put up an incredible performance. Everything is in realtime including cutscenes (where they allow minor camera movement to highlight that hehe) and this is a story and set of characters as engaging as Raiders of the Lost Ark easily. Some areas like The Vatican have sprawling 3D mazes (horizontally and vertically) set in an awe inspiring virtual tourist pleasing spot of the world. Overall I prefer it to Giza, but it is not to say that it looks bad at all.
I wish the XSX controller had haptics though, something is missing here in the way you control Indy to make it an 11/10 so to speak
. Luckily in a few months, I hope this will be rectified as I can get to replay this game on my PS5 Pro too I hope. Bit of graphics improvement and hopefully a good DualSense implementation (punching and blocking, light tapping feedback depending on various materials as you walk, possible with the finesse of responses haptics feedback engines, as opposed to normal rumble, allow if they spend the time to implement it, etc..
).
This is a game that can be played decently anywhere, even on Steam Deck and other handhelds (I hope it will get a Switch 2 port too) and a must play for Indiana Jones fans IMHO. Different genre but it is something I can recommend as another Indy movie as I normally do with Fate of Atlantis for example.