Key Takeaways
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will have approximately 4 hours of cutscenes.
- Creative director Axel Torvenius and design director Jens Andersson are very complimentary of Troy Baker.
- Baker stopped trying to imitate Harrison Ford, and accepted that he needed to put his own spin on Indie.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to have almost four hours of cutscenes, according to creative director Axel Torvenius and design director Jens Andersson (thanks, Exputer).
The MachineGames pair participated in a rapid-fire interview with Leo Vader from MinnMax, who asked them 141 questions. One of their notable answers concerned how many cutscenes were in the game, as the game’s early promotional material was essentially a series of very long cutscenes. A 5-minute cinematic trailer showcased Indie facing off against a group of self-important Nazis.
Troy Baker Fans Rejoice
When asked about the game’s cutscenes, the answer was “…roughly 3 hours and 40-45 minutes or something along those lines. It’s a lot.” You can expect to hear a lot of dialogue from Indiana Jones’ voice actor Troy Baker, who the pair were very complimentary of. Baker is a noted perfectionist but admits that he had to stop “…trying to be Harrison Ford. I just wanted to be Indiana Jones,” in a recent interview with GQ.
According to Torvenius, Baker captures Indiana Jones’ “grump” very well and “floored the competition” in auditions. Baker is best known for voicing Joel in Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us, as well as a whole host of other roles.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is set to release on December 9 for PC and Xbox Series X/S, and on PlayStation 5 during the first half of 2025. The game was originally intended to be an Xbox exclusive, but following the success of other former Xbox exclusives on PlayStation, the decision was made by Bethesda and Xbox to release the game on PlayStation on a delayed schedule.
The game is set between Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade, centering around ‘The Great Circle’, a group of sites around the world that form a perfect circle when overlayed on a map. These locations include Rome, Thailand, Egypt, Shanghai and the Himalayas.
Uncover one of history’s greatest mysteries in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, 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 known as the Great Circle, and only one person can stop them – Indiana Jones. You’ll become the legendary archaeologist in this cinematic action-adventure game from MachineGames, the award winning studio behind the recent Wolfenstein series, and executive produced by Hall of Fame game designer Todd Howard.