The legacy of Indiana Jones has been on rather shaky ground lately.

Better yet, it’s so much more than just another reheated attempt at a new kind ofTomb RaiderorUnchartedyarn.

I was as sceptical as anyone when The Great Circle was first announced.

A close up of Indiana Jones' face in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

I mean, TheGreat Circle?Is that eyeroll of a subtitle really the best we can do here?

It doesn’t exactly get the blood pumping, does it?

The locations themselves are marvellous spaces to explore, too.

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Crucially, though, it sidesteps that dreaded Bethesda-style bloat by sensibly prioritising what’s actually important.

The Great Circle’s biggest and most substantial sidequests are designated as ‘Field Work’ tasks, for example.

Smaller, one-off puzzles, on the other hand, are known as ‘Mysteries’.

Gina holds up her hand and tells Indy to stop moving as a snake crawls over his shoulder in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Everything else, though, doesn’t even get a mention.

They’re not catalogued anywhere, nor are they especially important.

You’re rarely short of points to spend, and the result is absolutely blissful.

Indy and Gina don a priest and nun’s garb in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

And critically, it’s the kind of genius we all know Indiana Jones possesses in abundance.

That emphasis on successfully reading your environment extends to Indy’s more general traversal techniques as well.

Not because the guns don’t feel good to fire - they absolutely do.

Indy ziplines into an Egyptian dig site in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Personally, my eyes would always light up whenever I clocked a spatula, dustpan or egg-encrusted grill pan.

Yes, almost everything will break in The Great Circle.

It’s really your choice.

An enormous zeppelin hovers over the Vatican in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Yes, Iwilltake that grimy salad spoon to knock out that soldier.

Because why the heck not?

Indy doesn’t have the tech for that kind of nonsense.

A sandy temple in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle accessibility options

Multiple difficulty levels for action and puzzle intensity.

UI font size and colour preset options.

Field of view controls.

Indy turns cogs in an ancient stone puzzle in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

On/off toggles for motion blur, camera stabilization, screen shake.

Subtitles, closed captions and subtitle font size options.

Colourblind filter modes and sliders to adjust filter brightness, contrast, intensity and strength.

Indy dangles from a fiery ledge in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

High contrast mode available, and tweaks to adjust effect strength and colours.

Rebindable key and controller prefs.

Look and aim sensitivity and assistance options.

Indy approaches a fascist guard from behind with a grill pan in hand in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Numerous dedicated volume sliders.

Taken altogether, Indiana Jones really feels like he comes full circle (sorry) in this latest adventure.

Go and have some fun for the next 25 hours'.

Indy reaches to steal a medicine bottle near a sleeping guard in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

But one thing is certain.

A copy of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was provided for review by publisher Bethesda Softworks.

A Nazi guard looks at Indy inside a soldier camp’s makeshift cinema area in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Indy scales an overgrown stone wall in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Indy approaches a fascist guard with a guitar in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

An adventure book in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Indy looks at a map of Gizeh in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Emmerich Voss sneers in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.