He bristled slightly at the suggestion, and I completely understand why.
But its also limiting.
Its like using the word Metroidvania, Andersson said.
It means different things to different people.
They invite you to question yourself, which is not always a comfortable spot to be in.
Developers are already wise to this tendency and have devised solutions.
Before the Great Circle, the studio collaborated with Arkane Lyon on Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
Thats not the only fashion in which the Golden Circle is unlike the best-known games in MachineGames oeuvre.
But Indiana Jones plumps for a much more localised kind of encounter resolution.
And the third reason is, well, Indiana Jones.
Indy is a creature of luck, and that luck tends to find him when hes being swept downriver.
But not for long.