10 Amazing Games (With ABYSMAL Combat)

9. Indiana Jones and the Great Cirlce

Indy's latest adventure is undeniably his best since 1992's Fate of Atlantis (yes, including the movies). A rip-roaring, swashbuckling adventure that will leave fans of the fedora-donning archaeologist grinning from ear to ear, The Great Circle's accomplishments are all the more impressive when you consider how many mistakes it makes along the way. Stealth is laughably basic, the (mercifully brief) platforming sections struggle against the game's clunky control scheme, and as for the combat...

Fights in The Great Circle are settled in one of two ways, bullets or fisticuffs, and the first option is hampered by the very nature of the game. While going on a Rambo-esque killing spree may feel cathartic after failing one too many stealth attempts, mowing down enemies in a hail of bullets makes you feel less like Indiana Jones and more like...uh...nope, can't think of another action hero to finish that simile.

Which leaves the melee option, which is just one more half-baked ingredient thrown into The Great Circle's surprisingly delicious cake. Fights never really evolve beyond picking up the nearest object and playing whack-a-Nazi with it, with only the optional fight clubs dotted around the game providing any real challenge. Fortunately, as the above photo suggests, many of the fight locations and set-pieces are cinematic enough that you forget you're playing something simple enough that it makes pounding the attack button in Final Fight look like an actual martial art.