10 Times Video Game Sequels EMBARRASSED Movies

For Indiana Jones, there’s the original trilogy - and then there’s everything else. And when the nicest thing you can say about Dial of Destiny is that it isn’t as bad as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, you have to ask: what was the point?

It didn’t help that Dial constantly reminded us - via abrasive de-ageing and endless nostalgia bait — of the movie we really wanted but will never get: a proper, pulpy, prime-era Indy adventure. More tombs, more Nazis, more punches. Less existential dread.

So along comes The Great Circle, and somehow, the game delivers exactly that.

MachineGames understood the assignment. Set in 1937, The Great Circle gives us an Indy who still cracks wise, solves ancient puzzles, and takes a few beatings along the way. More importantly, it gives him something the sequels always fumbled: a legit antagonist. Emmerich Voss, portrayed with chilling precision by Marios Gavrilis, is what truly set this adventure apart.

And with Troy Baker channeling Indy’s spirit without doing a straight Ford impression, it all just clicks. First-person perspective pulls you into the action, the globetrotting feels organic, and the whip-swinging is actually fun.

Dial of Destiny tried to retire the legend. The Great Circle reminds us why he became one in the first place.