Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Best Difficulty Options

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can offer a great time for fans of their favorite archaeologist. Yet, it wouldn’t be an Indy experience without Indiana himself getting into heaps of trouble against fascists and trying to solve ancient puzzles to uncover relics of the past, and it seems that punching Nazis and taking ancient relics can be quite the challenge.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle offers some of the best puzzling and tomb-raiding in a video game, matching Spielberg's films in many respects.

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By Anthony Taormina

Luckily for those who seek it, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a myriad of difficulty settings, allowing players to choose between preferred methods of combat and gameplay, and also choose between desired options when it comes to the plethora of puzzles and mysteries that they will encounter, and how difficult they may be is determined by the player.

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Players will be able to change the difficulty setting at any time after starting their playthrough if they feel as if combat/puzzles are too hard or too easy. In fact, if they pause the game and visit the HUD & Gameplay menu while in-game, they'll be able to tweak both their Action Experience and Puzzle options to create their own custom difficulty settings, with options for things like how many enemies show up at one time, how hard they hit, and how quickly they react to Indy's presence.

All Difficulty Options in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

The Difficulty Options in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle are labeled as the Action Experience, and players have four distinct settings to choose from. Each of these settings will aid players in their individual experience of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, whether they want to challenge themselves against an army of Nazis, or if they want a classic story experience, and here are the difficulty differences:

Light

For adventures who enjoy a lighter stealth and combat challenge.
Enemies do less damage and attack in fewer numbers

Light is the preferred setting for players unfamiliar with first-person action/adventure games, and would like the game to feel a tad easy so that they can better experience the story without the risk of hitting a death screen.

Moderate

The default setting for adventures who want a moderate stealth and combat challenge.
Enemies deal average damage and attack in moderate numbers.

The Moderate setting is the default and optimal experience for those who want to play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle as the intended experience from MachineGames and Bethesda. Enemies are fairly managed in terms of health, the damage they deal with, and their spawning numbers.

Hard

For adventures seeking a harder stealth and combat challenge.
Enemies dish out significant damage and attack in greater numbers.

Hard is for those who seek a touch of challenge due to how enemies will fight more aggressively, and in greater numbers. With more enemies, comes more trouble for those who seek it, so stealth and brutal brawls might not be the answer to every encounter, especially since a few punches serve as fatal.

Very Hard

For the bravest adventures looking for a very hard stealth and combat challenge.
Enemies land devastating blows and attack in overwhelming numbers.

For the veterans out there, there’s the Very Hard option, which will provide players with the best challenge that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can offer. There are far more enemy spawns than normal, and patrol routes will make both stealth and hand-to-hand combat more difficult than normal, and Indy will only be able to take a few hits before being taken out for good. It’s the most realistic approach, but definitely the hardest.

For the best experience, players who are new to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle should select the Moderate Action Experience, as it perfectly blends story with challenge, without being overly difficult.

All Puzzle Difficulty Options in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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There are two options players can choose from when it comes to balancing the Adventure Experience, which is the difficulty option in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that will determine how easy some of the mysteries and puzzles are within the game. The puzzles themselves aren’t simple, but they are solvable if players put their heads together and use the clues before them.

Light

Enjoy the story with a lighter adventure challenge.
Exploration is more guided and the puzzles are easier to solve.

Light is for the players who want to enjoy the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle experience without having to sit there and think about puzzle solutions. Answers are more direct and players are guided to the solutions in terms of solving the puzzles themselves and where to find them so that Indy’s adventure isn’t halted by too many moments of quiet.

Moderate

The default setting lets you enjoy the story with a moderate adventure challenge.
Exploration is not guided and the puzzles are more challenging but still manageable.

This is the standard setting for Adventure Experience, and players who select this option will be allowed greater freedom as they personally attempt to solve some of history’s greatest puzzles in the mind of Indiana Jones. Players aren’t led to direct answers, but there are clues that can be offered with the camera, and plenty of notes scattered will provide hints and clues as to how to solve each puzzle.

The best puzzle difficulty in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be Moderate, as that is the intended experience for players so that they can feel rewarded and satisfied for solving some of the increasingly intense puzzles that await them within the game.

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