<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Troy Baker has an idea locked and loaded for another Indian Jones video game. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Dude, I have my whole pitch laid out," admits the famous voice actor. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Ultimately, that's going to be the responsibility of my betters but look, if this story and this character has shown us anything, we thought we were done with the </span><em><span>Last Crusade</span></em><span>, but it's a big world and there's a lot of history, there's a lot of mystery and that's what I love."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/pokemon-pokopia-nintendo-switch-2/5f82dd86-b26e-41ce-b3f7-689cf80f140b" rel="" target="" title="'Irresistibly charming.' An hour with Pokemon Pokopia"><strong><span>'Irresistibly charming.' An hour with Pokemon Pokopia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baker won universal praise for his take on the character in </span><em><span>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle</span></em><span>, which perfectly mimicked Harrison Ford's iconic archaeologist. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two years after it arrived on Xbox, the first-person action adventure game is coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 on May 12.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is nothing like being able to take a game like this on the go, wherever you are," says Baker, who first played the game on his Steamdeck. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-famous-voice-actors-excitement-ahead-of-anticipated-game-launch/6ceb9416-9469-4b61-a72c-822ac34205eb" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I love my PC, I love my platforms and I love this kind of controller but the truth is, being able to be on a plane and play this (is special).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I never thought, with as advanced as our graphics are, that we would be able to put this thing on such a small platform.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Suffice to say I'm excited to start my third playthrough of this game."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review-the-best-game-on-the-switch-2-yet/9bd33b11-6aab-4846-a2a9-add0789ec36c" rel="" target="" title="Review: The best game on the Switch 2 yet"><strong><span>Review: The best game on the Switch 2 yet</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After two ordinary movies, Bethesda's </span><em><span>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle</span></em><span> felt right at home with the original trilogy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It earned an 86 on Metacritic, which is second only to </span><em><span>Raiders of the Lost Ark</span></em><span> if we compare scores with Rotten Tomatoes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So where does Troy Baker rank it?</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm slightly biased. What an amazing question," said the undecided actor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I would probably go one (</span><em><span>Raiders</span></em><span>), three (</span><em><span>Last Crusade</span></em><span>), </span><em><span>Great Circle</span></em><span> then two (</span><em><span>Temple of Doom</span></em><span>).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Or one (</span><em><span>Raiders</span></em><span>), </span><em><span>Great Circle</span></em><span>, three (</span><em><span>Last Crusade</span></em><span>), two (</span><em><span>Temple of Doom</span></em><span>).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Or maybe a tie for second.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I love how we open our game.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've got this incredible kind of shot-for-shot remake of the opening of </span><em><span>Raiders</span></em><span> that leads into where we find ourselves in this story, which is a complete contrast to how </span><em><span>Raiders</span></em><span> opens.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In </span><em><span>Raiders</span></em><span>, it opens up with this bright-eyed, clean-cut professor doing what he does best, which is teaching a class during the daytime.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our game opens up as the same professor, now passed out drunk at his desk at night in the storm."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/the-pokemon-legends-z-a-review-as-a-longlapsed-pokemon-fan-it-feels-like-legends-za-was-made-for-me-but-this-is-my-only-wish-for-the-new-game/b1fd8b39-1881-448c-8333-95ec90a7c6e2" rel="" target="" title="Pokemon Legends Z-A has a remarkably engaging story. But this is my only wish"><strong><span>Pokemon Legends Z-A has a remarkably engaging story. But this is my only wish</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As for how he so perfectly captured the essence of a young Harrison Ford, Baker says he built an appreciation of the character from "nuggets" within the films. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's a line where he says in </span><em><span>Last Crusade</span></em><span>, Sean Connery's character says, 'The quest for the Grail is not archeology, it's a race against evil'.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And Indy says, 'This is an obsession, Dad. I never understood it and neither did Mom.'</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And that line to me became so integral to the spine of this character because we understand that's a lie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He is just as obsessed, if not more, and that's why he's always chasing the past, always on the adventure."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As for what that next adventure and what his pitch may be, Baker wasn't giving anything away. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think we made a hell of a game, and I think the best thing that we did was we showed people that you don't just wanna watch </span><em><span>Indiana Jones</span></em><span>, you wanna be Indiana Jones.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Maybe we get to do another turn of it and if we did, I would be happy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But I can also say that if this is the only one that we do, we can all stand proud knowing that we gave this our absolute all and we made one hell of a game."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=9news.com.au" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>
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