Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a bunch of easy achievements that players aren’t unlocking
- Global Xbox data reveals that many Indiana Jones and the Great Circle players have missed a bunch of easy achievements in the action-adventure
- Over on Steam, the unlock percentages are higher for these achievements
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle hit Xbox on December 9, 2024
It’s been a little over a month now since MachineGames’ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle whipped its way onto our Xbox consoles, and we’ve taken a look at the global Xbox achievement data to see how players are getting on in the epic action-adventure game. Oddly, Xbox players appear to be missing out on some very basic achievements that, in some cases, are almost harder not to unlock. In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, you can boost your health and stamina by finding and eating some delicious fruits and pastries that are dotted around each level. The Vatican City, Gizeh, and Sukothai locations all have their own unique treats for Indy to eat, and MachineGames has tied an achievement to each one.
For Vatican City, the first level in the game outside of Marshall College, there is an achievement for eating a cornetto named Little Horn. Only 34% of Xbox players who started Indiana Jones and the Great Circle have gobbled down the pastry in-game and popped the achievement.
The same can be said for Bread is Life (eat aish baladi bread on the Gizeh level) and Celestial Delight (eat a star fruit on the Sukothai level). Just 22% of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Xbox players have Bread is Life, and 11% have Celestial Delight.
These consumables are everywhere, and they’re not hard to miss, so it’s interesting to see so few Xbox players pop these three achievements. Little Horn is probably the most surprising, as it’s the first real level in the game, and you can find a cornetto almost from the off. Perhaps players are just so good and stealthy that they do not need these items to boost their health and stamina and just rely on using bandages. Of course, the numbers for Bread is Life, and Celestial Delight will be lower as those can only be unlocked later on in the game, and it’s likely that the vast majority just didn’t make it that far.
Over on Steam, the unlock percentages for these achievements are higher: 54% for Little Horn, 39% for Bread is Life, and 22% for Celestial Delight. The reason why the Xbox percentages are lower compared to Steam is likely down to Game Pass and the low barrier of entry it provides. Subscribers can fire up Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, play for ten minutes, realize it’s not quite for them, and put the game down.
One achievement that requires nothing more than a few button presses has only been unlocked by around 15% of Xbox players (28% on Steam). The Filling in the Blanks achievement for revisiting a location is super simple, and yet hardly anybody has returned to a previous level to pop it. Very strange, indeed.
While those four achievements are, in my opinion, almost impossible to miss, there are three combat-related achievements that also should really have higher unlock percentages. The Pest Control achievement, which requires you to hit an enemy with a fly swatter, has only been unlocked by 18% of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Xbox players (33% on Steam). The Right Note achievement, for clobbering a Nazi with a guitar, sits with a 26% unlock percentage (43% on Steam). Finally, we have the A Little Tumble achievement for pushing an enemy off a ledge, which just 23% of all Indy Xbox players have (38% on Steam).
Granted, these are slightly harder to pop compared to just using a consumable — fly swatters, although they can be found on (I think) pretty much every major level, are kind of tricky to spot, and they’re probably not the first weapon of choice for many. However, guitars are everywhere and can be considered more weapon-like, so it’s still surprising to see that just a quarter of Xbox Indy players have the achievements. The same can be said for pushing an enemy off a ledge — there are plenty of opportunities for this, especially on the Gizeh level.
