Recently, foreign media Gamerant published an article talking about a rather ingenious game mechanism in ‘Indiana Jones: The Ancient Circle’ – the camera.
In the game, players can purchase a camera at the Vatican Post Office and also buy a map guide to learn the locations of notes, relics, and puzzles in Vatican.
The camera can not only take photos to earn adventure points (players will be prompted to photograph various points of interest, including landmarks, events, NPCs, and even cats that are related to the plot or are random). Taking photos is also a clever way of providing puzzle-solving hints.
Although in some linear storylines, players may be constantly urged to move forward by NPC companion Gina Lombardi. Even when there are notes and items to collect in a room, she will continuously urge Indiana Jones to trigger the next cutscene.
However, when players encounter a real puzzle, Gina will become quiet and let players think for themselves. For players, being able to find solutions based on surrounding clues and information on their own may be more satisfactory.
If players can’t solve the puzzle through existing clues, they can obtain more hints by photographing the points of interest of the puzzle until the accurate solution is finally revealed.
This method is very clever and also faithfully restores the setting of the character Indiana Jones.
Although ‘Indiana Jones’ is a game with a linear storyline, the several huge maps in the game are also filled with a large amount of explorable content. If players are not in a hurry to experience the story, they can physically examine those puzzles in the game, which will also take players a lot of time to play. The camera is the best way to provide information to players without directly giving solutions.
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