No, it's not really Harrison Ford you're listening to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - but you're not alone if you can't tell the difference. Although the role's creator, Harrison Ford, portrayed the courageous adventurer on screen as recently as 2023 The destiny dialhe doesn't lend his voice to Lucasfilm and Machine Games' recent adaptation. Instead, video game Indy is played by prolific voice actor Troy Baker, best known for playing Joel Miller in The last of usBooker DeWitt in Bioshock Infiniteand Sam Drake in Unknownamong many others.
Reddit user Mixed Martial Law recently shared a comparison of the two actors' work, leading many players commented on Baker's near-perfect recreation of Ford's performance. In a three-minute video, the original post juxtaposes similar threads of Indiana Jones films and The Great Circleallowing players to hear their tones, inflections and pronunciations side by side. The results are unbelievable, with Baker achieving much more than a simple Indy impression - even if it's not always perfect.
Harrison Ford will always be Indiana Jones, but Troy Baker did a wonderful job
Fans compare Indy performances
The general consensus from gamers on Baker's performance is deservedly positive – even Harrison Ford himself gave him support during The Game Awards 2024. Most recognize this Baker did an excellent job of imitating Ford's way of speaking as Indiana Jonesmatching his strong voice and tendency to mumble. Even when he raises his voice, he sounds almost exactly like Ford in Indy's most emotional scenes. Players like Kavorklestein They say it's almost impossible to tell the difference, even listening to the two performances side by side.
Others, like epidipnisacknowledged that while Baker's performance is excellent, his Harrison Ford impression isn't the only reason he works in the role. The game's dialogue also deserves its share of the creditsince Indy can't sound like Indy if he has a different way of speaking. His quiet enthusiasm in putting the pieces together, his authoritative tone in laying out the story, his wry jokes about defeated rivals are all perfectly intact and do much to make The Great Circle the perfect Indiana Jones game.
Still, Baker's performance isn't perfect, and this is more noticeable in some sections of the game than others. Indy isn't known for being the most excitable character, but occasionally, when he discovers something truly incredible, there's often a quiet sense of excitement in his voice - barely noticeable, but undeniably present. Dark Warrior Blake it says Baker has sometimes failed to deliver on this aspectwhich, while not an inherent performance flaw, is noticeably different from Ford's approach to the role.
But Even this comment is extremely positive about Baker's performancecalling him "a huge contributor to why the game works." That's true: part of what makes The Great Circle so good is that it really looks like a Indiana Jones film, just interactive and extended for a much longer duration.
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And Troy Baker's performance is no small part
It's no secret that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has been a critical and commercial success, and Troy Baker's performance plays a big part in that. From top to bottom, everything about it looks, feels and sounds like one Indiana Jones filmincluding the performance of its main actor.
Its success has almost everyone asking for more games like it. Its astronomical sales figures mean that both Disney bosses want more Indiana Jones games; others hope it will usher in an imsim renaissance. Reactions from fans and critics have been positive across the board, which means there's likely to be more Indy soon.
But with Ford officially retired from playing in Indy, Baker's voice is more important than ever. It is almost a certainty that, in any future Indiana Jones video game projects, Baker will reprise his role. This means your performance matters for more than just Indiana Jones and the Great Circle specifically - could launch a whole new kind of revival for the series.
Sources: Mixed Martial Law/Reddit, Kavorklestein/Reddit, Epidipnis/Reddit, TheDarkWarriorBlake/Reddit