Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Won't Let You Hurt Dogs

Summary

HappyIndiana Jones and The Great Circlerelease day. Unless you’ve been playing in early access in which case you will already be up to three days in. As more people get their hands on the first proper Indy game in years, more details about it will be revealed. That includes confirmation that Indiana Jones can’t hurt the in-game dogs, although he does appear to be able to frighten them.

Can You Pet The Dogis a popular Twitter account dedicated to letting the world know if you can make a fuss of the many dogs you come across in video games throughout history. There are indeed dogs in The Great Circle, and Can You Pet The Dog has deviated from its usual public service to inform players not about whether you can pet them, but whether you can shoot them.

The quick answer to that is no, you cannot. As demonstrated in the clips from The Great Circle shared by Can You Pet The Dog, if you aim your gun at a dog and try to pull the trigger, instead of firing, Indy will pull back his gun, open it up, and check how much ammo he has left. you may fire your gun near a dog though which will cause them to stop attacking you and cower.

No, You Can’t Hurt Dogs In Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

You Can Scare Them Off If They Get A Bit Feisty, Though

A similar premise applies to Indy’s whip. While you can’t use the iconic weapon to physically harm a dog, you can aim away from it and crack your whip to frighten it and, in theory, prevent it from attacking you. This all sounds very nice and friendly and for the most part, it is. Whether it’s having to watch it in a movie or needing to do it yourself in a game, a fictional dog getting hurt can often be harder to deal with than hurting a person.

Don’t believe me? John Wick started with a guy’s dog getting killed and we’re now four movies and a spinoff show deep, and I bet none of the hundreds of people killed across the series hurt you nearly as much as Wick’s dog dying.

The only potential downside is dogs in The Great Circle that, whether you like it or not, need to be dealt with. If the Nazis I’m fighting set a dog on me and instead of shooting it, I start up an animation where Indy casually starts checking his gun, it’s going to be a tad annoying. In The Great Circle’s defense, that’s a very minor gripe and one that might not even apply ina game that has reviewed far better than most were expecting.