If MachineGames can’t give us the long-awaited Wolfenstein 3, why not a crossover?
In MachineGames Wolfenstein games, its revealed that B.J.
who, by all appearances, is the idealized blonde-haired, blue-eyed Aryan man is half-Jewish.
Indiana Jones and B.J.
Blazkowicz both hate Nazis, but they have different methods.
Indy tends to rely on his intellect and iconic bullwhip, while B.J.
takes a machine gun-forward approach.
As different as the means are, their objectives are similar: beat the Nazis.
B.J.s levels could have an action focus, and Indys could emphasize puzzle-solving.
They could share stealth in common, as both Great Circle and Wolfenstein play with variations on sneaking around.
Though the stealth is tailored to the characters personalities.
Indy relies more on social stealth, changing outfits to enter new areas.
uses stealth primarily as an alternative to combat.
In Another Life
Where would this game take place, though?
Its an interesting question, as B.J.s world is an alternate reality and Indys is presented as our own.
When we see the 1960s in Dial of Destiny, its just the 1960s.
So the series both have the fundamental problem of existing in different universes.
I dont think thats actually that big of a problem.
In the era of multiverses, you’re free to handwave that away in a minute.
wander through a portal to Indys world, or vice versa, and get the two fighting Nazis.
Maybe theres a cool artifact that Indy wants thats lost in his world, but found in B.J.s.
Maybe Indys world contains some Nazi-decimating weapon that hasnt been invented in his.
Shooters are about shooting, so they need a memorable weapon!
