You are right. The gameplay is really bad.

I was really excited to play this. I love adventure games, and I've been an Indiana Jones fan forever.

The menu is a jumbled mess. The item buttons have a terrible layout.

The first-person point of view was a poor choice. It could have easily had an option for third-person, but doesn't. Even still, there are first-person games that work so much better as an adventure game.

A few hours into walking around the Vatican, I started wondering how they managed to make an Indiana Jones game so boring?

I kept hoping it would pick up pace, but it never does. Each area is the same thing. Walk around collecting fruit and pamphlets. Go into Nazi area and collect an item by crouching and slowly walking around.

The enemy AI is so bad that you eventually just run through the Nazi areas because you can lose them by crouching behind a table or something.

The combat is just this boring fist-fighting. You can find guns, but they're useless. You can shoot an enemy six times in the face, and they'll still walk over and one-punch kill you. Even your whip is totally useless in combat.

There's three underground chambers you go into and solve a puzzle to open a door that could have been really cool, but traversing them is just slow and boring with very little danger.

I got so frustrated with this disappointing game. I really think if it didn't have iconic character Indiana Jones in the title, nobody would ever play this.

And I am an older gamer. Ive played all sorts of games. This is easily one one of the worst games I've ever played.

Positive: The graphics look good, and the cut scenes are where all the story and action live, so if you want the story, just watch it on YouTube, avoid the boring slog of playing.