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Recommended, but not right now.

I wanted to preface that my here review is from the angle of someone who is a completist and tries to do most if not all thing in the game. It might not apply to someone playing it casually.
Indiana Jones is a gorgeous game, very well done, a lot of attention to detail, visually and audibly.
The voice acting is particularly exceptional especially when it comes to Voss and Indiana, Gina is spotty, sometimes she comes off as Italian sometimes as British.
The main plot is quite engaging and keeps you hooked to the end, with a lot of interesting lore to be found along the way.
I should note that this game, is not an action game, nor is it an action-adventure even. More like just adventure.
There is little to no combat, the majority of your time will be spent finding items across the world, finding clues and puzzles, then solving them.
The general feel of the game is somewhat like Uncharted when it comes to cutscenes, and Tomb Raider-ish when it comes to gameplay. Only unlike Uncharted, the pacing is much slower and the humor is weaker with less lovable characters.
The three main quasi-open maps you explore feature almost the same set of challenges, with only the languages and settings providing distinction. Additionally, there is little variety in gameplay to offset the repetitive nature of these objectives.
I cannot quite put my finger on it, but the game doesn't flow, it's a bit of a drag.
Everything you do is certainly fun, but it seems like it's too much of the same,. It would have benefited greatly if it had more ups and downs in terms of pace. Some intense action followed by a calm puzzle to solve.
Instead it's just slow across the board and for a completist playing 35-40hrs, it can feel very tedious at times.
If you're the kind of person that sticks to the main mission and does the occasional side thing, you will not feel any of this and will enjoy it throughout.
The puzzles themselves are good, for the most part not hard, not mindnumbing either like in a lot of games these days, it's challenging enough to at least get you to pause occasionally. And this is probably the best part of the game, exploring and puzzle solving. I also personally enjoyed the punching, it has a nice sense of impact and is incredibly satisfying when you knock an enemy out. The animations and sound effects enhance this with their responsiveness and weight.
One thing that bogs the game down however, are its numerous bugs. Look no further than the large bug threads in the community hub. From small to big, to gamebreaking and narrative breaking, the game is not in a final state.
Luckily I didn't experience anything game breaking, but plenty of smaller bugs, including narrative breaking ones, where you'd have missions and accompanying custcenes in which a side character talks to you about something that you've already done with them way back in the main mission. I've also had a lot of crashes to desktop which seems to be one of the most prominent issues here.
So whether you play the game casually or as a completist, I'd recommend waiting for a few more patches before picking it up. But I do recommend playing it at some point as it is totally worthwhile.
Indiana Jones is a fantastic fit for a game universe and protagonist, and I'm hoping we get a trilogy out of it.
If the team finetunes the pacing and makes the game more varied in terms of activities, the next one could be a masterpiece.