As someone with nearly 7k games, I understand backlog...4-5 hours is still extremely short lol.
Also this is a RPG Maker game, it has quite a bit of limitations, but going straight to an item screen is similar and akin to older RPGs such as early FF and Dragon Quest games. Menus are a thing for RPGs. I understand ya may not like it, but eh, I dunno who ya are, or if ya grew up with newer games only or older games at all.