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>game just hopes that you find this secret exit during a one off sidequest and if you miss it that one time it never gives you any incentive to ever go back there and actively makes it seem like there is nothing there on the map
That is dogshit game design yes. There are plenty of metroidvanias I beat without needing a guide because they actually fucking designed their game properly.