Why do all games do this now? Why am I not allowed to think for myself? Some games even solve shit for you if you take too long.

Just let the player play the game devs.

>>714500160 (OP)
Play testers are whiny and devs has no bones.
Anyway I hate puzzles in games.

>>714500160 (OP)
>Why do all games do this now
because you played and supported nintentoddler shit like OoT

>>714501362
Navi was mostly useless in terms of hints though. Fi was way worse.

>>714501927
lets just ignore the 5 second unskippable cutscene every "puzzle" room spelling out exactly what to do

>>714500160 (OP)
Zoomers and playtesters (zoomers). Sony's Horizon series main character Aloy has constant speaking because of playtesters. Arguagbly the point of no return was Bethesda and their quest pointers in Fallout 3 onward to TES5 Skyrim. 50% zoomers, 50% Bethesda.

>>714500672
cope

>>714502157
You're thinking of windwaker not OoT

Remember the gaming journalism Cuphead tutorial video? What about the new "Story" difficulty mode that started appearing in the early 2010s and is still here? The coup de grace was the "Accessibility" menu option. All related to zoomers dropping attention span, ADHD, severe illiteracy, and mathematics drops in grades. Gen Alpha is worse, as they now have Pay-To-Skip options for video games.

>>714500160 (OP)
Thank you Basedfly you are my greatest ally

>>714502454
That stupid fucking torch room

>>714500160 (OP)
this is actually the biggest redpill in the world
you'd think this usage of hint would detract of the experience but the majority of players actually prefer being spoonfed that way
those people are out there and influencing society

>>714500160 (OP)
you can shit on AAA game design puzzles all you want but I can't think of a single indie game with good puzzle mechanics unless it's purely a puzzle game. All the Zelda like clones have the most brain numbing puzzles.
Even shit like Genshin makes Botw look like a Sherlock Holmes. Either puzzle designers lack skill or are only allowed to make shit for drooling retards. But in this day and age I wouldn't bother either, because everyone just googles solution if they don't get it first try

>>714500160 (OP)

>>714500160 (OP)
Navi was a mistake.

>>714500160 (OP)
women, see
>>714503153

>>714500160 (OP)
>Why do all games do this now?
Lots of newer games have options to turn this off, some even have options to literally remove the splattered yellow/white paint from items in order to force you to look for yourself.
Shitty games? Maybe. But Star Wars: Outlaws and STALKER 2 are two recent games I can think of that actually allow you to turn off those assists. The recent Mafia: Definitive Edition also had an option to turn off "in world" objective markers and make you have to actually think for yourself and look for objectives like the original game did.
On the other side of the coin, you've got the shit like what Death Stranding 2 has been pulling with their "babby journalist" mode.

>>714500160 (OP)

>>714500160 (OP)
>Why do all games do this now?
Elden ring doesn't do this

>>714504029
>Rollslop

>>714500160 (OP)
I blame DSP

>>714500160 (OP)
Zoomers and Playtesters (Zoomers). If people get mildly frustrated, they tend to quit and refund. Also most current devs suck at intuitive design.

just make people actively choose to talk to their companions to get hints, no longer make it automatic
that alone would improve things dramatically

I fucking hate the designated NPC companion who contributes nothing and insists on telling you how to play the game.

One of the worst parts of the pixel remaster versions of final fantasy games. I don't need doorways to be glowing

>>714500160 (OP)
>Why do all games do this now?
It's very simple, actually.
It's because EXTENSIVE playtesting is now the industry's norm, and because visual fidelity of most mainstream games today is so high that developing a clear visual language is now a necessity.

Older games either did not target as big and wide markets to run into issues with readability, or they were visually simplistic enough to avoid readability issues by simply lacking detail that would muddle the distinction between active elements and backgrounds.

In Tomb Rider 1 you don't need ledgepaint because the whole game is literally build on a grid covered with flat textures. Identifying what is or isn't a ledge isn't a problem, it's not like the walls are hyper-plastic and covered with endless mash of modeled greebles with skyboxes and actual level layout being INTENTIONALLY virtually inseparable.

Is this shit tiresome and boring?
Yes.
Are there better ways to do this?
Yes.
But is SOME kind of solution to readability issues needed?
Yes. Yes it is. And ledgepaint is just the most easy and cheap way to solve it.

>>714503918
>imagine you won
I'm surprised people aren't offended by this