Because people want to use video games as a medium to show why they’re smarter than the average but don’t factor in all those times they spent 20 minutes pushing against a door because they didn’t read the tutorial text while going “Ugh, stupid game is broken.”

They want the yellow paint to be subtle enough to make them FEEL smart when in reality the game is still leading them around

Devs: "We want to highlight climbable objects." Gamer™️: "Well just make everything climbable and let me figure it out for myself" Devs: spend thirty years and 200 lives creating fully interactable environment Gamer: unclear path, 0/5 stars

Aaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha the sound I made reading this