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[KyleCross]

I disagree. The developers designed the games with those functions in mind, they're built around them. Turning them off is going against the core game design, just like playing on anything but Normal difficulty. Sure, you can. But it isn't the experience the developer intended.

 

[M0nochromatic]

The problem for me is it seems that the devs frequently leave out the neccessary parts when you do turn those options off. If the magic compass is turned off, but the devs never put in street signs or npc dialougue with directions, there's no point.

 

[dead souls]

No thanks, I derive no enjoyment from being lost in a game.

 

[Brandon F]

Playing Rise of the Tomb Raider now with the vision mode and glow highlights turned off and am absolutely loving it.

The argument about the game "not being designed" in such a ways to benefit those not using waypoints is utter nonsense. The environments are designed in such a way that pathing has constant clues to funnel you towards your intended goal without the need for obtrusive waymarkers(which truly just serve as idiot-proofing). Collectibles are actually rendered(unlike FFXV!) and exist in the world naturally such as gold coins scattered amid rucksacks or dead corpses. Written maps, audio recordings and journals are spread out across a table or next to abandoned camping gear. The gold overlay just gets in the way of the player noticing these details on their own.

That said, the map still highlights everything, so pausing the game will still show all the Ubi-esque icons that cannot be turned off seemingly. Once you find a 'secrets map' you still have all the exploration spoiled (in the pause menu, not in-game).

Not going to harp on those that prefer to just follow the shiny lights from beginning to end, but the arguments against citing the 'design' of the game being unable to support doing so is flat out misinformed (at least for RoTR).

 

[Mman235]

Meh, most games with markers now are designed around them so interactable elements , items and important points are arbitrarily hard to find with them off. I'll give you Dishonoured as a legit example of a game that's mostly designed to be played without them bar one or two moments (that could be bad design as much as a marker issue).