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’s use of yellow paint sparked some debate about the validity of this design tactic, but personally, I’m happy the game used it. For context, when players refer to “yellow paint” in the game, they are referring to the bright yellow color used to highlight climbable sections of the game’s terrain. is far from the only game to use this tactic. The 2023 version of , for instance, used yellow paint to highlight parts of puzzles or destructible boxes. Some feel that these signposts break immersion or make a game simpler.

I don’t think the “yellow paint” debate is as simple as saying that it’s a bad design element and should never be used, or that it is always appropriate and should be used all the time. In my view, design elements like yellow paint have their place, and I thinkis an example of a good use of it. This mainly comes down to how uses yellow paint and what it means in terms of gameplay.

It’s probably no surprise to say that is a massive game. The main story alone takes around 50 hours to complete, and trying to complete all the side content can easily bring playtime up to 100 hours or more. Given the massive time commitment necessary to finish the game, I was grateful for any aspect of the game’s design that helped streamline my journey and keep the pace moving. Although it may not be as impactful as the game’s fast-travel system when it came to saving time, yellow paint was one element that helped.

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’s map is pretty sprawling, and the game forces players to check its many nooks and crannies just to find all of the side content. This means players need to be able to traverse the overworld and discover some paths that are less apparent than the main one. Yellow paint can save players a lot of time in these circumstances because they aren’t forced to try climbing every rock they come across. Instead, they can easily recognize