The last 4 Bethesda releases are this.
Oblivion, F3, New Vegas, and Skyrim all keep getting dumber and easier in order to appeal to a larger console market each time around.
Being able to check the map and get it to point where to go and follow the compass is stupid. I prefer games that tell you "The cave is east of the town, by the river" and let you find it.
I get lost and frustrated sometimes but most of the time I end up finding something really neat along the way.
To be fair in Skyrim you actually CAN disable it.
Yeah but it is my opinion it should be disabled by default and let you turn it on.
Actually they kinda are. When you load up your game only the most recent quest marker is active and only if you left it active when you last saved.
Um...well...here in FL it can rain for 12 hours straight. Can't go out and get stuff done around the house, TV sucks, everyone is lazy cause of the weather. So I sit down and sometimes yeah I do play that long. I've played longer too. On days off, for no other reason than that I enjoy it.
You don't call people losers who go fishing and spend 12 hours casting a line out and get no results do you?