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The problem is that rarely does either approach work. Either modern approach often has one of 2 outcomes: the player feels patronized or the player feels dumb for not realizing what the visual queue was telling them to begin with.

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There's a difference between tutorials that are literally, "press up on the analogue stick to move forward" and games that provide guidance on where and where not to go.

I get annoyed sometimes at games like Witcher 3 that plop level 30 monsters in areas that have level 5 content. That's bad game design. That's different than making a conscious effort to travel somewhere much earlier than the game anticipates.