Aleph Null posted:

What kind of an OCD nerd has to play the game optimally instead of just going with the flow and taking what comes. I mean, if you are that desperate to have everything be perfect, at what point does it stop being fun and start being an obsession?
I like to play through a game the first time using no quick saves and just taking what I get. If I screw up, then I pay for my mistakes and move on. No "optimal path", no min-maxing; just having fun.
After that, I may read up on all the stuff I missed because I am bad at game and then play again trying to dig up all the secrets.

At all times I am in control of whether or not I use QS / QL or just let it save automatically because I am an adult.

Incidentally, I don't like playing Dark Souls. Not because it doesn't have QS, but because I am really bad at it and found it not fun (also, I tried it with keyboard + mouse instead of controller the first time). So, I just don't play that game. I don't hate it or think is is crap; I am just not good at it and don't want to take the time to get good.
That is always an option: don't play games that do things you don't like.