Has anyone else felt this way in Lego marvel superheroes?

yes, I started playing in 2015, and I rage quit after I could not complete the flying races which I saved tell last. I only beat the game earlier this year.

Same here. There were several missions I could not complete because the game did a poor job on telling you where to go.

the older lego games may be amazing but compared to the newer ones there is a large lack of directions/instructions.

Yeah but ironically I am fine with the newer ones despite killing the pace too much. Though some of them have missions that are way too difficult. And of course that one gold brick in upper east is one of them since the studs do a bad job on telling you where to go.