He wants a colorful amusement park RPG on rails that plays itself for him. He doesn't want to be bogged down by silly things like gameplay mechanics, he wants to paint by numbers.
This isn't a cost/benefit analysis. This is about whether or not there should be some sort of cosmic punishment for failing to obey posted signage regarding the crossing of barriers. I don't even know where you came up with that.
Fun as hell if you take off the trucks.