IrishNinja
Member
Miracle Warriors, SMS
i know it's a PC port but goddamn
this shit literally put me off playing that game
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Worst UIs and menus in gaming?
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Miracle Warriors, SMS
i know it's a PC port but goddamn
this shit literally put me off playing that game
HyperCroutons
Member
Yea Mass Effect 1's UI was terrible, I really like the game but this is a mess:
You would get so many Ammo types and upgrades that it take forever to scroll through both on 360 and PC. 90% of it I would just turn into Omni-gel make opening doors so much easier!
I hope this is satire... Google image search.. or just deal with it.
AC1 and the 2 family have quite nice UIs -- I quite liked the just-slightly-off Helvetica font that Abstergo used -- but in AC3 it fell to pieces and has never recovered.
Satire? TerryWogan is absolutely correct. Nobody should have to step away from the thread to do a Google image search (possibly repeatedly) just to participate in a discussion. It takes far less effort for the poster to just offer up some context.
I still haven't quite worked out how to go straight to the store.
Dangansona
Member
The Souls games, Borderlands, The Elder Scrolls. And the UI/Menus is a major reason I am not a fan of all of those series.
This nonsense from Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus. The changes are so minor but they change a lot about how the game looks.
Deadlock 2
The 90's was a magical time.
Thanks for posting this. Used to play the original as a kid and I've been trying to figure out what it was called for ages.
Dragon Age Inquisition... what a terrible useless and infuriating UI that completely turned me off from the game. Not sure if they addressed it with an update because I didn't bother sticking around.
How many of these are issues of "well it's a PC game at some point, so we'll just through EVERYTHING everywhere because you have a mouse and can go anywhere".
How many of these are issues of "well it's a PC game at some point, so we'll just through EVERYTHING everywhere because you have a mouse and can go anywhere".
RandomSeed
Member
I have no idea what developers are thinking with 99% of game UIs. I love RPGs, and more often than not, the inventory UI is just a fucking mess. I'd have to take breaks from playing Divinity: OS (great game) when my inventory got overloaded.
One nasty "trend" I really hate is how the audio team always seems to feel the need to let the player know they are there. Big bloops, beeps, thuds, and other random shit when going through the menus. Far Cry 3 is one that comes to mind when opening the menu screen (which you do often). The death and load sound effect in Witcher 3 is out of this world loud, too.
One nasty "trend" I really hate is how the audio team always seems to feel the need to let the player know they are there. Big bloops, beeps, thuds, and other random shit when going through the menus. Far Cry 3 is one that comes to mind when opening the menu screen (which you do often). The death and load sound effect in Witcher 3 is out of this world loud, too.
It is actually an annoying consolized menu to use with a mouse too.
Mister Zimbu
Member
Pinball Arcade is an amazing case study. They've done like 6 complete UI redesigns from scratch, and each one ends up being worse than the last.
I disagree. Just look at your keyboard, the buttons are of different sizes.
This is absurd. How would you decide what's prioritized? Should they just remove all sub menus and throw everything on the main screen??
It's not traditional, but that doesn't necessarily mean traditional menus are better.
inpHilltr8r
Member
Coming back to Witcher 3 for the DLC. How have they not fixed the UI? It can take seconds to switch tabs. They're waiting for EVERY icon in the panel to load, even the ones off screen. No threading, just lock everything and wait for the disk.
Still a great game though.
Still a great game though.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
There's nothing satirical about requesting people who post pictures of a game to spend three seconds typing the name's game if it's not immediately clear from the image. You'd think this would be common sense.
Human Trashcan
Banned
The crafting interface in this game was a goddamn war crime. Witcher 3's crafting system combined with the crafting UI was arguably even worse. To craft 1 item, you need 4 mats. Mat 1 requires X, but to make X you need A, B, and C, but to craft those you need yet more items, and so on and so forth. It's heinous. And there's no way to compare stats of items in the crafting UI to what you're wearing.