I used to play Overwatch with no HUD. The game is definitely not designed around that, but I found I did decently well, and many characters have displays on their guns that relate the same info.
I know Jurassic Park Trespasser infamously used a tatoo on your characters chest instead of a healthbar to avoid using a HUD.
I did the same as you in GTA, very different and fun way to experience the game.
I always thought it'd be cool to make a no UI fighting game, with health being related by the characters appearance (ie more and more beaten up) rather than the usual top of the screen health bars.
I had a Destiny poster on my wall back when all we knew was the name of the game and a bit of promotional art. We named our cat Bungie. So yeah, I'm pretty sad about the current state of things.
The narrator is constantly yelling everything as you go through the screens to start the game. He yells the title, the name of the track, the name of your boat, and he doesnt stop when the race starts. Always makes me hyped to play.
Great review! I was going to suggest you start a blog and I'm happy to see one linked! Are you on Mastodon?
Those bloody battlefields are brutal. I don't play many strategy games but I can't remember any that leave the ground littered with corpses like that. Its chilling.
There are a few, TUV/ETL/UL. Any of those and/or good user reviews are what I look for. I've had too many cheap ones spark or just have very loose ports to trust them anymore.
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