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6/22/2013 12:12:11 AM
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Destiny's HUD and Interface

Keep the HUD the way it is.

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Add options to change the HUD.

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Who cares? Ya babby...

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Like all First Person Shooters, having a strong HUD can make or break 'immersion' in the game. Some titles barely show a HUD at all, allowing the eyes to not get distracted by things other than the environment or what is happening in front of you. Others fill the HUD with numbers and pictures and in many cases this has been made fun of countless times. What I'm suggesting Bungie do with their new title, Destiny, is allow the player to turn on/off what he would like to see on his/her HUD. For example, I see two ammo counters on the screen for the same gun and I keep asking myself, why have this? I can understand that on the left, the ammo temporarily shows so you know what munitions you have, but to have it out permanently somewhat defeats the purpose of it being on the gun. I'm also not a big fan of the other player's levels being on screen. The same way an MMO wouldn't normally display this unless I selected them, I would hope would apply to Destiny. (even though it isn't an MMO, duh). Perhaps having their level appear in a box next to their name would be better suited if the cross-hair was over the player. That way I only receive a level if I'm directly looking at them. This could even apply to enemies as well. I'm a big fan of immersive games. I grew up with titles like STALKER. I just feel that with all the hard work of making the Destiny world feel alive and vibrant with the great settings and sound work, I wouldn't want it to just feel like any other game. I don't want to say this because it's very vague "I want it to be like Borderlands, but a more serious and immersive experience." there...I said it. Thoughts from anyone?

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  • I say, keep it basically the way it is, but remove the health meter that the enemies have while adding a health/shield meter for you. That's the one thing that really stuck out for me, the fact that they didn't show your health/shield. Granted, this is a pre-alpha build, so things are bound to change.

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