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[R6Rider]

With the upcoming Dead Space Remake and The Callisto Protocol, some friends and I were discussing HUDs from various games. Decided it might make an interesting topic here.

Here are some that always come to mind for various reasons:

Dead Space - Essentially your HUD is the in game HUD your character sees and uses. Health bar is part of your iconic suit.


Metro Last Light - Guns designed for identifying ammo left with the wrist having extra information easily viewable.


Nier Automata - Directly integrated into the gameplay and menu using the chip system. Also directly changes UI and audio elements as well. Couldn't find any direct images of the menu, so this isn't the best example...


Persona 5 - Very stylistic HUD with larger elements used throughout and often animated as well.


Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - The majority of the info is displayed in the bottom right corner. Simple yet effective.


EDIT: Also, I didn't include any VR examples, because those would almost be a new topic in themselves, but feel free to share those too.
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So are there specific game HUDs that you love? Hate? Or maybe one that stands out to you or is memorable for whatever reason?

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I like when HUD elements are grounded in the environment . Like in Far Cry 2:

 

[R6Rider]

I like when HUD elements are grounded in the environment . Like in Far Cry 2:

I had forgotten 2 used the map like that. Reminds me of the journal in the Uncharted series.

 

[AncientOrigin]

I like when HUD elements are grounded in the environment . Like in Far Cry 2:

The worst hud I can remember has monster hunter so cheap and ugly disgusting colors like a toy from toysrus everywhere yellow green red absolutely tasteless and cheap I love monster hunter but the hud is absolutely disgusting of that game

 

[R6Rider]

The worst hud I can remember has monster hunter so cheap and ugly disgusting colors like a toy from toysrus everywhere yellow green red absolutely tasteless and cheap I love monster hunter but the hud is absolutely disgusting of that game

Was it an older MH title? The ones on PSP had pretty bad HUDs that I can remember. World and Rise can still be a bit messy too.

 

[Danjin44]

 

[AncientOrigin]

Was it an older MH title? The ones on PSP had pretty bad HUDs that I can remember. World and Rise can still be a bit messy too.

All are bad I played world last year a lot and nothing changed.Absolutely horrible hud you had ammunition symbols weapon symbols everywhere every color looked like so cheap and the game had good graphics.It’s not classy no one is dumb I don’t need 20 signs for everything

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[R6Rider]

Forgot to add the Chronicles of Riddick games.

They basically have no HUD except for your health bar which is shown in the upper left corner. All of the guns have some sort of ammo counter on the side or back.

 

[killatopak]

Old school RE has no hud.

You either run or limp depending on your condition.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Damn I came to see Dead Space HUD and OP nailed it.

One of the best integrated HUDs ever.

 

[Salz01]

I like any game that lets me tweak the hud or disable it, so that the abl in my Sony Oled doesn’t dim the screen…..

 

[STARSBarry]

Metriod prime always did a great job with making you feel the HUD was just part of the actual visor on your helmet.

One of my fav's for that reason.

 

[CitizenZ]

No Hud is the best Hud

 

[Roman Empire]

Old Resident Evil HUD was generally pretty minimalistic in-game, and the inventory system being a case is the cherry on top.

RE4

Destiny 2 has some nice HUD elements and menus, but it can get cluttered depending on how many objectives you are tracking down. It can get pretty ugly when there are a bunch of buffs + kill feed + mission objective + other notifications (super ready alert, random pop-ups for new in-game systems)

Clean Hud

It can get a lot worse than this sometimes

Still, the fewer HUD elements sticking out regularly and for less time, the better. That is why I love Elden Ring hiding the HUD while not in combat.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Games should have started offering HUD toggle options a long time ago. Some do but most don't. Fighting games and beat em ups are the worst offenders. Find a way to make your HUDS minimalistic. They spend so much time and money designing their games with beautiful art, graphics and animations only to cover half of it with obtrusive HUDS from the 90s.
Instead of the good ol health bar, just put a small % indicator for health and a small number that fills up for super arts say Level 1, 2 and 3. Its not that hard... can't believe game designers cant come up with that. Let me guess, they are afraid of a couple of FGC nerds complaining.
MKX has the least obtrusive HUD in a fighting game. Pity the MKXI one is utter trash.

 

[Spukc]

The best

 

[Sub_Level]

Floating damage numbers are shit tier. Get that shit out of my face.

edit: unless the game is slow turn based