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.
I had to restart my first renegade playthrough of Mass Effect to make my character look different, as I couldn’t stand seeing my paragon goodboy being mean to everybody
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.