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Subject: ICON system?!
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Poll: Icon Based UI?  [closed]
Yes, icons are pretty:  56%
(5 Votes)
No, icons are not Halo-ish:  44%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 9

In the new weekly update, it says that they were toying with the idea of having an icon based in-game HUD. So basically, instead of "no Grenades" It would have like a grenade with an x or something.
I know this is a minor nitpick, but it was in the update, so oh well.
Personally I think this sucks. Your supposed to be in a futuristic warsuit, the most advanced supersoldier in humanity, and you have to have icons to tell you that your out of ammo. One of the coolest things about the Halo UI was that it was simple and straightforward...PRACTICAL. The text was easy to read and not over decorated. It was more of an advanced computer program then that of a video-game. Text based messages were BETTER except for picking up weapons, and even then it would have been cool to have text to go with it. Icons would be so unfuturistic and not Halo-ish.
Sorry, I know it's minor, but it aggravates me.
Thoughts?

  • 05.02.2004 4:07 PM PDT
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How is a grenade with an X through it NOT straightforward?

  • 05.02.2004 4:31 PM PDT
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It doesn't seem halo-ish. Would the real MC have an icon? The text based system made Halo 1 seem futuristic because they would never use icons. Icons are for video games, text is for realism. It just makes Halo more of a modern product as opposed to something from the future.

  • 05.02.2004 4:37 PM PDT
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Why aren't icons futuristic. Text takes time to read and takes up more space.

  • 05.02.2004 4:46 PM PDT
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"Icons are for video games, text is for realism."

ok ok, for a second there i thought this was a videogame. i'd better quit smoking the green stuff.

  • 05.02.2004 4:48 PM PDT
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i dont like the icons either, all other games have those

  • 05.02.2004 4:51 PM PDT
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In reply to "applejacks21"

pshshshshssshshh

Halo is not an ordinary "video game."

[Edited on 5/2/2004 4:59:44 PM]

  • 05.02.2004 4:59 PM PDT