games with the worst UI

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drjonas0

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What games have you played that had just an absolutely frustrating UI, so much so that you either almost dont want to play the game or think you could do design a better one yourself

Now when i say UI i dont just mean a HUD or something, just all interaction that you have with the game from controls, to your HUD to the menus. Now this doesnt necessarily have to be a bad game, just one with a frustrating design

personally first that comes to mind is dead rising for x360, that game can be such a pain in the @$$
 
I completely hate the UI on most EA games. Extremely flashy, too damn slow, not really useful and take ages to get to the actual games.
 
I'm going to have to give a vote to UT3 just for the sole reason that it was main complaint with the game and it was all I heard about on UT forums. If you want to see a horse beat to death just go back to when the game was released on any UT forum and watch the bitching. :(
 
Check out Silverfall: Earth Awakening. Horrible, horrible, interface.

BTW I, too, am on Hardforums while in class. :)
 
when i think about it...Assassin Creed UI is pretty stupid...I could wipe out all the guards...Just in a pile of hay then wait a couple of seconds, just out of it and everything will be back to normal...Freakin people dont realize i just murder about 30 guards in front of there eyes
 
vic23211 said:
when i think about it...Assassin Creed UI is pretty stupid...I could wipe out all the guards...Just in a pile of hay then wait a couple of seconds, just out of it and everything will be back to normal...Freakin people dont realize i just murder about 30 guards in front of there eyes
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ehh i might consider that more game mechanics and AI then how your interaction with it
 
I'd definitely give at least an honorable mention to the UI in the campaign section of Soulstorm. So awkward and ugly. Worst UI ever? Maybe not, but Sins of a Solar Empire certainly has the best UI I've ever seen.
 
BF2
UT3
Star Wars: Rebellion
COD4's server browser is horrible. Other than that, the rest of the UI is decent.
 
Any of the recent NFS games; WTF I can't use the mouse to navigate the menus and have to rely on a keyboard/joystick? Either do it right EA or don't make PC games ever again.

Splinter Cell Double Agent for PC/360 had the absolute worst UI than any other game I can think of. They managed to screw up the quick inventory system and fill it up with gadgets that you would never use during a mission. The menu/UI system was immaculate in the previous sequel but Ubisoft Shanghai had to find a way to screw it all up.
 
worst UI i have seen is Neverwinter Nights 2, I cant even fucking play the game is so bad.
 
Garfing Sharks said:
BF2 - Mapping keyboard controls. Enough said.
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YES! I remember i had a problem where i wanted to map "Q" to prone, and it would not let me because something else was bound to it in the flight mode, and of course nothing was, i even deleted all the bounds for that and i still go the error! WTF.
 
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (PC)

You had to remap controls outside of the game, and they didn't tell you what button did what.
 
EQ1.

At the time it didn't really bother me but trying to go back a few years ago and the UI was a PITA, so much clutter.
 
Ill prolly going to get a lot of shit for this one but..Starcraft....Think about it before u kill me.
 
vic23211 said:
Ill prolly going to get a lot of shit for this one but..Starcraft....Think about it before u kill me.
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alright well if youre expecting to get flamed for this, perhaps you should provide some evidence as to why you think this instead of telling everyone else, who is automatically on the defensive about the subject, to "think about it"

give us some reason to doubt ourselves and you might get some credit... i for one think it might have been cool if the controls across the bottom could be minimized if desired as alot of the time youre using a+click or you know the quick keys... or if youre going into battle there could more of a cinematic feel but thats completely nit-picky
 
Oblivion's consolized out-of-the-box UI. It seemed like the entire internet levitated with rage until it was modded.
 
Any UI where I can't use the mouse fails. UT99 is by far the best GUI.

One annoying aspect that comes to mind is Half-life 2, and waiting for the UI background to load on startup. Although you can disable it from the shortcut, it's ridiculous that the majority of the game startup time is spend loading a level for the background UI. Make the game pretty, make the UI functional.
 
Any UI that ties it's font with resolution. The bigger the resolution the smaller the fonts. I have hard time reading some game font at higher resolution such as FEAR, EVE online, etc.
 
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