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ejensen29 t1_j2sklgv wrote

Reply to comment by COSenna in The Laws of UX - beautiful website explaining 21 rules for effective UX design by Quackerooney

I always thought the weapon wheel on RDR2 was well designed, for how many items you have available to use.

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COSenna t1_j2smkxg wrote

The weapon wheel is just OK. Not great, not terrible. The problem is they were trying to go with a certain aesthetic and it makes all of the items incredibly hard to differentiate being that they’re all white on black with no labels. This is far worse a problem in the satchel menu and what not. The weapon wheel was easier since the shape definitions were easier to differentiate.

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ejensen29 t1_j2snc1h wrote

Your points are definitely fair. I just felt like I adapted to RDR2 rather quickly, whereas I still can't figure out GTA.

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COSenna t1_j2so4fv wrote

That’s a fair assessment. Perhaps they made some slight improvements compared to GTA5. I wonder how bad the menus will be in 6 lol.

Years ago I found R*’s lead UX designer on LinkedIn but was unable to message him. I wanted to see if he know what he was doing, and if so, how much leverage he had in the company to promote proper UX practices. I kinda want his job lol

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Fair_Bat7623 t1_j2t4ad6 wrote

Probably not much. UX is undersold in a lot of companies because its not a money maker and doesn’t drive sales. You’d think that a good looking game would, but UX gets left on the back burner a lot compared to graphics or other tangible elements.

Working in UX is an underappreciated job. UX is essentially “making the obvious look easy”, but doesn’t realize how easy it can shift from good to bad

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K_ttSnurr t1_j2tpiif wrote

Also because companies doesn't know the difference between UX and UI.

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rainmace t1_j2u458t wrote

I would argue UX for a video game, a 3dimensional world, is completely different than for a website. In a video game, everything is the UX. That’s the entire point. The entire world of the video game is UX

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COSenna t1_j2wrpes wrote

I definitely agree, though UX is never really associated with this level of interaction. The way the engine responds to your movements through a controller relates directly to your experience. Bad physics would yield unwanted results, thus giving the user a bad experience.

I only work on interfaces, but I’ve always thought I’d be good at “designing” game physics, or at least testing and relaying needed adjustments. It all come down to getting something to work as efficiently as possible, I suppose.

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sweetalkersweetalker t1_j2sya1v wrote

It was super hard to differentiate between the options though, most looked alike. Colors would have been nice

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