I mentioned this as a small part of one of my bug posts when I first started playing the game. However, I felt I would bring it up again under the Wishlist section to see how others feel about it, and hopefully discuss it further. Personally speaking, I feel there is too much going on on-screen during all the action, and it is even a bit distracting a times. To give an example, here is a screenshot from one of my recorded videos. While I can still make out what is going on and play accordingly, the amount of stuff on screen and the size of it bugs me to no end. As you can see, the entire center of the screen is covered with various UI elements that obscure the view of my character. Then there are elements that overlap each other at times as well, generally when I die after finishing a pretty good kill streak. My primary suggestions for this problem would be to allow the user to scale down the interface, and toggle which elements are displayed. This has been done in other Unreal engine games, so while I am not sure the work involved, I know it is possible to do. I know this is fairly common with games now though, to have text, streaks, achievements, and whatever else spammed at the user. I still believe there is something to be said for simplicity and a minimalist interface though that keeps the user focused on the gameplay itself. Not asking for it to be changed completely, just the ability to scale it, set transparency, or disable specific elements. I know if I were given the option, I would remove the kill message and the juice bar (the glowing character is indication enough), and likely remove the amount earned notices. Then I would probably scale down the hp bar and the skills/money area in bottom right.
I agree, but removing the juice bar is bad for a tactical reason, sure the glowing character can be SEEN, but can you tell when you are almost ready to juice? It would be bad for those clutch juice moments. That's kinda OT, but I still think it's a bad idea (on your part) to remove the juice gauge. I support this idea 100% though.
The ability to turn off help notices and the kill notifications would be $$. The top-right obituaries provide enough information.
