one thing I didnt like in F3 was that I couldnt turn the hud off because the crosshair would also dissapear.

since you can use iron sights in this, I plan on turning the hud completely off, it adds to immersion.

This would also get rid of the quest compass, again better for immersion.. we all remember finding our way to the puzzle box ruin in morrowind.

since playing far cry 2, I just have to turn off the hud when it comes to FPS.

Expect to die a lot then with not seeing your health bar. :goodjob:

:rofl: You, sir had caused me to "LOL"

Anywho, I quite like the HUD, so I will leave it there.

Or hunger or dehydration or exhaustion. Actually this sounds great! Imagine the paranoia!

Imagine the annoyance.
Haven't saved for a while.
Autosaved only.
Then after exiting a building you die from dehydration.
Reload.
Quickly open inventory.
No drinkable items.
/rage
????
Profit!!!

Having no quest compass would also add quite a bit of utility to Boone's spotter perk.

lol "WTF WEPONS CAN JAM IN REALISM MODE?!?" * hud indicats you have no ammo*

Weapons jammed in FO3 buddy

But this is a serious http://www.simplepleasuresak.com/images/Products/Large%20images/Blueberry-Jam.jpg.

Plus there's the inadequate damage indicator which I'm assuming is part of the HUD, the icon which pops up when you are using a weapon or ammunition which is not powerfull enough to break past your foes Damage Threshold. If that is the case I could see at least some people who have turned the HUD off only to find that they are emptying countless rounds into a foe only to be smeared across the landscape due to not actually doing any or enough damage by said foe doing their nut because they can't see that their attacks are ineffectual.

LOLOLOLOL *Imagines a man in rags always eating 200 year old salisbury and drinking Nuka Cola mumbling 'gotta eat, gotta drink, don't wanna die, they think they'll get me, BUT I'LL SHOW THEM!'* :laugh:

No health bar, and (I assume) no indication of where grenades land.

There are other ways to tell your health. When you are at low health, your heartrate speeds up and you can hear your heart beating fast. You also breathe loudly and canhear your rapid beating along with your heartbeat. You can also check your health by looking at your pip boy.



Again, there will probably be pip boy measures of how thirsty, hungry, or tired you are, since your pip boy measures all vital signs. There will also likely be immersive cues not unlike the effects for low health cues. For example, your vision might get blurry or wavy, you might start stumbling when you walk, etc. Your Pip boy face will also likely reflect how you're feeling at the time.



For you, it's an annoyance. For others, it's a challenge. Remember to save often, remember to eat and drunk regularly, and try to get some shuteye whenever you can. Besides, I'm pretty sure dying from any of the hardcoe survival features takes a while. There will be a good long period in between when the game's cues will tell you that you are dangerously thirsty/hungry/tired and when you keel off. And before then there will likely be lesser tiers of hunger/thirst/exhaustion that merely reduce your stats a bit, but still serve as a warning that you should take better care of yourself.

It wouldn't annoy me, I'd blame myself, not the game. If you are smart about how you play getting killed by dehydration should never be a problem.

This!
It could work playing with no HUD... but it would be hard.
A smart player would always carry what they need, and would not get into trouble easily. You just need to prepare yourself before every situation.

Both my posts were meant as jokes. :facepalm:

What's wrong with you? Don't you know you're supposed to use Fuscitious Fuchsia when you're being facetious?

Rofl.

But srsly your gunna DAIE

:rofl: :bowdown:

I like to play without HUD, don't really need the crosshair cause I can pretty much tell where the shot is going to land. I'm fine with HUD, but I think the game is more challenging and realistic without it. Y'know, if you want to check on your health during combat, you can either check your pip-boy stat page, or use VATS to check, it shows all the basic HUD, so it's like a tactical sort of pause. I like to do this.

Besides, in real life, there's no crosshair.

Found my way to the Puzzle Box ruin?I still haven't found the damn place.