With or without Hud?

[CELTICPRED]

If Gearbox goes about this right, they could have some points for some incredible scares.

Think about it, all you have it the light on your backpack, and BAM the power goes out.

All that you have are you and your squads lights, I think that removing a HUD could greatly increase the immersiveness in the game.

You spend less time worrying about how many bullets you have in your inventory and more time on the surroundings.

And instead of giving you a motion tracker on your HUD, you have to lift it up like Hudson has to while playing the game, a'la the flashlight in Doom.

Big potential for scares without a HUD.

[Kimarhi]

Not to mention you have an ammo counter on your weapon anyways.

[Stalker]

It would definitely be a much more immersive & scary game without a HUD, & the idea for using the motion tracker like the Doom 3 flashlight is great, & would definitely ramp up the tension. I just hope the alien AI will be good enough to match it, since the buzz killer in Doom 3 was that demons would usually just predictably spawn whenever you walked into a room, only occasionally was there a jump-out-of-your-seat moment where a creature would leap out from nowhere. Hopefully in Colonial Marines the aliens will actually be crafty...hiding in the shadows, ambushing you from the ceilings & floors, & attacking at the most unexpected times. It would really add a whole new level of greatness to the game.

[CELTICPRED]

If it's anything near GOW's AI it will be fantastic.

You never know where wretches are going to pop out.

They come through ceilings, floors, dark alleys, anything.

[XenoVC]

One thing that is definitley needed for this game is the motion tracker

[Carnage95]

Theres no need for a hud, the Marines don't wear helmets.

[The Necronoir]

Theres no need for a hud, the Marines don't wear helmets.

Erm... yes they do. And from what we saw in Aliens they're complete with IR overlays, both the standard type and the ones which the smartgunners are shown wearing. That said, I'd like to see them go down the HUD-less path too. having to hold up your motion tracker to look at it or flip down an IR overlay manually could really ramp up the tension for those brief moments when you're vulnerable.

[Vemados]

There's no hud.. someone scan the article so everyone can enjoy it and not just me 

[Pred-Xeno]

You already received your GameInformer issue? Mine is probably coming this week most likely tomorrow.

[Corporal Hicks]

There's no hud.. someone scan the article so everyone can enjoy it and not just me 

Wanna transcribe the article, please?

[CELTICPRED]

If anything, they'll probably give you the option to remove the HUD.

[CanadianHero67]

 It would be cool if you could look through their eyes and see parts of the helmet and maybe a mouth piece. It could make you feel like your in the game.

[ShadowPred]

I would want this with no hud, only at least looking down at my hand to see the radar, and the night vision tihng, and that's it.

[Sh0dan]

There's no hud.. someone scan the article so everyone can enjoy it and not just me 

Wanna transcribe the article, please?

Oh please Vemados, or if you don't have time, just a bullet point list of features.

And us Europeans definitely need that scan, someone.

[That Yellow Alien]

There's no hud.. someone scan the article so everyone can enjoy it and not just me 

You got it already? Mine should be coming soon then.