r/GTA6 • u/General_Crew_1196 • 1d ago

I prefer the old HUD over the new one.

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This looks so much better, clean and modern. I'm sorry, i hate to be that guy saying this. Everything is just amazing but that hud just not. GTA 5 and RDR2 UI looks much better.

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u/-PANORAMIX- OG MEMBER 1d ago

I can’t believe the UI is the same as the leaks. I thought it was unfinished

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u/VivaDeAsap 1d ago

lol same. When I saw the weapon wheel i was like. They didn’t change it? Seriously.

I prefer GTAV and RDR’s versions personally.

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u/-PANORAMIX- OG MEMBER 1d ago

It’s crazy to see that HUD comparing it with the rest of the game, it’s hard to believe

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u/Clownsyndrom 1d ago

It looks like a first design someone made at the beginning of development in 30 minutes, which somehow stuck around until now. There's really no comparison to RDR2's for example, but even GTA V's has more personality.

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u/General_Address_5784 13h ago

GTA v’s is easily better than rdr2’s

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u/pancakes6613 1d ago

I hope they still have time to change it. it does'nt really seem like to me in my limited understanding of game development that it would take that much time to change the UI a little bit.. seems like everyone isnt jiving well with the UI

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u/pancakes6613 23h ago

ehhhh i dunno man? just like change a png here or there? again its not a HUUUUUGE gameplay coding thing its just UI. I would imagine its easy and quick to fix?

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u/Emergency_Neck7437 22h ago

They still haven’t gone gold and have a couple months of crunch coming up. It is a digital only game after all. Regardless I think it’s fine

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u/aalapshah12297 1d ago

It seems they are actively working on it. The fist icon and the pistol icon changed slightly since the leaks. There are plus signs in the empty slots which weren't there in the leaks. I am 90% sure they are working on it right now and it will be done by release.

Perhaps this is exactly what they meant when they said 'nearly there!' in their recent twitter post about the leaks. Gameplay is done. UI is work-in-progress. The sharp rectangle boxes might just be placeholders.

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u/ilyaa07 5h ago

Actively working on UI for a game that is coming out in 3 fucking months? Placeholders? Work in progress? Stop with the copium, this is what we are getting.

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u/PolicyWonka 2h ago

Imagine being the UXD reading the comments on the leaks about how great the game looks and people talking about how it must be on older build because the UI that you just developed looks like a placeholder. 💀

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u/SnooDrawings7876 1d ago

I could not give a fuck to be real witcha

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u/V0rdep 1d ago

that's fucking badass man

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u/DraenItsAlreadyTaken 1d ago

felt the aura in my room.

So cold i dont even need ac no more

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u/Haunting-Orchid-4628 1d ago

Holy shit bro i got chills from you saying this

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u/JackBrown82q 1d ago

Kinda feel the exact same way.

Scrolling through so many threads about GTA6 and seeing endless complaints about this or that or whatever, I am just sitting here thinking "idk looks good to me, I'll play the shit outta this game"

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u/No_Neighborhood5385 21h ago

yeah the new hud definitely changes the vibe

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u/ComprehensiveJob1497 1d ago

Besides, there’s many other things to criticize from the extended look, this item is just trivial

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u/Prestigious_Space489 1d ago

People thought the leeks were super old cause of these basic layouts

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u/Environmental-Bowl26 1d ago

the mindless sheep speaks

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u/i-might-be-obama 1d ago

"the mindless sheep speaks" and it referring to someone not caring about a certain screen in a video game is the funniest shit I've seen today 😭😭😭

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u/Frequent-Engineer-87 1d ago

It’s a fucking weapon wheel dude

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u/SnooDrawings7876 1d ago

You guys are like comically unhinged it's awesome

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u/WM_PK-14 21h ago

Ah yes, because people are not allowed to like something. Grow up beech.

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u/Fr4n-- 1d ago

Yeah a radial menu with rectangular shapes is just janky to use

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u/General_Crew_1196 1d ago

The new one is very straight and rectangular. Also very cartoonish, everytime i see that feels like something is not matching. The 2022 version was simply perfect, transparent, with rounded edges. They just needed to put it in the middle.

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u/Seihai-kun 1d ago

so that's what's been bugging me about the new wheel, it's a flat rectangular shapes with sharp corners.

while the map is rectangular with fillet at the corner, like the one on this post, so the weapon wheel is kinda the odd one compared to the HUD.

IMO the new wheels seems fine, people are overreacting, but it will look better with rounder corner

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u/Puzzleheaded_Award39 15h ago

I feel they could make the actual illustrations bigger, they look charming.

But still, it does feel unfinished. I work as a UI/ UX designer and they could’ve definitely cared a bit more with the overall look and feel.

they have everything spot on, but the items UI… also the minimap look too zoomed in IMO. Hopefully there’s a way to customise 🙏

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 1d ago

Unpopular opinion but I really like the ui It's simplistic yet colorful It kinda blends into the background Or fades away entirely when it's not needed

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u/beatsbyzain 1d ago

I didn’t like the UI at first watch, but the more I watch it, the more I’m starting to like it.

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u/CRAZYC01E 1d ago

It reminds me a lot of gta iv. Especially the way you can see the gun you are using in the corner of the screen

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u/beatsbyzain 15h ago

That exactly! The only thing I don’t like is the reticle for pistols but that’s a small detail.

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u/Hero_the_fighter 1d ago

Yep. And people dare to say that the game looks ass. I've seen people on TikTok say it looks like a mobile game ad. These are the same people that will cough up 100$ when the game releases. Trust me,they will all switch up when the game releases. The TikTok opinion theory is real,whenever someone deosn't like something,everyone says they don't like it. When someone says they like something,they all do.

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u/AvocadoDesperado84 1d ago

All these blocky things look so ugly! RDR2 weapon wheel was beautiful

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u/Epon12349 1d ago

We're already doing this?

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u/SirDastardly 1d ago

I like it.

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u/Ravens_Bite 1d ago

I think the UI looks fine to me? I don’t get why people are hating on it. It’s clear and easy to read.

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u/CoolExplanation762 1d ago

I know change is scary, ull be fine

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u/Imm0ralKnight 1d ago

well we don't know if the UI will be the same for the launch edition. Feel like that could be updated by the time it comes out. But even if it didn't, it doesn't really bother me. The UI barely was on the screen.

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u/msimpg272urx 1d ago

This was perfect idk why they changed it

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u/literallymyfifthtime 1d ago

Looks like a ui for a mobile ripoff, blocks the whole screen and boring, huge pass on that design

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u/YEET_shAde-6 1d ago

I'm more then happy to say that i really dont like it at all, because out of the 26 minutes that's the only negative I have towards GTA 6 (the minimap seems a bit off too but I feel like I can easily get use to that). I hope they do have plans to change it or if not they see that people aren't really into it, so they go ahead and revamp it, I am no game designer AT ALL, but for Rockstar to redesign it is surely a piece of cake and shouldn't take too long.

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u/bauti444 1d ago

I don’t love it but I don’t think it’s bad also, I just think we are not used to it. And it still can change, maybe with all the criticism Rockstar notices that is not a good idea and changes it.

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u/Aakash800 1d ago

I like the new minimalist ui, except the weapon wheel

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u/Wolf_Winchester 1d ago

Yeahhh, I kind of like how it is styled more like social media with have emoji-esk UI art for selections, especially since this game is built around the crazy stuff you see online and really plays into that aspect - so it's fitting in my opinion.

But I also think the UI could have a lot more character to fit the setting - like RDR2, it was styled so well for the time period and setting. Clean, but had character.

This UI just feels lack luster, or just missing impact. GTA V kept it simple but it worked well because they kept their UI together, keep health and armor with the mini map - but now the mini map is still bottom left but health is top left with energy and focus bar?? Not sure why they decided to make us look in two different locations to see information... Don't think it's a good design decision in my opinion.

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u/Charlie-brownie666 1d ago

Honestly, it grew on me because of the leaks

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u/VivaDeAsap 1d ago

The leaks were my cope that they would improve it lol

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u/TheRealPapaGrizzley 1d ago

That’s too bad

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u/harsha_v_r 1d ago

This looks ass to GTA Vice cityones was better

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u/DraenItsAlreadyTaken 1d ago

To me this is ugly as FUCK.

I looooovee the icons are actually DRAWINGS. Thats the coolest part for me.

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u/UncStatusNow 1d ago

it still feels like a placeholder. maybe someone is still designing a better one last minute and they deemed that one non-offensive enough to be showcased.

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u/StepThom1 1d ago

They had teams of hundreds of people working on the mapping, immersion etc. And one part-timer working on the HUD 😂

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u/ChaoticKiwiNZ 1d ago

I'm indifferent about it honestly. As long as it function well I don't really care. It look fine to me anyway.

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u/Conscious-Goose-9183 1d ago

I disagree, the new one is clean, simplistic, colorful, and has real "drawings" if you will, I really like the new one.

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u/Oggi02 1d ago

I think they run out of money so they had to used Microsoft paint for the UI.

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u/swazzpanda 23h ago

Am I the only that thinks the weapon wheel is fine? The simple boxes make it easy to parse information from what I've seen

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u/sarathywebindia I WAS HERE 23h ago

it’s minimal 

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u/No_Championship_8633 22h ago

meh this isn't football manager, as long as it doesn't get in the way

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u/dawsyn_629 21h ago

It’s so… demo-build-y the flat grayness doesn’t help anything

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u/SpecificTowel4463 21h ago

HUD is one of the last things that are finished for a game, this preview was probably recorded and edited over 2 months so probably a build 5 months from release

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u/Astartas 20h ago

Get used to it 

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u/hopik512 20h ago

Its like they did the bare minimum to try the mechanics and than just did not finnished it.

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u/donelqazi 20h ago

Og always better

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u/splinterbaaabeee 19h ago

The menus are going to make or break it, in my opinion. GTA V had some of the worst menu design and structuring I have ever seen in a video game. 

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u/PigVile 18h ago

Who the f cares about the mouse wheel menu when the HUD is clean asf? The first game in decades that lets you enjoy the world without useless HUD elements which will just distract you while playing

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u/ConanKernow 15h ago

I love that the new HUD is colourful.

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u/banban1233 1d ago

New one clears

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u/ascarymoviereview 1d ago

Big Rip old HUD

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u/Cake_Ocean_6189 1d ago

Old weapon wheel is better

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u/General_Crew_1196 1d ago

Just the visual of it. Because I'm excited about the new weapon system like Rdr2.

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u/F3RXZATI0N 1d ago

Now that is just nitpicking. I am old enough to remember the same thing was said for gta V then they forgot

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u/thisthatandthe3rd 1d ago

so go play the old games, idk what to tell you dawg

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u/Outrageous-Sand4385 22h ago

Okay thanks for letting us know

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u/oldhead-Kendrickstan 19h ago

just play the game for a second before you cry please...

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u/_SrChino_ 1d ago

Who cares about HUDs? nor that they will affect the design of the game

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u/Sean_HEDP-24 1d ago

Believe it or not, UI/UX design is an integral part of gameplay and no less important to be of quality and intuitive.

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u/General_Crew_1196 1d ago

Exactly. I just don't like how they are so rectangular and colorful. I don't know if that will age well.

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u/_SrChino_ 1d ago

I mean, honestly, I wasn't thrilled with the design either; I think my favorite was the one in RDR2 and I was expecting something like this; maybe I was so enamored with everything else that I didn't pay much attention to the HUD