The official GTA 6 extended look blew people away last night. It even broke Netflix. Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive's impressive 30-minute highlight reel showcased everything from the in-depth honor system and Lucia and Jason's dynamic relationship to the completely revamped cop chases that make this Bonnie & Clyde-inspired sandbox far more interactive than past titles. However, there's just one glaring issue: the UI.
That's a pretty big problem to have. It's the thing you're always looking at, glued to the screen throughout every moment of the game. And while it's clear that Rockstar has paid its trademark attention to detail to even the most insignificant features, the UI is flat, generic, soulless, and incredibly out of place.
The weapon "wheel" is especially egregious; a series of disjointed boxes with icons awkwardly crammed in, lacking the distinctive visual identity seen in previous Rockstar games. There's no personality, just minimalism cranked up to 11, and it's already a pretty big sore point.
"This is probably the ugliest and most soulless UI I've ever seen in a video game," X user @NTxC commented.
"They spent all the billions of dollars investing in the open world scope, animations and visuals so that there wasn't even a penny left for the HUD design. Brutal," chimed in @atuhru.
"This is probably the most expensive game ever produced and this is the UI. Lol. Lmao even," echoed @Noctis Aozaki.
Reddit threads have also cropped up specifically targeting the weapon wheel, like one from u/GraqpeJuice, who described the extended look as a "fu**ing 10/10 holy sh*t," while also slamming the weapon wheel as "fu**ing ugly and hard to look at." Another thread from u/Vsriram01 stressed that the "game was practically perfect," but that "the UI was damn bad," specifically calling the weapon wheel "ugly ass."
Like others reacting to the reveal, they assumed the weapon wheel was just a placeholder in the leaks. Unfortunately, it's real. "GTA 5 UI and the weapon wheel was so good and I was wondering how GTA 6 will top that. Suffice to say it didn't," they said.
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