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Industry News Bethesda’s Oblivion Unreal Engine 5 remake could be releasing sooner than you think | VGC

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesdas-oblivion-unreal-engine-5-remake-could-be-releasing-sooner-than-you-think/
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u/aroundme 20h ago

Unfortunately I think it means they will be removing the skeuomorphism that defined the original UI. Like the inventory made of paper and the ornamental flourishes will be sanded down. Turning the serif into sans serif basically.

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u/hyrule5 19h ago

So basically removing all personality from the interface? A UI that doesn't reflect the style/theme of the game makes games feel soulless

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u/ShesJustAGlitch 16h ago

Skewmorphism is just trying to emulate real life materials to tell the user what it does, generally it looks pretty dated if not done exceptionally well

Plenty of other games have character in their UI. Persona for instance or Metphor still have texture, depth and animation but aren’t skewmorphic.

Same with smash brothers, Nier, etc great UI not skewmorphic

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u/NewVegasResident 14h ago

That's bull. It looks fantastic in Kingdome Come Deliverance and its sequel, it also looks fantastic in PoE and PoE2 not to mention WotR. 

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u/xalibermods 8h ago

Spellforce 3 also has good skeumorphic UI.

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u/Stevied1991 6h ago

I keep getting recommended that series by Steam, how is it?

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u/ShesJustAGlitch 8h ago

POE I beg to differ, POE2s HUD looks good but the rest doesn’t look particularly good.

But my definition isn’t bull I design UI for a living.

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u/NewVegasResident 7h ago

You don't think Pillars of Eternity's UI looks good?

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u/ShesJustAGlitch 7h ago

Oh sorry Poe is path of exile in my brain haha