Simple Starfield trick makes it feel like a “different game”
BethesdaA Starfield player completely revamped their gameplay experience with a simple trick that made it feel like an entirely different game.
Starfield is regarded as one of the biggest and most iconic games of 2023 as the RPG title by Bethesda has broken the developers’ record in sales. With a boatload of features and mechanics to try out, a simple trick has enabled one of the players to make the game feel completely new.
Starfield has a pretty active HUD that displays a ton of information and options on the screen at all times. However, you can hide it in the game settings by lowering its opacity to zero and can experience the game that way.
Reddit user ‘No-Patience8984’ did exactly that as they apparently transformed their gameplay experience by turning off the HUD in Starfield. The OP said that it “felt like a different game” once they turned it off to remove all the information, icons, and options from the screen. They also wished for a toggle on/off button “to do it on the fly” like in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Other players also felt the same as one of them said, “All modern RPGs need a hud that mostly if not entirely fades away after a minute or so of non-combat,” to amplify the immersion of their gameplay experience. One player said that they did the same for Hogwarts Legacy, and “it almost felt like watching a movie.”
Removing the HUD from your screen in Starfield can make you feel like you are in a movie according to many players, as the experience is much more immersive due to the absence of various options and icons like the HP bar, stamina bar, ammo count, and more that are normally present on the screen.
One of the players mentioned how the NPCs give you “visual and audio cues” during quests that are made “redundant due to HUD” or quest markers.
Others said that they “play every game” without HUD for more immersion, while others claimed that “all games should come with HUD toggled off” and RPG titles like Starfield look “amazing” without it.
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