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Underrated feature in games: Fake desktops/PDAs. (sh.itjust.works)

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Bonus points if they are super retro ideas of the future internet like in front mission 3.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think it has to do with the feature not working as seamlessly with controllers - or at least developers believing so anyway. The original Xbox port of Doom 3 had the camera zoom in to a panel where you were near it and IIRC the BFG edition has the controller slow down a bit in some panels.

There are a couple of FPS games that had similar in-game UIs, though they aren't as big profile as Doom 3. I bought Exodus from the Earth some time recently and the game has a lot of in-game UIs that use a similar seamless control.