From the Zelda franchise through Baldur’s Gate, Skyrim, and beyond, digital roleplayers have depended on the HUD for everything from health to ammunition. Sorry, Robot Tank and Atari friends you might’ve been first but you didn’t steal our hearts like Link. Mini-maps! Heart containers! Boomerangs! I know Doom did it too, but the modern RPG owes so much to the Zelda franchise that I have to give the props to Shigeru Miyamoto’s masterpiece. Actual gaming historians can probably point to the HUD’s true origin, but for me, it will always be Super Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda. Heads-Up Displays (HUDs) have been a computer game staple for decades.
Prepare for induction in the pristine, uncluttered world of #NoHUDGang, because not even the Dragonborn gets Google Glasses in 4E 201 Tamriel. Today, I’m going to introduce one of my favorite tweaks to Skyrim’s/UltSky’s settings for heightening game immersion without changing a single mechanic: removing the HUD.
But for true Skyrim roleplaying masochists, it’s not enough to freeze or starve to death via Frostfall or iNeed, or get thrown across Whiterun’s sewers by a single Mudcrab attack. For those ready to plunge into a deeper world beyond even base Requiem, Dylan Perry and his team developed Ultimate Skyrim for the survival MedievalTimesSim experience. For roleplayers looking for more immersion beyond vanilla Skyrim, there’s the (in)famous Requiem overhaul with its slower progression and challenging mechanics.
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