
Twitter user showed the inventory menu of Assassin’s Creed Mirage in a Tweet, and it seems very similar to that of Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla. They didn’t need all that clutter to get their point across. To many, this is incredibly annoying, as the games before the more RPG-like titles had very simple menus. The Latest in the Series, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Has a Very Cluttered User Interfaceīut it still isn’t exempt from criticism, as Mirage, similar to Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, also uses a cursor to navigate its menus. Assassin’s Creed Mirage promises to go back to the roots of the series, and from what we’ve seen so far, it looks pretty great. But with time, it seemed that the series wasn’t even about assassins anymore.

The games opted for a more RPG approach, where you build your character in whatever way suits you.

The most recent releases, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, were all incredibly divisive. Read Also: Bungie Breaks Up With Activision To Self-Publish Future ‘Destiny’ Titles Assassin’s Creed has Adopted, and Continues to Adopt, Cursor Menus in Console Games Assassin’s Creed Mirage Continues the Trend of Cursor Menus in Console GamesĪssassin’s Creed is memed on constantly for how the series lost its identity and how it follows whatever gaming trend is hot. There are just so many things on these menus at once that it’s somewhat intimidating to even look at them. Developers just put everything you need into one poorly designed interface rather than taking the time to think about how players even interact with the menus in the first place. It seems as though not much work has gone into menus as of late. Why go through the trouble of making an actually competent menu when you can spare all that time and manpower for something else? So a lot of people have voiced their problems with the Destiny style menu, which begs the question: why are they still so prominent in gaming? The answer is pretty plain and simple: it’s easier. Read Also: Newly Announced FPS ‘Sentinel’ – Could This Game Be A Destiny Killer? Why Are More and More Developers Opting for Cursor Menus in Console Games? Apex Legends Also Uses a Cursor for Menu Navigation
