Skull And Bones' Cluttered UI Revives Elden Ring Ubisoft Meme
A new gameplay trailer for Skull and Bones was released this week, and the UI revealed for the game has reminded many players of an Elden Ring meme from earlier this year. The new Skull and Bones footage came alongside a release date for the long-awaited pirating adventure, which is set to finally release this November. Although there's still a lot for fans to learn about the upcoming title, many can't help but wonder about the overwhelming state of the game's UI.
Ubisoft is known for including detailed UI overlays in its games, sometimes to a fault. From Far Cry to Assassin's Creed, some fans have considered the busy overlays as trying to convey too much information at once, often including data that's not incredibly relevant to the gameplay at hand. On the other side of the coin UI-wise, Elden Ring sparked both praise and confusion with its minimalistic UI when it released earlier this year — many fans enjoyed the exploration-based approach that offered players no hand-holding, while some expressed a desire for the game to give more guidance. A hilarious Elden Ring meme spawned from the title's take on UI, with a fan editing the user interface to be as cluttered as possible as if it were developed by Ubisoft.
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The new gameplay footage of Skull and Bones has prompted many players to remember the Ubisoft Elden Ring meme. Twitter user bluefootednewt (via GamesRadar) posted a picture of the Skull and Bones UI, saying that it "unironically looks like the Elden Ring meme UI." Side by side, the real screenshot bears a great deal of resemblance to the Elden Ring joke image. The upcoming game's interface features several different pieces of information: what appears to be the
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