Do you guys like settings menus?

[Dead End]

Whenever I play a game, one of the first things I do is check the settings menu and all of the options. I very much enjoy when a game contains lots of settings that are presented in an organised manner. Factorio and Rust are good examples of this. Games like Ark or Don't Starve Together have abundant options, but they are often presented in an unorganised, overwhelming manner.

I like tweaking around with graphical settings a bunch in 3D games, probably because I used to play on an old laptop as a kid which struggled to run most games and would necessitate graphical optimisations (leading me to tweak settings constantly).

I particularly like UI/gameplay/control settings that change how the game is played or make visual tweaks, both for QoL reasons and because it can add novelty to a game.

 

[Tšuudi]

Yeah, the first thing I do when opening a game is check the settings menu, I like when there are a bunch of options you can tweak.

 

[TheSecondComing]

I don't necessarily like it but i also mess around with things to set them to my preference like wider fov and no motion blur

 

[Hohenstaufen]

I also first enter the settings, but I absolutely hate a lot of them.

They usually end up messy and overwhelming

 

[VanGobbel]

No i want everything to work out like i want it to by default. Correct widescreen resolution + controller enabled and mapped.

 

[Dead End]

I also first enter the settings, but I absolutely hate a lot of them.

They usually end up messy and overwhelming

Yes, I dislike when they are messy and overwhelming, but when the UI is clean and they are logically segmented into submenus, I find that very appealing.

Something like this is disgusting: too many options on one screen, poorly segmented, barely readable text.

Something like this is very appealing: clean, readable font, incremental sliders with numeric displays, cleanly divided into submenus, optional tooltips for ambiguous options.

 

[Hohenstaufen]

Yes, I dislike when they are messy and overwhelming, but when the UI is clean and they are logically segmented into submenus, I find that very appealing.

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Something like this is disgusting: too many options on one screen, poorly segmented, barely readable text.

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Something like this is very appealing: clean, readable font, incremental sliders with numeric displays, cleanly divided into submenus, optional tooltips for ambiguous options.

the second one does look appealing. fascinating.

 

[Dead End]

the second one does look appealing. fascinating.

Second game is Factorio, and all of its UI is presented in this style. It has probably the best UI and keybinds of any game I've played. Using the UI feels more like using professional level software than playing a game because of how clean, consistent and thoughtful the UX design is.

I'd highly recommend you play Factorio (I'm assuming you haven't played it, as you didn't recognise the menu).

 

[Small Balls Messiah]

I dont really care what it looks like but I like it when there is a lot of options, specifically graphics settings since my PC is weak.

 

[cronomorph]

Whenever I play a game, one of the first things I do is check the settings menu and all of the options. I very much enjoy when a game contains lots of settings that are presented in an organised manner. Factorio and Rust are good examples of this. Games like Ark or Don't Starve Together have abundant options, but they are often presented in an unorganised, overwhelming manner.

I like tweaking around with graphical settings a bunch in 3D games, probably because I used to play on an old laptop as a kid which struggled to run most games and would necessitate graphical optimisations (leading me to tweak settings constantly).

I particularly like UI/gameplay/control settings that change how the game is played or make visual tweaks, both for QoL reasons and because it can add novelty to a game.

Whenever I can customize the game to the absolute limit of good fps with good graphics hell yeah

 

[Dead End]

Whenever I can customize the game to the absolute limit of good fps with good graphics hell yeah

Same. In graphically intensive games, I usually end up spending many minutes tweaking and retweaking my graphics settings every few times I boot it up. I was worse as a kid, because my computer could barely run anything well.

 

[cronomorph]

Same. In graphically intensive games, I usually end up spending many minutes tweaking and retweaking my graphics settings every few times I boot it up. I was worse as a kid, because my computer could barely run anything well.

I used to have a shit laptop, then a mid pc, to a pretty good one (could use a cpu upgrade). I’m thinking of selling some ram potentially since it’s so expensive nowadays, maybe for a discount to someone here

 

[Rapistcel]

Whenever I play a game, one of the first things I do is check the settings menu and all of the options. I very much enjoy when a game contains lots of settings that are presented in an organised manner. Factorio and Rust are good examples of this. Games like Ark or Don't Starve Together have abundant options, but they are often presented in an unorganised, overwhelming manner.

I like tweaking around with graphical settings a bunch in 3D games, probably because I used to play on an old laptop as a kid which struggled to run most games and would necessitate graphical optimisations (leading me to tweak settings constantly).

I particularly like UI/gameplay/control settings that change how the game is played or make visual tweaks, both for QoL reasons and because it can add novelty to a game.

Depends of the game

 

[Aspiring Janitor]

Whenever I play a game, one of the first things I do is check the settings menu and all of the options. I very much enjoy when a game contains lots of settings that are presented in an organised manner. Factorio and Rust are good examples of this. Games like Ark or Don't Starve Together have abundant options, but they are often presented in an unorganised, overwhelming manner.

I like tweaking around with graphical settings a bunch in 3D games, probably because I used to play on an old laptop as a kid which struggled to run most games and would necessitate graphical optimisations (leading me to tweak settings constantly).

I particularly like UI/gameplay/control settings that change how the game is played or make visual tweaks, both for QoL reasons and because it can add novelty to a game.

Brutal autism

 

[Dead End]

Brutal autism

The word "autism" has zero meaning on this site. People will call anything and everything autistic:

Quality system is a good alternative to a eugenics program. It's like eugenics for your items.

I dont know how to respond to this but I think it proves im not autistic

The word is basically just shorthand for a difference of opinion.

 

[Dead End]

Depends of the game

What types of games do you enjoy settings menus in?

 

[Todd Thundercock]

Yes, I seriously enjoy settings and BIOS pages. I'm obsessed with proper optimization.

 

[Dead End]

Yes, I seriously enjoy settings and BIOS pages. I'm obsessed with proper optimization.

I enjoy in-game tweaks (mostly because of how immediately they are applied) but have never really tinkered much with BIOS settings aside from the basics. What do yoh tweak in BIOS?

 

[ImperialArk]

Im sure I subconsciously likes it

 

[Dead End]

Im sure I subconsciously likes it

What does this mean? I'm talking about getting excited seeing good settings menus and messing around with them a lot.

 

[ImperialArk]

What does this mean? I'm talking about getting excited seeing good settings menus and messing around with them a lot.

I mean like in the back of my head i'd be like "damn this is nice/useful ; the devs do care", I aint gonna get a boner over it

In recent memory I particular like Expedition 33's turn off QTEs option cause that shit was annoying af

 

[Dead End]

I mean like in the back of my head i'd be like "damn this is nice/useful ; the devs do care", I aint gonna get a boner over it

In recent memory I particular like Expedition 33's turn off QTEs option cause that shit was annoying af

Fair enough.

 

[zd60]

I dont really care what it looks like but I like it when there is a lot of options

 

[undesiredsamsung]

I do this with my car,my tv settings,my phone,my Spotify settings, and my PlayStation settings.

But there’s not much I can do when I’ve pretty much optimized everything to my standards.

 

[Solid State]

Yes, as since I am left-handed, I like to re-assign the keys to a left-handed configuration and reverse the mouse buttons for a left-hander.

 

[Caichan]

Whenever I play a game, one of the first things I do is check the settings menu and all of the options. I very much enjoy when a game contains lots of settings that are presented in an organised manner. Factorio and Rust are good examples of this. Games like Ark or Don't Starve Together have abundant options, but they are often presented in an unorganised, overwhelming manner.

I like tweaking around with graphical settings a bunch in 3D games, probably because I used to play on an old laptop as a kid which struggled to run most games and would necessitate graphical optimisations (leading me to tweak settings constantly).

I particularly like UI/gameplay/control settings that change how the game is played or make visual tweaks, both for QoL reasons and because it can add novelty to a game.

Nah tbh

 

[_meh]

Depends, but usually sort of yes.

I don't like simplistic menu's though.

 

[_meh]

I like the one's where you have advanced settings as well.

 

[Dead End]

Depends, but usually sort of yes.

I don't like simplistic menu's though.

I like the one's where you have advanced settings as well.

Based. I want my menus to be thorough, but well presented.

 

[_meh]

Based. I want my menus to be thorough, but well presented.

Likewise.

 

[_meh]

I sometimes like the music or soundtrack of the menu as well, lol.

 

[poorenglishcel]

Yes. Since i have a potato i am obsessed with maximizing the fps. But these days i leave the settings to default since i have become less obsessed with high fps. If i am getting a playable fps(around 50-60) i won't lower the graphical settings/resolution anymore.

 

[Todd Thundercock]

I enjoy in-game tweaks (mostly because of how immediately they are applied) but have never really tinkered much with BIOS settings aside from the basics. What do yoh tweak in BIOS?

CPU/RAM clocks and voltages, mostly. There's tons you can do and it's really not worth the effort, but I enjoy it.

 

[Wick€rManGr1mReap€r]

I don’t really enjoy messing with settings. I like them when they have an interactive UI and don’t look like an airplane cockpit—those kinds of menus literally give me vertigo.