Elden Ring UI meme revived by the cluttered screens of Skull and Bones and Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Xenoblade 3 UI
(Image credit: Nintendo)

The UI for both Skull and Bones and Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is so overwhelming, it’s revived that Elden Ring meme from earlier this year. 

Yesterday, we got our first look at some Skull and Bones gameplay, which was quite the treat considering Ubisoft has kept a lid firmly on the upcoming pirate game for quite some time now. We also found out that the game is finally due to release on November 8, 2022. That’s exactly one day before Sony’s highly anticipated sequel God of War Ragnarok, in case you were curious. 

One thing that has caught some people’s attention though, is the fact that the UI for Skull and Bones is quite... overwhelming. In fact, as pointed out by @bluefootednewt on Twitter, it’s oddly similar to an Elden Ring meme from earlier this year which saw players adding more and more on-screen elements to the normally clean UI of FromSoftware's masterwork.

As pointed out by another Twitter user, this is particularly funny as the meme started out as a response to the question: "What if Elden Ring was developed by Ubisoft?" And, well, Skull and Bones is currently being developed by Ubisoft. Life imitates art and all that. 

Skull and Bones and Ubisoft aren’t the only ones giving off Elden Ring UI meme vibes though. A recently released Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Japanese trailer also showed off some of the JRPG’s UI and it's just as chaotic, if not more so. You can find a prime example of the kind of thing we’re talking about below. This clearly doesn’t seem to be putting people off buying the game though, as scalpers are selling Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Special Edition for over $300. 

Want to know more about Ubisoft’s elusive pirate game? Take a look at our Skull and Bones preview.  

Hope Bellingham
News Writer

After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training.  My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.  

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