I'd still find sniper shots to be as awesome as before. Having textual confirmation of a goal in FIFA doesn't downplay how awesome the goal was. Why on earth would it?
That's one extreme I guess you could say. I have found it quite useful. I throw a plasma and run away. I get the kill. Did I stick or were they just in the blast radius? Boom, I can tell right away. '+5 Assist' is probably the most useful addition to my game too.
You say it was crucial feedback but you always had the generic sniper kill text on the left or the headshot medal. Are those not, by your definition, also limiting the awesome feeling of seeing the shield flickering and hearing the meaty weapon audio? Why so is one, literally tiny, piece of info suddenly the straw that breas the camel's back? Why is it that medals and kill feed text are a-ok but offsetting some of that to a more detailed, central role, waaaay more damaging an experience than ever before?
If the snipe you just got was awesome, why would some text you admittedly don't notice ruin that moment? I notice the text probably because I am a shitty enough player to use it more than a better player would. I get railgun kills and the combination of the hit markers plus the text (essentially 'kill confirmed') is enough of an awesome payoff on it's own. Stick around to watch the connection? Better still. I just don't see how, on any level, text can limit that payoff.
I take far more issue with the kill feed being less intrinsic at a glance. It's a bit too generic now. I find it harder to tell which team just got a kill. The white text is such a non-issue to me. I mean, I've been vocal about my gripes with how the UI tells you what you've unlocked pretty recently. Saving files can only be done with 'y' for some reason? The whole saved film area of the menu is a drak place of confusing tabs to me.
White text cripples the feedback system? I disagree.
