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All of the big issues I have with the game already have massive threads at the top of this section, so I will mention something a little more minor.
But still pretty bad regardless.

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I'm not an interface designer. But, why is the delete save button closer to the center of the screen than the load save button? The amount of times I've instinctively moused over it because of where it's positioned is absolutely staggering.
Sure it's something you can get use to, but this seems like a very bad idea.

Would it not make more sense for the Load Save button to be the most visible and fastest to access on the screen? And the Delete Save button moved out of the way so that if you really need it, you can look for it?

This seems like something that I would've expected to be figured out (or even taught to designers) early on when making interfaces. You would want the most useful buttons in places where the user is either already looking or can see in their peripheral, and the most "dangerous" or situational buttons a bit more out of the way.

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Just put it directly in the list. I don't want three clicks and large travel distance to clear out old saves. Stick it on the right side of the save name in the list and save me a lot of clicks and swiping.

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I agree, the delete button shouldn't be there, when I want to load a game I move my mouse there most times. Maybe add a copy of the "Load Saved Game" above "Delete Save". Won't be great to have repeating buttons, but it would be way more intuitive than it is currently.

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Originally Posted by Slapstick
Just put it directly in the list. I don't want three clicks and large travel distance to clear out old saves. Stick it on the right side of the save name in the list and save me a lot of clicks and swiping.
Yeah I agree, I had to start heavily limiting how many quicksaves and autosaves a campaign can store once I saw that my Save Folder was hitting a staggering 4gb, which is absolutely insane.

Going on a deletion spree was somewhat tedious with the way the UI is set up currently.

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It's ok the way it is. Better than accidentally deleting a save because the delete button is next to the load button...

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