Interesting examples, as I see many of those as regressions in UI. The use of contextual controls means that you're never quite sure what action is going to re

Interesting examples, as I see many of those as regressions in UI. The use of contextual controls means that you're never quite sure what action is going to result. For example, Mass Effect 2 had quite a lot bound to 'E' as "interact", which could be anything from calling an elevator, talking to someone, crouching behind a wall, or picking up an item. Try to talk to someone near a wall, and you might hide behind it instead. Similarly for the tabbed menus, they hide information several clicks deep, rather than showing you what you want right away.