What about some kind of text the characters are speaking, a bit like the idea of Hacker? I'm not too interested in my statistics as I see them in the end and in my opinion it is more interesting when you don't know how much hp the boss exactly has( though you can guess because you see the hp of the army)
So what I would recomment:
Boss: Julians face, next to it: Prepare to die! Muhaha! (or whatever)
Sometimes after a kill: Take that! or Die, servant of the dark! (or again whatever)
Louis transformation: I don't need that armor to kill you! ( *points upwards*)
1/3 hp( face with blood): --- Well, I guess you get the idea.
The problem would be that it is quite a lot of work and probably also not easy. The second best thing would be the statistic in my eyes. Especially as YinYin has a good point with the competition( though the fighters have to be about the same level for that)
About the map: I don't think it is too helpful. If you had a first or third-person perspective it would be useful, but with the LF2-perspective I almost always know where everybody is.
So what I would recomment:
Boss: Julians face, next to it: Prepare to die! Muhaha! (or whatever)
Sometimes after a kill: Take that! or Die, servant of the dark! (or again whatever)
Louis transformation: I don't need that armor to kill you! ( *points upwards*)
1/3 hp( face with blood): --- Well, I guess you get the idea.
The problem would be that it is quite a lot of work and probably also not easy. The second best thing would be the statistic in my eyes. Especially as YinYin has a good point with the competition( though the fighters have to be about the same level for that)
About the map: I don't think it is too helpful. If you had a first or third-person perspective it would be useful, but with the LF2-perspective I almost always know where everybody is.