STOVE

The image above is a screenshot comparing two app players.

It becomes clear that the reason the UI is so crappy is because of the difference in resolution between standard monitors and smartphones.

(Top) is set to the standard monitor resolution of 16:9 (based on 1920 × 1080 / 2560 × 1440 / 3840x2160)

(B) Size is based on Galaxy smartphones, 19.5:9 (Galaxy S25 Ultra standard) or 20:9 (Galaxy S21 Ultra standard).

As you can see, there is a huge difference in the readability of inventory artifacts that people were complaining about so much.

Of course, neither one is better than the other, they are still crappy, unpleasant to look at, and no better than what came before.

First of all, based on the monitor standard (top), you can see that there is minimal waste and harmony in the location of icons, margins, and font size.

On the other hand, the smartphone standard... well, it's obvious just by looking at it, so what's the point of explaining it? It's designed to be inconvenient to use.

In other words, we only focused on readability when viewed through the Apple or Google Play Game PC app, and the Stove PC client.

Of course, readability is better than smartphones in relative terms, but it cannot be denied that the overall composition has become more open than before.

I wonder if the person who created this UI really only knows that Epic Seven is a PC game, or if he hates smartphones.

I don't know why, but I'm curious as to why they didn't take the smartphone usage environment into consideration at all.

Considering that the actual screen of a smartphone is much smaller than that of a PC monitor, the font size is tiny, and the list of artifacts is ridiculously large compared to a PC screen, if you had tested it on a smartphone before the update, you would have been able to tell, but as I wrote in the previous article, I have growing suspicions that the UI developer was not an in-house talent but rather outsourced to an external source and made it hastily.

If dissatisfaction piles up, that's also public opinion, so there should be some kind of response, but since they've been consistently fighting since Awake, I don't have high expectations.

Just know that it's never the users' fault if a game fails, and I hope that Epic's internal staff gets criticized when they change jobs because of rumors.

Big screen comparison shot.