Originally Posted by Black_Elk
Yeah, I hope the next updates are to the UI. For comparison the BG3 interface is mostly this...

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The other interface panels (Equipment, Inventory, Spellbook) just repeat the information shown there again, but in overlay for each avatar displayed together.

Map panel looks like an enlarged minimap with a key to the lower left.

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Journal panel
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A bit sparse there, I thought it was more of a placeholder but it hasn't really been updated much aside from the addition of some new icons to the main hotbar and such.

I enjoy seeing more of those little embellishments like in the OP, an ornate vibe with some ephemeral and hand drawn call backs. I'd love to see a more modular design and aesthetic for the UI too. Just seems like the sort of thing we should be able to reskin and play around with a bit at this point. I can picture many different themes they might deploy to give it more character, and make a playthrough feel a bit different even down to the level of UI flair. Right now it takes up the whole screen, but doesn't make a whole lot of use of all that real estate.
Yup. Very poor UI design. Poor both on the aesthetic and immersion side as well as the functionality and practicality side.