AAAAH, The steam store-front is all changed around! D: (AKA new Steam store-front discussion thread)

[BreakfastMan]

So, looks like Steam has finally done what everybody has said it should do, and completely overhauled the store-front. Added a lot of new features that people have really be wanting too, like a new "Curator" system. What do you think about the changes? Is the new storefront good, bad, or ugly? What do you think of the new features? And, most importantly, who was phone?

 

[shrekfan246]

I wish the "New Releases/Top Sellers/Upcoming" list with the daily deal beside it weren't so far down the page. Having those at the very bottom just seems a little odd. But I like that I can remove Early Access games and Software from the Featured slides at the top now.

The fact that it pops up with recommendations as you scroll down along the bottom is... interesting, as well. I mean, I guess it doesn't hold much use for me because 75% of those games I'll have already heard of in the first place, but that's not really something I can complain about.

Otherwise, I like the new color scheme. Big fan of cool blue shades. Makes it look more slick.

 

[maneyan]

First of all, hullooo people. Longtime lurker rising from the shadows to join this community.

Secondly. Steam just went through a new, big, shiny update for me and what I am seeing atm is very, VERY nice.

* The first list that comes up is of "popular new releases", meaning we get a mix of the popular and the new, a great way, if it works, to get away from the drowning in the nonsense games but at the same time getting a look at what's new and fresh
* There's a curator system described as "individuals or organizations that make recommendations to help others discover interesting games in the Steam catalog." Pretty much what GOG already had, but hey now steam has it too.
* A, from what I can tell, expended system of recommendations contingent on what you wish for, what you've recently been viewing etc.

These are the features I see atm, and there's no doubt more. I wanted to ask what the rest of you think about this change, me personally I LOVE what I'm seeing. It seems to address so many of the things that people have been complaining about when it comes to steam. Would like to see what Jim Sterling says about this. Isn't this a good way to handle what he spoke of only as recently as... well today?

 

[josemlopes]

Still havent looked around well enough but it seems to be a response to what everyone was complaining wich was a way of seperating the good stuff from the shitty one and a better way of finding stuff (the search mechanics were rather shitty inthe other one)

So we will see, cant really complain of changes since there were many obvious problems with the other one.

 

[Barbas]

Ooooh! This looks nice...thanks for the news, I just opened it to have a look now. It's very interesting so far and I can see it making great improvements. I think they've got the community for it.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Just saw it and Holy Shit! They actually fixed Steam! I thought they would just leave it to rot cos they make so much money off early access and preorders but now you can remove them both, and there's a 'fuck off' button for games you never want to see again!

Then I laughed at the thought that Jim will have set his account to still show all of the shit so he can find terrible games to play on his channel.

 

[gsilver]

I checked out their new storefront page a little while ago, and I'm glad that they're trying to give recommendations based on the user. One of the top things on my list was MagicMaker. I never heard of it before now... and from the trailer it looks like the kind of thing that I would like, so the recommendations system seems to be working.

I'll give the demo a shot soon.

 

[Spanglish Guy]

I had a look at it not too long ago and wow I was pretty surprised at how much they had changed the storefront. I like the idea of these curators, having others you want to follow recommend games for you and I also like the new colour scheme (which is minor but still).

It certainly looks a lot better than it did before and it seems to scroll for ever with recommendations and such, so far I like it.

 

[shirkbot]

I'm usually very cynical, but this seems to be pretty much wonderful. It does a lot of big things that have been needed for a long time (personalized filtering) and a bunch of little things that I just really appreciate, like telling me when a game will require Uplay or Origin, or any 3ed party DRM actually, in a clearly marked box. This is excellent.

Then I laughed at the thought that Jim will have set his account to still show all of the shit so he can find terrible games to play on his channel.

I'll be interested to see if he does that, but his whole shtick was more "Here's what's new on Steam, let's see if it's good." more than "Let's play bad games." There was just a lot of overlap there for a long time.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

the customization of what the storefront shows to you is a huge thing, there are PLENTY of frothing at the mouth early access haters that have been begging for this for a while, so hopefully this will please everyone.


Still, I feel like alot of these things should've been added a while ago....

Nonetheless, loving the features and hopefully it leads to more customization and tweaking in the future.

 

[neverarine]

well steam made an update today, and wow is it hideous alot of people hate the blue color but im pretty okay with that change lets reveiw... well first they tell me its customized for me, lol thats a laugh
that queue... yeah its pretty much teh same ugly broken one from greenlight but with more crap on it... literaly every game on the first 3 queues it made for me where there becuase they where popular with total disregard to what kind of games i play
the curators... yup lets shameless promote... way to go steam..
lets take "new releases" off the home page great idea steam great idea

well i think this was the dumbest thing steams ever done, what about you guys?

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Not a huge fan of the color scheme, but I really like everything else. I especially like that the "updated games" thing can now be set to only show me when games that I actually own have been updated, since it finally makes that space in the storefront useful to me. It also makes me happy that I never have to see early access games anymore. I never buy them until they have all the features that I want (not promises of features), and I get all my info on them from game sites and forums like this anyway, so they were just cluttering up the storefront for me. Overall really cool update.

 

[Mezahmay]

After reading the OP, I logged into Steam to check for myself. Holy shit this is great! The blue will take a little getting used to, but seeing how well everything works so far I don't think the color will be a problem. I adore the user-rating system, as it has kept me from buying Game Tycoon 1.5 mistaking it for a good game, namely Game Dev Tycoon. Shame on you, Game Tycoon 1.5, pretending to be a good game.

 

[Morgoth780]

Basically going to echo everyone else here. The theme will take getting used to; it's especially jarring when going to your wishlist or something which still seems to have the old grey theme. But I think Valve has done a wonderful job of keeping crap off of the main store page.

 

[Spanglish Guy]

At the moment I prefer it to the old storefront. I like that I can see a list of recommended games based on my preferences and I like that I can follow curators to see what their picks are. Oh and I prefer the actual look of it now.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

I like the new colors, but am unimpressed with the new layout.

Honestly the only thing I didn't like about the old layout was that it started defaulting to the "top sellers" tab instead of the "new releases" tab at some point. Other than that it did everything else that I felt it needed to do. Now it just feels a lot more cluttered.

Meh. Not a huge deal though. I'll get used to it soon enough, then complain that I liked it better than whatever future layout they decide to go with, because that's just how things like this tend to work out.

 

[Elvis Starburst]

I like it so far, but I wish the releases and top sellers stuff wasn't at the bottom. You'd think that would be more of a priority instead of the other stuff. Oh well, I'll get used to it

 

[Something Amyss]

I wish they'd make it more like an actual website or simplify navigation some or something. But the look and layout are okay.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

This is the third thread about this on the front page of "gaming discussion." Seriously, it's not that big a deal.

 

[Signa]

I like how there is a rating overview next to the price, so you can see how much people love or hate the game.