Anyone using the new Steam interface? Big icons, big pictures and tiles like the Windows 8 navigation scheme. And it's supposed to be gamepad-friendly navigation.
I don't like it. Gamepad friendly doesn't mean squat to me.
No likey here either
The problem is that it starts off wrong.
First screen I see in my library has a bunch of games I'm not playing. They are not my faves. They aren't my top hours played. They aren't even installed on my HDD.
Why kick off my library with useless crap as the default screen?
Then give me 20 pages of scroll through to find stuff I want and a crappy dropdown box to filter stuff that I can find 10 times faster on the old UI?
I don't know who designed it or why, but it is a big fat fail for me.
The Big Picture thing freaked me out.
I haven't been on STEAM for almost a week now but I'll have to check this out this weekend.
Looked at it - didn't like it.
Seriously, if I want to navigate a menu with my gamepad, I'll turn on my xbox.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on December 07, 2012, 05:57:00 PM
Seriously, if I want to navigate a menu with my gamepad, I'll turn on my xbox.
What he said.
Actually not just gamepads. If you have Windows 8 and touch screen, those big icons would be nice.
But yes the problem is that you don't know what's installed or not. Too little info is showed on the screen. You have to dig for stuff. >:(
It does show you the recently played ones but not all installed games only.
Turned it on, then turned it off. I think it's designed to work on TVs but isn't so great on my PC. Since I neither watch TV nor play console games, I doubt I'll use it.
One nice thing - it finally asks where you would like a game installed.
Not a big fan of it so far, but I guess over time it may grow on me....I am sure some day they will force us to all use it since I can't see them supporting multiple modes for very long.
Quote from: LongBlade on December 07, 2012, 09:22:09 AM
I don't like it. Gamepad friendly doesn't mean squat to me.
This is my feeling too. Big Picture is worse in pretty much every way. Zero interest here.
I wish Steam would concentrate on fixing the bugs and broken features in their client rather than adding new useless fluff. :-*
This might be a prelude to the "Steam box". Steam hardware plugged to the TV.
Quote from: Nefaro on December 08, 2012, 01:00:59 PM
I wish Steam would concentrate on fixing the bugs and broken features in their client rather than adding new useless fluff. :-*
Ha!
Yeah, Steam's announced that they're going to release a PC-based console. i suspect that's the reason for the annoying new look.
http://kotaku.com/5966860/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next+gen-consoles (http://kotaku.com/5966860/gabe-newell-living-room-pcs-will-compete-with-next+gen-consoles)
Reminds me of the new PSN interface, which I hate with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
(Adds a 25Meg application to my PS3 hard drive, runs slower and chunkier than the old interface, adds almost no significant functionality; blatantly ignores customer requests for long-missing functionality which would be easy to add at no promotional loss for PSN; while degrading or removing prior functionality. The only thing I sort of like is the new rotary search engine.)
I don't have an option about using the PSN, but under no circumstances will I inflict the goofy new Steam interface upon myself--not now, and not when my new Win8 system arrives.
^Preach on brother! For some reason your comment regarding the passion of a thousand burning suns brings two things to mind for me.
One a book: Prospero Burns
The other a legion of space marines called: Thousand Sons
Sorry, I've got Warhammer 40K on the brain lately.