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General discussionGoG front page is hideous(35 posts)(35 posts)
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Posted 4 days ago
I wouldn't go as far as to call it hideous. I don't experiment the problem with loading times (or download speed) that is often brough up. There is room for improvement, clearly. I think it should be easier, or just plain possible, to see the news articles for at least the past few days. Plus the game pages are not really suited for mobile devices. But for the most part, it works.
Post edited 4 days ago by ConsulCaesar
Posted 4 days ago
No comment, with reservations.
Posted 4 days ago
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Sachys: Makes yer mam look good though.
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altk: :'D

we're so old and decrepit here that our jokes are also old and decrepit?
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Timboli: I think a lot of us will agree it ain't great, but to define it as hideous is way over the top.

It is certainly better than Epic's or Steam's or Itch.io's and many other stores.

But it is very bloated that's for sure, like so many sites these days who just don't care about abusing our PCs and web connection.

I do have to admit though, that it has certainly been worse at GOG, a lot worse. I cannot recall if it was ever better ... perhaps a bit.

They should really split it off into at least two pages, each with less bloat.

And specific sales pages aren't much better, sometimes worse.

Just too much clever dick stuff going on, instead of just being sensible.

I gave up on the main sales' pages years ago.
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altk: For whichever reason, Steam does not feel so in-your-face to me. I dunno about the other stores, I lost my Epic account years ago and I link-bought a single item on itch.
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tfishell: Everything is hideous, everything must die. Rip

I usually just go straight to the forum anyway.
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altk: Now there's an idea.
I have always found the Steam store page was terrible and cluttered. However, I believe itch.io has the worst layout I have seen.
Posted 3 days ago
Am I imagining things, or did GOG not have a night or dark theme until recently?

The landing page just suddenly seems so bright, which I hadn't noticed until the past week or so.

If there is a dark theme, I'm not seeing it in the options anywhere, so maybe it's just always been this bright?
Posted 3 days ago
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GilesHabibula: Am I imagining things, or did GOG not have a night or dark theme until recently?

The landing page just suddenly seems so bright, which I hadn't noticed until the past week or so.

If there is a dark theme, I'm not seeing it in the options anywhere, so maybe it's just always been this bright?
The colors change during major sales, so maybe you're comparing to that?
Posted 2 days ago
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GilesHabibula: Am I imagining things, or did GOG not have a night or dark theme until recently?

The landing page just suddenly seems so bright, which I hadn't noticed until the past week or so.

If there is a dark theme, I'm not seeing it in the options anywhere, so maybe it's just always been this bright?
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Cavalary: The colors change during major sales, so maybe you're comparing to that?
That's entirely possible.
It just seemed suddenly blinding to me. Maybe also because most other places I go I have set to a dark theme.
Posted 2 days ago
enshittified - I like it.


enshittified: v- what gog dot com does to websites, especially forums.
Posted Yesterday
The pictures are a tad too big.
Posted Yesterday
I have yet to find a game store homepage that isn't a complete mess. Be it Steam, itch io, Epic, you name it...

Of all the clusterfuck-y store pages out there I actually think GOG is one of the better ones.
Posted Yesterday
Holy effing crap...

Just let GOG do their promos!

So that they can at the very least keep their lights on and servers running, providing you (the OP) the benefit of DRM-free choices.

Also, given that their site would use some form of analytics to track user patterns based on their interests, would be the main reason why the front page is designed as it is now, because it actually does work.
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Posted Yesterday
No, your momma is!
Posted Yesterday
I think GOG's landing page is ok. It's far from the worst store front page I have seen. OP: you say you don't like it, but how would you improve it?

Imo, the biggest issue is that the GOG front page barely does anything to advertise their one biggest selling point - that their games are DRM-free. It is barely mentioned anywhere, yet it should be front and center! It's what the whole store is about, after all.
Posted Yesterday
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Randalator: I have yet to find a game store homepage that isn't a complete mess. Be it Steam, itch io, Epic, you name it...
This. I don't like GOG current homepage, I liked the old one way more, and I mostly go straight to the forum or my wishlist, but for some reason "a total clusterfluff of tiles and titles" seems to be the design philosophy for every store. Just dump as much stuff right from the get go on the front page as it can possibly hold.

Itch overall is a barely navigable trashfire of a store, which is a pity because there's lots of hidden gems to be found under the layers of garbage.
Posted Yesterday
I agree itch.io is the worst, not only front page, the way you manage your library and games owned.
Posted Yesterday
It's really not THAT bad, and not just relative to other storefronts, you get the highlights at the top (new releases, promos, deep discounts) which are fairly easy to check out, then some random games, the GOG dreamlist and all current sales

The only thing missing IMO are the news, they definitely should be higher up
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