Nah, Firefox version which is one year old (due to crucial addons). Apparently it's because of that. Well, not the first time GOG breaks something on Firefox while the rest of the web manages not to do that.

Huh... My FF is v 56, haven't updated past that since I hardly ever use it, and it seems to look pretty normal...

I didn't specify the months and IIRC 56 was released September/October last year. I'm on 51 which is like six months older than that? (Also makes you shake your head at how versions don't even last two months anymore...)

Oh. Had assumed you were on 52, since that was ESR till a month ago I see.
But yeah, rapid release cycles are just awful, avoid such things whenever possible, though it's getting harder and harder to find anything not breaking stuff all the time and forcing you to figure out how the heck to deal with the newest changes when you were still struggling to get something done around the problems caused by the previous bunch (one massive plus for "old" IE for me, typically just getting security updates, and at quite fixed times).

Same here. The new design is annoying me more and more by the minute.

The moment they set the videos to autoplay, I will block them completely and just search YouTube.

And the sort is buggy. Why is a review which 30 of 38 users found helpful considered to be more helpful than a review which 30 of 33 users found helpful?

Another thing. There should be at least an option to disable the autoplaying youtube videos when you hover over games from the main page.

It's ok if done intentionally, but I have to weave and dodge not to accidentally leave my mouse anywhere near them when I look or step away.

You added auto-moving (or whatever) gifs/videos for the new releases to the front page? Really? -.-

Edit: Oh what the ever loving boop, GOG! Why would you have the game tile thingies link to Youtube on mouse over??

Wholeheartedly disagree with the OP.

The ease of first glance access to information took a big hit with this update. They spaced out and enlarged the insignificant things like the goodies list or the banner at the top, and removed the important ones like the embedded screenshot preview. The fleshed out review system and the comparison view are about the only good things I can mention in this update's favor, the rest of the changes are all negative.

Some observations:

- The removal of the embedded screenshot preview above the thumbnails is a really bad decision. It allowed a sufficiently detailed view of the images without having to disrupt the page with popups and extra clicking-loading.

- Removing the formatting (paragraphs) from reviews is a big step backwards, nobody likes reading walls of text.

- Honestly guys, people have been asking for direct links to the games' forums for years, how many site redesigns will it take to implement that? It's the single most useful button on Steam's game pages.

- It takes too much scrolling to get to the reviews now, due to the following:

--- The banner at the top (with the game's picture) is too big.

--- The lists of Goodies and DLCs can become way too long on titles which have a lot of them (e.g. Witcher 3 GOTY, Paradox games, etc).

--- The system requirements section takes up a bit too much space, especially on a site selling so many old games where this is a non-issue.


With the previous version, I didn't feel the need to write custom css to de-bloat GOG, like I have to do with Steam, but the way things look now, I won't be spared that work if I want a compact, convenient experience back.

That change is completely baffling. Why would they remove line breaks from reviews to make them a huge black and white glob at the same time they took a steamroller to spread out every other aspect of the website adding crazy amounts of empty space!?

The store was also part of the redesign, right (I rarely check there)? Wow, it is bad. Less games now in one row, no game titles shown unless you hover over an entry, less filter options, bad filter position in general, changing pages takes longer now. GOG really doesn't want people to buy here, right?

Ok, and now the anniversary event has past and we got the weekly sale bundles back.

And where do you find them?
They are gone. Gone gone as feared. Only way to refer to them is through the news link. When that has moved on and faded out, there is no link of reference to it anymore, although it might still be running.

:(


GOG, bring back the old design features!!!!

GOG it seems is attempting to become too GOD like in appearance which detracts from the simple reason why people come to this site to begin with. I think it looks like FECES all wrapped up in a pretty ridiculous package too. What do I do now when I log on? Very simple. I check my wish list of 20 titles and if nothing's highlighted to my tastes? I log OFF. I don't have to look at this annoying, fecal nonsense anymore than I have to. Nobody in their right mind is going to wait until their exuberant web designers finish loading that bling-screen rubbish. GOG, you should've left it simple.

To me GOG went forwards and backwards with their site redesign. They added more information to the Game and review section to make it look like Steam which is a good thing plus the new filters. The thing that is backwards about it involves buying multiple games in the same series. With the old layout it was easy to find the games that are in the same series that you can purchase. Now they made it a lot more difficult to spot the complete the series link. Among other annoying things mentioned.

Another IE11 user here.

I posted about this in another thread. If they can't be bothered making sure the site actually works, why should I bother giving them my money?