INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
I have a confession to make: I've despised Steam for years now
For all their problems, I'd much rather use Origin, GOG, or yes, even the Epic Games Store
have an excuse to poke around and just relish in PC gaming, I went ahead and activated the latest Steam Library beta, and I'm never going
selected something a good portion of the screen was completely barren
likely that you still had a ton of wasted gray space on your library page, even when you had a game selected
Before I downloaded the new library beta, I would not stand for this
It got to a point that, rather than using Steam, I would just hit the start button and type in the name of the game I wanted to play
especially when the world is full of so many other more important issues
But, the aesthetic matters to me.Image 1 of 3GOG's library page(Image credit: CD Projekt)Image 2 of 3Epic Games Store Library page(Image
credit: Epic Games)Image 3 of 3EA Origin's library page(Image credit: EA)On the other hand, when you load up either GOG Galaxy or Origin,
the colorful game art is the first thing you're greeted with
With Galaxy, you get these adorable little virtual shelves that your games are stored upon
It's a nice touch, and makes it feel like you're actually collecting something.Aside from Steam, Epic Games Store is probably the weakest
here, but at least there you still get to see some game tiles, but there it's far too slow and inconvenient to browse through without
basically created.I really can't praise this new library design enough(Image credit: Valve)That Steam beta update, thoughNow that I've
covered just how broken my brain is, it's important to note that everything is better now
That alone was enough to make me download the beta, and once it was updated, I was blown away
I spent about an hour going through a subreddit dedicated to art for the Steam Grid, and got some lovely animated thumbnails for some of my
favorite games, including the Witcher 3, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.The time-wasting could have
ended there, but I wanted to custom tune my Steam library even more
You see, when you first install this beta update, you'll be greeted by a single row of "recent games" with your entire Steam library
Underneath the row of "recent games", you'll see a button to add a new shelf
Click that, then click the drop-down for "choose a shelf" and you can display any of your Steam game categories, whether it's just
categories, so I could have a row for each of my unstable moods
Looking back on it, it was probably time well spent: my Steam library will be prepared for all the new games I add to it when Black Friday
comes rolling around.At the end of the day, I still have some problems with Steam, especially when it comes to how it polices its content,
but this library update is more than enough to keep me placated for a little while
I know for a fact that I will likely spend more time finding custom art for all of my games than actually playing my games
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