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[jooey]

Massive? Different, but not massive.

proportionally it is. GameFAQs has looked like it was from 1999 forever.

 

[Aeana]

I'm happy for the mobile version. It seems to work really well. The desktop version actually seems to generally be an improvement, too, at first glance, but I'll need to take a closer look.

Negative reaction on pretty much every board right away too, lol.

So, the exact same thing that happens every time any change is ever made to GameFAQs.

Won't change the fact that Wikia is washing away the site entirely. :/

GameFAQs still has a place, because it allows individual authors to present guides in their own ways. I prefer having alternatives if I don't like the way one guide presents information, and I know lots of other people do as well. Plus, the GameFAQs game-specific forums aren't being replaced by anything.

 

[KillerTravis]

Won't change the fact that Wikia is washing away the site entirely. :/

This is true. MonHun wikia and Animal Crossing wikia completely replaced it for me. Bulbapedia replaced it for my Pokemanz info.

Though I think it's still great as a games encyclopedia.

 

[antitrop]

Looks the same from when I last went there ten years ago.

Account Created Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:52 PM

It's probably been about 10 years since I had an Active Post on their forums, ya. Last game I remember talking about on GameFAQs was Final Fantasy X-2 in high school.

 

[HoosTrax]

It's kind of amazing that GameFAQs is still clinging to life, post-wikia and post-Youtube.

 

[jokkir]

Yeah, I don't see the massive part.

Hmmm it looks way different from before imo so I decided to put massive. I wouldn't mind if a mod removes the "massive" part if they wanted to

 

[Andrew Korenchkin]

I have to say I'm cool with the redesign. The site's usability is pretty much the same as it was before, so there's no harm done with the redesign.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Won't change the fact that Wikia is washing away the site entirely. :/

Where do you think they will go when GameFAQs rides off into the sunset?

 

[Kainazzo]

Won't change the fact that Wikia is washing away the site entirely. :/

At the least, Gamefaqs is still an all-in-one site for 90s' and older games. It's convenient to be able to get quality Demon's Crest, Lunar, Sakura Wars, Bomberman 64, King Arthur's World, and Jurassic Park: The Chaos Continues guides. Games that aren't big enough to get wikis for themselves. I'm not at all interested in the boards, but the decades of guides almost seems irreplaceable.

Unless there are wikis for these games? Do people just use Let's Plays for older titles now? I really don't know.

 

[Dog Problems]

It's kind of amazing that GameFAQs is still clinging to life, post-wikia and post-Youtube.

Yeah, it's probably the oldest site I go to (occasionally).

 

[Taruranto]

At least it isn't 90% flash or something.

Still didn't need a change, really.

 

[RaySpencer]

It looks almost exactly the same to me, a little newer looking, and functionally exactly the same?



I dont understand the hate.

 

[Moosehole]

I quite like it. The site auto-formats to whatever device you're using so no more mobile sites.

I do wish they would have streamlined the amount of clicks it takes to get where you want to go, though.

 

[BassForever]

Can't you still customize your gfaqs lay out? I still use version 6 or 7 I think. Besides gfaqs users will always just gamefox whatever they don't like away.

 

[Korigama]

Hmmm it looks way different from before imo so I decided to put massive. I wouldn't mind if a mod removes the "massive" part if they wanted to

I use skins that make it look more like the site did in the late '90s/early '00s, so it was immediately noticeable to me.

Can't you still customize your gfaqs lay out? I still use version 6 or 7 I think. Besides gfaqs users will always just gamefox whatever they don't like away.

If you use this, you should be able to. Wasn't able to until I did.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/?throwback=1

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

It's kind of amazing that GameFAQs is still clinging to life, post-wikia and post-Youtube.

Individual game boards keeps it up, I'd say.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Dontcha wish your boards were hot like ours.
Dontcha wish your boards were well-moderated and coherently laid out like ours
Dontchaaaaaa

 

[Seda]

Can't you still customize your gfaqs lay out? I still use version 6 or 7 I think. Besides gfaqs users will always just gamefox whatever they don't like away.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/user/site.html

Changing the 'Site Display Style' doesn't seem to do anything anymore.

 

[corn_fest]

Won't change the fact that Wikia is washing away the site entirely. :/

Are they?
I hate Wikia sites. They all have the same terrible, ad-ridden layout and often very little content compared to independent fan wikis or Gamefaqs.
I'm one step away from blacklisting Wikia from my Google results entirely.

 

[anotherVegan]

Did they get rid of the twelve year olds and trolls?

 

[Tan]

Why do new websites always have to make everything so gigantic? I actually have to scroll to down to see upcoming releases now.

 

[Camp Lo]

I see CNET's bankruptcy has trickled down the chain. Still looks like shit tbqh

 

[DBT85]

Can't be worse than the Flickr redesign.

Used Flickr for the first time since the chance yesterday, I was like "wtf have they done!!!"

 

[Yoshichan]

Fairly decent.

 

[Seda]

If you use this, you should be able to. Wasn't able to until I did.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/?throwback=1

I guess we can throw up some comparison images if we want.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Did they get rid of the twelve year olds and trolls?

Every message board will always have those.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Great upgrade.

 

[RockTurtle]

Just like MS, gamefaqs coming up with solutions to problems no one had.

 

[Alienous]

Euegk, is my reaction.

It needs more structure.

Like with the text, here.

 

[Kokonoe]

Much easier to read, I like it.

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

Not sure how it looks on a PC just yet, but it looks vastly improved on my iPhone. It was absolutely atrocious to navigate and look at before. So good job I guess.

 

[holyfire]

Dontcha wish your boards were hot like ours.
Dontcha wish your boards were well-moderated and coherently laid out like ours
Dontchaaaaaa

I don't know about that.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Can't be worse than the Flickr redesign.

there's no way to roll back that one is there?

 

[Andrefpvs]

The guides remains untouchedl

Most important thing.

 

[Im_Special]

Still a lot of bugs and inconsistencies they need to work out, the moving header on different pages is driving me nuts.

 

[Deleted member 20415]

Looks alright but,



This is just a mess.

You try jamming 30 years of gaming history into a navigation!

I've done site redesigns (wireframing and scoping), including a cheats site... it's a freaking crazy undertaking and almost always leads to a point where you go "Fuck it... this will do."

 

[Kevtones]

Mobile looks great.

 

[Seda]

I'm probably just used to the layout after all these years, but GameFAQs is still by far the easiest and quickest place for me to find an answer if I have a question on a specific part of a specific game. The more general discussion boards are usually junk, but sometimes the boards specific to a game can be useful.

 

[Hidden One]

You can change the colors at the bottom right of the screen.

 

[Neuromancer]

Looks real good on my iPhone and iPad. Nice knowing you guys, it's been fun.

THAT WAS A JOKE DON'T BAN ME

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

It's exactly the same, except Samsung ads are being flung in my face.

 

[ethomaz]

I used GameFAQs more to ask some question about Cross Edge (that game pissed me off but at the end I finished it)...

From what I remember this new design seems like the same with a new color?

 

[VeryGooster]

I'd been recently embracing Wikia more, but for larger titles. I do like some of the HTML FAQs they have, finally.

 

[Kokonoe]

You can change the colors at the bottom right of the screen.

http://puu.sh/37Dra.png[IMG][/QUOTE]

Awesome.

 

[devious.one]

You can change the colors at the bottom right of the screen.

That black and green version looks really good.

 

[Biker19]

It's not perfect, but it looks OK to me.

 

[erpg]

You can change the colors at the bottom right of the screen.

http://puu.sh/37Dp8.png[IMG]

[IMG]http://puu.sh/37Dra.png[IMG][/QUOTE]Neat, hadn't noticed (Cloudy Blue for me). Tried the new mobile site on my phone and I have nothing but praise for the redesign right now.

 

[Cornbread78]

wait, I saw mobile version.... Trophy whores greatest dream... is the app in the Google store yet?

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Looks like garbage on my PC.

 

[jokkir]

You can change the colors at the bottom right of the screen.

Red reminds me of IGN for some reason.

Cotton Candy... my eyes