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[SmartWaffles]

Available now in beta, you can opt in by choosing the beta build in your Origin client's settings, reboot Origin it will update.

Pics:

Put me into EMEA region if old.

 

[DeathSparks]

That looks so much better, hated the original design of Origin.

 

[Ark]

Woah. That actually looks really nice.

 

[Shifty]

Meanwhile over at Valve, the HTML-driven Steam interface continues to stagnate.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I just hope they don't make it run bad, so far it runs very well. Looks good though.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Yeah that looks much better.

 

[JDB]

Will it allow me to have a list of my games without small to big cover art pictures?

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Yuck. Looks too much like Uplay now.

 

[Norci7]

Looks pretty good, I like it.

 

[Sou Da]

Available now in beta, you can opt in by choosing the beta build in your Origin client's settings, reboot Origin it will update.

Pics:

Put me into EMEA region if old.

Looks a lot better, any pics of the store?

 

[Lagamorph]

So they looked at GoG Galaxy and told the dev team "do that" ?

 

[Regginator]

Looks a lot like GOG Galaxy. Which I don't mind, it's a simple intuitive design. Though I've never disliked Origin for its design, the current one works fine for me. The thing I dislike the most about Origin is how frequently games just refuse to start. Trying tons of troubleshoots won't work, but then one day it'll miraculously work.

 

[VanquishUK]

Never understood the Origin hate. The client performs so well and now it looks nice too. I wish Valve would follow, Steam feels so sluggish.

 

[tuxfool]

Will it allow me to have a list of my games without small to big cover art pictures?

It is Origin, who has enough games to justify a list view?

 

[Deadbeat]

Never understood the Origin hate. The client performs so well and now it looks nice too. I wish Valve would follow, Steam feels so sluggish.

Origin does what it needs to do. As long as EA keeps that mindset going forward it will be a better client.

 

[Regginator]

It is Origin, who has enough games to justify a list view?

I think I have quite a few, though several were freebies. I use the "favorite" tab to have a smaller selection of games I play regularly (BF4 etc.)

 

[BaronMonstro]

Good to see they're not being complacent, as good as Origin has been getting it definitely still needs some work.

 

[Pejo]

Honestly that looks better than the steam client. That reminds me, I still haven't installed/tried out the latest Dragon Age.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Shits all over steam, damn.

 

[Tunesmith]

Origin 10?

 

[SmartWaffles]

Looks a lot better, any pics of the store?

It is Origin, who has enough games to justify a list view?

I'm not a heavy Origin user but I already have something like 50+ games in my library due to bundles, freebies and sales. Currently you can not change the size of the tiles, so navigating through my library is actually worse (only slightly though) than before.

 

[Nyteshade517]

I'm in the Beta thing but it's not giving me the update or anything...just logs in and is the old version

 

[Sad Affleck]

It looks pretty nice.

 

[QuantumSquid]

Origin isn't even bad nowadays you guys. They give you free games and DLC on the regular with their "On the House" program, they have a better refund policy than Steam, pretty excellent customer service, and Origin Access's free game library is actually pretty great (BF4 + all DLC!).

I'm glad they are updating this now, because I'm going to be using Origin a lot when Battlefield 1 comes out.

 

[Mohasus]

I opted in the beta program but it doesn't update.

 

[bloodforge]

I like it, looks nice.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Its like GOG Galaxy and Spotify had a baby.

 

[SmartWaffles]

I opted in the beta program but it doesn't update.

I'm in the Beta thing but it's not giving me the update or anything...just logs in and is the old version

Can you try opting out of beta, downgrade your client to main release and enlist in beta again?

 

[Durante]

I've been using "Origin" since it was called "EA Download Manager", but I feel like the majority of updates since then have gone into design rather than features.

Meanwhile over at Valve, the HTML-driven Steam interface continues to stagnate.

The Steam client might not be a looker, but it has a large number of features that all competing systems are currently missing. It's also basically two clients at this point, for distinct use cases - the BPM client and the desktop client.

 

[Mohasus]

Can you try opting out of beta, downgrade your client to main release and enlist in beta again?

Well, I just installed it, opted in and restarted. Nothing happened.

Is there high DPI support in it?

 

[data]

Hope this makes the client more responsive, that's my only gripe with the client currently.

 

[Duxxy3]

I didn't hate the look of origin. I hated the it was yet another store, service, friends list that I have to deal with.

 

[Future PhaZe]

have never had a problem with origin so this is just building upon a good thing imo

 

[Thabass]

As long as it's fluid and runs well, I dig this very much.

 

[Crankshaft]

Looks like they found the "origin" of the "galaxy" mmmm. *tweaks the end of mustache*

 

[DOBERMAN INC]

Add more games EA, if it wasn't such a wasteland they'd be pushing steam for the top spot.

 

[Justinh]

I think I have quite a few, though several were freebies. I use the "favorite" tab to have a smaller selection of games I play regularly (BF4 etc.)

Yeah, I got quite a few too, but there are quite a few free games here too (as well as key redeems that came with steam copies of games).

I've been playing a lot of SimCity lately, and it makes me really want to buy Citites: Skylines.
edit: I've not gone into the beta. I don't think I want to.

 

[Blam]

Holy hot damn that's a nice UI I hope it is not using HTML/JS as a back end.

 

[tuxfool]

I think I have quite a few, though several were freebies. I use the "favorite" tab to have a smaller selection of games I play regularly (BF4 etc.)

I wasn't really being serious. Mostly snark.

Holy hot damn that's a nice UI I hope it is not using HTML/JS as a back end.

AFAIK Origin uses the Qt toolkit. It is possible that the UI is designed in QML which is similarly declarative to JS.

 

[SpotAnime]

Nice! Supports default monitors! Now I can run BPM like Steam and send Origin games to my HDTV.

 

[SliChillax]

I'm not getting the update? Checked the beta option and restarted Origin

 

[ghibli99]

Totally unrelated to the topic at hand, but as I was scrolling over the image, the mouse pointer in the picture and mine got "swapped" in my head, and threw me for a loop for a split-second there. LOL

 

[Horp]

Holy hot damn that's a nice UI I hope it is not using HTML/JS as a back end.

Properly implemented html/js is great for ui:s. Just so often not done properly.

 

[bloodforge]

I'm not getting the update? Checked the beta option and restarted Origin

Same for me. It's not updating to the beta.

 

[Skelter]

Same for me. It's not updating to the beta.

Same here. Bummer.

 

[Nyteshade517]

Same for me. It's not updating to the beta.

same for me...also...too...as well

 

[TemplaerDude]

Looks great. Might get me to pop it open more often. I wish Valve would modernize Steam. Sucks that the number one platform looks like it's stuck in 2006.

 

[topplehat]

Looks like an improvement to me!

 

[A-V-B]

Looks great. Might get me to pop it open more often. I wish Valve would modernize Steam. Sucks that the number one platform looks like it's stuck in 2006.

I wish Valve would do lots of things

 

[TheRed]

Origin and Uplay have both been getting pretty nice, I've never understood the hate. I always like loading them up and how it's easier on the eyes than Steam.

True that steam skins make it look nicer but it doesn't stop all the bugginess and crashing I get especially with steam controller stuff and VR my issues have gotten more frequent.

Obviously these don't even have those functionalities but I still like them for what they are. My friend refuses to buy Battlefield 1 because he's a complete steam fanboy and that's what really bothers me.