I don't know who here uses the Discovery Queue very regularly, but I can say with confidence I do. I use it very, very regularly to find new games to play, having gone through almost 23 thousand things in it. And I hate the Sale Event version of the Discovery Queue. It's worse in almost every single facet.

Yes. Yes it does. I've found hundreds of games that I've bought and played through this. Some of them were games that I managed to, ehm, convince my friends to buy as well. It's easily one of the best things on Steam to find new games, especially smaller games with single or double digit reviews. I've found some realy gems through it.

Oh but it is! When you open the Sale Event version al you get is a single video, name, thumbnail art, price, tags, review info (that has double parenthesis around the number for whatever reason, a very short description and buttons for demo, store page, wishlist and ignore.

NO! Stop that thought. It is not. I promise you it is not.

I mean everything but if we must go through it all I will. For the betterment of all of us. And mostly for my rant post here.

First and foremost, I can actually see other videos and images that the dev/publisher put up for their game. You know, context. Context that could let me know if I want this game or it goes straight into the massive pile of ignored titles.

Secondly it gives me the developer and publisher which, you know, can be pretty important. I want to know if it's a game from a company that adores awful monetization or has a habit of abandoning their games.

Third...ly... I want to know if a game is still in Early Access because, maybe, just maybe, that's important information. I don't want to get excited for a game, click on the store link, and find out that oh great I need to wait an unknown amount of time for the game to be finished. The fact that I can add the game to my wishlist without the page ever showing me it's still in Early Access is terrible.

Because it's temporary for now and during the huge sale events that's fine?! Pshaw I say! Pshaw! This is the worst time to have it be terrible, when I'm more likely to throw my money at Steam! And, for a touch of doomerism, what if it doesn't go away one day after the sale? What if we're stuck with this awful version?

Just... just no. I don't want that. None of us should want that!

So to the Steam Sale Event Discovery Queue I say this: I hope your code is deleted and all backups sent forth into the sun where they belong.


Rant over.