While the semi-new design and/or look of the walkthrough is cool and all, i actually prefer the old layout more to be honest. It was easier to navigate (in my opinion). I liked how the side characters were separated by country, race, and/or region. As it is now, they're all just jumbled together.

Agreed. I liked following the numbers on the Map portion when going to places. Which, like you said, mostly stayed in one area before going to the next one.