Safari 14.0

you can add your sites that used to be "Top Sites" by adding bookmark for each site to favorites:

once you add them they show up on the new start page like this:

you can then use the old "Top Sites" button to open the start page:

have fun

The icons are now tiny and many are indistinguishable for others. Is there a way to revert to having my "top sites" or "favorites" icons appear like they used to by showing the website page that is bookmarked?

If I understand correctly, only a Time Machine restore would work. There is no other way to revert. Hoping .1 version update might fix the issues coming up