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Posted August 17, 2009
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Mentalepsy: The console box art for Bloodrayne was pretty weak.

C'mon be serious. Anything with Rayne in it it's beyond awesome.
Posted August 17, 2009
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Mentalepsy: The console box art for Bloodrayne was pretty weak.
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Namur: C'mon be serious. Anything with Rayne in it it's beyond awesome.

I'd have to disagree -- it's rather boring. Basically saying "blood, tits, vampires! Buy me!" ;)
Posted August 17, 2009
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Namur: C'mon be serious. Anything with Rayne in it it's beyond awesome.
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chautemoc: I'd have to disagree -- it's rather boring. Basically saying "blood, tits, vampires! Buy me!" ;)

How dare you? Such blasphemy. Rayne is awesome i tells ya.
Is there blood and vampires on that cover ? I must have missed that ;)
Posted August 17, 2009
I'm ashamed to say I own this game...
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Posted August 17, 2009
I think the old Microprose games had some lame box art. Their original Pirates featured a picture of a model that looked like a romance novel cover model reject, and their war games and sims often featured young men and women on the box who looked like they walked out of a Sears & Roebuck clothing catalog. (Knights of the Sky and Airborne Ranger come to mind.)
Posted August 17, 2009
This one looks like they didn't even try, just thru a screenshot on a black background and picked some random Font for the title. I could do better in an hour than the 2 minutes they spent on this.
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Posted August 17, 2009
A really awful screenshot or is the low res thing the screenshot you posted rather than the quality of the box image?
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Namur: C'mon be serious. Anything with Rayne in it it's beyond awesome.
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chautemoc: I'd have to disagree -- it's rather boring. Basically saying "blood, tits, vampires! Buy me!" ;)

Well it suits the game pretty much perfectly, I'd say its an excellent example of box art
Not bad art in and of itself but bad in the sense of misleading
http://www.retro-world.biz/USERIMAGES/Asteroids%201981%20Cartridge%20Atari%202600.jpeg
Post edited August 17, 2009 by Aliasalpha
Posted August 17, 2009
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Aliasalpha: A really awful screenshot or is the low res thing the screenshot you posted rather than the quality of the box image?

the quality of the box image is a little better, but despite its honesty about what can be expected graphically in the game, I like the more artistic or subtle covers like Gabriel Knight 2: The beast within or Nocturne (PC Game), Pathologic was a good one too.
GK2
http://ui15.gamespot.com/366/gk2boxart_2.jpg
Nocturne: may be too subtle now that I thick about it
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hwg2o1&s=4
Pathologic
http://killerpuppies.com/download-pathologic-pc-game.jpg
Post edited August 17, 2009 by Bmoyn715
Posted August 17, 2009
To be honest, this thread got it right in the very first post
Posted August 17, 2009
Ico's USA cover.
This. But the better cover is not limited to Europe only. Japan and (ASFAIK) China also got the better artwork -- along with a better version of the game =)
Posted August 17, 2009
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bansama: Ico's USA cover.
This. But the better cover is not limited to Europe only. Japan and (ASFAIK) China also got the better artwork -- along with a better version of the game =)

What's different in the game?
Posted August 17, 2009
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bansama: Ico's USA cover.
This. But the better cover is not limited to Europe only. Japan and (ASFAIK) China also got the better artwork -- along with a better version of the game =)
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honorbuddy: What's different in the game?

Unneccessary two-player mode, unneccessary English subtitles. You're not missing out on anything important (aside from non-horrific box art).
Posted August 17, 2009
Whats wrong with ICOs? Sure it's not very good and looks bad in comparison to the non US versions but hey, Mega Man 1 and 2 beat it by a mile :P
Posted August 17, 2009
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honorbuddy: What's different in the game?
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frostcircus: Unneccessary two-player mode, unneccessary English subtitles. You're not missing out on anything important (aside from non-horrific box art).

Not exactly correct. Several puzzles were made harder, an extra hidden weapon was added, subtitles clarifying the plot of the game were added for the second play through (which is also absent in the US version), and a second ending was added. So yes, if you care about the story of the game, you're missing a fair bit.
Whats wrong with ICOs? Sure it's not very good and looks bad in comparison to the non US versions but hey, Mega Man 1 and 2 beat it by a mile :P
It damaged sales.
Post edited August 17, 2009 by bansama
Posted August 17, 2009
The Dark Eye - Honestly looks like stuff I saw in high school art classes...
[url=]http://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/dark-eye/cover-art/gameCoverId,43857/[/url]
Crime Wave - Between Mean Streets drawn box art, I think this one is wayyyyy worse.
http://www.mobygames.com/game/crime-wave/cover-art/gameCoverId,776/
Post edited August 19, 2009 by Wraith
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