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sir_bumble_bee · Feb 7, 2016

Not terrible but considering how iconic DooM 1+2's box arts were, this is pretty disappointing. They did say that they wanted to capture the attention of the younger gaming audience (in other words, the CoD and BF crowd), so I guess generic FPS cover art is one of those steps?

Game itself looks to be turning out great though, will place my pre-order soon.

peanutbutterlatte · Feb 7, 2016

sir_bumble_bee said:
Not terrible but considering how iconic DooM 1+2's box arts were, this is pretty disappointing. They did say that they wanted to capture the attention of the younger gaming audience (in other words, the CoD and BF crowd), so I guess generic FPS cover art is one of those steps?

Game itself looks to be turning out great though, will place my pre-order soon.

Yeah but I mean even CoD covers have some sort of character to them e.g. the character being in a particular pose. He's literally holding the gun. There's no pose whatsoever. He's not firing the gun, reloading it. He's totally relaxed. He might as well be the guard at a UAC farmer's market.

Suzushiiro · Feb 7, 2016

mdsfx said:
Oh is it? I didn't realize that. Came up on a Google image search and I thought it was pretty damn good!

Edit: yep, you're right.

Yeah, the general trend is that official box art is the marketing/focus testing-approved cover (which is why they tend to be very generic/same-ey because That's What Sells) while limited edition and reversible covers tend to be something meant to appeal to existing fans.

Calabi · Feb 7, 2016

Suzushiiro said:
Yeah, the general trend is that official box art is the marketing/focus testing-approved cover (which is why they tend to be very generic/same-ey because That's What Sells) while limited edition and reversible covers tend to be something meant to appeal to existing fans.

Does it sell though? I mean I'd be interested to know, how they found out that the most generic dull looking cover is the one that sells the best.

JNT · Feb 7, 2016

Oneself said:
That's the best "serious one" IMO. Good job!
I'd print a full cover based on that for sure.

Yep. I like this one.

TI82 · Feb 7, 2016

Looks fine to me?

jblank83 · Feb 7, 2016

NervousXtian said:
The one's users are posting are worse than the one they are going with.

I think every single one of them is more interesting than the official art. They have interesting designs and color schemes.

cakely · Feb 7, 2016

ghst said:
just had the realisation that big man in the bottom left took the photo.

DeepEnigma said:
It's a selfie! Before a selfie was a selfie. id, so ahead of the times.

Once again, I can't unsee. Demonic selfie stick for the win, it's probably a human femur bone.

Turin Turambar · Feb 7, 2016

Havoc2049 said:

I had forgotten how bad was the design of the Doom 3 title. At least that part improved, just a stylized white letters.

Doom 3 logo was so overdesigned. Metallic texture AND bezel and 3d effect AND orange + teal color scheme.

DiipuSurotu · Feb 7, 2016

blame space said:
No offense but that high contrast red one is.. uh.. not as great as the people quoting it seem to think. not that you guys shouldn't make mockups or whatever makes you happy.

also it's a box.

Muskieratboi · Feb 7, 2016

I love the minimalist logo on black, but what the fuck did you do to that screen, dude?

Silent Chief · Feb 7, 2016

I dunno. If I was to make a custom one, I'd go with Doctor Doom.

CloudyTuba · Feb 8, 2016

Maybe something like this since they like the revenant so much?

Oneself said:
That's the best "serious one" IMO. Good job!
I'd print a full cover based on that for sure.

Yeah that's a good one.

kamineko · Feb 8, 2016

has anyone done of of those clip art, mspaint, and comic sans covers yet

Those crack me up

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Slick Butter · Feb 8, 2016

Hah!^ I love the clip art cover thread. It's hilarious.

Deleted member 10571 · Feb 8, 2016

DiipuSurotu said:

:lol :lol

Eppy Thatcher · Feb 8, 2016

Should be like a Khorne "Skulls for the SKULL THRONE" type of motif here...

Just a sweeping view of hell. That'd sell me.

that mars/skull red mashup one is pretty great too.

Horse Detective · Feb 8, 2016

Fuck power armor has too many details these days. There is just too much to look at. It's the same with Master Chief.

Alex_Mexico · Feb 8, 2016

Happy to see this box cover getting so much backlash. Hopefully now devs will realize they should try new shit instead of boring nameless brooding angry male character with guns and looking at the camera...or at least we think he is if it weren't for his also generic helmet.

biteren · Feb 8, 2016

i do miss the brown gloves

Hanmik · Feb 8, 2016

late... but..

velociraptor · Feb 8, 2016

SillyNonsense said:
Maybe something like this since they like the revenant so much?

Yeah that's a good one.

That's a damn fine cover. I think this is the best one in this thread.

Hellgardia · Feb 8, 2016

While i don't find it horrible, it feels far to generic..

Calabi · Feb 8, 2016

I bet the dont have the skulls or monsters on the cover because it my puts off mum's from buying the game.

darkinstinct · Feb 8, 2016

While the official cover is rather bland seeing the alternatives in this thread I am glad that there is still more to designing a decent cover than just copy & paste jobs. Pretending that the closeup skull with Mars hovering above it, terribly occluded by the logo, is in any way better than the official cover is very worrying. What's that supposed to market, a new Marble Blast in hell? At least the official cover transports what the game is about, which is the job of a cover.

Dragon1893 · Feb 8, 2016

Just looking at it makes me feel like a badass. I can't even begin to imagine how badass I'll be feeling when I actually play it.

The Fat Bulgarian Kid · Feb 8, 2016

Let me toss my hat into the ring.

GavinUK86 · Feb 8, 2016

^ That one has my vote.

BumblebeeCody · Feb 8, 2016

No mention of Mick Gordon so yeah it sucks.

Deleted member 10571 · Feb 8, 2016

The Fat Bulgarian Kid said:
Let me toss my hat into the ring.

...... why didn't I think of this

DeepEnigma · Feb 8, 2016

SillyNonsense said:
Maybe something like this since they like the revenant so much?

I like it. It is more modern and evolved with the times, can fit nicely for the average consumer to catch their eye, yet still has the horrors you will face.

Newboi · Feb 8, 2016

I'm just hoping the game makes up for the poor boxart lol.

On another note, I'm wondering who the game's final boss will be. We've already been show the Cyberdemon, so I assume he wouldn't be it? Spider mastermind maybe? An entirely new entity?

AstroNut325 · Feb 8, 2016

Based on what's been posted so far... I still prefer the one Bethesda made!

DOWN · Feb 8, 2016

the class of a free to play XBLA game

afternoon delight · Feb 8, 2016

Horse Detective said:
Fuck power armor has too many details these days. There is just too much to look at. It's the same with Master Chief.

Both the armor and the guns in this game have too many random boxes and lines that make zero sense and actively look bad.

"In the future everything will be made of interlocking components less than five inches in length."

DeepEnigma · Feb 8, 2016

afternoon delight said:
Both the armor and the guns in this game have too many random boxes and lines that make zero sense and actively look bad.

"In the future everything will be made of interlocking components less than five inches in length."

Hahaha, sad but true.

biteren · Feb 8, 2016

Newboi said:
I'm just hoping the game makes up for the poor boxart lol.

On another note, I'm wondering who the game's final boss will be. We've already been show the Cyberdemon, so I assume he wouldn't be it? Spider mastermind maybe? An entirely new entity?

maybe a revamp of the Icon of Sin

SillyNonsense said:

i like this one alot

wwm0nkey · Feb 8, 2016

DOWN said:
the class of a free to play XBLA game

That game was good and not free to play

KORNdoggy · Feb 8, 2016

Turin Turambar said:
I had forgotten how bad was the design of the Doom 3 title. At least that part improved, just a stylized white letters.

Doom 3 logo was so overdesigned. Metallic texture AND bezel and 3d effect AND orange + teal color scheme.

weirdly the logo perfectly mimics the game itself in the sense it was a very heavily bump mapped title that looked plastic.

funking giblet · Feb 8, 2016

KORNdoggy said:
weirdly the logo perfectly mimics the game itself in the sense it was a very heavily bump mapped title that looked plastic.

Doom 3 couldn't (or didn't) use multiple specular power levels, so everything was treated the same, this means pipes and skin were both "shiny".

lazygecko · Feb 8, 2016

Havoc2049 said:
The new box art is beyond generic, boring and horrible. It's like something you would get for generic iOS FPS shovel-ware game. After the excellent Wolfenstein reboot cover art, this is a major letdown.

Some cool recent Doom box art that doesn't suck and looks modern.

I kind of hate how the title is not perfectly centered because of the 3.

Smurfman256 · Feb 9, 2016

Can someone photoshop cover where DOOMGuy is standing in the shadow of, say, a Cyberdemon?

Bloodporne · Feb 9, 2016

lazygecko said:
I kind of hate how the title is not perfectly centered because of the 3.

Always wondered why they didn't just use roman numerals and put the I I I in between the letters between D/O O/O and O/M.

Smurfman256 · Feb 9, 2016

Bloodporne said:
Always wondered why they didn't just use roman numerals and put the I I I in between the letters between D/O O/O and O/M.

Because people would read it like that, like F-Three-ar (F3AR), or F-four-ntastic (F4ntastic).

Bloodporne · Feb 9, 2016

Smurfman256 said:
Because people would read it like that, like F-Three-ar (F3AR), or F-four-ntastic (F4ntastic).

I screwed up, that's not what I meant at all actually, sorry.

I meant BELOW the Doom logo but fitting into the nooks kind of like puzzle pieces created by the sharp bottom edges of the lettering.

GuardianE · Feb 10, 2016

From OrgnGr1nd3r:

Just take the og doom box art and make it from the pov of marine . Left hand grabbing hell knights throat , right hand ( with db shotty )about to blow one of the demon climbing the hill and right leg stomping imp . horde climbing in the background .Too much content but can be fitted in the boxart

Smurfman256 · Feb 10, 2016

Tried my hand at some color grading to try and remove as much of that icky yellow filter as I could.

Triggerhappytel · Feb 26, 2016

Oneself said:
That's the best "serious one" IMO. Good job!
I'd print a full cover based on that for sure.

This is probably my favourite. I really like planet imagery and this nicely but subtly emphasises the demon invasion.

SillyNonsense said:
Maybe something like this since they like the revenant so much?

Yeah that's a good one.

mdsfx said:
I know this is sort of the same format, but I would be much happier with this:

Officer.Sanchez said:
Shit I made during lunch break

Love all of these. I think they'd all be better as the box art, and I find the generic Section 8 space marine to be really chronically uninteresting.

Mman235 said:

This got a chuckle out of me. Nice work

Yopis · Feb 26, 2016

sir_bumble_bee said:
Not terrible but considering how iconic DooM 1+2's box arts were, this is pretty disappointing. They did say that they wanted to capture the attention of the younger gaming audience (in other words, the CoD and BF crowd), so I guess generic FPS cover art is one of those steps?

Game itself looks to be turning out great though, will place my pre-order soon.

Why does COD and BF get lumped together? Different games with different crowds.

Falk · Feb 26, 2016

Fancy Clown said:
looks like master chief had one too many happy meals

This is like when people see IIDX and say "typing hero lol".

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