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[LookAtMeGo]

Looks like I will be printing option B out and throwing it in myself

 

[TheMrPliskin]

Man, that second option is fantastic.

 

[hlhbk]

i kind of want the old logo

 

[SJRB]

How the fuck are either of these the alternate covers and did we end up with the most generic piece of shit in the last three years?

 

[Emperor Bohe]

Why the hell is cover b not the default cover?

 

[shandy706]

The idiot that cleared this should be fired.

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Bit harsh? Lol

 

[antitrop]

#1 should be actual boxart artwork.
#2 as reverse cover.

Throw the "official" one in a fire.

This.

 

[Nachtfalke]

Can we have both of those and not the shit one? It's sad if we have to miss out on one of those.

Indeed. Make atleast a nice steelbook with the other cover. There are two steelbooks at the moment and both use shitty artwork.

 

[deriks]

I will buy and change this asap

Just mocked this up. Fucking hell I want this.

I'm not judgin you, but it's funny to see "dualshock 3" and 720p on a PS4 game haha

 

[PMS341]

How the fuck are either of these the alternate covers and did we end up with the most generic piece of shit in the last three years?

When marketing is more important that graphic design and illustration.

 

[visiblemode]

#1 should be actual boxart artwork.
#2 as reverse cover.

Throw the "official" one in a fire.

And we are done here!

I endorse this idea 100%

I like both, but I think A is my choice and would love to be able to reverse and have B.

The actual cover they chose is terrible.

 

[Xater]

Holy shit B is fucking awesome!

Choosing any of these over what they actually have would have been great. Man what a shit box art they actually went with.

 

[aggienader]

Woah! BBBBBBBB

 

[User 479360]

B should be the main cover. A is mediocre, but okay as an alt.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Love both, hope option B happens. I also like the actual cover art though...

 

[Kazuhira]

B!B! B! *slams desk*
I don't understand why always the most generic/less inspiring cover wins.
Who chooses the official cover? Marketing? I simply don't understand.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

i kind of want the old logo

I agree. It's more fitting with that artwork than the boring spray-painted on one.

 

[Sephzilla]

At this point people need to be messaging id Software back trying to get Option B as the standard box art.

 

[Toxi]

B is so fucking good.

 

[pantsmith]

Hideous.

 

[mattp]

are you kidding me?
in what fucking world does this not get made the standard cover?
sigh

what fucking assholes did they focus test this shit with that decided the boring ass halo cover is gonna be the official one?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Just mocked this up. Fucking hell I want this.

Missing screenshots/summary on the back, and develop/publisher badges on the front.

 

[Santar]

i kind of want the old logo

I love the old logo too, but it blends in a bit too much with the background here because of the similar colors.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

i kind of want the old logo

Wow, what a difference the original logo brings. Art goes from being a 10 to a 15.

 

[DuffDry]

I thought you guys learned back during Bioshock: Infinite that hardcore gamers who browse Neogaf don't base their purchase decisions on boxart.

You hate the default cover because it wasn't designed with you in mind. You love the alt covers because they were.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

I don't understand why video game companies haven't done what comic book companies do and put out variant covers. That way you still get the dudebro covers that everyone hates and hardcore gamers would go and buy multiple copies of the game just to have the cool looking covers. You could even print them at like a 5 to 1 ratio or something like that.

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I hope I'm not giving any video game publishers any bad ideas

 

[xrnzaaas]

Option B all the way.

 

[AgentOtaku]

OMFG @ B

YAAAAAAAAassssssss!!!!!!

 

[Xater]

B!B! B! *slams desk*
I don't understand why always the most generic/less inspiring cover wins.
Who chooses the official cover? Marketing? I simply don't understand.

Market research probably?

I also don't get it. What they have is boring and generic and B has a space marine fighting fucking demons in hell. It's like totally awesome!

 

[cireza]

Love the second one.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Why are neither of these the main cover?!?! O_O

Option B though :3

 

[slightconfuse]

Option B is amazing. How did they just put master chief on the cover

 

[doomquake]

 

[Camwi]

WTF? Why weren't these the covers in the first place? They're both amazing.

I'd give Option A the edge, though.

 

[Pandy]

Option B seems way cooler than the actual new game.

Yup, I more interested in the game it depicts than the game we're getting.

 

[mattp]

is there some kind of rule against having reverse covers contain the console branding, boxquotes etc all that stuff?
i dont think there's ever been a game with reverse cover art that contained all that
and while it's cool that you just get the art without a bunch of stuff covering it up...i kind would prefer the reverse cover to match all my other standard games?

 

[Monty Mole]

FUCK YEAH!

But seriously, why stop there. Give me a red plastic case to go with it.

That ain't no set of four floppy disks for MS-DOS.

 

[Mirk]

I'm assuming this was made after the main cover was selected because otherwise how in the fuck could this have happened

I am going with this wth lol.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Glad to see B is winning. That's the type of Doom cover the world needs.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

Just mocked this up. Fucking hell I want this.

FUCK YEAH!

But seriously, why stop there. Give me a red plastic case to go with it.

Yeah, it looks even sicker in red imho!

 

[Syf]

Market research probably?

I also don't get it. What they have is boring and generic and B has a space marine fighting fucking demons in hell. It's like totally awesome!

Good ol' market research giving us the most boring, average cover possible.

 

[anexanhume]

I could see option A getting backlash for being "satanic". I think B should have been the cover with A being reversable.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

It looks like the DOOM twitter is having a poll.... Maybe its not too late to have it changed?

For the reverse sleeve

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/705424052358418432?s=09

 

[desu]

Amazing, I can only guess someone in a suit decided we would get the cover we got. Both of these are lightyears better with B being just freaking amazing.

 

[CarbonFire]

I think they need to refocus test this. No way this doesn't win, it's got everything the other generic-ass cover has, but with style and purpose.

This almost feels like a big dumb marketing ploy by Bethesda to get us to pay more attention to the game.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I love both, but man, B SO hard. As this is more of a DOOM retelling, it only makes sense to use a cover that's a throwback to the original. It's so amazing. Also with as simplistic as A is, I still think it's better than what we got. I really wish they'd just scrap the original cover and swap it with B. Seriously.

 

[Brian_FETO]

B is fucking amazing, A looks like a boring tour poster background

I'm happy with the steelbook variant but fucking hell B is tight. Kind of frustrating to see 40% voting for A though, why?

 

[Sephzilla]

Yeah, it looks even sicker in red imho!

 

[El_Chino]

Yeah, it looks even sicker in red imho!

SOMEONE CONTACT ID/BETHESDA RIGHT NOW!!!!

 

[Machinehead]

Yeah, it looks even sicker in red imho!

Holy fuck, better than

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bad

sex!