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[TaroYamada]

I like the artistic direction here, and that NTSC mouth? Some good commentary on the standards of today's gaming industry.

Edit Zoukka beat me

 

[Opus Angelorum]

seems really strange from a marketing perspective to hide their faces

There is no need to see their faces, that would only suggest that they have personalities.

 

[Takao]

sobad.gif Insomniac must be doing all this dumbshit on purpose right?

Someone needs to redo the James Franco gif to read "Nnnnoooooo good"

 

[EviLore]

I'm going to play as NTSC Grill

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Also dat NTSC censor bar/moustache.

Oh my god :lol

Contender for worst boxart of the year!?

 

[Carl]

I'm sure that will really stand out on the shelf.

People will be too busy buying God of War, Tomb Raider, Army of Two, and whatever else comes out next March

 

[thekonamicode]

This is some miserable boxart.

 

[Darklord]

Why is there an XBOX360 band covering their faces?

Symbolizing the faceless corporation that changed this game into what it is.

 

[rouken]

What happened Insomiac?

 

[kadotsu]

It's ok. I personally don't like the alpha fading on the logo.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

It's so sad that Resistance 3's interesting cover will likely go down as a failed experiment.

 

[revolverjgw]

Insomniac logo on an Xbox... box looks weird

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I get it now!

NTSCvember.

 

[astroturfing]

Fuse = Haze

 

[sixteen-bit]

Looks like shit.

 

[inky]

seems really strange from a marketing perspective to hide their faces

It makes perfect sense. They don't want to emphasize this is a character-driven action game, they want to make it look like it is a generic, action-driven military shooter. You know, the ones executives and focus groups like.

This will bomb hard, and frankly I will have no sympathy for Insomniac when it does. They are forever destined to be a B tier developer when they pull crap like this. Hope this gets to be their wake up call at least.

 

[Berordn]

I'm not going to pretend that using the old Overstrike art alone would've sold millions. But with this boxart I can't say I expect this to budge in a post-CoD world.

 

[funkystudent]

Why does the top cut off there faces while the entire bottom fifth is just blank orange space?


Who approved this?

 

[SlowRevolution]

well that looks generic even for box art

please go back to Spyro or something like it, Insomniac

 

[slightconfuse]

Also dat NTSC censor bar/moustache.

oh man nust saw this , WTF Insomniac

 

[Lunchbox]

What happened Insomiac?

churning out 3 resistance games made them lose their souls


this is 20$ a month after on amazon

 

[Easy_D]

Dear focus groups:

Fuck you.

 

[Theman2k]

It makes perfect sense. They don't want to emphasize this is a character-driven action game, they want to make it look like it is a generic, action-driven military shooter. You know, the ones executives and focus groups like.

This will bomb hard, and frankly I will have no sympathy for Insomniac when it does. They are forever destined to be a B tier developer when they pull crap like this. Hope this gets to be their wake up call at least.

Their wake up call was supposed to be Resistance 2, wasn't it ?

 

[semiconscious]

Is the dude on the right censored by the NTSC?

first thing i noticed. wonder what he was saying? ...

 

[astroturfing]

Dear focus groups.

Fuck you.

yes, i want to throw a rather big fuck you at their direction as well.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

What happened Insomiac?

They went rouge.

Last bad decision.

 

[JudgeN]

Look fine except for the cutting off of the heads.

 

[inky]

Their wake up call was supposed to be Resistance 2, wasn't it ?

Probably, but they are a multi-platform developer now, with much more to lose from this going wrong. And it will go wrong.

 

[NHale]

Definitely a change for the better...

I still have hope EA or Insomniac will come to their senses and realize they are launching a game to fail.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Wow it's half of the every game boxart ever!

Everytime someone calls the game generic I'll take a shot.

 

[Lombax]

It almost looks as if it is being sent out to die.

 

[gabbre]

They're ashamed of the new art style and character design

 

[Carl]

Why does the top cut off there faces while the entire bottom fifth is just blank orange space?


Who approved this?

Their faces aren't important. The shoot shoot bang bang is important.

I'm surprised the box isn't just a picture of the woman's tits.

 

[Dead Prince]

thank god they opted to not put blue on there, would have made it generic looking.

 

[RSTEIN]

Hurts seeing it. Guaranteed bomba. Poor Insomniac.

 

[YianGaruga]

Probably, but they are a multi-platform developer now, with much more to lose from this going wrong. And it will go wrong.

This is the thing that's bugging me. Everyone can see that this will go wrong. I bet they can see it too. At least they have to realize that there is a very high chance it will. Why not just cancel it?

Too far in to stop?

 

[Dark Octave]

Is the dude on the right censored by the NTSC?

It's because he spits out explicit rap lyrics.

That's also why he's way in the blackground while the 30-something white male is front and center.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

thank god they opted to not put blue on there, would have made it generic looking.

I think that the white on the top is supposed to be blue.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

It's like they want this game to fail.

 

[theusedversion]

Personally, I love it. I think it would look generic if the faces weren't cropped out.

 

[ymmv]

Why does the top cut off there faces while the entire bottom fifth is just blank orange space?


Who approved this?

Headless torsos have been popular cover motives for books (and to a far lesser extent for videogames) for a number of years now. The idea is that consumers want to visualize the protagonists themselves (especially important for romance novels, but its true of 1st person shooters too). When there's a clearly visible protagonist on the cover they might be turned off by their looks, so it's safer not to picture them at all. I can't say I'm a fan of those covers. Generic as hell.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Why don't the women in Fuse get body armor? Can't cover up their boobies I guess

#1reasonwhy Spryo will live on in our hearts forever

 

[tiltnkirby]

This is the thing that's bugging me. Everyone can see that this will go wrong. I bet they can see it too. At least they have to realize that there is a very high chance it will. Why not just cancel it?

Too far in to stop?

Even if they do know it'll bomb, they might as well make some money out of it.

 

[Brawndo Addict]

It kind of looks like the woman on the far left is brushing her hair with her gun. Not something I'd recommend even if you have the safety on.

 

[StealthGoblin]

How imaginative.

This game gets more generic by the day. Shame really, as Overstrike looked pretty interesting.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[RatskyWatsky]

That's easily the worst boxart of any Insomniac game. Everything about Fuse is just so damn generic. I predict >50,000 units PS3-360 combined in its first month.

 

[funkystudent]

So is EA Partners just a covert EA Program to sign independent studios to EA and have the games turn into super generic shooters with little marketing support so they can bomb and not take any market share away from EA's actual games?

 

[MightyHedgehog]

It's because he spits out explicit rap lyrics.

That's also why he's way in the blackground while the 30-something white male is front and center.

I think he's just a spy from PAL-land saying

Spoiler

Not The Same Colour twice

.

 

[Carbonox]

This is the thing that's bugging me. Everyone can see that this will go wrong. I bet they can see it too. At least they have to realize that there is a very high chance it will. Why not just cancel it?

Too far in to stop?

100% we will get some "WE PUT OUR HEART AND SOUL AND ERRRRRRRYTHING IN TO THIS GAME TO MAKE THE BEST PRODUCT POSSIBLE - WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR PRODUCT AND OF EVERYONE" bullshit from someone in the company. Laughable. Developers have forever played poker face when it comes to their products looking like crap.