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[White Wolf]

meh. nothing special. could be a lot better, but also worse. that gun takes like 1/4 of the screen

though that that deluxe edition is at a whole other level of fugly

 

[Coxy100]

Wow standard looks much better than deluxe.

Speaking of the deluxe - have they detailed what's in it?

It better not be 'pay more to play early'...

 

[Otheradam]

When is this supposed to come out again?

 

[ChaosZeroX]

Eh. Both look good to me. I actually prefer the Deluxe box art.

 

[Menitta]

At first I was like "eh that's just a space person"

Then I saw the planet and was like "YO THATS AWESOME!!!"

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

"Let's do a shot of the guy's back with a weapon in his hand. Lunch anyone?"

Who's paying these clowns.

It's called heavy focus testing.

 

[LiK]

Wow standard looks much better than deluxe.

Speaking of the deluxe - have they detailed what's in it?

It better not be 'pay more to play early'...

That would make going Standard option even easier. I bet it'll be stupid shit like MP exclusive stuff. Hopefully nothing related to DLC.

 

[~Cross~]

When it became convenient to set the game in a new galaxy so that new players didn't feel lost.

So is there any explanation as to why you would want to colonize another galaxy in the first place? Like a galaxy is fucking massive, why would you even bother going to another galaxy

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Glad that you can't tell which Ryder it is.

 

[-Horizon-]

Standard is so much better it isn't even funny.

 

[Honey Bunny]

Looks like the other way around.

Maybe they're hoping the average customer will buy deluxe to get their CODbox.

 

[xealo]

"Let's do a shot of the guy's back with a weapon in his hand. Lunch anyone?"

Who's paying these clowns.

Having a dude with a gun on the front cover actually does quite a lot from a marketing perspective, there's an interesting story from Ken Levine regarding Bioshock on this.

 

[Dalibor68]

Glad that you can't tell which Ryder it is.

I thougth it was confirmed that it's the dad? Either way I think the box cover is the least important part of representation in this case because box covers are so much focus-tested beyond repair anyways, it's much more important in regards to actual marketing videos, posters etc.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

very generic but I prefer the top one

bottom one is just

SPACE

GUN

whereas at least the top one is

SPACE

GUN

PRETTY HELMET

 

[Dany]

I like the standard edition more.

Not like it matters what the darn box art is. I'm buying it digitally most likely

 

[Diancecht]

"Let's do a shot of the guy's back with a weapon in his hand. Lunch anyone?"

Who's paying these clowns.

It works. People like that shit.

Great middle ground would be putting these heavy focus tested covers but also adding a artwork based alternative cover on the backside -just like Doom's cover- so we could swap them if we want.

 

[Nirolak]

The reason box art tends to be this way is because the target audience for box art is people who have never heard of your game before, so it tries to make it clear what the game actually is.

Like you could probably figure out that all the games in ElBoxyBrown's post are shooters even if you had never heard of them before.

 

[brandonh83]

It's fine. Incredibly redundant with the pose and colors, and I think Mass Effect has a lot of great art they could use instead but marketing and all that.

 

[Hystzen]

Glad that you can't tell which Ryder it is.

Pretty sure it daddy as he is N7 rest of kids won't be

 

[Garcia el Gringo]

I echo the sentiment that the standard boxart is better than the deluxe. I hope we see some changes for the better for launch.

 

[Ralemont]

Waiting for CE art.

 

[Andodalf]

People complaining about playing early, Ea Access already guarantees this, no?

 

[Floody]

Like the standard one way more, I honestly thought op had just mixed them up at first until I saw "Deluxe Edition" on the boxart, now I'm wondering if Bioware have mixed them up.

 

[Kazuhira]

Those boxarts are pretty bad imo,but the stardard cover is less boring so it's the best.

 

[takufox]

*Yawns* Not bad but... nothing about it is exciting or in the very least memorable.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Box Art probably isn't going to matter for me since I'm 90% sure that I'm buying it digitally via Origin.

 

[calder]

Yep standard cover better etc.


Very excited to play more ME. Still devastated that the one remaster collection I would have happily paid full price for never happened.

 

[Zushin]

Yep, that's an EA boxart. Got the blue and orange down. Standard box looks alright I spose.

 

[J-Skee]

The reason box art tends to be this way is because the target audience for box art is people who have never heard of your game before, so it tries to make it clear what the game actually is.

Like you could probably figure out that all the games in ElBoxyBrown's post are shooters even if you had never heard of them before.

And normally when we get boxart like that, after the backlash, they tend to do a much better, reversible cover for the fans. Maybe that'll happen again with this.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Mass Effect Andromeda is the Terra Nova of video game. It's a familly drama with a sci-fi flavour.

Why must you bring up that abomination of a show?

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Why must you bring up that abomination of a show?

Great concept though.

 

[thepenguin55]

I feel like the art should be swapped. The closeup of the helmet should be the deluxe box art.

 

[Revas]

Standard looks nice. Deluxe looks generic.

 

[adamsapple]

Pretty sure it daddy as he is N7 rest of kids won't be

Might be that the dad dies and Ryder inherits the uniform ?

 

[Sesuadra]

both would look better without the guns imho :/
especially the standard version cover.

 

[Miroku129]

Standard is the way to go then...

 

[Quonny]

Hmm. Deluxe has delicious man ass, but Standard looks so good. Win/win.

 

[RoboticWater]

Might be that the dad dies and Ryder inherits the uniform ?

You can play as both a dude and a chick, so at least one of the children couldn't comfortably wear the outfit. I also can't see the military just letting one of their soldiers wear an elite officer uniform when they haven't achieved that rank. Chain of command and whatnot.

Besides, it's been heavily implied that the father will be a significant figure for a non-negligible portion of the game.

 

[Wulfram]

I feel like the art should be swapped. The closeup of the helmet should be the deluxe box art.

You might as well put the better art on the one most people are going to see

 

[Whompa02]

I like both

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

And normally when we get boxart like that, after the backlash, they tend to do a much better, reversible cover for the fans. Maybe that'll happen again with this.

A reversible cover art is usually what they do after a backlash but the main cover stays the same. If the main cover helps the game sell millions of copies then marketing was right.

 

[Damerman]

I'm hoping one of the strong themes of this game is understanding that finding a new home doesn't mean destroying some one elses home.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Needs moar Krogan.

 

[Endless]

$199 Collector's Edition

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01M2CQ490/3535232-20/

 

[Herne]

The standard one is better, but I'm pretty meh on both. In fact the only time I see box art anymore is in threads like these.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Standard looks pretty nice, Deluxe looks a snoozer.

 

[LumpOfCole]

$199 Collector's Edition

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01M2CQ490/3535232-20/

 

[Gai Murakumo]

They should be flipped with the deluxe looking like the standard and vice versa. The standard is so much better.

 

[BaraSailey]

Standard looks really nice, but the Deluxe is so generic, ughh

 

[BraXzy]

If there's one thing I miss primarily being a digital PC buyer, it's the smell of new game cases with sweet box art to boot

Standard > Deluxe for sure.