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[Des0lar]

So

PC>PS3>Xbox360

 

[derFeef]

So

PC>PS3>Xbox360

Why, PS3 and 360 has the same cover.

 

[Mush]

How hard can it be to make a good cover for a game staring Batman? I mean for fucks sake, he's BATMAN.

Why, PS3 and 360 has the same cover.

Not everyone likes green, yo.

 

[Visualante]

Yet people shit their pants over that old hat Olly Moss Resistance cover. I don't get it.

I like the art direction.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

How hard can it be to make a good cover for a game staring Batman? I mean for fucks sake, he's THE GODDAMN BATMAN.

fixed.

 

[Chris_C]

I think I would have liked this cover better.

IMAGE

Much better

Logoriffic

Not real... is it?

Hell, even this one would have been better:


Shows more character, shows a struggle

"Batman throwing a punch" just doesnt say anything to me

Yup, should'a been that one. Tells a much better story than the current cover, which pretty much says "I'm Batman, I know kung-fu."

 

[Ushojax]

Hideous. Nothing wrong with the colour choice but it's just blocked horribly. The first game had a much better composition.

 

[sykoex]

Yeah it actually looks much nicer with the PS3 box, just cause the color scheme blends together well.

But I REALLY love the PC box, that Batman logo is so cool.

 

[Brazil]

Fixes everything.

It... It kinda does.

 

[BLagiver]

The Green and DvD flimsey cases make the x360 box art/cases the worst by default. I keep thinking incredible hulk or nickelodeon slime.

 

[Ellis Kim]

I think I would have liked this cover better.

This is the only correct answer... the vgboxarts one is good too.

<3 Adam Hughes Catwoman <3 <3 <3

 

[Lakitu]

The green on Xbox 360 cases make me want to lick it because it looks like lime candy.

 

[revolverjgw]

I'm sure they do marketing research and focus groups or whatever when they choose these covers, but still I'm consistently baffled by North American box art. It's almost always so bad. The alternatives in this thread are so much better than the final art.

 

[Anteater]

Looks pretty good to me

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

wow, what a piece of arse cover. AA's wasn't that hot either but man, this is trash

 

[CrunchinJelly]

I guess it matches the shitty subtitle.

 

[MMaRsu]

Argh its disgusting

 

[Fallout-NL]

Should have just been Batman with his back to us looking out over the city or something.

 

[Snowballo]

I cannot believe it is so ugly.

Give me this one instead!

 

[WrenchNinja]

It must take real talent to make such shit covers. It's like a contest with game companies, who can make the worst covers for North America!

 

[hamchan]

Hilarious how all the magazines have better Batman covers than the actual game.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

how the fuck can they screw up a cover for a a Batman game? He's the perfect scenographic character...I'm trying to figure out the point they want to make here

 

[A Link to the Past]

Ehhhhhhhhh.

It looks really... average, I guess.

I don't really like the use of white at all.

 

[BobTheFork]

how the fuck can they screw up a cover for a a Batman game? He's the perfect scenographic character...I'm trying to figure out the point they want to make here

I'd hate to be the poor art person at the studio who had to try and BRO up batman.

 

[Sinoox]

Doesn't really convey the nature of the game very well with all that bright white X_X

 

[ResidentDante]

I'm just posting this to make you guys happy.

/thread

 

[overcast]

That cover disgusts me. Still going to buy it obviously. Cover doesn't affect the fantastic game.

 

[ThirtyPlus]

Ewwww. Game this epic deserves much better.

 

[jns]

I'm just posting this to make you guys happy.

Bayonetta 2? SWEET!

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Will be buying through steam anyway, so *shrug*

 

[Autofokus]

They're going with the ugly cover for the standard edition, just to rip off all of us with a overpriced special edition and the real cover.

It's a trap!

 

[Treefingers]

Ugly as fuck default Photoshop drop shadow

I literally can make this cover in 3 mins.

 

[Chao]

All of the other concept art pieces would make a better cover than the current one.

 

[tusken77]

Ahhh, there we go! Looking much more stylish with the PS3 black and white. Infinitely better than with that horrible 360 green.

 

[Jarmel]

God that's a horrible cover. Seems the elusive art of making decent game covers seems to escape everybody.

 

[brotkasten]

What a horrible cover. Why would I want to buy a game where Batman wants to punch me in the face?

"Why do you want to hit me Batman I thought we were friends? "

That's not a punch, that's a fist bump!

 

[sykoex]

k I fixed the 360 version.

 

[Corto]

Needs more blue and orange...

 

[matrix-cat]

It's grown on me a little. I've loved their white aesthetic for this game's posters since that first Game Informer article, but there are better shots out there. You don't start a punch up above shoulder height, for one thing.

Still better than the original game's box art, though:

I can't get over the fact that his forehead is three feet tall.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Well, thats for EU users. I'm hoping NA will get something better than that.

 

[chubigans]

looks better than the first game

So is black and white the new orange and blue or what?

They need to at least make it stand out more.

 

[Visualante]

Are they going to the same bloody design agency? Like they do with the clowns who come up with names like Wii and Vita.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Sweet jesus the cover art is terrible!

 

[Angry Fork]

That green is the worst thing about 360 covers by far. It's FUUUUGLY as hell. It ruins all covers except for a few. FF13 looks okay with it even though the black still looks better. They gotta get rid of that green next gen on the covers i'd rather have pink then that god awful color.

This is the best one by far but they need kiddies to buy the game still and mommy won't like the sight of blood there so it won't happen for a T game. The other cover with batman on one of the power lines and the city in the background is good too though.

 

[Majukun]

why so white batman?

Spoiler

i don't like it

 

[truly101]

It's grown on me a little. I've loved their white aesthetic for this game's posters since that first Game Informer article, but there are better shots out there. You don't start a punch up above shoulder height, for one thing.

Still better than the original game's box art, though:

I can't get over the fact that his forehead is three feet tall.

Its not, batman is tilting his head forward. The area on top in the white light is actually the top of the mask/cowl.

 

[-PXG-]

Blame Warner Bros. and the shitty marketing department/ firm, not Rocksteady.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Blame Warner Bros. and the shitty marketing department/ firm, not Rocksteady.

Then perhaps this is the place to make a sentiment heard?

 

[LiK]

Guess they're sticking with the white motif from Gameinformer

 

[Dipswitch]

Eh, I like it. Not particularly informative, but covers these days are often far too busy anyway. This is a refreshing change.