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[vctor182]

Metroid Prime 3's box art is especially atrocious. Why must there be a floating head?

Never noticed it until now, wow

 

[Toxi]

Metroid Prime 3's box art is especially atrocious. Why must there be a floating head?

Somehow the Japanese version is even worse.

Man, the Metroid Prime series has a rough history with box-art. Outside Prime trilogy and the Japanese box art for Prime 2, all of them are bad.

 

[Sword Familiar]

Never really thought about it, but the Super Punch Out!! cover art is pretty fugly:

 

[Floridian]

Uh why?

Most THPS games have a cover shot of Tony Hawk doing a vert trick and they look great.

It just seems cheap to me, I never really liked them.

 

[Chilli_Axe]

We could have had this:

But instead, we're getting this:

 

[pashmilla]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Persona 4 Golden box art is horrendous.

It's especially painful compared to the PS2 box art:

 

[Will M]

But instead, we're getting this:

I actually like the second one better. Its got a strange "pop" to it.

 

[Tidus_Great]

 

[the black pearl]

I like the art for vanilla p3/4

 

[the black pearl]

I actually like the second one better. Its got a strange "pop" to it.

They're both better than the Dark Soul 1 cover, at least.

 

[Skii]

We could have had this:



But instead, we're getting this:

Unless you're European who get both

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

What the fuck is that cover

 

[Intheflorsh]

The Evil Within is alright.

Let's see if I can't redeem myself a little to this thread.

This is the first time I've seen this and I honestly love it.

 

[the black pearl]

I want to like it.

 

[Palculator]

I want to like it.

Surely you can at least appreciate the Hitman trilogy's cover art as an hommage to famous posters like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, both of which look amazing. So at least you can't fault the trilogy's cover for being lazy. I mean look at that Castlevania bullshit where they just put the game's box into the cover. At least they didn't do that with Hitman.

This is the first time I've seen this and I honestly love it.

 

[Daingurse]

Not necessarily bad, but not worthy of the great title. 1 and 3's were much better IMO.

No, no need to hold back the cover is terrible. Mass Effect 2 is my favorite game from last-gen, that cover fucking sucks.

 

[Patrick S.]

 

[Karl af Duktig]

 

[Off-Kilter]

Awesome games with awesome boxart thread is over there -->

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I'm playing through Nier right now and it's pretty awesome, the box-art on the other hand is pretty bad.

What? Nier's box art is awesome! a shame that the ingame character model doesn't come close to it.

 

[Palculator]

What? Nier's box art is awesome! a shame that the ingame character model doesn't come close to it.

It's also the rare case where the Japanese one(s) are worse:

 

[noonespecial]

2/3 fail right there in the OP (Alien and SotC).

I always thought Rage had a particularly weak box art which explains nothing about the kind of game it is.

That's okay. RAGE didn't know what kind of game it was supposed to be anyway...

And I thought this was a thread about "awesome games" with bad boxart? RAGE doesn't qualify.

 

[Lazyslob]

I looked at this box on the shelf at Blockbuster for years and I didn't know what to make of it. Not sure what made me take a chance on it one day.

guess im alone in liking this

 

[KillerIsJed]

Maybe you should read next time. It's for awesome games, not terrible ones.

I guess you just missed that they are all great games, sorry that you were too young to play The Guy Game ;P

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Bayonetta 2. Maybe it's not bad, but it's awkward as hell in the checkout line.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Thread is off to a bad start it seems.

Anyway, here's a shitty trend in a lot of great game's boxarts: Dude standing walking towards you (or away) to look like a badass.

Yeah, Dark souls is so bad it kept me from playing the game for years. It's like the most generic thing ever.

Wow, never saw that bonfire one. So much better

 

[popyea]

Metroid Prime 3's box art is especially atrocious. Why must there be a floating head?

The floating head is Dark Samus being all omniscient like all good floating villain heads.

 

[Kaneda Shotaro]

Disappointed in you Gaf.

The person who drew that cover is my neighbor two houses down. He gave me a copy of the game signed years ago.

 

[EhoaVash]

All the Zelda.games in recent hears have been ruined with NOA's stupid tradition to keep Zelda box
.. Fuckong gold :/

Ugly

 

[Corronchilejano]

Shatter hand is an amazing game. The box art makes me want to punch a douche.

And of course, never forget Golden Eye...

And not bad because it's bad, but because some people like half assing their jobs...

 

[Jazzkokehead]

2/3 fail right there in the OP (Alien and SotC).

I always thought Rage had a particularly weak box art which explains nothing about the kind of game it is.

Wow. Talk about a difference of opinion. I think the cover for Rage is pretty great, actually. I like how it communicates the feeling of a desolate wasteland, with crumbled and ruined building in the background forming the logo text. Although it's arguably better at communicating what the game wants be, rather than what it actually is.

 

[Puaru1]

Man, the Metroid Prime series has a rough history with box-art. Outside Prime trilogy and the Japanese box art for Prime 2, all of them are bad.

I think Return of Samus had pretty good art.

 

[RagnarokX]

Metroid Prime 3's box art is especially atrocious. Why must there be a floating head?

It certainly could use some improvement...

There we go.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

If by "bland" you mean "awesome", sure.

My pick:

It's pretty bad from an aesthetic point of view, but what really sets it apart is that SHODAN's appearance is supposed to be a late-game plot twist. Uh, spoiler alert. This isn't even getting into the [transmission interrupted] on the back.

 

[Regiruler]

I have to agree. They started using shitty ass copypasted renders of monsters and the hunters instead of the great art of the older games.

From this:


to this:

I think the 3Ultimate boxart has much more color. I prefer it over tri immensely.

Meanwhile 4 is a wreck.

 

[Slamtastic]

 

[sweenster]

Totally made up for it with the reverse cover though

Spoiler

Also wouldn't call Infinite awesome, but that is just my opinion

 

[Beelzebufo]

I think Return of Samus had pretty good art.

That's not part of the Metroid Prime series

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

Never liked this.

That's better.

 

[Chibot]

The original Suikoden is one of the best examples of this.

 

[TakeItSlowDude]

The original Suikoden is one of the best examples of this.

Just about to say that:

Awful and inconsistent with the game's atheistic.

Much better

 

[Jazzkokehead]

Never liked this.

That's better.

Any time a Metal Gear game doesn't use Shinkawa art for its cover, it's a failure.

 

[Jay Shadow]

As a PC gamer who hasn't bought a boxed game in years, I once saw this on a friend's shelf and was appalled.

 

[AniHawk]

guess im alone in liking this

i think it's actually really great.

 

[Raonak]

What the fuck. This is a great boxart.


OP's picks are all over the place; even the hitman collection cover is excellent :/

 

[Triggerhappytel]

That's... great. It's characterful and charming and exudes Drake's arrogance. I really like it.

 

[dlauv]

Also, Phantasy Star IV was probably technically good, but tonally pretty far off. Same with 2, really.

 

[Teknoman]

LOL!

 

[FiveMinuteHero]

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

Fuck! I loved this game back in the day. It scares me to think how many hours I spent playing it. And the soundtrack was superb.