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[Hydro_Alexis]

Best and worst

:lol i ... did ... it ... mum lol its a got darn shame ...

and that keith cheggers is awesome, best game i have played this year.

 

[decon]

Best

Worst

Just to be different, thread gets boring with all those orange boxes.

 

[arhra]

Also random schmuck on Deal or No Deal box is awesome.

Noel Edmonds is not a random schmuck.

A schmuck, sure, but not a random one.

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

guess which one is the worst

EDIT: çççççing copypaste not working

 

[Sylar]

No More Heroes, because the first one is fake?

 

[Anasui Kishibe]

fuck, I posted the wrong pic

 

[Xun]

My Forza 2 cover is the best and worst cover of the year.

It has BUNDLE COPY all over the bloody thing! :lol

I'll have to take a photo later on.

 

[ivysaur12]

This thread needs more Julie Finds a Way.

 

[thanks]

I cannot believe this hasn't been posted yet.

Edit: Actually, does this count as this year's?

 

[antiloop]

In before Orange Box. My god that is ugly.

edit: damn beaten :lol

One of my faves for this year:

Nice.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

:lol what is that, some kind of educational game?

Kinda! It's for really young kids, has mini-games where you match colours and do very basic math and so forth. Still doesn't excuse the horrific cover. ;_; Especially compared to the American onehttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61slOPwZCnL._SS500_.jpg.

Worst

Just to be different, thread gets boring with all those orange boxes.

I like Crush's box, slap a Mega Drive logo on the top of it and it'd seem like something from the early 90's.

 

[Johnkers]

Oh so that's why nobody bought Crush

 

[Slavik81]

Oh so that's why nobody bought Crush

My thoughts exactly.

 

[SouthernDragon]

You know, there's tons of terrible shovelware box art out there. No need to bring it in here. Bring in terrible boxarts for good games.

 

[Big-E]

FFT wins hands down.

 

[Phthisis]

Best:

Worst:

 

[Hachimaki]

Personal favorites:

 

[beelzebozo]

jeanne d'arc, tactics, and valkyrie profile 2 are neck and neck for best, with mario galaxy trailing shortly behind.

the worst is undoubtedly that horrific dawn of sorrow rerelease. it should be lambasted if for no other reason to prevent konami from ever doing it again

 

[Giant Robot]

Imagine Babies was much better when it still had the stock photo watermarks

are you fuckign serious?
did these ever get printed with the stock photo watermarks? ahhahaha

this is my best AND worst

 

[CANLI]

Best 2 boxarts:

 

[underfooter]

As much as I did not like the game, this is my favorite:

 

[Uncle AJ]

Best:

Worst:

 

[Infernal Monkey]

are you fuckign serious?
did these ever get printed with the stock photo watermarks? ahhahaha

Ahaha, sadly, no. They changed the box art.

 

[Cdammen]

http://xs122.xs.to/xs122/07496/lostplanet.jpg

Yeah I agree this one's really ugly

No but seriously, it's nothing special. Just a character and the logo placed in the middle. There's no thought behind it.

I like this one. This (the European cover) is the best MGSO box.

 

[IcebergSlim3000]

Wow I didnt know the DS and Wii had so many garbage games. Ive been sleepin on this whole shovelware thing. Sad really.

 

[mortenfriis]

Worst and Best:

Altough that PS3 Singstar boxart is a strong candidate for worst boxart (maybe ever). Man, I just want to punch that guy in the face everytime I see it...

 

[Lakupo]

Everyone's posted all of the best and worst stuff already, there's not much left to contribute!

This adorable cover made me want to buy the game, until I saw it was just a super simple maze game. Still damn cute though:

This does nothing for me:

I don't get the Orange Box cover hate. It's not high art, but it's also not trying to be. It's like any product listing its features on the box. I don't even think it counts as ugly, it's just... there. Considering "The Orange Box" is a name that means nothing to random people, they had to make the game sell itself some other way. The box art that people here want wouldn't help sell the game like "THIS HAS MULTIPLE GAMES IN IT" does. And isn't selling the game to more people the point? Joe Schmoe doesn't appreciate fancy covers like we do.

But what do I know, I don't think the Metroid Prime 3 cover is that bad. Not that good, but not that bad. I don't like the Japanese Lost Odyssey cover, but I also don't like Kaim's character design. So Kaim front and center is like... yeah.

 

[Salazar]

It's a shame about Dark Sector's art - especially if, as people seem to be proposing, the game is actually going to be quite good.

 

[Ganondorfo]

Best:
Worst:

That is Frank from dead rising

anyway best

zack and wiki box art

 

[CurlySaysX]

best

worst:
orangebox

 

[gregor7777]

God that Crackdown box is like Megaman 1 levels of bad. Also random schmuck on Deal or No Deal box is awesome.

And by Crackdown I obviously meant Shadowrun. I always confuse my silly B rate games.

By which I'll assume you've played neither. I wouldn't want to believe someone out there had such bad taste in games as to post a comment such as yours.

Oh, and best:

 

[Zeppu]

Worst IMO:

 

[Splatt]

BEST

 

[gregor7777]

BEST

Normally I think most Japanese video game art is near worthless shit, but there's something about that box art I really like.

Good choice.

 

[Chittagong]

Hardcore Pool

starring

Frank's Phantom Hand

 

[iQue]

Worst

The worst thing Nintendo has ever done

Best

 

[dark10x]

I really didn't think The Orange Box was bad looking in person. The dayglow orange really looked great in person. It's unique, sure, but it certainly isn't bad.

 

[mugwhump]

was this 2007? cause it's better than that silly kool aid man shit:

WOW that's hot.
Lost Odyssey's is nice, too. So's RE:UC.
like these too

Best:

Best:

I honestly think PSP may be the system with the best boxarts of all time. It's like devs are making the most amazing boxarts ever to encourage people to buy their games.

 

[ichigo kurosaki]

Good:

Bad:

Good:

Bad:

I don't know what's up with SCEE lately. We used to get the better box art but now it's pretty much the other way around. And a little extra:

I really like the colors they used for the cover but man, why did they use such a dork there? Did he fuck the designer or something? That's the only explanation I can come up with. It'd rather they used the black guy jumping in the background, at least it'd make it seem fun and energetic instead of... dorky.

 

[JzeroT1437]

Damn it you beat me to Ultimate Duck Hunting.

I would say for sheer absurdity in a modern box art, that's the top of my list.

DAMN YOU HUGE DISEMBODIED DOG HEAD!

 

[Shig]

It's definitely not the worst but the love for this cover confounds me. Reminds me of the elf soldier concept art from Kameo, though that's mostly due to the colored pencils or whatever they used. Even disregarding the questionable choice of materials, the image itself clashes with the logo. And the guy looks like he just finished crying. Do not want.

People with taste read Vagabond. This is done by the same artist. The end.

I agree that it doesn't exactly excel as a videogame cover, however.

 

[pj]

My Favorite

Her hand is FREAKING ME OUT

 

[gollumsluvslave]

I don't know why people like the Bioshock cover with the Big Daddy. Ick.

I much prefer the metal tin cover:-

 

[Parallax Scroll]

DAMN YOU HUGE DISEMBODIED DOG HEAD!

Is the giant dog head the last boss or something? It looks like it's about to eat him.

 

[InterMoniker]

Even though it came out in Japan in '06 which was pointed out in the vga awards

That photo sums up the game perfectly with all that chaos going on.

I know it came out on ps3's launch but I love this box art.

 

[VeritasVierge]

Best and Worst:

I've seen some strange shovelware crap but I'm having a hard time believing this is for real despite the THQ logo on it. LOL.

 

[mr stroke]

Good:

Bad:

I.

wow, never saw that other Ratchet cover, wish they would have used that one for US release, love it..

 

[Yoshichan]

WOW that's hot.
Lost Odyssey's is nice, too. So's RE:UC.
like these too


I honestly think PSP may be the system with the best boxarts of all time. It's like devs are making the most amazing boxarts ever to encourage people to buy their games.

What you're saying is the truth... just look at BoFIII.

 

[Aurelius]

Best:

Worst:

 

[Magnus]

UT3/Rock Band for best.

edit-oh shit, I love the BoF3/FFTA box arts as well. How could I have forgotten? Beautiful stuff.

Orange Box easily for the worst, especially in Canada. That terrible Lost Odyssey box would be a second placer. If you're going to centralize one character for a piece of box art, they need to be recognizable, compelling, exciting, iconic. Some unknown isn't going to cut it, not even close.