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Since digital distribution is overshadowing and reducing the significance of video game cover art little by little, I think it would be great to see what you consider to be some of the best or worst video game cover art. Feel free to post the actual covers with or without all the logos and watermarks

I'll go first:

Best:
Dark Souls PC version (the Berserker inspiration):

Jeanne D'Arc

Silent Hill 3 PAL cover

Grim Fandango

Final Fantasy Tactics WOTL

Metal Gear Solid 2

Monkey Island 2

Worst
ICO NTSC cover

Heavy Rain NTSC cover

 

[Aquamarine]

i don't know whether this is a worst cover or a best cover

 

[Grisby]

I'm sure somebody will be along with the Fuse cover.

 

[Tambini]

The best worst of all time

 

[maxcriden]

Phalanx must be one of the best. It's ridiculous and memorable.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

HNNNNNG, why didn't this come to the United States??

 

[AlexBasch]

I remember learning about this game cover from the whole HAAH WAAW meme from many moons ago. Still hilarious.

HNNNNNG, why didn't this come to the United States??

nnngh

 

[DarkoMaledictus]

i don't know whether this is the worst cover or the best cover

Hahaha, its so lame its cool

 

[protomouse]

Worst:

Classic.

 

[Noobcraft]

HNNNNNG, why didn't this come to the United States??

4 resident evil? What?

 

[wbEMX]

Worst
ICO NTSC cover

Was about to say that including this in "Best" was a fucking joke, then I read the "Worst" tag. But I would include the PAL/NTSC-J ICO cover in the "Best" section.

 

[Loxley]

Worst:

And if I remember correctly, that cover was voted on by fans. Blech.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Best AND worst indeed.

 

[Gaogaogao]

da bes

 

[Captain Smoker]

Too much good covers.


Terranigma

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GCN)

Beneath a Steel Sky

 

[Crayolan]

Best-Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga

Love the art style here.

 

[Kinsei]

The Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate cover is terrible.

 

[TheDanimal]

Best AND worst indeed.

Aw man, you beat me to it!

 

[Fandangox]

I cannot pist pics right now, but trust me Phalanx has the best cover ever.

Edit:

Edit: Beaten, phone doesn't load images. >:V

 

[Acquiescence]

So good it makes me curse those small ass Vita cases.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

The Best

The Worst

 

[Haunted]

The Monkey Island 2 cover is a beautiful piece of art.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

4 resident evil? What?

lol, oh yeah, I never noticed that. Weird.

 

[xHiryu]

 

[enkaisu]

I see this cover and it reminds me of when I was a kid and I would get games just because of how cool the cover looked.

 

[TheBowen]

Damn cant post pics now but will edit later


Asuras Wrath

KOTOR

MGS3

The Evil Within

 

[Zhao_Yun]

Really liked the cover for Natural Doctrine.

I also like the classic Final Fantasy Covers which only consist of the game's logo and white background

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I don't see what's wrong with the Heavy Rain cover.

One of the first I think about. Most game covers I'm neutral to.

 

[Ally1987]

Worst

 

[Jedi2016]

I think it's funny that Ico qualifies as both best and worst depending on the region. How many games can do that? lol

 

[CentroXer]

worst

 

[Mass_Pincup]

The Souls' games have incredible cover in Japan

Demon's Souls japanese cover

Dark Souls japanese cover

Dark Souls prepare to die edition cover

Dark Souls 2 japanese cover

Also every Pal Final Fantasy cover except the XIII series and MGS 1, 2 and 3

 

[Donrule01]

Best AND worst indeed.

Terrible. One of my pet peeves. I hate when game covers paste logos all over and display review quotes. Grinds my shit lol. Put that crap on the back. Front should be the artwork, system logo and rating and thats it.

 

[mazpratim]

 

[PrinceOfWhatever]

These are my favorites:

InFamous: Second Son

Red Dead Redemption NTSC cover

Dishonored

Sleeping Dogs

 

[Morning Star]

The FFX|X-2 LE / PS4 cover was nice.

 

[Xav]

 

[Hubbl3]

The Guardian Legend (PAL) is my favorite box art of all time (and it actually gives you an idea of what the game is about unlike the NTSC version)

Magic Knight Rayearth (Sega Saturn) isn't too far behind

 

[Donrule01]

Ouch! I bet if this was hand drawn it would have been passable and maybe even had better character proportions.

 

[lazygecko]

This one is perfect. I don't know why they changed it for the western release.

 

[irriadin]

Worst:

 

[AlexBasch]

I don't see what's wrong with the Heavy Rain cover.

IMO it's not bad, but when you compare it to the japanese cover...

There could be a new thread about Japanese vs Rest of the World covers. NES era Capcom games win by default on the latter side though.

 

[Wavering Radiant]

The best: Drakengard 3 CE cover:

da bes

The Best

Yakuza 2 imo still has the best out of the series:

 

[Jawmuncher]

Simply the worst.

This is from sony. WTH were they thinking.
Especially when the other territories had a better one just asking to be used.

 

[revolverjgw]

Best

 

[MemoryHumanity]

Been said, but came to post this.

Best

Worst

 

[NewGame]

The Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate cover is terrible.

MHFU had like the best boxart ever. They did so well with Tri, then less well with MH3U and now abysmal with 4.

 

[joey_bone_bomb]

worst

Wow. Never seen this.
Are you sure it's a game and not gay porn?

Best

Haha. Amazing!

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Wow. Never seen this.
Are you sure it's a game and not gay porn?

nsfw

 

[Lettuce]

Worst

Best

Funniest