Northeastmonk
Gold Member
The barb wire is used to trap livestock in and to keep predators out. The game has a lot of that similar vibe and it fits it real well.
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Box art for The Evil Within...How did this get approved?
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The barb wire is used to trap livestock in and to keep predators out. The game has a lot of that similar vibe and it fits it real well.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Same. See it everytime I turn on my PS4, never noticed the tower before.
There is nothing wrong with that cover, I honestly don't see the S&M connection you are getting. As a child this DVD cover was scary to me but thankfully it never ruined my life (though I did have nightmares after watching it...).
1st DVD i ever bought, same day as I got my PS2.
£24.99, no extra features. lmao.
legacyzero
Banned
It's really not that bad, dude.
Yeah. I could understand not like his son/daughter see that kind of imagery. But the cover is nothing like S&M.
Heck, reminds me of one of the Saw-movies, which had Jigsaw's head as a cover.
Off-topic but there is an HD remake I would like to see.
Spaced Harrier
Member
One of the better overs in Recent years imo, reversible is great too.
Maybe this would be more OP's speed, when it comes to horror.
Acceptable?
Maybe this would be more OP's speed, when it comes to horror.
Acceptable?
You are the box art.
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Then I guess you didn't notice the subtle 'eye about to get drilled by the nail' (nail being the "T" in the title) message in the boxarts too. also apply for the jpn boxart
pharmx
Member
The fembots from Austin Powers, and even one of the characters in Tranzor-Z from back in the day beg to differ. Those boobs were lethal!
The game came in a holographic cardboard sleeve, which makes the whole thing blurry as fuck, harder to make out specific detail like the barbed wire.
plumpblumpkin
Member
The box art is awesome.
Tired of all those generic "Guy with gun" shit.
Tired of all those generic "Guy with gun" shit.
Gaiaknight
Member
i see nothing wrong with the cover reminds me of the saw covers.
Agreed, and it's amusing to me that the covers with "guy proudly waving gun" are less of an issue than a semi abstract depiction of agony/pain.
Ecto311
Member
Where is the kid in school? Do you tend to this little kid all the time? Do you know the other nutty shit he has seen? I have a 4yr old girl and she get influence from everything and I have control over maybe 30% because you never know what is around the corner in a store or in public. Also in school she hears and talks to me about more scary shit than I would ever let her on to. I have talked to the teachers but they can't do a whole lot.
It's great that you want to filter the kids views of things but at some point it is on you and not anyone else. Don't want him seeing horrific shit don't take him near a news paper stand because there is death portrayed there daily. What I try to do when/if my kid sees something like this and gets a reaction is sit with them as an adult to a kid and talk to them about it. About all you can do unless you want to invest in blinders to keep out the world at this point.
When I read the first post this was the first thing that came to mind but about things kids see and not gays.
It's great that you want to filter the kids views of things but at some point it is on you and not anyone else. Don't want him seeing horrific shit don't take him near a news paper stand because there is death portrayed there daily. What I try to do when/if my kid sees something like this and gets a reaction is sit with them as an adult to a kid and talk to them about it. About all you can do unless you want to invest in blinders to keep out the world at this point.
When I read the first post this was the first thing that came to mind but about things kids see and not gays.
It was inspired by the 1998 movie Prison starring a young Viggo Mortensen.
In it the ghost of a former executed inmate makes a bunch of barbwire come 'alive' to wrap around someone and kill them.
Screenshot: (warning, gory!)
http://veryaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PrisonBarbedWire.png
In it the ghost of a former executed inmate makes a bunch of barbwire come 'alive' to wrap around someone and kill them.
Screenshot: (warning, gory!)
http://veryaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/PrisonBarbedWire.png
BiGBoSSMk23
A company being excited for their new game is a huge slap in the face to all the fans that liked their old games.
Where is the kid in school? Do you tend to this little kid all the time? Do you know the other nutty shit he has seen? I have a 4yr old girl and she get influence from everything and I have control over maybe 30% because you never know what is around the corner in a store or in public. Also in school she hears and talks to me about more scary shit than I would ever let her on to. I have talked to the teachers but they can't do a whole lot.
It's great that you want to filter the kids views of things but at some point it is on you and not anyone else. Don't want him seeing horrific shit don't take him near a news paper stand because there is death portrayed there daily. What I try to do when/if my kid sees something like this and gets a reaction is sit with them as an adult to a kid and talk to them about it. About all you can do unless you want to invest in blinders to keep out the world at this point.
When I read the first post this was the first thing that came to mind but about things kids see and not gays.
Wait, so you're justifying some twisted, perverse shit with homosexual marriage?
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
If you're referring to the OP, it's less that he's comparing it to porn, and more that he's comparing to torture porn, a subgenre of horror. Think the Hostel series of films.
https://www.google.com/search?clien...pera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=torture+porn&spell=1
No, whoever is trying to shield their kid from it is.
theangrypirate
Member
No offense but the world doesn't revolve around your 7 year old. There isn't anything graphic or offensive about the cover. If he asks about it just say its a scary game for older people, its OK to let him know he isn't the center of the universe. The game is not nice or inviting or happy, its horror and the cover conveys this very well. I don't get how this makes your trip to the videogame section with your little snowflake uncomfortable.
OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
Member
FTFY
BRocknRolla
Member
Yeah, it's gross, but I suspect that's exactly what their marketing department is going for. They're looking for customers who are into that kind of thing as the game is full of that sort of violent content.
It's a shame this isn't the leading image. It's a great piece of art.
Alternate, reversible cover:
It's a shame this isn't the leading image. It's a great piece of art.
If there's anything I learned from being a kid is that the more you hide/forbid things for them, the more they will try to get them. He's still 7 so you can still micromanage his life, but wait until is 11-12. He'll be seeing a whole lot of shit you're not gonna be able to control, and probably won't even notice it. Cause kids aren't morons, and they are tougher/smarter than they look, and probably can hide it pretty damn well. They aren't easily phased by most things, like the majority of us weren't when we were their age.
The problem with getting older is that you tend to lose the memories on how you were when you were little, and try to shield kids from every single fucking thing, forgetting that you were that kid once. And you saw horror movies, played violent games, smoked, drank, went to parties and snuck out of home regularly to see some girl, or anything like that. Most of us turn out fine. It's part of life, and IMO shielding him forever is gonna do more harm than good. But who am I to tell the OP on how to raise his child. He's the father, he's the one who knows what's best.
If he's not trolling, that is. Like Sebastian, I don't know what's real or not anymore in this thread. Level with me..am I crazy?
The problem with getting older is that you tend to lose the memories on how you were when you were little, and try to shield kids from every single fucking thing, forgetting that you were that kid once. And you saw horror movies, played violent games, smoked, drank, went to parties and snuck out of home regularly to see some girl, or anything like that. Most of us turn out fine. It's part of life, and IMO shielding him forever is gonna do more harm than good. But who am I to tell the OP on how to raise his child. He's the father, he's the one who knows what's best.
If he's not trolling, that is. Like Sebastian, I don't know what's real or not anymore in this thread. Level with me..am I crazy?
this, except for the complete opposite.
WTF how did you draw that conclusion? Thats fucking brain melting
Cutesy anime characters would be funny.
Here son this game looks kid friendly, I shall buy it for you.
2hrs. later:
Daddy what's a sadist?
Art Vandilay
Member
There is absolutely nothing sexual about this in my opinion.
He's a guy who likes to bring some class to his workplace through his music taste.
a secret-boss
Banned
i was staring at the load up of the game
i think its a shitty Photoshop
i think its a shitty Photoshop
OP must have never been exposed to these books as a kid. They are kids books' with the most fucked up art I've ever seen. It still creeps me out. They were all over the children's sections of book stores and our school library. Evil Within's cover ain't got shit on these.
http://www.scaryforkids.com/stories-to-tell/
http://www.scaryforkids.com/stories-to-tell/
I heard they nerfed a lot of the old drawing, those caused some nightmares for me. Particularly the one about the head rolling down the chimney.
I fucking love these books so much.
Yea that is absolutely true.
One of the better overs in Recent years imo, reversible is great too.
Maybe this would be more OP's speed, when it comes to horror.
Acceptable?
It paints bats in a negative light. I'd hate to have to explain to my daughter that in real life, bats are no more "evil" than doves.
Where do you find such porn?
SuperEpicGuy
Banned
Looks like it'd suit a saw game more.
Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
akidnamededdy
Banned
Pretty sure you care way more about this than your kid did. Also pretty sure it's not the worst thing he's ever seen. Maybe not even the worst thing he saw at Best Buy that day, unless you scooped him up, clamped your hand over his eyes, and ran out of the store screaming.
Ecto311
Member
Yeah... no? What? I was posting the quote from Louie because he is saying just because you don't like a thing does not mean we all have to hide it from the kids, speak to the kids on your own and be a parent. The thing is louie was not referencing games or violence he was referencing 2 dudes getting married. The point is to deal with the surroundings or keep the kid out of potential danger places. Leave the kid in the car and go make a sweep of the store... Wait the kid could die of heat in the car. Ok call the store a head of time and tell them to hid things that are PG and above before you take a stroll through the store. Only way around this if you cant have a discussion with the kid about the things they see.
SuperEpicGuy
Banned
Not sure if serious. Basically google "extreme bdsm" and that should be a good starting point. Although I'm gonna give you a warning, there's some crazy shit out there, so you might get scarred for life. Just a warning.
If your kid is in public school, he/she will have seen/heard some messed up shit by the time they're 10 which will make The Evil Within cover look like Sesame Street.
I was exposed to a bunch of inapropriate shit from other classmates when I was a kid in the 90's. I can't imagine what those little bastards are like now that they have smartphones.
I was exposed to a bunch of inapropriate shit from other classmates when I was a kid in the 90's. I can't imagine what those little bastards are like now that they have smartphones.