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[levyjl1988]

examples.



just the logo by itself.

.

or

art work

 

[Laieon]

Definitely artwork, but I do appreciate a nice logo.

 

[ReBurn]

I remember the days when all you had was the artwork and logo and maybe a screenshot on the back of the box to make a decision about whether to buy the game. These days I'm digital only so I don't care too much about the artwork and logo.

 

[TexMex]

It’s harder to pull of, but when it’s done well, a clean logo only box art is tough to beat.

 

[Kuranghi]

I like the ones where its the logo and then like one other element like HL1:

Can't find the og release box, which didnt have the accolades on it afaik, this one was just the best quality image.

 

[Codes 208]

I like ocarina of time’s boxart and breath of the wild’s boxart equally if that means anything.

 

[brian0057]

There's good and bad examples for both cases.
But if I had to choose, artwork.
Some of them look like Heavy Metal album covers.

 

[MrS]

Gotta have some art in there

 

[Mister Wolf]

Artwork

 

[Danjin44]

Artwork....

The problem is most western games use very boring ass CG art work for the cover.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Does the first Bioshock logo with the City icons count as Logo or Cover art?
The City icons under the logo look like they belong ias letters in the Logo.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Definitely artwork, but I do appreciate a nice logo.

This is the definitive answer, no further discussion is necessary.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Awesome artwork. The guy who made SNES Konami covers like this. Tom DuBois. His style was pretty similar from box to box. One part artsy, but one part gritty. And very detailed.

tom dubois konami covers - Google Search

 

[Umbral]

What I do not want are CG renders on the cover. Everything else has the potential to be great.

 

[killatopak]

2D art yes.

3D no.

 

[bender]

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

The ones that do just a logo well tend to very have a very artistic logo, like FFs and what have you. The logo is the artwork

 

[Celcius]

I'm fine with either

 

[lh032]

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[VAVA Mk2]

That game will make people screech and die as on ResetEra as it is anti-woke.

 

[zaanan]

Even your logo examples have some definite art in there- the sword and shield for Zelda, the Skyrim dragon crest symbol; I think a better question is, do you prefer minimalism? I do:

and Half-Life, as already mentioned.

 

[Elbow Identity Shallow]

It really depends on the game.

 

[OblongYellow]

Personally, I think it depends on the game but I love seeing artwork though

 

[Ryu Kaiba]

If it's done well I want artwork.

 

[carlosrox]

I mean, as long as it looks good I'm down with it.

OOT example may be iconic, but it's kinda boring. With Half-Life though it works well.

However the boxart examples in the OP are probably more interesting so I think I'll lean boxart.

 

[German Hops]

I prefer just the logo.

Here's one of my favorite covers:

 

[ShinobiWan1]

I love it when the art is used, but whatever the people who make the game choose is usually the most appealing to me.

 

[synchronicity]

I like really well thought-out covers. Craftsmanship.

 

[FourEyesGod]

hmmmm it depends, some games a very nice logo which look simple and detailed at the same time. But i like some artwork too. So both i will say.

 

[Knightime_X]

Depends.
Be it logo or design, they both have to be eye-catching if I'm just going by titles.

 

[PuppetMaster]

 

[Ailynn]

As above me states, why just have a beautiful logo or gorgeous box cover art when you can have both?

 

[ShinobiWan1]

This one kind of does both! Just don't look up the US art D:

 

[worldwithpyramids]

It just depends on the execution of either.

 

[nightmare-slain]

i don't buy a game to stare at the artwork. shit, i don't even buy physical games. i don't care about artwork. if all game cases looked like this i wouldn't mind it at all:

 

[kuncol02]

I'm simple guy from post communist country. I prefer my games burned on cheapest possible disc with name written with pen on white envelope of that disc.

 

[ZywyPL]

Minimalistic design for me. A logo and some simple, not overdone background always works well, whereas artworks are often very busy, crowded

 

[Spukc]

one of those chicks was jailbait

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Art work, I would say. But if the game had lots of entries the logo with some minor design can work well.

I don't give a shit for physical games anymore, and think that the PS1 had the best physical packaging with these thick covers and mini books.

 

[Myths]

I’m 100% sure most of us who were gonna go with Option 1: Logo opted for Option 3 once we saw it. Cause that’s all that matters really .

 

[AJUMP23]

Never really thought about it.

 

[sublimit]

If the logo features beautiful art like those from Yoshitaka Amano on FF then yeah a logo on a white background is perfect.

But i also like covers that have illustrations like the original cover of Ico for example. In general i tend to not like CG covers much but those can also be aesthetically pleasing in the hands of a good graphic designer.

 

[Monokrom]

This is how you do it.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Old Intellivision boxes were good too. Most of their early boxes had this kind of look. Fit the era where movie posters had montage style. A circle or two of art to compliment an overall art pic. Looked nice. Too bad the games looked nothing like it. lol

The great thing too is the artist got material from the dev to make the cover because the content was accurate. The shit you see in Sea Batlle an AD&D were in the game. The hockey pic is generic though. That game was shallow, so the only thing the artist could had added was a penalty box.

 

[jshackles]

 

[Fahdis]

This is what my GOG Galaxy Library looks like. I've made some myself outside of these fantastic ones from others.

 

[Omega Supreme Holopsicon]

What I do not want are CG renders on the cover. Everything else has the potential to be great.

I think it depends what we mean by cg.

Have you seen artbreeder? That can basically do almost any style.

Advanced enough CG is indistinguishable from real or any artstyle. But pretty Cg such as in ancient prerendered backgrounds of games and VR games does also have its place.

 

[MrHydra933BR]

Definitely an artwork. Just the logo is boring.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is what my GOG Galaxy Library looks like. I've made some myself outside of these fantastic ones from others.

Cool. I've got into GOG for the first time since Christmas with some cheap ass games. Didnt know you can make your own game icon.

 

[Pagusas]

99% of the time I like a clean logo. Just looking at all the ugly cover art posted in this thread… yuck.