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[Creaking]

brooding big guy walking away from the bad times.

Reminds me of a dirty urinal.

 

[Olengie]

Not as cool as I hope it would be

 

[Gaogaogao]

I mean you have to go with the red one

 

[AgentOtaku]

Fallout 5

Lmaoooo

 

[NowhereFaded]

Eh, it's OK. Better than Doom 3's.

Love the detail in these shots. Thanks for the post!

 

[evilromero]

Disappointing but whatever. Just give me the goddamn game.

 

[MrBS]

Dude with gun. Check.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Thought this was kind of cool

To bad that detail is covered by the title

 

[blame space]

has anyone started a change.org petition yet

 

[AstroNut325]

Dude with gun. Check.

That is the VERY definition and essence of Doom!

 

[DeepEnigma]

That is the VERY definition and essence of Doom!

In an FPS no less.

 

[InsaneTiger]

The Fallout 4 cover art wasn't that great either. Bethesda be slippin.

 

[Already Torn]

I genuinely like Shagg's attempt more.

At least it's interesting.

No that's much worse haha. Looks like the NA version of Twilight Princess HD or Sonic Unleashed.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Oh my god. Yeah, that's abysmal.

 

[dragonfart28]

Gee I wonder where Bethesda got that idea from....

 

[JeremyEtcetera]

The Fallout 4 cover art wasn't that great either. Bethesda be slippin.

I feel like the latest Wolfenstein and expansion were 2 for 2 on good box art.

 

[Flzzlsharkop]

A closer look:

Look at that six pack!

Huh, somehow I never noticed there was another marine in there. That's the thing with these old covers, they have actual details you can discover instead of a super bland and simple composition covered in greebly texture.

 

[User 479360]

I wasn't expecting a ton from DOOM's cover art, but yeah, this is pretty laughable.

Remy's coloured versions make it look better though.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Not much of a fan of the cover but dont really give a fuck. It could be a picture of a turd on fire and it wouldnt bother me.

 

[Silent Chief]

I don't know, Is it a masterpiece? or a Master Chief?

 

[JDHarbs]

This looks like promo art to me. Halo 4 did the same thing.

One box art was placeholder for advertising until the final was finished. Hopefully Doom is doing the same thing.

Placeholder:

Final:

 

[nailbombxx]

why would you not put demons on the box art

christ

EDIT:
they should have gone and just used the collector's edition box art for the standard box art. looks way more eyecatching

 

[VariantX]

I certainly hope its placeholder. Im actually starting to get tired of the guy with gun surrounded by orange lighting on covers. That type of box art to me is playing it way too safe and not telling us WHY we want to experience that game.

 

[jjonez18]

Yeah, looks generic.

 

[NowhereFaded]

Would Wolfenstein style help it?

That's awesome!

 

[DarkSoul520]

To bad that detail is covered by the title

Was thinking the same thing.

Seeing the high resolution pics makes me wish the detail in the face was a little clearer. That menacing look is actually kind of chilling.

 

[Already Torn]

Huh, somehow I never noticed there was another marine in there. That's the thing with these old covers, they have actual details you can discover instead of a super bland and simple composition covered in greebly texture.

This one also has little details. It's a reference to this cover lol

Greebly?

 

[AstroNut325]

I'm not getting the Master Chief comments. The Doom Guy did space marine in green armor well before MC.

The people bringing up MC remind me of this:

 

[G-Fex]

Gee I wonder where Bethesda got that idea from....

Yep all the new fallouts have been generic as fuck.

And no Master Chief didn't invent Green armor. But apparently people can't remember that.


Who cares, Doom will suck anyway.

 

[Drilbit777]

That boxart looks extremely generic, even Doom 3's was better lol

 

[UberLevi]

I must be in the vast minority that absolutely loved the box art when I saw it.

It's very machismo and in your face. Which isn't an inherently bad thing despite what most gaffers seem to believe. It plays well into the theme of the game. DOOM is literally about a beefy space marine going around blasting cyborg demons into chunks with huge guns. It's a perfect fit as far as I'm concerned.

 

[dickroach]

dunno why, but I thought the same thing.
boo.

 

[Bloodporne]

What they did to arguably one of the coolest video game logos of all time is much more offensive than the rest of it.

 

[Lernaean]

It is terrible, but the game itself looks cool.
I'd personally go for a reimagining of the original cover.

 

[ironcreed]

I really don't give a shit. I will be buying it digital and I just want to play it.

 

[Based Calla]

This boxart made me think of this classic Mega64 video.

 

[CamHostage]

Thought this was kind of cool

There's some detail work to the shot, at least that's commendable.

In fact, just THIS should have been the cover. Big-ass gun, demon slashmarks ... DOOM logo. Done.

This isn't good, but real quick example...

 

[Unit24]

Seriously? I knew some people didn't like the box art much, but is it really that bad? Sure, it should be better, but I find it to be inoffensive at worst.

 

[Daniel R]

The box art looks a lot better than the game in action.
*Shrugs*

 

[TheHumanoid]

I thinks it's sweet

 

[v0yce]

make a better one gaf.

I'd love to see a crazy hand drawn one with lots of demons and blood and stuff, but I'm not going to take the time to do that so I did these.

 

[trixx]

whatever you thought of in your mind as a generic fps cover, came to reality. This is it.

 

[Palculator]

I'd love to see a crazy hand drawn one with lots of demons and blood and stuff, but I'm not going to take the time to do that so I did these.

This one's great.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'd love to see a crazy hand drawn one with lots of demons and blood and stuff, but I'm not going to take the time to do that so I did these.

This right here!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

You know what could be pretty cool? having the double barreled shotgun aimed at the viewer right on the middle and matching the two "O"s

 

[Heavy_D206]

DOOM is an old school game and that's an old school cover.

I'm totally cool with it.

 

[Palculator]

Doom is an old school game and that's an old school cover.

I'm totally cool with it.

...but the actual old school cover is fucking great.

 

[Already Torn]

...but the actual old school cover is fucking great.

But this is a new game, they're not rereleasing the original.

 

[oti]

To be honest, at this point the Doom franchise is so well known, distinctive and iconic this box-art would be plenty good. The name sells itself, no need for anything else.

It's like how all you need is the Batman icon for people to know something badass is coming, same applies to the Doom logo.

Marketing people are (rightfully) screaming and crying after reading this post.

 

[rashbeep]

Fallout 5

Feel like this post ain't getting enough love.