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It's not that big of one. Plenty of popular games have extremely generic covers.

I never said it was a great cover, I'm just saying people are being hyperbolic about how bad it is.

Well yeah, I mean... it's DOOM. It's gonna get attention. It's one of gaming's most legendary franchises. There's a lot to live up to.

 

[DaveOshry]

I demand more photoshops especially with Samus

 

[Admodieus]

Doesn't matter to me - Doom is a digital PC game through and through

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

OK. Who's in charge of whipping up an alternate cover for this by May?

Need more artwork.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Someone do a box art from this screen cap off the trailer, better than the official boxart.

 

[deriks]

More demons and you got it

 

[mclem]

Lol @ all the Master Chief comments.

Spoiler

Doom did the generic green visor'ed space marine before some on here were born, apparently.

I'll have to look to double-check, but I don't think Doom's space marine was green visor'd. I think it was green body armour with a white helmet with... I'm not sure there was any visible visor, I think it was just very translucent?

Edit:

Not too bad, for memory.

 

[ZoltanXerxes]

I think the word alone with an atmospheric black background would be awesome! Less can sometimes be more. It's not bad, but not great either.

 

[BeforeU]

dat Spartan helmet from Halo

 

[diamount]

Like every other box art with a generic soldier space marine with gun on the cover.

 

[Fat4all]

Need more artwork.

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[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

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LOL!!

 

[tuxfool]

dat Spartan helmet from Halo

The doom guy wearing a helmet predates halo by quite a bit.

 

[Messofanego]

I demand more photoshops especially with Samus

There was one by 8-bit Sunset, but yes more would be nice.

That's Samus!

 

[Jason Frost]

looks like master chief had one too many happy meals

Exactly this, I had the same thought.

 

[xxracerxx]

Worst box art I have seen in 2016 by far.

 

[fluxanimator]

 

[Joey Ravn]

I guess John really was the demons.

Context.

 

[JonathanPower]

I didn't know Master Chief was in DOOM.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Woo-Fu]

brooding big guy walking away from the bad times.

Actually that could be a toddler. There is nothing in the image to nail down how large/small anything is. Certainly that looks like a shotgun but it could be any gauge whatsoever.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

I like it a lot.

 

[sjay1994]

It doesn't offend me, it just seems pretty standard.

Then again, I have no nostalgia or experience with DOOM, so I think I understand where some of the vitriol is coming from, since this it seems like this series has significant meaning with people here.

 

[Lux R7]

this thread is amazing

 

[Retro]

Already posted?
Edit: Not mine, but relevant.

 

[Lux R7]

Already posted?

oh shit ahahhaha

 

[Deleted member 102362]

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Fantastic.

So's the wood one!

 

[fluxanimator]

Already posted?

not yet no, you win

 

[half a moon]

Looks fine to me

 

[Retro]

not yet no, you win

I wish I could take credit, but it's not mine =p

 

[Spring-Loaded]

On the "dudebro walking toward viewer w/gun" spectrum, it's toward the good end.

 

[Tempy]

Remove the DOOM logo and you'd hardly guess it's the cover of a Doom game.

 

[Principate]

Already posted?
Edit: Not mine, but relevant.

Shit if I saw this in a store I'd buy it.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

I like it idk what your talking about.

 

[Diablohead]

Original DooM guy has a grey visor, you can also check Quake 3 for his armor colours.

Spoiler

Phobos was a better looking marine in quake 3

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

At this point even this looks better.

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.

 

[CamHostage]

Agreed. Generic boxarts are a dime a dozen ... but the reason why it's especially bad for Doom is that Beth/id's been trying to market the game as a return to form. That's not to say it needs to have the exact same aesthetic, but at the very least it needs to look and feel inspired. They're definitely trying to get away from the reputation that Doom 3 left (a much more generic shooting experience).

Right, it is just box art, and at the end of the day it doesn't matter a whiff what's on the box as long as what's in the box is awesome...

But great games tend to get all the details right, up and down the line. When the box is bad, you wonder what else the producer didn't care about.

(*There are exceptions, of course; Ico and Mega Man for instance have boxes so bad they've required fans to campaign to get the word out about the quality of the actual game. Do note though that in both of those cases, it was the outside publisher putting its interpretation of branding on the product once handed something they needed to market, whereas nowadays the keyart is drafted as part of the production and sometimes even comes from the in-house design team; the guys who make the game are a part of deciding what image will represent their game.)

Mostly, who cares. But after following the travails of Doom 4 for 8 years now, it sadly did not surprise me to see the game going to market with a cover so generic and lifeless and tired. Every single indicator big or small has whispered, "Don't get your hopes up."

Substance trumps style, but style can reflect substance.

 

[Killer Queen]

Already posted?
Edit: Not mine, but relevant.

I wonder if they kept the splintering in when you blow up an enemy chair.

 

[Truant]

Life is too short to care about box art. I'm dowloading this from Steam.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Did you notice the gun at the bottom? The original Doom cover is in first person.

Actually the gun at the bottom belongs to one of the demons, not a human.

 

[JoseLopez]

It's cover art and I probably won't ever see it since I buy digitally.

 

[TM94]

It looks fresh and undoubtedly stands out from the crowd

 

[Alebrije]

It's boring and does not gives the feeling of a Doom game , if you erase the Doom name you won't have a clue about what game is.

Just put DOOM letters on its red color and you have a better cover.

 

[AstroNut325]

I don't get the obsession over the 90's art design. I don't want that. Any of that.

I'm not crazy over the new Doom's box art, but I surely don't hate it as much as you folks. It could be better, but the thing I absolutely don't want is 90's styled box art.

 

[fade_]

I never noticed that one legged guy in the original's box art in the background. I must know who he is!

 

[JoseLopez]

Well yeah, I mean... it's DOOM. It's gonna get attention. It's one of gaming's most legendary franchises. There's a lot to live up to.

All the Doom games have terrible cover art so not really.

 

[Experien]

It's cover art and I probably won't ever see it since I buy digitally.

If you are on PS4, isn't the cover art the main art in the UI?

 

[xxracerxx]

If you are on PS4, isn't the cover art the main art in the UI?

No.

 

[Zank Frappa]

Huge fucking in-your-face text, check.
Shotgun, check.

I'm satisfied.

this

 

[Warxard]

All the Doom games have terrible cover art so not really.

very hot take

 

[xxracerxx]

This is the game I instantly thought the dude on the cover should be in:

I would buy the fuck out of that game.