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[Moff]

both are incredible, if those came in a nice steelbook I would have bought them, and I am 100% digital for some years now

 

[XNarte]

Why can't reversible artwork ever have spines that match the rest of the games on my shelf? I never end up using them even if they are cool because they rarely have names on the spines and just look weird next to the other games.

Glad that this has the name, but it won't have the PS or XBOX logo scheme as the rest of the games on the system.

 

[badrang]

I really like option A

 

[7DollarHagane]

Probably a team of marketing dude Bros with some spreadsheet that says they will sell 16% more copies if a character holding a gun is on the cover prominently and primarily.

It's sad but true.

 

[zma1013]

Why can't reversible artwork ever have spines that match the rest of the games on my shelf? I never end up using them even if they are cool because they never have names on the spines and just look weird next to the other games.

They both have the name on the spine though.

 

[GusZamboni]

Why can't reversible artwork ever have spines that match the rest of the games on my shelf? I never end up using them even if they are cool because they never have names on the spines and just look weird next to the other games.

yeah, just like the Evil Within one, is great, but did not match the grey spines ike the other games and in the shelf do not look SO great as should be

 

[XNarte]

They both have the name on the spine though.

I just mean in general. This will still look drastically different than every other game on the console.

 

[Sioul]

B is the better one, but A will probably win, people are going to screw this up just like they did with Bioshock Infinite.

B is winning so in both cases people choose the right one

 

[Barry Burton]

Why can't reversible artwork ever have spines that match the rest of the games on my shelf? I never end up using them even if they are cool because they rarely have names on the spines and just look weird next to the other games.

Glad that this has the name, but it won't have the PS or XBOX logo scheme as the rest of the games on the system.

Yep, they end up sticking out like a sore thumb on the shelf.

 

[//ARCANUM]

Such a missed opportunity to not use the B cover and have a red case for it. Would sell so damn much.

 

[Off-Kilter]

They both have the name on the spine though.

I think he meant the "PS4" and "Xbox One" stuff on the spine as well. I agree with him, it drives me nuts

 

[XNarte]

Such a missed opportunity to not use the B cover and have a red case for it. Would sell so damn much.

OMG yes. If Mario games can do the red case thing, Doom can do it!

 

[bman94]

Wow, what a weird spot to be placed in. They know hardcore Doom fans will see the Option B cover and love it instantly but they know if they continue with the current cover they'll probably get more sales from casual gamers who know nothing about the series.

 

[//ARCANUM]

Yep, they end up sticking out like a sore thumb on the shelf.

yep. i *love* the evil within reverse art, but it looks awful on the shelf

 

[mcz117chief]

I just mean in general. This will still look drastically different than every other game on the console.

I still reverse them and I can easily tell which game is which, by placement of the game and by the bit of it's artwork. I guess I just have good memory and keep everything tidy, I could literally pull out (almost) any game from my collection with my eyes closed.

Wow, what a weird spot to be placed in. They know hardcore Doom fans will see the Option B cover and love it instantly but they know if they continue with the current cover they'll probably get more sales from casual gamers who know nothing about the series.

Mate, I don't think there are people who visit video game stores and don't know DOOM. DOOM has penetrated into every medium ever and even old grandmas know DOOM nowadays.

 

[FerretGamer]

Option B makes me want to play the game.

The regular cover makes me want to walk past it because it looks like some generibro shooter.

 

[t hicks]

There you go

how in the FUCK is this not the main box art
like holy shit

 

[DagnastyEp]

Option A. B is too much of "we are going back to our roots for this album" but of course it's not going to be that same album so then it seems like a knock off of that earlier magic. Going for nostalgia I think is not the optimum choice. We have the classic box art. Why go for a remix?

My thoughts exactly. In a vacuum B is a fine cover, but because original Doom exists, every time I look at B, I compare it to that and it's just not nearly as good.

 

[Griss]

Current boxart is merde. Option A is fine. Option B is DOOM.

But the question is... is the game really Doom? Would option B be appropriate to the gameplay and visuals, the colour palette etc? If not, maybe option A is the way to go.

 

[Krappadizzle]

Option B looks great. I hope that's chosen.

 

[Apathy]

The marketing people over at Zenimax/Id are just bad. They need to reconsider the shit cover. Get rid of it completely, as if was never a thing and use the red one with the black one as the reverse.

 

[kruis]

Probably a team of marketing dude Bros with some spreadsheet that says they will sell 16% more copies if a character holding a gun is on the cover prominently and primarily.

It's sad but true.

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. What's especially sad is that if more and more best selling game titles play it safe with their cover designs, it only proves these marketing morons right and we get even more of these boring cover designs.

 

[XNarte]

I still reverse them and I can easily tell which game is which, by placement of the game and by the bit of it's artwork. I guess I just have good memory and keep everything tidy, I could literally pull out (almost) any game from my collection with my eyes closed.

Yeah, I mean I could spot the game easily I just like the consistency. I also hate games that come in taller cases.

In fact I remember one year my dad bought my wife and I Lion King on Blu ray/DVD combo and he bought me the DVD cased one not the Blu ray sized one, so it won't fit on my Blu ray shelf and sticks out lengthwise instead. XD

 

[Paasei]

There you go

I'd buy this only for the box itself, just looks insanely good in red.

Will play the game on PC though, FPS belongs there.

 

[bman94]

I still reverse them and I can easily tell which game is which, by placement of the game and by the bit of it's artwork. I guess I just have good memory and keep everything tidy, I could literally pull out (almost) any game from my collection with my eyes closed.



Mate, I don't think there are people who visit video game stores and don't know DOOM. DOOM has penetrated into every medium ever and even old grandmas know DOOM nowadays.

People like us on the forum are going to know what Doom is. People who follow video blogs, own steam accounts etc is going to know what Doom is. I showed my roommate the E3 trailer for Doom and he thought it was a new series. My same roommate didn't know there were older games in the Wolfenstein series after he played Wolfenstein: The New Order. I'm 22 and he's 21, unless Doom was in his face while growing up (which he mostly had sony systems growing up) he wouldn't know what the series is. There's a good amount of people who buys consoles mainly for 2K, Madden, COD and then whatever they find that looks cool afterwards. I have a lot of friends who do this, that they blindly go into walmart and gamestop and judge games by their front and back covers.

edit:Hell, I didn't know what Doom was until I saw the advertisement for Doom 3 and I only cared then because I had an Xbox at the time and it wasn't until I got steam around 2012 that I actually played the series for the first time.

 

[dh4niel]

There you go

I would buy a physical release if it look like that. I need a wallpaper of that immediately.

VOTE OPTION B!

 

[mcz117chief]

In fact I remember one year my dad bought my wife and I Lion King on Blu ray/DVD combo and he bought me the DVD cased one not the Blu ray sized one, so it won't fit on my Blu ray shelf and sticks out lengthwise instead. XD

Damn, man. That is rough

I have PS2, Xbox360 (same size) and ps3, ps4 games on one shelf which is really tall so they coexist together just fine

People like us on the forum are going to know what Doom is. People who follow video blogs, own steam accounts etc is going to know what Doom is. I showed my roommate the E3 trailer for Doom and he thought it was a new series. My same roommate didn't know there were older games in the Wolfenstein series after he played Wolfenstein: The New Order. I'm 22 and he's 21, unless Doom was in his face while growing up (which he mostly had sony systems growing up) he wouldn't know what the series is. There's a good amount of people who buys consoles mainly for 2K, Madden, COD and then whatever they find that looks cool afterwards. I have a lot of friends who do this, that they blindly go into walmart and gamestop and judge games by their front and back covers.

The gameplay itself might not be instantly recognizable (besides the originals) but the name DOOM is huge, man. In Eastern Europe FPS games are called DOOMlikes, even my old parents know DOOM.

 

[bluexy]

Damn, there a high-res version of these anywhere? Or just Twitter's .jpgs?

 

[zma1013]

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. What's especially sad is that if more and more best selling game titles play it safe with their cover designs, it only proves these marketing morons right and we get even more of these boring cover designs.

Yeah, unfortunately their job is to design a cover that will sell the most, not make an art piece for people to hang on their wall. It sucks but there it is. At least we get a reversible cover, a good compromise if I ever saw one.

Then again the generic cover could easily backfire and get lost in the endless sea of generic shooter covers.

 

[darkwing-buck]

B looks badass.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Option B would make a great poster. Love it.

Still don't think I'm going to bother with a physical copy though.

 

[EmCeeGramr]

Option B.

Not just because it's a throwback but I like portraying Doom guy in these bad or seemingly losing situations like that. Appropriate for a game called DOOM.

Hmm, never thought of it that way, good point.

I always say that portraying Doom as a straight up macho power fantasy is a misread of the game's tone and roots. It's more of a frustrated Gen X thing.

Doomguy gets shipped off the Mars for being a decent guy, is given the awful jobs, is the only survivor of the invasion, and his day just goes from bad to worse. KDitD has the text going "This isn't fair!" and whining that you don't get a ticket back to Earth and a fat reward. Then he goes all the way to Hell, beats the Spider Mastermind, and it ends on a darkly comedic twist that the demons are already on Earth and they're killing our cute bunny rabbits. (Then Ultimate Doom establishes that it was YOUR rabbit!)

The tone in Doom 2, and the halves of Final Doom and a bunch of the stories in txts coming with early WADs were the same: yet another bad break for that poor down on his luck SOB, Doomguy, just trying to make it in this world with some rockets and a prayer.


Turning him into a hulking cybersuit badass always capable of ripping and tearing (just because of a comic funny for being a subversion of Doom rather than an accurate take) has always seemed to be leaning in the wrong direction.

 

[Apathy]

Yeah, unfortunately their job is to design a cover that will sell the most, not make an art piece for people to hang on their wall. It sucks but there it is. At least we get a reversible cover, a good compromise if I ever saw one.

But that brings up the stuff we learned about TLoU and the market research group that wanted to make the cover not have Ellie cause "girls", but that ND didn't like that. The game didn't suffer because it had a girl on the cover and it went against what "market research" has to say.

 

[bman94]

Damn, man. That is rough

I have PS2, Xbox360 (same size) and ps3, ps4 games on one shelf which is really tall so they coexist together just fine



The gameplay itself might not be instantly recognizable (besides the originals) but the name DOOM is huge, man. In Eastern Europe FPS games are called DOOMlikes, even my old parents know DOOM.

Where are you from? Cause demographics and location will play a huge role in what types of games people play.

 

[El_Chino]

I'd buy this only for the box itself, just looks insanely good in red.

Will play the game on PC though, FPS belongs there.

 

[Nazo]

The fact that option B is not the default cover is a crime against humanity.

Its exactly what I wan't for the cover of a new doom game.

 

[Black Mantis]

Went for A, as it would look better in my digital library.

 

[Metalmarc]

Someone shop A onto a tin

 

[Alpende]

The second one looks a lot like the original(?)/first game. I had that on Gameboy and thought it was good. I'd pick that one.

Why in the world did they pick the generic shooter guy cover. Does it sell better or something.

 

[Tarin02543]

It's a clear homage to the original. And remember they're you'd only see the right half on the front. So it'd look more like this:

It's an amazing homage that captures the feel of the original cover in every way, so much so that it's baffling they didn't think of that in the first place compared to that other cover or option A.

Damn, I want a high resolution copy of this and frame it.

 

[XNarte]

Your wish is my command, master.

Wow, that is what I want on the reverse! Red case looks sharp in the other edit too though!

 

[mcz117chief]

I always say that portraying Doom as a straight up macho power fantasy is a misread of the game's tone and roots. It's more of a frustrated Gen X thing.

Doomguy gets shipped off the Mars for being a decent guy, is given the awful jobs, is the only survivor of the invasion, and his day just goes from bad to worse. KDitD has the text going "This isn't fair!" and whining that you don't get a ticket back to Earth and a fat reward. Then he goes all the way to Hell, beats the Spider Mastermind, and it ends on a darkly comedic twist that the demons are already on Earth and they're killing our cute bunny rabbits. (Then Ultimate Doom establishes that it was YOUR rabbit!)

The tone in Doom 2, and the halves of Final Doom and a bunch of the stories in txts coming with early WADs were the same: yet another bad break for that poor down on his luck SOB, Doomguy, just trying to make it in this world with some rockets and a prayer.


Turning him into a hulking cybersuit badass always capable of ripping and tearing (just because of a comic funny for being a subversion of Doom rather than an accurate take) has always seemed to be leaning in the wrong direction.

Not poor Daisy

Yeah, I get what you are saying, still I like the mad mofo we are getting now, I like characters like Guts and Kratos and I kind of always put Doom Guy there with them.

Where are you from? Cause demographics and location will play a huge role in what types of games people play.

Bohemia, western part of Czech Republic.

 

[Jiguryo]

Holy crap at cover B.

 

[Azure Dream]

Voted for A simply because it gave me this "Criterion Collection" vibe I liked.

There you go

But yeah, that looks pretty damn good, especially with the red case.

 

[Joseph Merrick]

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[everyday math]

Why aren't these the actual covers? Look amazing.

 

[GreatNumber]

Damn, there a high-res version of these anywhere? Or just Twitter's .jpgs?

Here is cover B.

 

[zma1013]

But that brings up the stuff we learned about TLoU and the market research group that wanted to make the cover not have Ellie cause "girls", but that ND didn't like that. The game didn't suffer because it had a girl on the cover and it went against what "market research" has to say.

I'm in agreement, I think they should do what they want, but the reality is a lot of pubs still rely on pandering to the largest money making crowd, sometimes to the detriment of box art and even game design. Sometimes it works for them, sometimes it doesn't.

 

[nowarning]

Option B is class, should be the proper cover!

 

[Ombala]

Cover B with A as a reverse option is the winner here.