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[Jb]

I hope we get some nice Shinkawa art for Phantom Pain.

 

[brandonh83]

I hope we get some nice Shinkawa art for Phantom Pain.

We'll get a bigger face.

 

[Nymphae]

Meh, looks alright I guess. I prefer the illustrated look for MGS games, but it's just the cover I guess. At least the game looks amazing.

 

[EvilKatarn]

I hope we get some nice Shinkawa art for Phantom Pain.

You'll get Snake's right ear instead.

 

[djshauny]

Gillete razor not included in mission kit.

LOL

 

[Son Of D]

I saw it at first and thought "hope the EU version has Yoji Shinkawa's art". Then I scrolled down and saw the PEGI 18 logo.

 

[RaikuHebi]

Gillete razor not included in mission kit.

It's in the first room of the Plant chapter.

 

[AusRoachman]

Reminds me of something ....

 

[Jawmuncher]

Better than the US MGS4 Box Art at least.
Actually don't mind this but yeah wish we could get Shinkawa art work again.
The last good MGS Box art was MGS3:S

 

[Hanmik]

now he looks like morpheus..

 

[Red Chocobo]

Um....

Pegi 18?

Then we are all fucked.

 

[Jack cw]

Yoji Shinkawa is not dudebro enough it appears. Man, I loved those classy case arts with his sketches. They were always something special. But I guess that works as a metaphor for the series in general. Lost what made it special and Kojima killed it with mgs4

 

[mitch1971]

Gillete razor not included in mission kit.

DLC incoming.

down loadable cutthroat

 

[sixteen-bit]

MGS seems on the decline.

It was more like a freefall from 3 -> 4

 

[3bdelilah]

Very pretty. And with that I mean not pretty at all.

Me no rike.

 

[De-mon]

Poorly photoshopped. If you use lens flare here:

That's how it should look like:

But even so, I expected something... more classy from KojiPro.

 

[AJ_Wings]

Where's the Yoji Shinkawa art?

.

 

[Mr.Marston]

Please tell me thats just the perpetually crappy North American box art. We usually get great covers in the UK.

Edit: just noticed the PEGI rating. Fuck.

 

[laidbackHERO]

What's America's obsession with using renders over artwork?

 

[NoMoreTrolls]

Someone needs to Photoshop a "US" at the end of Hideo to describe this box art.

 

[Ridley327]

Please tell me thats just the perpetually crappy North American box art. We usually get great covers in the UK.

Going by the PEGI rating in the lower left-hand side...

I'm not expecting the US cover to be any different, though.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Joel from TLoU, is that you?

 

[Phatmac]

Where's the Yoji Shinkawa art?

^

 

[Vyse The Legend]

What's America's obsession with using renders over artwork?

This is the European cover, so...

 

[brandonh83]

What's America's obsession with using renders over artwork?

bearded hardened war hero = badass = sales

 

[Xater]

What's America's obsession with using renders over artwork?

This is the EU cover so there is no hope left.

 

[Xav]

All we need now is Michael Ironside to voice Snake and Metal Gear Solid's transformation into Splinter Cell will be complete.

 

[Son Of D]

Why do I get the feeling that they'll use Yoji Shinkawa art as a bullet point for selling Phantom Pain? "You want good Shinkawa art? Buy Phantom Pain!"

 

[Shengar]

These dudebro bullshit faceshot cover is too much for my head

 

[Intheflorsh]

Poorly photoshopped. If you use lens flare here:

That's how it should look like:

But even so, I expected something... more classy from KojiPro.

Good catch. You can't exactly stand in front of lens flares.

 

[BlackJace]

Yeesh that's ugly.

 

[Burbeting]

Well it's not super-horrible, but could be better. I've always liked the hand-drawed covers .

 

[Sword Of Doom]

Xbox huh....

 

[Loomba]

What an awful cover jesus...

 

[TheJollyCorner]

I guess I'll be looking towards the Custom Box Art thread once this hits.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Joel from TLoU, is that you?

No it's Joelid Snake.

 

[90TilInfinity]

This is a sad, sad day for Team PAL.

 

[SgtCobra]

Yeah...no..

 

[hamchan]

I wonder if casuals will get confused and think this is the full MGSV instead of a prologue.

 

[Superman]

I guess I'll buy it digitally!

Me too. Not liking that cover at all.

 

[jett]

Will buy at an extremely low price.

 

[Ridley327]

I guess I'll be looking towards the Custom Box Art thread once this hits.

I suppose the one good thing about the Xbone and PS4 version being digital only is that we won't be subjected to this.

...I hope.

 

[Ishida]

It was more like a freefall from 3 -> 4

Yeah, you keep telling yourself that.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots

 

[TheKastorian]

I never understood why they don't use Shinkawa's artwork for the US covers. They are always such poor taste.

 

[Alienous]

They aren't even fucking trying.

I want to see Kojima's reaction when the 6/10 reviews hit.

 

[Musolf815]

I just thought of the cover as Snake taking a selfie and now it's even worse for me.

 

[Risk Breaker]

I hope that's not the fucking cover for EU.

Shinkawa please.

 

[kmax]

No Shinkawa ? Blasphemy.

Now I KNOW Kojima is milking the franchise because Konami wants him to.

 

[Ridley327]

I never understood why they don't use Shinkawa's artwork for the US covers. They are always such poor taste.

They used it for the PC version of MGS1, every version of MGS2 that we got in the US, and for MGS3:S.

 

[D-e-f-]

The UK version will be much better. Usually is with MGS games.

This IS the UK version. Look at the big red PEGI 18 logo.