Sleekest/sexiest boxart/cover art of all time: has anything topped Gran Turismo 3?

[jetsetfluken]

Before I start, no this isn't another thread/discussion for "best box art evarrr!" with JP ICO and the usual spammed. This category of "best" is more along the lines of sleek and sexy art/photography used in boxart.

Take a trip back to 2001...Gran Turismo 3.
Japanese/European boxart that is.
The US one was kind of tacky. (fun fact: the US DID have this boxart but only for the special PS2 GT3 console bundle version)

 

[glaurung]

Not until last month.

 

[Zenith]

I don't get it, it's just a headlight.

 

[UnluckyKate]

I don't get it, it's just a headlight.

Mind blown, I always though it was a cylinder

 

[Sadist]

/thread

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

Arkham Asylum PS3 GOTY. The logos all really added to the cover.

 

[ascii42]

What about Gran Turismo PSP?

 

[Mush]

I still to this day don't know what car that headlight is from. It looks kinda like a RUF, but I'm not even sure if they were in GT3.

 

[Jarmel]

That's actually a pretty bad cover. Just a picture of a headlight in all red.

Anyway here's my choice.

 

[pa22word]

My favorite:

 

[The Technomancer]

Saints Row: the Third seems like a contender

 

[Metal-Geo]

I've always loved the BRINK boxart. Mainly because I think turquoise is a beautiful color. But also due to its cleanness and lack of any cluster. Too bad they didn't exactly chose the most good looking character.

My favorite:


[IM]http://img.game.net/images/productpages/doom3collectors.jpg[/IMG]

Ooooh daaamn.

 

[Madrical]

 

[elektrixx]

Of all the games I've finished and only found one good cover:

 

[7h1ag0]

 

[Durante]

 

[Danielsan]

edit: Beaten by a minute...

 

[enzo_gt]

The GT3 box art is bad IMO. Its not even a good "zoomed in part of car" box art, because it's pretty ambiguous at a glance. "Smooth" box arts are few and far in-between.

 

[Madrical]

Of all the games I've finished and only found one good cover:

Burnout Paradise

This is one of my favourites.

 

[Touch]

I still to this day don't know what car that headlight is from. It looks kinda like a RUF, but I'm not even sure if they were in GT3.

I always thought it looked like a Boxter headlight. I'm most likely wrong though.

 

[jetsetfluken]

I don't get it, it's just a headlight.

You don't get it, MAN.

 

[akilshohen]

That IS boxart. That's a cover that would pull you in to look at it if you weren't looking for it.

 

[Spiffy_1st]

I really like the PAL boxart for Majora's Mask. I've got it staring at me on a shelf all the time.

Spoiler

There aren't many pictures of this on the internet...

 

[chubigans]

I still to this day don't know what car that headlight is from. It looks kinda like a RUF, but I'm not even sure if they were in GT3.

Well it lists RUF on the back of the box in the OP...so maybe it is!

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Hilarious.

First, the OP's choice isn't impressive in the slightest to me. Second, every boxart posted since is much better (except Batman: Logo Asylum).

 

[FreeMufasa]

 

[warpaint]

i always like the Wipeout cover art

 

[C_H_T]

Metroid: Other M (JP version)

 

[Misterinenja]

I love the back cover in OP. Excellent typography.

 

[jetsetfluken]

Posting a few more off the top of my head.

This thread also reminded me of Enthusia Professional Racing (PS2), boxart is not mindblowing but the soundtrack is. Seriously a few incredible pieces in there, check it out.

 

[SunhiLegend]

 

[revolverjgw]

You want sleek and sex? Look at this here injun

 

[AlexSmash]

this gt3 cover is amazing.

 

[Spacebar]

 

[Salih]

BEAT THIS!

 

[Jeff Chen]

How about this one?

 

[Mafro]

 

[jetsetfluken]

Usually I think JP has better boxart, but NA really came through with the MGS3 Snake Eater (not Subsistence) boxart. Not downplaying the JP art for it, but this one always stood out.

 

[Salih]

another contender!

 

[lunlunqq]

WTF? Is the batman one real?

 

[jetsetfluken]

Now for some Terranigma JP representation.

another contender!

That's a fan art isn't it?

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

You want sleek and sex? Look at this here injun

Well hello there...

*loosens tie*

 

[glaurung]

WTF? Is the batman one real?

The overly crowded Asylum cover?

Yeah it's real.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Yep, WipEout will always win...some people seem to be missing the point of sleek and sexy. Zelda?! I mean, really?! If so, we may as well throw a couple of Enid Blyton book covers up.

 

[Feindflug]

/thread

/thread indeed.

Such an amazing cover for such an amazing game.

 

[Ronan_Berthelot]

 

[Box of Bunnies]

The Final Fantasy series in general, really.

 

[Ronan_Berthelot]

I love this one :

 

[Durante]

Yep, WipEout will always win...some people seem to be missing the point of sleek and sexy. Zelda?! I mean, really?! If so, we may as well throw a couple of Enid Blyton book covers up.

Yeah, the Zelda/Terranigma/Bayonetta/Catherine stuff is nice and all, but certainly not what I would call sleek.

 

[FieryBalrog]

The cover in the OP looks hideous.