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[womp]

Damn, someone beat me to Legacy of the Ancients. I loved EA's old packaging. <3



I can't find a good pic of Wasteland .. but I love that cover.

Not as nice as the album style but it works.

 

[Lumine]

 

[Powerslave]

 

[Infernal Monkey]

 

[Jasoco]

Can't ignore the classics!

And honorable mention..

It's freaking Fabio! Male model, butter substitute hocker, bird target, romance novel model, video game box art model.

 

[Mirimar]

Ice hockey NES placeholder

 

[Infernal Monkey]

You can't direct link from Moby Games. :]

 

[Mirimar]

You can't direct link from Moby Games. :]

Mmm....maybe a random geocities site will do =P

 

[Maggot9]

.

 

[edgey]

I am SHOCKED that this wasn't posted already!

 

[Christopher]

 

[Vexidus]

 

[Stealth]

Ugly can be beautiful, too.


Special mention to Theif 1, Deus Ex, SotC, Kingdom Hearts 1, FFXII CE, and the original Super Smash Bros. case. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head.

 

[Tarazet]

I find this to be pretty eye-catching.

 

[Lobster]

 

[allarise]

the first KH boxart really was awesome.

also...

 

[Diablohead]

Pal box is better without the mech in the background imo.

 

[{Mike}]

 

[mr stroke]

 

[temjin]

(Loved the game, one of my favorite games ever.)

 

[womp]

Ice hockey placeholder

Never noticed this before...However then again, thats a real close up, but is that Chuck Norris?

 

[Flesh Into Gear]

Never noticed this before...However then again, thats a real close up, but is that Chuck Norris?

I really, really don't think so

 

[Android18a]

All PAL FF boxes are beautiful (except that FF origins one, its a little messy).

 

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Just recently....

 

[ashiato]

Full marks on the "box art having not the slightest link to game contents" scale.

 

[kylej]

Beautiful.

 

[Tsubaki]

I really don't get some of people's picks.

What is special about that Splinter Cell Chaos Theory one?

Spoiler

There ... are... three... lights

 

[j^aws]

 

[kevm3]

How could I have forgotten this?

 

[disappeared]

 

[kevm3]

 

[Brobzoid]

Those syberia box arts are just terrible. Bad character design and amateur composition.

Here's one that doesn't sux

this one is awesome. The rest of the thread has way too much shit in it though.

 

[Aokage]

 

[Grimmy]

I was going to put the TRINITY box as well, but it's already done above. Bravo!

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Keeping it classic.

 

[McBain]

 

[Eric_S]

Win.

 

[Frenck]

I really don't get some of people's picks.

What is special about that Splinter Cell Chaos Theory one?

Spoiler

There ... are... three... lights

It's my favourite boxart of the last console generation. It's a simple cover done right.

The best version of that boxart is the one used on the soundtrack.

Obviously the tri-goggles are the most recognizable thing about Sam Fisher, his face changes in every game and even in the games themsevles the character looks nothing like the one in the CG cutscenes. It's one of those characters where the face means absolutely nothing. So, why would you want to put his face on the cover?

The boxart itself is pretty simple and it perfectly sets the mood for the game, you have the tri-goggles lurking behind a glass window that's covered in raindrops and the single stream of blood flowing down from the top. It shows that Sam Fisher is not your usual action hero, he kills silently and he sneaks around his victims, waiting for the perfect moment to kill them.

Look at the Halo boxart for comparison.

What does it tell you?

What kind of game are you expecting?

You'll expect a game with lots of action, with a big green cyborg who kicks ass, big battles, vehicles, lots of bright greens... blablabla

The Chaos Theory cover shows exactly what to expect in the game, there are no guns on the cover, it's dark, there is no smiling hero, not even a big splash of blood against the glass window, just a slight hint that something horrible happened there.

But that's just me, and the other guy who suggested it, it seems

 

[junkwaffle]

That's gotta be Roger Dean, correct? Nice.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Yeah, I've always been a big fan of the Kingdom Hearts boxarts. Really really well designed.

 

[Aokage]

Looking over this thread, it has become clear to me that game package design hit its peak with late 80s/early 90s PC adventure games...

 

[Big Chief Crazy Cone]

Already mentioned: Deus Ex, RE4 (PAL), MGS3 (PAL), Every Extend Extra

 

[GitarooMan]

 

[womp]

I really, really don't think so

I was honestly being tounge in cheek man.

 

[Sagitario]

 

[manzo]

Sorry about the shitty picture, I'm not the best photographer in the world, plus my camera sucks.

Here are my personal favourites of games that I own.

Japanese PC Engine CD covers in the 90's pretty much owned the world.

 

[D2M15]

Nice one on the Japanese Perfect Dark cover - I'd forgotten about that. So classy.

 

[jizzlobber]

 

[TekunoRobby]

Stolen from the 'worst video game covers of all time?' thread:

 

[The Spacepope]

Obvious one: