Thank you for this; I've periodically wondered why Wax Figure Daniel Craig was on the cover, and them having to photoshop bruises off an existing promo still totally explains it.
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Worst video game box arts of 2012?
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Thank you for this; I've periodically wondered why Wax Figure Daniel Craig was on the cover, and them having to photoshop bruises off an existing promo still totally explains it.
Aquamarine
Member
Looks like he's enjoying that...knee to the face?
Gotta love dem spread legs.
Gotta love dem spread legs.
That's just because you like the idea of blowjobs.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Edit: last year, I only played it this year - whoops.
If they removed the sparkling "Classics HD*" logo and the "Ico & Shadow of the Colossus" logo, that would be one of the best box arts of the year.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Lol
I'm going to try and defend this boxart. In fairness, if you were tasked by the publisher to design a "GOTY" boxart full of quotes and logos, this is probably one of the better ways to do it. From a design stand point, it's not as bad as some of the other shit in this thread.
Aquamarine
Member
While you sleep, they stare into your soul.
Dat left arm.
Dat left arm.
Community Forum
Member
Always fun in these kinds of threads to see who still hotlinks images in 2012.
CorySchmitz
Junior Member
What if 007 Legends looked this nice?
Spring-Loaded
Member
Why wouldn't they do something with the gun barrel for the 007 collection? Could've been just as easy to do and fundamentally better.
Hot Coldman
Banned
All that effort, just for "Oh, it's man with gun."
Spring-Loaded
Member
The NTSC logo gets me every time.
CadetMahoney
Member
That fuse one is hilarious.
Stupid XBOX360 case art getting in the way.
King of the Potato People
Member
They look so bored.
Sapphire Dreams
Member
May not be the worst but :
How unexciting is it? Shepard is just standing there doing nothing, while Mass Effect 2's boxart had him aiming a gun at least.
How unexciting is it? Shepard is just standing there doing nothing, while Mass Effect 2's boxart had him aiming a gun at least.
Yeah,I vote for Fuse as the worst one. it's so freaking bad.
Aretak
Member
Came in to post this. One of the best games of the year, but that cover is just horrible. No wonder it tanked so badly.
Deified Data
Banned
What's worse is the Fuse boxart has plenty of wasted space at the bottom with just shaded orange that easily could have been shunted down a bit to avoid this. Instead, well, it looks utterly stupid.
Batman still takes the cake though for me this year.
Captain Smoker
Member
Not 2012, but certainly the worst of this generation. xD
I wonder how some of these games like inversion even got green lit.The shit boxart isn't helping either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPjKyuwkOo
Hilariously bad live action trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6QY9u6zQc0
Terrible gameplay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFPjKyuwkOo
Hilariously bad live action trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6QY9u6zQc0
Terrible gameplay
Acquiescence
Member
THe American and Japanese covers are largely excellent, but this one... what an atrocity. There's no coherence there at all.
rosaceadude2112
Member
He's got his chin down, his eyes up and a laser sword in fucking space. Dudebrocity enough for EA.
I like it a lot.
THe American and Japanese covers are largely excellent, but this one... what an atrocity. There's no coherence there at all.
I'm on my cellphone, have to check on the US and JP covers later, but this looks nice, even if a bit confusing.
That cover is fantastic. What are you smoking, the cover is as crazy as the game.
Even if you think it's too busy, it has absolutely no business in this thread.
Nocturnowl
Member
I think what gets me most on the Inversion cover is the guys facial expression being vacant of any emotion, he may be performing a rather unique spectacle as well as firing a gun at something but rest assured he's dead inside.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Seriously, how does a cover like that get approved? Is it confirmed FUSE will release looking like that?
They look so bored.
Japanese girls swoon over bored men though, If anime as taught me anything that is...
The lineart is quality (It's Soejima, so of course it is!), but the composition is fucking awful and most of the characters look wrong. Narukami and Rise are pretty much the only two who look 'right'.
looks like everyone has got most of the really shitty ones covered, g'job
if i had to nonimate a future one it would be sniper gw 2, its just lame
It looks no different to the countless other covers of surly looking dude standing in the centre.
PopcornMegaphone
Banned
At least you can see his eyes and there isn't a ton of wasted space. Fuse couldn't even manage that.
lol that's exactly what makes Inversion's cover so bad. The concept is kinda interesting, but the execution is horrible.
I think the Fuse cover is on the right track for a cool design, but they failed to make the characters interesting enough. I like not being able to see the face, and I think it's been done well before.
Examples:
Matrix Reloaded: http://www.impawards.com/2003/posters/matrix_reloaded_ver5.jpg
Tom Raider Underworld: http://tomb-raider-anniversary.com/tr_underworld_packshots/TRU_G4W_PACK_FT_2D_UK_v2.jpg
Examples:
Matrix Reloaded: http://www.impawards.com/2003/posters/matrix_reloaded_ver5.jpg
Tom Raider Underworld: http://tomb-raider-anniversary.com/tr_underworld_packshots/TRU_G4W_PACK_FT_2D_UK_v2.jpg
electroshockwave
Member
I think I remember from an Insomniac podcast (or maybe just a jstev post) a while ago that they put the title at the top of the cover so it can be easily seen amongst a bunch of other games that may be in front of it on the shelves.
Fuse doesn't even follow that simple rule.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
Yup, the Fuse cover is so bad it's leaked out of 2013 into 2012's worst covers.
