Worst cover/poster fails
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ElectricKaibutsu
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Wow
That's what it is, i would post it but i'm not sure if its allowed.
Paper Sparrow
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Eyes of an eagle. I never noticed that.
Barrylocke
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I have the game since 2005. I NEVER noticed that. Oh my god.
It's a fighting game.
blankempathy
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What photoshop flops have you seen in game covers/posters ?!
I just saw this image on another thread, and holy s*hit....what is wrong with his face ?! Also is he holding an M4 shotgun ?! And those ears /neck...
I dunno, the cover was a product of its time. It just screams cheesy horror which what resident evil 1 pretty much was. A B movie survival horror game. Plus its eye catching. How could you not look at that cover and not wonder wtf that game is about. Since the cover is a lot of things the casual consumer first sees I think it does its job of standing out.
Erin S Kittens
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I really like art that looks like it was drawn or painted by a human being and not generated by a computer. Even when it's kind of bad. Hence:
I like this picture
It's not as if it's on Rob Liefield territory. I love the artstyle, even if it's a dumb pose.
Awww, c'mon, this is charming!
This was always my (least) favorite PS1 era cover.
I like this picture
It's not as if it's on Rob Liefield territory. I love the artstyle, even if it's a dumb pose.
Yep, poor lil system got right fucked in the cover art dept so often....
Awww, c'mon, this is charming!
SirNinja
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These types of threads can never be complete without North American Ico.
I will never know why they decided to transform Ico into a bratty, blank-staring doofus and Yorda into a giant purple-eyed, dark-haired ghost head. Especially when the game's own director painted this, which was used as the cover art everywhere else.
I will never know why they decided to transform Ico into a bratty, blank-staring doofus and Yorda into a giant purple-eyed, dark-haired ghost head. Especially when the game's own director painted this, which was used as the cover art everywhere else.
IdreamofHIME
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It is like they are saying "Fuck you for not buying this game at full price"
yes yes, truly the king
Benzychenz
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It's still nice art.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Touche
Hades Hotgun
Banned
It doesn't feature the game's logo, nor the main character.
Btw it was made by a Gaffer.
And time to tell you you're wrong.Time to roll out this chestnut again:
The logo is there, it's just near impossible to see because it's brown and blurs into the background.
Also, it looks like a shooter. There is nothing to indicate it's a fighting game. Even something like Ultra Street Fighter IV at least has a guy in a karate gi.
It's not just you.
I remember seeing this in '92 and being like "what the hell?!" and then laughing at how stupid it was. It's a ridiculous cover but that doesn't make it good. What possible qualities does it have outside of being notoriously bad?
This is an old man playing banjo on the cover of an "hyperspace" shmup. What could possibly not be awesome about it?
ResidentDante
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It believe it is purely a form of shock marketing to get you to look at the cover because no other space shooter would include such bizarrely, unrelated image on the box.
I think what you mean is "awesomely terrible" to which I would agree. It is awesome at just how ridiculous it is. It's certainly not awesome because of its esthetics.
Captain Jack
Banned
Judging by the atrocious accent this game was made by a Dutch company.
They weren't
HUAA!!! Do you even lift, bro! Check those muscles! CHECK THEM AND EAT MY LASERS!
old issue of egm had an article on it.
blankempathy
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I swear this box art and megamans go hand in hand.
MrCunningham
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Hint:Luigi
Ohh...
Backwards "L", as others have pointed out
Also, Diddy looks like he might have rabies...
LOL at the voice acting!!...I wonder if Nathan Fielder took some inspiration from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ie-Q5fdctU&feature=player_detailpage#t=89
Triggerhappytel
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Now i can't get that damn tune outta my head.
The guy in that picture looks like a simpleton.
These types of threads can never be complete without North American Ico.
I will never know why they decided to transform Ico into a bratty, blank-staring doofus and Yorda into a giant purple-eyed, dark-haired ghost head. Especially when the game's own director painted this, which was used as the cover art everywhere else.
Presumably Sony assumed it wouldn't sell unless it had an angry boy on the front?
Those are wonderful. I love how in the first one he's fighting a guy with a ushanka (OBVIOUSLY BAD GUY!) and in the second he's flexing his muscles. So bad.
Photoshop fail:
What am I supposed to be seeing here?
Pet Vet thread? Pet Vet thread.
I still wonder if THQ originally stole a random nude shot off the net, considering they clearly attempted to Photoshop those purple clothes on her.
Phoenix Games had balls of steel when it came to completely ripping off Disney stuff. I think that's what eventually killed them after pumping out close to 100 PS2 games in the space of two years.
It's the creative use of scale required to get both a horse and a budgie to be prominent in the background that makes me laugh, either it's close up and the horse is a dwarf variety with nothing below it's knees, or it's far away and the budgerigar is about the size of a seagull. But yes, the photoshopped purple blanket or whatever the hell this 'vet' wears to work is funny too.
Byronic Hero
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Ugh Ryu's face. Every time I see this box art, I make the face Chris is making.
Vindicator
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ResidentDante
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Count her fingers on the hand holding the lollipop.
cyberheater
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What's wrong with this. Looks good to me.
This is a thread for worse covers. Not awesome covers.
SlickShoes
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What photoshop flops have you seen in game covers/posters ?!
I just saw this image on another thread, and holy s*hit....what is wrong with his face ?! Also is he holding an M4 shotgun ?! And those ears /neck...
Looks like Tim the Toolman Taylor having a stroke.
Cosmic Schwung
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I think what really annoyed everyone was that the winning entry was a hell of a lot nicer but radiantdreamer was told to produce something else and that's what we got.
Ugh Ryu's face. Every time I see this box art, I make the face Chris is making.
I think Phoenix Wright is the problem here.