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[Jawmuncher]

So I was going through some of my favorite games, and noticed the japanese box art to RLH. I've never seen it before now, but I can easily say it's the scariest box art I have ever seen. As a kid, I would have probably reversed the art work to just show the white paper if the US version had it. Also another case of japanese box art > US box art. The US version is so bland. I'll use this space that no one reads to say that RLH, The Thing, and Extermination were the greatest trio of sci fi action horror on the PS2 and possibly ever for any console gen.

Interested to see what other people post. Fully expecting some old games no one remembers with box art that are scary for all the wrong reasons.

 

[GhostWriter24]

My vote:

Kids in general are just terrifying to me, though.

 

[n0razi]

 

[BennyBlanco]

Always freaked me out as a kid.

 

[desmax]

Is this cheating?

 

[Davide]

Used to have nightmares about this.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Is this cheating?

I hope this gets released on ps4.

 

[DanteRavenkin]

Is this cheating?

What the fuck is that?

'The 7 Clever boys'? That sounds like a porno...

 

[rauelius]

Rightly terrified me when I saw it, little did I know it was just a sign of how much Konami cares about their franchises.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

This fucked me up as a kid.

 

[Death Insurance]

Came to see this. Not disappointed.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Yeah i think you win OP jeez.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Always freaked me out as a kid.

Speaking of PC, the Darkseed box art was always pretty freaky too. Never thought the same of the second game's box though. Despite it being a safety pin through the face, it just looked like a girl wearing sun glasses.

 

[MadClacker]

For me it's gotta be

I'd never assume this was a car combat game, judging from the cover alone. It's a fine game, don't get me wrong - I own the entire series - but this cover, as well as the music and tone to the whole game, it creeps me out.

 

[Toxi]

 

[Panda Rin]

what the fuck

the same bust-a-move game with those cute dinosaurs?

 

[ChoklitCow]

I remember looking at the image constantly, yet never getting the game. Played years later and wished I would have picked it up as a kid.

 

[Toxi]

what the fuck

the same bust-a-move game with those cute dinosaurs?

Yes, the same.

 

[Jawmuncher]

For me it's gotta be

I'd never assume this was a car combat game, judging from the cover alone. It's a fine game, don't get me wrong - I own the entire series - but this cover, as well as the music and tone to the whole game, it creeps me out.

Always thought it was a shame they dialed it back for Twisted Metal on PS3. The dark stories for all of the characters were done so well, and really fell into place great with calypso. Though at the same time it really does let it stand out, there's truly nothing else like it.

I remember looking at the image constantly, yet never getting the game. Played years later and wished I would have picked it up as a kid.

That's a good one too. Like you I remember seeing it all the time as a kid (in the video store).

 

[CrichtonKicks]

 

[Theanine3D]

This fucked me up as a kid.

Seconded.

I thought Outbreak File 2's was pretty effective too.

 

[Deleted member 144138]

Dementium 2

 

[crunchburner]

_

 

[Hazu]

As a kid, this one kinda creeped me out. Loved the game tough!

 

[DecoReturns]

As a kid this creeped me out.

Reminds me of Pink Floyd's The Wall

 

[decoyplatypus]

Brutal assault right on the cover.

 

[nillah]

REALLY intense cover art with well done colors schemes

 

[Alec]

Brutal assault right on the cover.

That poor woman.

 

[ShooterMcGavin]

Yep. Really wish this was the box art here in the U.S.

 

[TheAdmiester]

Not even scared of clowns but the Toonstruck one was especially creepy.

 

[Unreal]

 

[hwy_61]

Ive always found this one to be real creepy

EDIT: beaten by SECONDS. holy shit lol

What are the odds that we picked the same exact image xD

 

[Iva Demilcol]

That poor woman.

LMAO

 

[Resident Evil King]

Silent Hill 4 (Japanese box art)

SH: Shattered Memories

I can't think of many games with particularly scary box art, but these ones I always liked.

 

[Lys Skygge]

I remember looking at the image constantly, yet never getting the game. Played years later and wished I would have picked it up as a kid.

This. It used to give me nightmares as a child.

 

[The Flash]

Is this cheating?

Rightly terrified me when I saw it, little did I know it was just a sign of how much Konami cares about their franchises.

 

[reelbigtink]

I'm 32 and this creeps me out

 

[Dead Man Typing]

This fucked me up as a kid.

I'm on mobile so I can't easily post the image but RE2's PAL cover disturbed me as a kid.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Is this cheating?

Honestly, these are perfect answers. No joking, something like these are legitimately scarier than something that's trying be scary or clichedly uses horror themes.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

 

[Succinct Verbosity]

I have no mouth yet I must scream has always seemed terrifying to me

 

[Carlius]

surprised at the lack of..

 

[hwy_61]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

Hah! I remember me and a friend huddled around his old HP playing this game in the dark. We never got far.

 

[Jawmuncher]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

"It certainly looks impressive" lol what kind of quote is that.



HALO 6

"It has good graphics"

 

[SolVanderlyn]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

This game looks disturbing as hell. Looking it up now

 

[capylikesgames]

[snip]

Yikes! Definitely some 90's level over-the-top going on there, eheh. Glad I never saw that as a kid.

I know I'm cheating here, but the inside cover of the Silent Hill case scared the hell out of me as a child.

It's creepier within context. I'm sure nobody expects to find someone looking back at you when you open up a game case.

 

[pete_clarf]

If the US had gotten that Run Like Hell cover, I would have been interested in actually playing it... now I actually DO want to play it.

I can't think of any legitimately scary ones off of the top of my head, but the Bust-A-Move '99 entry is good in both a funny and scary way. One of the Bust-A-Move games had a baby with sunglasses blowing a bubble that was kind of fucked up.

 

[Rydeen]

Not even scared of clowns but the Toonstruck one was especially creepy.

I swear this game did so poorly because of the box art. It makes it look like some kind of circus themed horror game. The 90's were not kind to new IP's.

Saw this at a Radioshack or Comp USA back in the day, freaked me out. They had to change the cover later to something tamer apparently.

 

[Toxi]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

Gotta say I prefer this alternate cover art for Bioshock Infinite.

 

[Deleted member 144138]

The whole game fucked me up as a kid.

Definitely the better Bioshock Infinite cover