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[Redbeard]

Let me just say; HORRIBLE. Too crowded, too ugly, and they turned the Lotus Blossom into some amazon whore. Looks like the cover for some cheap novel.

In other news...

 

[bogg]

The game looks awesome. The box art is ok.
Can't wait for the pc version

 

[Gattsu25]

Someone should make a website that reviews cover art, objectively.

As it stands, All cover art sucks

 

[Ghost]

Ew @ Boxart

Yum @ Screens.

 

[Chi-Town]

Can't wait for the pc version

It'll be a pretty long wait. It's currently only slated for Xbox.

 

[talking head]

yuck too crowded

 

[PhatSaqs]

Looks like the monster below the chick on the boxart is readying for a muff dive :lol

 

[TheGreenGiant]

Jesus the dude on the left sure is cheesy (as is the zombie with his icy breath)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let this game be good. The premise is so good and untouched.


*edit LUCK DRAGON? :lol

 

[Insertia]

This game looks awesome.

Hopefully it's released for PC before the end of summer '05.

 

[Koshiro]

I don't have a problem with this boxart. I know it's cool to hate on boxarts here but really.

 

[Triumph]

Since I don't play boxart(but rather games) I don't give two shits.

The game, however, will be the best thing since sex on sliced bread. Or KOTOR 2. Anyhow, buy it or I'm gonna punch you in the genitals.

 

[CrimsonSkies]

It would be a great box art if they would get rid of the characters at the bottom.

 

[Wario64]

It would be a great box art if they would get rid of the characters at the bottom.

Agreed

I am looking forward to this game though. Just started KOTOR yesterday and I am now officially on the Bioware bandwagon!

 

[Guns N' Poops]

Boxart looks fuglynator, but the game is beautiful. It seems we in the PAL countries will get the same pic

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

yuck too crowded

Except that doesn't have a an Xbox band cropping the top and then a whopping huge, backgrounded logo cropping the picture.

 

[lachesis]

Whoa. Worse or at least on par with US ShenmueII box art!

lachesis

 

[Grizzlyjin]

For some reason I actually like the boxart, I suppose the style is just to my liking. And those screens are very yummy. I'm off to research this game right now.

 

[Gorey]

Boxart = /shrug. Coulda done better.

Screens = Damnit, I just got to work. Now I have to go back home and change my shorts.

 

[drohne]

yeah, i also noted a resemblance to the shenmue 2 boxart. VERY TAN PEOPLE GRIMACING! GRRR! :lol

 

[Luscious LeftFoot]

I think if this game turns out well, I'll finally have to purchase a xbox.

Damn, the boxart looks terrible.

 

[Trevelyon]

DON'T BE CAUGHT WITH BAD BOXART IN YOUR HOUSE!

BAG THAT SHIT, KIDS!

 

[fennec fox]

I honestly don't see the problem with this boxart. It's movie poster-ish.

 

[DopeyFish]

I honestly don't see the problem with this boxart. It's movie poster-ish.

You're on GA, you're surrounded by a ton of people with no taste at all.

 

[Deku Tree]

and they turned the Lotus Blossom into some amazon whore.

Honestly I thought that's the look they were going for all along in the game too.

As for me:

Like the box art.
Love the screens.
Love all the info I've heard about this game so far.

It'll probably be my xbox GOTY 2005.
Can't wait.

 

[Vortac]

The reaction of too many people:
"oh no, they don't look like my familiar FFX-2 Japanese pop star half-japanese half-white teens, what am I to do"

 

[Rhindle]

I'm far from being a JRPG whore, and I think that boxart is butt-ugly. It looks like something Ubisoft's regular cover artist would come up with.

Note to publishers: Why don't you get one of the artists on the developer team to produce the boxart?? At least you'll get something that is a decent representation of the underlying game.

 

[Drek]

Eh, the box art is actually pretty good for a Bioware game, or a game made by a former PC developer in general actually. Who gives a damn if the box looks hot though? All I care about is that the game inside needs to be rockin', and Jade Empire looks to fit that bill to a T.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

The reaction of too many people:
"oh no, they don't look like my familiar FFX-2 Japanese pop star half-japanese half-white teens, what am I to do"

Prone to being presumptuous are we?

It's even more laughable to say 'half-japanese half-white' considering how caucasian-esque these supposedly chinese characters are. Hell the main female could easily pass for Latino and also is almost interchangeable with Farah from PoPSoT.

Game will stick kick arse but it still got some rolleye worthy elements, the pointing out of which doesn't make you some J-pop shemale lover.

 

[olimario]

It looks nice, but it's another XBOX title that's seen nothing but visual declines since it was revealed.

 

[belgurdo]

Ah, the inevitable "we know nothing about the game, so we'll trash it by harping on insignificant flaws!" posts. GAF never disappoints

 

[SantaC]

Ah, the inevitable "we know nothing about the game, so we'll trash it by harping on insignificant flaws!" posts. GAF never disappoints

And that comes from you?

 

[DSN2K]

horrible boxart.

game looks great and I will buy it but the box will be put away for sure. :lol

 

[johnjohnson]

horrible boxart, but it won't keep me from buying this game.

 

[COCKLES]

Nice boxart. Don't see the problem...although they could lose the monsters and the guy...and hust have Lotus...it worked for DOA.

Bioware kinda suck tho....it's not even 2005 and yet it's almost if GOTY has been decided with Jade Empire. Boring.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

i just hope there is little to no loading.

but i doubt it. =/

 

[Deku Tree]

Lotus Blossom looks the same here as she does on the boxart:

 

[Redbeard]

My issue is that they've got this great mythical Chinese universe to draw from, and all they do is put a bunch of screaming people (or a person, a ghost, and a monster) on the box.

And Lotus does indeed look different, even if it's just the way they've presented her. The stupid pose + the wild hair makes her look like an amazon woman.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Don't let the kids change your opinion. This boxart looks like a generic fantasy setting novel, and my fear is that the game will probably be not as good as KOTOR (which is great but overrated when cited as one of the best RPGs of all time). The screens are ok, but I don't think the in-game art is really that good. It better have an incredibly original story, because the setting won't bring everyone looking like KOTOR did.

 

[nitewulf]

original story, in a rpg based on chinese mythology? ok.

 

[Redbeard]

Even the concept art they have on their site would've made better boxart.

 

[impirius]

The logo is swank

I look at the guy on the left, and all I can think is, "It's time to slay the dragon"

 

[Vortac]

Jade Empire just reminds me of Shen Mue. Semi-realistic characters (discounting the magic and stuff), and yet the most immersive world imaginable.

 

[Riddler]

The box art looks good like some said above" Like a movie poster"

they turned the Lotus Blossom into some amazon whore

What is a "Amazon whore" ? If they give a female character huge breast she's a skank and if she has skimpy close she's a skank whore. So now if she has normal sized breast, decent clothes and she fights she's a "Amazon whore" ? :lol

 

[nitewulf]

the boxart really does suck. expecting the game to be great though.

 

[siamesedreamer]

I know its Bioware, but I'm just not feeling the ancient Japanese theme with this game.

 

[CrimsonSkies]

That's because it's ancient China.

 

[Odysseus]

Bah... everyone complains about box art. Like someone said, I suppose that no game has EVER had decent box art according to some people...

Jade Empire > * in 2005.

 

[Kabuki Waq]

That's because it's ancient China.

:lol OWNED

 

[siamesedreamer]

Doh!!!

My bad. I'm not feeling the ancient Chinese theme.

 

[nitewulf]

Doh!!!

My bad. I'm not feeling the ancient Chinese theme.

too late.