solarplexus
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Uh... Looks strange..?
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Resident Evil 4 Euro Packshot
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Uh... Looks strange..?
TheGreenGiant
Banned
BETTER THAN THE US ONE.
FUCK. I want this game
FUCK. I want this game
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
I quite like it. Capcom seem to like simple European boxarts, from the excellent RE0, to the dreadful REmake:
TheGreenGiant
Banned
just noticed it..
so WHY the hell is CAPCOM doing 4 Resident EVil again?
frothy
so WHY the hell is CAPCOM doing 4 Resident EVil again?
frothy
scarybore
Member
solarplexus said:
Uh... Looks strange..?
Looks brilliant to me, nothing like the US one where they tried to cram as much as they could onto the cover while still having the usual "teh guy has a gun!!1!!11" factor. Infact the US boxart should remove Leon off the cover and it would be infinitively better by just doing that.
Sadly since I import its the US box ill be getting
SantaC
Member
Deathcraze said:Looks brilliant to me, nothing like the US one where they tried to cram as much as they could onto the cover while still having the usual "teh guy has a gun!!1!!11" factor. Infact the US boxart should remove Leon off the cover and it would be infinitively better by just doing that.
Sadly since I import its the US box ill be getting
same here!
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Cheap? I can understand not liking it, that'll vary from person to person, but cheap?
Chittagong
Gold Member
Now THAT is great boxart, one of the most athmospheric in a while - almost like a movie poster! Thank you Capcom Europe from sparing us from the generic crap your less talented US counterparts provide!
TheGreenGiant
Banned
Chittagong said:
I'd chose getting and playing it earlier vs better box art anyday
good luck waiting.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
I like it and it has sealed a first day purchase from me.
I wonder if they could have made the chainsaw guy slightly more prominent without killing the classiness. If you didn't follow the game you probably wouldn't know it's a chainsaw wielding guy in a hood.
I wonder if they could have made the chainsaw guy slightly more prominent without killing the classiness. If you didn't follow the game you probably wouldn't know it's a chainsaw wielding guy in a hood.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
What Fifty said.
Bluemercury
Member
As usual the we europeans have better taste
Chittagong
Gold Member
Now that I'm back with my PowerBook, I noticed rightaway that this is a FAKE. The super sharp and bright display with good distinction in the dark end of the color range of reveals that the Nintendo and GameFront logos we're cut and pasted with a rectangular marquee tool over the image. The black does not match fully with the background. Also, you can see a "PAL" text shining through the Nintendo logo.
If you have a lesser display, you can see the same by bringing it into Photoshop and using Brightness +50 / Contrast +70.
A really stylish fake, for once. Although the lack of the PAL text and the funny colors should have given it away immediately.
If you have a lesser display, you can see the same by bringing it into Photoshop and using Brightness +50 / Contrast +70.
A really stylish fake, for once. Although the lack of the PAL text and the funny colors should have given it away immediately.
solarplexus
Member
Chittagong said:
In the last years gamefront never released a fake packshot. Furthermore many other european sites got this boxart straight from Capcom today.
Virgin Wii
Banned
Fake or not, that is niiice. Better than the US cover (which is good). If Leon were removed from the US cover, it would be a close match, but I would still prefer this one I think.
Chittagong
Gold Member
solarplexus said:
I'd love this to be the real thing. However, it's beyond me how Capcom would send out such a mock-up although they have the official Nintendo templates, as does their UK design agency. The following things bother me, fake or not:
#1 The Capcom logo in odd color. Not seen that before and it is very rare for a company to alter a classic logo even for such an important event.
#2 Why have the Nintendo symbols been pasted over the artwork in bitmap format retaining their background, although the Nintendo templates have the vector originals?
#3 Why is the "PAL" text shining through from behind the Nintendo logo when you touch contrast and brightness sliders in photoshop?
#4 Why is there no "PAL" text normally in the pack front?
#5 Where is the ratings icon?
The last one is easiest, as ratings come in later probably. Again, any of the above questions do not mean that it would be 100% certainly fake, but they sure make it look unprofessional, although very cool in design.
Die Squirrel Die
Member
Wario64 said:
Apart from the title?
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
If it's fake, where the hell did they get the artwork? I mean, that's way too pro, isn't it?
ToyMachine228
Member
That is HAWT. I wish Capcom would use that box art here. The US box art isn't that terrible, but it's not great.
Chittagong said:
at first, i suspected it was a fake too, but then i thought - Gamefront has always posted real boxart, no fakes, so i assumed these are early designs or something...
there's no ratings icon because the icon can vary from country to country, so they put it in specifically for the country it's to be sold in, and also, i don't think they really have a "rating pending" icon for games that are yet to be classified.
Chittagong
Gold Member
hirokazu said:
Yep, there's the PEGI icon, the Germany icon and what not. And they come late. Any thoughts on the other four questions?