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[TheBROgamer]

 

[01011001]

the king of weird + cool box art:

 

[TheBROgamer]

the king of weird + cool box art:

 

[TheBROgamer]

This is pretty well drawn.

 

[TheBROgamer]

 

[Danjin44]

 

[TheBROgamer]

 

[TheBROgamer]

 

[KàIRóS]

 

[Krathoon]

You just reminded me there was a Catherine remaster.

 

[Krathoon]

There were also some other awful Capcom covers.

 

[TheBROgamer]

It's crazy how plain and weird this boxart is.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The time 2k Sports did close ups.

 

[TheBROgamer]

The time 2k Sports did close ups.

The ESPN games were arguably better than what EA were releasing at the time.

 

[01011001]

The PAL cover on the other hand looking like an 80s Japanese Super Sentai TV show

and Mega Man 2 switched it up for a Sci-Fi He-Man kinda vibe

But those weird western cover arts eventually also lead to these masterpieces of cover art, so it was all worth it!

 

[Rush2112]

 

[Krathoon]

The Wind Waker art for the WiiU was cool. I think it used the Japanese artwork.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I always admired this cover at Babbages.

 

[Pallas]

I love box art, anyone who likes this kind of stuff should check out some of these books. They can be kind of expensive though on Amazon and the publisher Bitmap books are usually sold out on a lot of them.

 

[Connificent]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I love box art, anyone who likes this kind of stuff should check out some of these books. They can be kind of expensive though on Amazon and the publisher Bitmap books are usually sold out on a lot of them.

Their website is cool. Maybe I'll grab Neo Geo and CRPG books one day. No Mega Drive/Genesis book yet though!

 

[Pallas]

Their website is cool. Maybe I'll grab Neo Geo and CRPG books one day. No Mega Drive/Genesis book yet though!

I have their gameboy book and their history/encyclopedia of JRPG's which every fan of JRPG's need to get.

 

[TheBROgamer]

This describes Xbox post-360 well.

From this...

To this...

Such a downgrade in cover quality, creativity, etc.

 

[01011001]

This describes Xbox post-360 well.

From this...

To this...

Such a downgrade in cover quality, creativity, etc.

except that's not the cover, that's the special edition cover (most likely quickly cobbled together last minute)

the real cover is this:

 

[RagnarokIV]

 

[RagnarokIV]

soy boy today need a trigger warning at the start of Assassin's Creed games LMAO - 90s FMV games would literally DESTROY THEIR MINDS

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

i just love box art in general.
full color instruction manuals too.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[Georges Chiellins]

 

[Raven117]

Always and forever etched into our hearts.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Can't have this kind of thread without this fellow showing up.

 

[Fake]

Shit.

Amazing.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

 

[Robb]

This has to be one of the weirdest I've seen:

 

[RagnarokIV]

Shit.

Amazing.

Yoji is amazing at everything. We PAL territories always got his finest art for MGS games. In fact PAL had best Final Fantasy artwork too - US had awful CG renders while PAL had the minimalist and artistic covers.

PAL and JP MGS4 had Yoji - US had awful CG snake. It's a shame they bombed him out for MGSV cover art globally, part of the reason I went for the steelbook was to get Yoji's art.

Last Of Us II should have had his art instead of angry Ellie 'n blood.

 

[ConcealedBlaze]

except that's not the cover, that's the special edition cover (most likely quickly cobbled together last minute)

the real cover is this:

I love how both the Gears 2 and Gears 5 covers are as generic as can be for their respective times.

Gears 2 - Every shooter cover was dudes with guns staring off to the side (or occasionally straight forward if you were feeling bold) with very neutral color tone applied to the whole image.

Gears 5 - Every movie poster is a bunch of people oriented around the center axis usually with one person being the big central figure and frequently with a bold color contrast. See: Every single Marvel movie poster.

 

[intbal]

Japanese cover of N.U.D.E. for original Xbox.

 

[Fake]

Yoji is amazing at everything. We PAL territories always got his finest art for MGS games. In fact PAL had best Final Fantasy artwork too - US had awful CG renders while PAL had the minimalist and artistic covers.

PAL and JP MGS4 had Yoji - US had awful CG snake. It's a shame they bombed him out for MGSV cover art globally, part of the reason I went for the steelbook was to get Yoji's art.

Last Of Us II should have had his art instead of angry Ellie 'n blood.

I don't get this western mentality of wanting every boxart to have a huge human face with x100 zoom? Why this obsession with putting their main protagonists face in boxart I'll never understand.

I like DS, but that boxart is totally shit.

 

[jshackles]

Ever REALLY look at the Streets of Rage cover art?

It's like one of the craziest videogame covers ever: First of all, there's a lady being choked out of a window...as the building burns: Then you got this dude firing an automatic weapon at whatever: In the midst of all this mayhem, this shadowy mob encroaches with weapons...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Spukc]

 

[Calverz]

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[TheBROgamer]

except that's not the cover, that's the special edition cover (most likely quickly cobbled together last minute)

the real cover is this:

Aaaand it still pales in comparison.

Really plain and generic looking.

 

[TheBROgamer]

Naughty Dog made this cover.

 

[TheBROgamer]

Once heralded as a potential GTA killer.

Cool cover though!

 

[TheBROgamer]

Japanese cover of N.U.D.E. for original Xbox.

Pretty original/sick

 

[TheBROgamer]

This can't be real, right?

 

[Spukc]

This can't be real, right?

It was a fighter in tekken vs streetfighter..
called bad boxart megaman

 

[Neon Xenon]

Was always a fan of System Shock's Japanese box art.

 

[crackajack]

I always liked the Vanqish sleeve, with the 3d effect. Not only showing the main character, but also an important incredient of his moveset.