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Worst video game cover art?
- Thread starter Lightning Count
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I disagree.
Whoever did that American Megaman cover had SOME artistic ability. Look past shitty gun holding Megaman to the castle in the background and the explosions as well as the palm trees...
There's some technique in the coloring (either colored pencil or watercolor) going on. Also look at Megaman's face. There's principles of proper shading and lighting being applied. There's plenty of evidence that whoever did the horrid American box art had artistic skill above the level of what I expect out of someone that doesn't know how to draw.
Now it's completely the wrong style for the game and it's awful looking, and the worst box art of all time, but I've seen some of the MS Paint creations Resetera has made in the past...and I don't believe 80% of the forum could have made more competent art...
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Last of US looks horrible :^S, i think they were going to change that one at leastThey look like placeholders.
This one isn't too bad because there aren't many yellow covers i like thatAdding to the pile .
This one is just scary D:
LAWD!
GameTEK Office Manager: "I've been instructed that our office needs to come up with a new cover for... *looks at fax* Super Street Fighter II Turbo."
GameTEK Secretary: "Sir, we... don't have any artists here."
GameTEK Office Manager: "Get Jeremy from Accounting. It stated on his resume that he won a drawing competition for the North Miami Beach Zoo in the 7th grade!"
GameTEK Secretary: "Yes sir!"
It's Megaman 1.
It always a has been and always will be.
Gotta be this. Looks like it was done by a kid who was high on mushrooms.
Hey thanks for linking this article! Never knew I wanted to know this. RIP Bertil Valley.
Its funny but I love almost of these. Reminds me of movie covers which most of the games basically are. I do hate DS and Bio tho
I said it before but the worst thing about BioShock Infinite's boxart is that it's not just generic, it's misleading.
This is what Booker looks like in the game. Much more cartoony and stylized than the box art.
It's like they were ashamed of their own artstyle or something.
This is what Booker looks like in the game. Much more cartoony and stylized than the box art.
It's like they were ashamed of their own artstyle or something.
last time we had this thread someone posted an old game, might have been Amiga, Commadore 64, or maybe DOS of so charcter that was a ball with a face, arms, and legs, like a Pac Man with a more realistic face. But it was rendered in all flesh tone so it looked like an anthropomorphic testicle. I can't remember the name though.
is it just me, or does the cyberpunk coverart character look like Justin Timberlake?! LOL I cannot unsee it now.....
Breath of Fire games never did great with covers until BoF4. The cover arts never looked like their in-game avatars. Note the distinct addition of Enraged Saiyan eyes on the anthropomorphic characters.
That was so "great" they decided to follow it up with the exact same background style for part 2:
This time, the characters have actual eyes for the most part, but Nina looks like a damn harpy, and everyone else looks stripped straight out of a Conan knockoff. Their don't look anywhere near this menacing in-game.
And I don't even know what happened with BoFIII. They just said "Screw it, fire is cool." They even shot the old branding away.
BoF IV finally got it right by using character art closely resembling the in-game models.
That was so "great" they decided to follow it up with the exact same background style for part 2:
This time, the characters have actual eyes for the most part, but Nina looks like a damn harpy, and everyone else looks stripped straight out of a Conan knockoff. Their don't look anywhere near this menacing in-game.
And I don't even know what happened with BoFIII. They just said "Screw it, fire is cool." They even shot the old branding away.
BoF IV finally got it right by using character art closely resembling the in-game models.
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So I decided to run my monthly search on Phalanx to see if people were complaining about the American Cover Art for again, and lo and behold I find this thread.
So here's everyone's monthly reminder that the Japanese cover art for Phalanx is literally a Flying Space Penis.
It's a 90's Shmup, a category of games infamous for being filled to the brim with sexual innuendo. The name combined with the ship design betrays any attempt at plausible deniability. Phalanx, Phallus.
The "official" story about it being changed to stand out was Face-Saving PR Fluff. It was changed because there was no way in hell Nintendo of America was letting that get on store shelves with Nintendo's branding on it.
So here's everyone's monthly reminder that the Japanese cover art for Phalanx is literally a Flying Space Penis.
It's a 90's Shmup, a category of games infamous for being filled to the brim with sexual innuendo. The name combined with the ship design betrays any attempt at plausible deniability. Phalanx, Phallus.
The "official" story about it being changed to stand out was Face-Saving PR Fluff. It was changed because there was no way in hell Nintendo of America was letting that get on store shelves with Nintendo's branding on it.
Sure spiderman and cyberpunk are minimalist and not that exciting, but can I call it one ofthe worst? Absolitely not. Maybr disappointing bc theyre recent games but idk in what universe theyre the worst.
BUT I will say that any cover thats just a closeup of somebodys face is always BAD. TLOU2, Gears 5, etc. Never works imo and Im not sure why we keep doing it. To show off how good our faces look? Youre not gonna impress me like that.
BUT I will say that any cover thats just a closeup of somebodys face is always BAD. TLOU2, Gears 5, etc. Never works imo and Im not sure why we keep doing it. To show off how good our faces look? Youre not gonna impress me like that.
I love this so much that I would hang it on my wall.People keep shitting on Spider-Mans cover, so is this a bad cover also?
I'm half convinced Death Stranding underperformed mainly because of its cover. It's absolutely fucking awful.
I'm green with envy.So I decided to run my monthly search on Phalanx to see if people were complaining about the American Cover Art for again, and lo and behold I find this thread.
So here's everyone's monthly reminder that the Japanese cover art for Phalanx is literally a Flying Space Penis.
It's a 90's Shmup, a category of games infamous for being filled to the brim with sexual innuendo. The name combined with the ship design betrays any attempt at plausible deniability. Phalanx, Phallus.
The "official" story about it being changed to stand out was Face-Saving PR Fluff. It was changed because there was no way in hell Nintendo of America was letting that get on store shelves with Nintendo's branding on it.
I think its cover is what pushed me over the edge to buy it lol.
Although it was the exclusive Amazon sleeve.
I think it has to be the Super Bust-a-Move baby because it was so prominent, obnoxious, and lined store shelves to the extent I wrote off the entire thing and didn't even know the franchise was Puzzle Bobble until years later. I sure wasn't looking at it long enough to see the screenshots in the sunglasses.
Made even more annoying by the Japanese box-art being super cute and featuring a weird Kermit
Made even more annoying by the Japanese box-art being super cute and featuring a weird Kermit
Come to think of it, outside of the text, this one's surprisingly in line with contemporary cover design.
wow All-Might in a snes game.
came here to post this. How did they take something so stylish as cyberpunk and turned it into a cover with a generic white guy on yellow background.Adding to the pile .
I rented the PC-Engine version of this game prior to the US release and loved it (the rental came with the box as well). I was sooooo disappointed with this American cover, but not... really surprised?
It was hard being a TG-16/PC-Engine fan in the states. So many botched covers, when they assumed we weren't ready for anything that looked remotely anime.
They really dropped the ball here. Usually they have nice looking boxarts, at worst some are boring, but these are just bad
That's hardly new. The ST one in particular is deliberately aping the Drew Struzan style of poster very popular from the 70s to 90s.I've never seen someone else complain about the stock "A bunch of characters on the box" thing but I also fucking hate it.
It's like that tired trend in movies and tv where there are so many posters that are just
The last few games I don't even know what their coverart was thats what happens when you go digital.
The American Symphony of the Night cover is pretty bad
Is that even Dracula's castle? It looks like a stock photo. Why would anyone want to buy this?
Compare that with the Japanese version which got an oil painting by Ayami Kojima.
Yes, in fact it's mont saint-michel, in france... you also go there in onimusha 3
I remember voting on the Bioshock Infinite cover. Can't remember where this was (maybe 2K Games site). Anyway there were 3 or 4 options and I didn't vote for that one. The one I voted for was of the city viewed from in the clouds, I think (it's been a while so I can't remember with any certainty).
So yeah, you should blame fans for the artwork. They voted for it.
So yeah, you should blame fans for the artwork. They voted for it.
Wow, it was literally a stock photo. Talk about lazy.Yes, in fact it's mont saint-michel, in france... you also go there in onimusha 3
You will feel ashamed of your words and your deeds.
You know ,i actually like this box art. It gives off that "mysterious and omnimous castle" vibe.The American Symphony of the Night cover is pretty bad
Is that even Dracula's castle? It looks like a stock photo. Why would anyone want to buy this?
Compare that with the Japanese version which got an oil painting by Ayami Kojima.
The cover is better than the game, at least :p I'm playing through it for the first time nowadays, and the best thing I could say about it is that the main character looks hot. Everything else about the game is... yeah, no.