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Grichka Bogdanoff

This is somehow even worse

 

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a Hideo Kojima post.

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14 hours ago, Hideo Kojima said:

This is somehow even worse

 

Eh I'm not a fan of the outline font on this cover but it's better than the cover DownintheHole posted that looks like a slapped together 5 year olds photoshop mess. EA Should be ashamed of themselves for even passing that as the final cover image. If I saw that sh*t I'd want to put it down quicksmart and never pick it back up. What were they thinking letting the Intern design the cover art? 


I know the old saying, don't judge a book by it's cover but this is one case where I'd be judging said game by it's cover, it'll make me think this is some sort of joke or fake game taking the mickey at EA because EA being AAA developers / publishers would have standards right?  

 

I always thought those off brand no name PC simulator games took the cake when it comes to cover art but at least they have a reasonable design, DownintheHoles which is apparently a standard edition cover (from my research) I can't even give a 1/10 to. It's just ugly. If this doesn't scare off people I don't know what will. 

 

I was also going to comment FIFA should be ripping EA to shreds over this kind of design as it will definitely put people off and possibly do damage but we live in a world where money talks so I don't see FIFA giving two hoots about this, maybe they will and it'll get blown under the rug as that saying goes. 

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20 hours ago, Hideo Kojima said:

This is somehow even worse

 

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plug walk

 

6 hours ago, B7R said:

I always thought those off brand no name PC simulator games took the cake when it comes to cover art but at least they have a reasonable design, DownintheHoles which is apparently a standard edition cover (from my research) I can't even give a 1/10 to. It's just ugly. If this doesn't scare off people I don't know what will. 

fifa fanboys are still gonna buy it tho

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That stock image of the net on the bottom is hilarious. The only thing that's missing is a shutterstock logo on top of it.

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On 8/1/2020 at 1:33 AM, DownInTheHole said:

FIFA 21 Cover Art feat. Mbappe : FifaCareers

 

 

 

That's REAL? I though this was one of you guys making a quick piss-take parody photoshop job.

 

 

 

That's not even funny, that's a f*cking disgrace

 

 

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1 minute ago, Coleco said:

That's not even funny, that's a f*cking disgrace

fym this is modern art

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Cutter De Blanc

They couldnt have put, I dont know, ANYthing else to fill the negative space except a white background?

 

Jesus, that one is really bad for a lot of reasons.

 

A single picture of a soccer ball woulve been better

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On 7/12/2020 at 10:39 AM, Lock n' Stock said:

CoverCeption

 

So is that stuff on her face droplets of sh*t?

 

so glad it was exclusive..lol

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Except the GTA covers, I think most game covers generally suck big time, it's unbelievable. They're always extremely tasteless and generic. Always that same pattern with some guy standing in front of some generic flashy hyper detailed, but messy background.

 

You can't un-see these 11 video game box art clichés | VentureBeat You can't un-see these 11 video game box art clichés | VentureBeat

 

Compare those to this piece of pop-art:

 Osta Grand Theft Auto San Andreas GTA SA PC Peli | Steam Download

It doesn't need to try anything, it just works. If GTA:SA was made by any other company, the cover art would consist of CJ with a generic tough guy pose standing in the middle, holding an AK-47. Background would have cheesy explosions and all kinds of stupid flares pointing everywhere and it would all be so keeeeewl

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Nice tracing nigga

 

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Seems like Rock Man had trouble getting good box art around the early 00s

 

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Quite a downgrade from the original.

 

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The worst render of Sonic I've seen apart from that McDonald's toy commercial.

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Phoenix games itself is a treasure trove of terrible cover arts as already pointed out by other members

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Just searching their name on Google caused this to show up, no idea if it is even remotely real but Phoenix Games being Phoenix games it wouldn't surprise me. 

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Found this on facebook.

 

Literally just in-game animations overlayed with artistic filters. It's like they don't even try anymore.

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the EA Sports covers are hilarious, it's like they tried to go with a modern hip-hop cover style but somehow failed in the progress.

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Lock n' Stock
On 8/20/2020 at 1:58 AM, happygrowls said:

is posting bootlegs cheating?

GTA, The Biggest Bootlegging Market - GTA BOOM

WTF?!? 😂

 

But nah, bootlegs can be fair game as well.

 

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On 8/19/2020 at 8:58 PM, happygrowls said:

is posting bootlegs cheating?

GTA, The Biggest Bootlegging Market - GTA BOOM

GTA, The Biggest Bootlegging Market - GTA BOOM

Everyone excited for the new game? : gtaonline

These box arts really do screem OG GTA SA texture mods!

On 8/19/2020 at 11:41 PM, Collibosher said:

Except the GTA covers, I think most game covers generally suck big time, it's unbelievable. They're always extremely tasteless and generic. Always that same pattern with some guy standing in front of some generic flashy hyper detailed, but messy background.

 

You can't un-see these 11 video game box art clichés | VentureBeat You can't un-see these 11 video game box art clichés | VentureBeat

 

Compare those to this piece of pop-art:

 Osta Grand Theft Auto San Andreas GTA SA PC Peli | Steam Download

It doesn't need to try anything, it just works. If GTA:SA was made by any other company, the cover art would consist of CJ with a generic tough guy pose standing in the middle, holding an AK-47. Background would have cheesy explosions and all kinds of stupid flares pointing everywhere and it would all be so keeeeewl

TBF we almost didn't have this boxart either.

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On 8/26/2020 at 11:29 AM, Lock n' Stock said:

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With Fievel's face photoshopped on some soldier's body and a napalm strike in the background,this looks like the cover for some weird An American Tail sequel,An American Tail 5:Fievel Goes To Vietnam lol

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Reminds me of when Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow was re-released for the DS and had a similar cover.

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On 7/8/2020 at 3:54 AM, Lock n' Stock said:

Umm...

 

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AVGN: "But maybe they're actually pressing their asses together, just holding them there, and then FARTING SIMULTANEOUSLY! Blowing farts up each other's assholes, creating an explosion! The combined farts of three giant hamster-shaped men creates a blast more powerful than a nuclear bomb. It's so powerful that it sent them into an alternate dimension. You see the city in the background? Just barely, right? That's because their reality is fading away as they enter the next dimension."

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On 8/20/2020 at 1:58 AM, happygrowls said:

is posting bootlegs cheating?

GTA, The Biggest Bootlegging Market - GTA BOOM

GTA, The Biggest Bootlegging Market - GTA BOOM

Everyone excited for the new game? : gtaonline

Holy f*cking sh*t I remember those LOL

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I feel like this thread needs more PlayStation box art. The first console had some of the most cursed art imaginable. The cover is supposed to make you want to play the game, not beat it half to death and leave it bleeding in the moonlight.

 

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20 hours ago, Rhoda said:

I feel like this thread needs more PlayStation box art.

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Here is a- *smirk* here is two non PS1 Box Arts... Heheh...

 

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Algonquin Assassin

Honestly I feel the majority of modern box art sucks and looks completely lazy.

 

Sometimes when I look through my physical PS4 games I’m surprised by how similar most of them look to each other from different franchises. Shooters are the worst offenders IMO  because 9 times out of 10 there’s usually the character holding a gun or something.

 

Also whatever happened to region specific box art? I always got a kick how certain games looked over here in Aus compared to the U.S, Japan, Europe etc. That seems to be almost lost now.

 

Anyway I guess it’s not to say that old games have necessarily nicer box art. In fact some of them look hilariously bad, but artistic touch seems to have been lost with time as games have been moving onto digital platforms.
 

I remember buying games and picking them up and the first thing that would grab me was their box art even the really bad ones and it was like they were trying to tell a story through their first impressions. Nowadays very few games do that as the box art usually generic, uninspired and looks like it's been slapped together in photoshop in a matter of a few minutes.

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