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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 10:46:24 AM

Title: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 10:46:24 AM: Was just checking out that GAF thread about the Bioshock Infinite box cover. I didn't realize this was actually a thing that upsets people. I mean, I completely understand the marketing design decisions behind them - it's the same with book covers, at least in the age of ebooks. When someone's scrolling through the Kindle store, you really only have a title and a tiny thumbnail to catch their interest, so you want your cover to be clear and readable at a tiny size.

As for the cover art, I guess I have just never given much of a shit. Sure, I can look at something and laugh and think "Haha, that's some shitty art," but it doesn't really stir up much of a reaction in me one way or the other. I'm only ever gonna see it when I take the disc out or put it back in - or in the case of PC games I am only gonna see it one time. Even if you collect games, 99% of the time all you're looking at is a row of case spines.

Does cover art ever bother any of you? And if it does, why?
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 10:47:57 AM: not even a little

edit: I pretty much only see the spines, just because I have my games lined up next to my ps3. So if there was a giant penis on the spine, I might care a bit.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Steve Youngblood on December 10, 2012, 10:55:23 AM: Quote from: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 10:47:57 AM
not even a little

edit: I pretty much only see the spines, just because I have my games lined up next to my ps3. So if there was a giant penis on the spine, I might care a bit.

Not really. And it never has. There was a time when I cared about having something that at least looked professional in that I preferred actual cases as opposed to the generic ones you'd get with a used copy from GameStop, but I don't even care about that any more. For the most part, I'd rather just go digital these days and never have to worry about cases at all.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: tiesto on December 10, 2012, 10:56:01 AM: Dude, I have a collection of Sega Master System games! So no, it's never really bothered me.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/Monster_Land_for_the_Master_System_cover_artwork.jpg/255px-Monster_Land_for_the_Master_System_cover_artwork.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Sms_pro_wrestling_box.jpg/220px-Sms_pro_wrestling_box.jpg)

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/AlexKiddInMiracleWorldBox.jpg/240px-AlexKiddInMiracleWorldBox.jpg)

I can't recall any times when a box art has sold me on a game, though I'll admit that I was almost suckered in by the Magna Carta games a few times... :drool HOSS NIPS :drool
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2012, 10:56:34 AM: Nah. I'll acknowledge it if it's really good or really bad, and if there was ever a choice, I would take the good box art over a bad one, but that's all.

However, full disclosure, I used to be pretty OCD about always getting the "Black Label" editions over the "Greatest Hits" version of games. I overpayed more than once to protect the continuity of my pure black gaming collection.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: MCD on December 10, 2012, 10:57:18 AM: No manual/one page manual pisses me more than cover art.

I don't read them but I am paying full $60 you cheap green fuckers.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 10, 2012, 10:58:15 AM: No.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 10, 2012, 10:59:00 AM: In fact, the worse the better.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM: no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:03:23 AM: Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

This.

So, what are people upset about with Bioshock Infinite's box art?
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 10, 2012, 11:04:04 AM: For PC games, not at all since I buy digitally. For console games? I would say I care but it wouldnt affect my purchasing decision. I enjoy a cool covert art. A shitty covert art sucks.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:04:39 AM: Yeah, I figured as much, but it really seems to strike a note with some folks. The only time I even consider it is when I buy something used from Gamestop or elsewhere, I figure if it's missing the box/cover and manual they ought to knock a buck or two off the price.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:05:02 AM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:03:23 AM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

This.

So, what are people upset about with Bioshock Infinite's box art?

It's too "bro," I guess?

(http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/315442_S/bioshock-infinite-cover-art-revealed.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 10, 2012, 11:07:01 AM: Its cool if its nice, adds to the production value.

Just like a book cover, also like a book ita the inside that counts.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 11:07:47 AM: Quote from: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:05:02 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:03:23 AM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

This.

So, what are people upset about with Bioshock Infinite's box art?

It's too "bro," I guess?

didn't reggie famously call these types "insatiable niche fetishists"? that always stuck with me.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 10, 2012, 11:07:56 AM: Quote from: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:05:02 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:03:23 AM
Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

This.

So, what are people upset about with Bioshock Infinite's box art?

It's too "bro," I guess?

(http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/315442_S/bioshock-infinite-cover-art-revealed.jpg)

I don't know. The VGA stuff looked pretty bro.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 10, 2012, 11:11:59 AM: I hate that box art. It's generic and uninspired. DUDE WITH A GUN. FIRE AND SPARKS. LENS FLARE.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:14:11 AM: Art-wise I suppose the only thing I'd change about it would be to show his other hand with the "vigor powers" (or whatever they're calling them) activated, that would add a bit more intrigue for someone unaware of what the game is about. But yeah, you can dress it up with Steampunk and old-timey posters all you want, but it's still a game about shooting people and throwing fire out of your hand. That's pretty bro.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: MCD on December 10, 2012, 11:15:27 AM: Stylish dude with a gun cover art sells better than artsy fartsy covers. And that what counts in the end.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:18:20 AM: Only one game cover has made me actively upset:

(http://i.imgur.com/93r3P.jpg)

And that was more to do with how it compared to the original Japanese box art.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:19:07 AM: I used to care a bit about record cover art when I was younger, because I would pin the cool ones to the wall like posters.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2012, 11:21:18 AM: 70's-80's vinyl art was awesome. Who cares what songs are on it, it's a got a wizard fighting a dragon in space on the cover so you know it's good.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 11:22:30 AM: sometimes it was so cool you had to honor it by airbrushing it on the side of your van
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:28:36 AM: Quote from: The Wrath Of Drugula on December 10, 2012, 11:21:17 AM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 11:18:20 AM
Only one game cover has made me actively upset:

(http://i.imgur.com/93r3P.jpg)

And that was more to do with how it compared to the original Japanese box art.

That cover art is actually comparable to the game's quality, which is absolute shite. Fuck weeaboos for overrating that filth.

no u
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: archnemesis on December 10, 2012, 11:28:51 AM: I'm offended by poor aesthetics in general. Bad boxart is no exception. If I don't like it I'm not willing to pay as much for it.

The Bioshock: Infinite cover isn't that bad though. I've seen way worse.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: brob on December 10, 2012, 11:36:04 AM: I have a friend who works at a print shop, so if I really give a shit I'll have a nicer (read: simpler) one printed. I don't really buy that many games any more and most of them are in a cd case under the tv so whatevs.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: hampster on December 10, 2012, 11:42:59 AM: I know I'm better than that gamestop kid. I have a wife and a kid, a good job and I'm secure and happy with my life. But part of me is still ashamed when they look at me with those judging eyes as I bring my animu game to the counter :'(
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 12:47:22 PM: Quote from: hampster on December 10, 2012, 11:42:59 AM
I know I'm better than that gamestop kid. I have a wife and a kid, a good job and I'm secure and happy with my life. But part of me is still ashamed when they look at me with those judging eyes as I bring my animu game to the counter :'(

"hey i'll get this"

"okay....."

"I'M SURPRISED COMPANIES ARE COMING OUT WITH BULLET HELL SHOOTERS IN THE WEST, BUT HEY WHAT'S UP WITH THE WEIRD COVER ART AM I RITE? REALLY WEIRD THAT THEY USE LITTLE GIRLS INSTEAD OF SPACESHIPS HEHEHEHE that's the ticket :ninja "

(http://i.imgur.com/scTBN.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: tiesto on December 10, 2012, 01:03:10 PM: Quote from: hampster on December 10, 2012, 11:42:59 AM
I know I'm better than that gamestop kid. I have a wife and a kid, a good job and I'm secure and happy with my life. But part of me is still ashamed when they look at me with those judging eyes as I bring my animu game to the counter :'(

I usually get the person all excited and trying to be my best friend when I bring my :uguu games to the counter.

It's quite surprising since I thought the only RPG people would play around here would be this classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTSOCnr2Rw
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: brob on December 10, 2012, 01:03:46 PM: the back of the deathsmiles box is better.

"lolis smile back"

:suicide
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: MCD on December 10, 2012, 01:05:51 PM: Quote from: hampster on December 10, 2012, 11:42:59 AM
I know I'm better than that gamestop kid. I have a wife and a kid, a good job and I'm secure and happy with my life. But part of me is still ashamed when they look at me with those judging eyes as I bring my animu game to the counter :'(

Soon, they will be the weird ones. Not you.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Huff on December 10, 2012, 01:06:06 PM: It's crazy and fucking stupid that Ken Levine had to come out with a story and explain to all the disappointed nerds why the cover is what it is.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: drew on December 10, 2012, 01:10:22 PM: no but this does (bother me, that is): http://kotaku.com/5965290/the-real-problem-with-bioshock-infinites-box-art-poor-trigger-finger-discipline
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 10, 2012, 01:20:48 PM: I think it's pretty common for people to have very sharp opinions about art work related to entertainment. See: Movie posters, DVD covers, corporate logo changes, album artwork, etc.

I think Bioshock (the original game) is notable because it had a certain aesethetic to it that attracted that art snob type of gamer. If that cover was for a COD game, no one would have blinked an eye .. but for some reason they hold the Bioshock franchise to some sort of higher bar.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: cool breeze on December 10, 2012, 01:22:37 PM: No. I mean, probably not. I bought Dark Knight Rises at Best Buy to get the nicer steelbook case. I saw the Last of Us cover* earlier today and thought it was cool. But if it does matter, it could only help, not hurt, my perception of the product.

Though, I'm sure buying Catherine or a Prole-RPG would get you some looks at the Gamestop counter. Good thing there's Amazon!

*
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8252729323_f94854ba6e_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: drew on December 10, 2012, 01:23:56 PM: ...really? the first bioshock cover reminded me of this guy:

(http://www.gamesprays.com/images/icons/koolaid_oohya_icon949.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 10, 2012, 02:17:14 PM: When cover art is really cool, I think it's great. When it's crap, I don't really care.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Brehvolution on December 10, 2012, 02:24:58 PM: You could say I bought Lair for the cover art because the game sucked.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Himu on December 10, 2012, 02:31:55 PM: Quote from: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2012, 10:56:34 AM
Nah. I'll acknowledge it if it's really good or really bad, and if there was ever a choice, I would take the good box art over a bad one, but that's all.

However, full disclosure, I used to be pretty OCD about always getting the "Black Label" editions over the "Greatest Hits" version of games. I overpayed more than once to protect the continuity of my pure black gaming collection.

Ditto. Also, these Platinum Hits covers. :-X

(http://i.imgur.com/koL1o.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Tasty on December 10, 2012, 03:02:39 PM: Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

:bow
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: archie4208 on December 10, 2012, 03:39:08 PM: Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 11:00:30 AM
no, because I buy everything digitally so "cover art" is just a theoretical construct of your imagination

My digital collection has cover art. (http://i.imgur.com/4Ag8t.jpg) :wag
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 10, 2012, 03:42:47 PM: Here's Ken Levine talking about why the cover is so bro

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

And no, cover art doesn't matter to me, STEAM 4 LIFE BRO
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 10, 2012, 03:46:46 PM: It's nerd shit that only video game culture warriors care about.

I can aesthetically appreciate a cover or aesthetically not like a cover but it has nothing to do with how I feel about the game so honestly who gives a shit.

There are some album covers I absolutely adore on an artistic level but really videogames have never treated covers in that manner so it matters far less for this medium.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 10, 2012, 03:51:11 PM: I think the album art comparison has a lot to do with if you believe video games are (or should strive to be) art. I have pretty much firmly established myself in the "games are not art" camp so covers don't fucking matter to me. Please just be a fun interactive experience and as long as you don't have loli grossout shit on the cover I won't care. Hell, I won't even care because I buy everything digitally nowadays anyway, so it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on December 10, 2012, 03:56:54 PM: EA's early covers were pretty slick, I don't know why nobody does these semi-abstract, music album cover-types anymore.

(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2eammJ9tf1rnxe6ho1_1280.jpg)

instead they all have to be ACTUAL IN-GAME GRAPHICS* types like this turd: http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/315442_S/bioshock-infinite-cover-art-revealed.jpg
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Himu on December 10, 2012, 03:57:29 PM: let's post goat album covers

i'll start

(http://i.imgur.com/HnYB2.jpg?1)

(http://i.imgur.com/ixoGU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/uJewC.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/uLOlt.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 10, 2012, 04:03:15 PM: Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on December 10, 2012, 03:56:54 PM
EA's early covers were pretty slick, I don't know why nobody does these semi-abstract, music album cover-types anymore.

The market moved from a very knowledgeable niche community to a large more mainstream and less informed mass market. The box art now has to be tonally acceptable to the mass market.

edit: Also EA at that time was trying to present their devs as the new rock stars of a new generation. hence "We see farther". That approach isn't really done anymore. The closest would maybe be the GTA guys.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8320/7918145932_beb8bca793_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Sho Nuff on December 10, 2012, 04:17:28 PM: Doin' market research at frathouses, sounds pretty boss to me
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 05:04:12 PM: (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MurektbFgvU/TcYT_JZY_bI/AAAAAAAAA8E/YyCB8deymV4/s1600/i_robot.jpg)

At the end of the day, anything I still get on a disc, I shuck into a binder and stash the box in a box in the garage. How can something I never look at be said to be "good" or "bad"?
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Rahxephon91 on December 10, 2012, 05:10:14 PM: No it won't keep me buying a game, but I would love if covers actually looked like someone cared. Of course I'd like some nice art on a cover.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Himu on December 10, 2012, 05:40:18 PM: Quote from: Howard Alan Treesong on December 10, 2012, 05:04:12 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MurektbFgvU/TcYT_JZY_bI/AAAAAAAAA8E/YyCB8deymV4/s1600/i_robot.jpg)

At the end of the day, anything I still get on a disc, I shuck into a binder and stash the box in a box in the garage. How can something I never look at be said to be "good" or "bad"?

word

and i've never listened to that. how is it?
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 05:58:10 PM: Quote from: Stoney Mason on December 10, 2012, 04:03:15 PM
Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on December 10, 2012, 03:56:54 PM
EA's early covers were pretty slick, I don't know why nobody does these semi-abstract, music album cover-types anymore.

The market moved from a very knowledgeable niche community to a large more mainstream and less informed mass market. The box art now has to be tonally acceptable to the mass market.

bingo. on that note, the game itself has probably been toned down from Bioshock 1, but Ken will just say "gotcha" after everyone buys it to avoid the boycotts and the petitions and the boycotts with petitions attached to them.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 06:25:29 PM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 10, 2012, 03:42:47 PM
Here's Ken Levine talking about why the cover is so bro

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

"Bioshock 1 had good box art, but not good enough to get the frat boy to put down their beer bongs. But that's all changed!"
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Himu on December 10, 2012, 06:29:00 PM: I don't get it. Bioshock's cover is pretty fucking "bro".

(http://i.imgur.com/DUuii.jpg)

It tells you about as much as Bioshock: Infinite's cover.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on December 10, 2012, 06:35:37 PM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 10, 2012, 03:42:47 PM
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/bioshock-infinite-box-art/

Can't believe the GAF kids need this justified and spelled out for them. I know some people cringe at the word "entitled" being thrown around to describe gamers, but come on man.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 10, 2012, 06:42:25 PM: I'm lazy and permabanned, someone link me the gaf thread. I need it for research.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 06:42:53 PM: I'm more concerned about the actual content of the game than the whatever happens to be plastered on the box.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 06:48:51 PM: (http://991.com/newGallery/Frank-Zappa-Weasels-Ripped-My-454230.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 06:53:19 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/NVmrX.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: D3RANG3D on December 10, 2012, 06:53:58 PM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 10, 2012, 06:42:25 PM
I'm lazy and permabanned, someone link me the gaf thread. I need it for research.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503519&highlight=cover+art
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Don Flamenco on December 10, 2012, 07:00:23 PM: :nsfw

Black Crowes - Amorica

spoiler (click to show/hide)
(http://i.imgur.com/YPs0F.jpg)
[close]

bush!
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 07:01:36 PM: (http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/album-flirtin-with-disaster.jpg)

(http://s.dsimg.com/image/R-3397891-1328833119.jpeg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 10, 2012, 07:04:08 PM: If we're just gonna be posting album covers, no thread of it's sort is complete without this masterpiece

(http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/big-bear-doin-thangs-bad-album-art.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 10, 2012, 07:07:35 PM: (http://ic2.pbase.com/o5/04/877304/1/129628757.Ba6oYy7F.BostonBostonalbumcoverproject_com.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 07:34:25 PM: Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 10, 2012, 07:04:08 PM
If we're just gonna be posting album covers, no thread of it's sort is complete without this masterpiece

(http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/big-bear-doin-thangs-bad-album-art.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/mpZwZ.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 10, 2012, 07:44:19 PM: (http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdb3efl9qu1rtt7fh.jpg)

perfectly captures the tone of the album
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: D3RANG3D on December 10, 2012, 07:49:14 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 10, 2012, 07:34:25 PM
Quote from: Creepy Old Guy on December 10, 2012, 07:04:08 PM
If we're just gonna be posting album covers, no thread of it's sort is complete without this masterpiece

(http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/big-bear-doin-thangs-bad-album-art.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/mpZwZ.jpg)

(http://i.minus.com/ibuEJrBKPX31IL.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Rahxephon91 on December 10, 2012, 08:02:40 PM: I don't know why bros would like Infinite's cover. It looks pretty funny to me, I mean the way the character is dressed on all dosent make him one to fit into the "badass war dude" angel they are going for. It looks like a joke.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Trent Dole on December 10, 2012, 10:54:22 PM: Both Ico cover arts are bad and it is a bad game. 8)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 10, 2012, 10:55:18 PM: Quote from: Trent Dole on December 10, 2012, 10:54:22 PM
Both Ico cover arts are bad and it is a bad game. 8)

*daps*
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 11, 2012, 03:28:25 AM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL4HshArMa0
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 11, 2012, 10:20:38 PM: Of course it matters.

For instance, I am less likely to buy a game if the cover art has a ten year old blue haired girl with FFF tits. I mean, I definitely won't go to a brick and mortar to do it but even ordering through Amazon or something, I'd definitely have to reconsider buying a game that makes me feel like a pedophile due to the cover art.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 12, 2012, 12:43:41 PM: Ken Levine has announced that fans can vote on an alternate reversible cover for the game.

Poll: http://irrationalgames.com/insider/poll/

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Of course, OCD videogamers are still concerned:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45355583&postcount=22
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 12, 2012, 02:10:23 PM: Every game should have a reversible cover like that.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 12, 2012, 02:11:50 PM: There Will Be Blood has a reversible cover to my surprise which is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 12, 2012, 02:33:06 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on December 12, 2012, 02:10:23 PM
Every game should have a reversible cover like that.

Actually, more game companies should give their fans more say on frivilous stuff like this. It's great pre-release press and gets people attached to your product.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Flannel Boy on December 13, 2012, 02:46:16 AM: Quote from: ToxicAdam on December 12, 2012, 12:43:41 PM
Ken Levine has announced that fans can vote on an alternate reversible cover for the game.

Poll: http://irrationalgames.com/insider/poll/

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Of course, OCD videogamers are still concerned:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45355583&postcount=22

4
4
4
4
4
4
4

wankers.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Human Snorenado on December 13, 2012, 02:51:42 AM: 4 and 6 are the only legitimate choices. And 4 is leaps and bounds above 6.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: rodi on December 13, 2012, 05:47:08 AM: 4
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Positive Touch on December 13, 2012, 08:37:08 AM: but guys 4 doesnt have underage tits
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 13, 2012, 09:12:23 AM: I think 4 and 5 are the best.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Sho Nuff on December 13, 2012, 12:50:11 PM: (http://www.ballsofsteelorfullretard.com/images/196.jpg)
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: tiesto on December 13, 2012, 04:19:48 PM: They should have definitely gone with #4.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Mr. Gundam on December 13, 2012, 04:20:42 PM: (http://i.imgur.com/Y8Jjv.jpg)

So cover art doesn't bother me, but this just seems really lazy considering the source material.
Title: Re: Does video game cover art matter to you?
Post by: Diunx on December 15, 2012, 05:50:17 PM: It used to matter when I was a kid and bought most of my games based on how cool the box art was, now I appreciate a good cover art but don't really care.