I actually do let my decision on whether or not to buy a game fall on its box art. It may have something to do with my having been educated and trained as a marketer, but if they're trying to sell me a game by opting to go for a generic box art that has zero connection with the series' previous entries, then it's pretty clear to me that at least some of the people who worked on this didn't have enough faith in the product to have it stand on its own merits.Sepko said:
how do you know that? it could just be PR...dead space 2's advertisments werent refelctive of the game istelfJordy Hartog said:
I dont see what point your trying to make..aside from the fact americans love them some gun holding men (though to be fair gun resting on shoulder isa universially badass pose)PrototypeC said:For those of you who don't think it looks that bad, compare with this:
or even this:
Rocklobster99 said:Still not as bad as Fuse.
It's the kind of cover one would use as a parody.
it looks like a mockup/prototype imagae to meWicky_42 said:
now that I think about it..where is shepard? is he floating in space?.....at least the first one was more abstract in movir poster style but I dont know whats going on in the ME3 coverhazabaza1 said:If you look closely, you can see that his left hand has a slight orange tinge to it...
Ingenious!
That is true, given the themes in the game it makes sense to have a guy on the cover looking like your typical American hero with the flag burning in the background.Augustine said:
Why wouldn't it? Box art serves a marketing purpose, it's what is supposed to catch the eye of people walking in a store and looking at all the games when deciding what to buy. If your strategy to catch a potential buyer's eye is to ape whatever's proven to be popular, you're frankly doing it wrong. You won't stand out, you're not providing a potential customer with a reason why they should choose YOUR game over everyone else's. And at $60 for a new game, it's likely that they're only going to pick one game at a time.Vault101 said:
Excuse my ignorance, but what game is that? It looks interesting.TrevHead said:Japanese Boxart
Thank god I live in the UK where many games have the Japanese cover. Although Japan does have more cartoon tits though.
Seconded. Now if it were something like Booker slapping shades on with Elizabeth scantily draped over his lap, that could warrant some concern. As is, it's just a decently drawn picture that unfortunately isn't really capitalizing on anything unique to the game.DementedSheep said:
if box art quality is really so big of a deal to you that this reveal really pushed you over the age and ultimately dissuaded you from getting it...then I'll from now on see you as nothing more than a sad strange little man.....you have my pity.upgrayedd said:
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic and mocking the whining that is going on. I don't blame you. Sarcasm can be very hard to read through text. Who knows, maybe you're being sarcastic too and I have just fallen into the same trap I thought you fell into!AgDr_ODST said:
