Bioshock Infinite: The latest victim of the Stupid-American-Box-Art Virus.

[Chester Rabbit]

Awwww I was hoping they were going to keep it simple with just the title and the flag. Hmmm it's strange, but I actually kind of mind them giving us a face to Booker. If they were going to add any character they should have gone with what they did with the first one and stick Song Bird or a Handy Man on the box cover.

 

[Muspelheim]

He looks like a character from 'Allo, 'Allo in that cute little scarf.

I'm pretty sure he's Leclerc in his younger days.

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[Muspelheim]

He looks like a character from 'Allo, 'Allo in that cute little scarf.

I'm pretty sure he's Leclerc in his younger days.

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(EDIT: Yep, cloned reply. This is what having two identical threads leads to.)

 

[upgrayedd]

Def wont buy now.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Fucking terrible, even though you gotta admit the guy has swag.

No no no, Jarl Balgruuf has swag

 

[D-Class 198482]

Well, the cover for the first game was a Big Daddy holding his fist out, and the cover art for the second game was Delta with a Little Sister on his shoulder. At least this one has more of a color palette than rusty green + yellow + dark blue.

 

[Sepko]

Yep, cloned reply. This is what having two identical threads leads to.

Damn I was hoping no one would notice

 

[DazZ.]

I doubt I'll ever actually see a box of the game seeing as almost everything is bought digitally anyway. I couldn't care even slightly less and I'm surprised the gaming community can be this pedantic.
Actually, thinking back on our history for just a brief amount of time, I'm not surprised at all.

 

[Erttheking]

Oh yeah yeah this is...horrible...generic...and...many other bad....things...oh screw it, I can't be the only person who really couldn't care less about this. The cover is plain? I do not care. Hell, I actually like it a little. Does this make me a retard or something? Maybe. Don't care.

 

[fenrizz]

It think it has sort of a french feel to it.

I like it.

 

[Rainforce]

Wait, wasn't this game not just about a guy with a shotgun?
then again, most boxart doesn't show much more, but at least it's normally more...cryptic/symbolic/whatever.
Not just some guy with a gun.
EDIT: also, damn, that blimp barely made it onto the cover, at least it's first half

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

Doesn't look that bad, it could be the american heavy rain box art, man did that suck...

Never could I imagine such an atrocious box art such as that one. I mean, it looked more like an episode of Miami Vice than anything. >_>

The worst part is that the most prominent person shown, (Madison) is the least important character to the plot.

 

[natster43]

Looks fine to me. Sure it isn't as awesome as the older ones, but it still looks good.

 

[Woodsey]

The most interesting part of this whole debate is the fact that I can't remember the last time I actually even saw a game's box art. How quaint this all is.

 

[Hagi]

I think it's kinda fitting.

Isn't Columbia basically a city with traditional American values taking to the most extreme?

Kinda makes sense to have box art that takes the 'traditional' American box art to the extreme.

 

[Doopliss64]

But he has an ascot! No generic soldier has ever been manly enough to have an ascot!

Plus, this is Irrational we're talking about... Knowing how subversive they tend to be, this could very well be purposefully ironic. I'm not saying that's what it IS (it probably isn't), but we don't know what this one is "about." The first BioShock was about player agency, maybe this one is about generic spunkgargleweewee?

 

[RooksEye]

I wouldn't say it's BAD, but very meh. Not gonna stop me from buying the game though. Since I'm getting it on PC, I hardly ever look at the cover art.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

That's pretty hideous.

First thought upon seeing it:
Cool guys don't look at explosions, they blow things up then walk away. Who's got time to watch an explosion? There's cool guy errands that they have to walk to! Keep walkin', keep shinin'! Don't look back, keep on walkin'! Keep struttin', slow motion! The more you ignore it, the cooler you look!

Spoiler

 

[Imbechile]

I don't reall care. The game will almost certanly be a shallow shooter, so I most likely won't be buying it.

 

[hazabaza1]

If you look closely, you can see that his left hand has a slight orange tinge to it...

Spoiler

Ingenious!

Nono, this is completely original; he's not walking toward the viewer in the Bioshock cover.

I dunno, the way the angles are going he could be looking down and to the side whilst walking towards us.
We'll never know... ever.