Mass Effect 2 Box Art Fails to Impress

[daconcon]

he looks like Cole Mcgrath from inFAMOUS

 

[mechanixis]

And the most hilarious thing is, if you saw the boxart and menu screens for Halo 3, you'd think it was some sort of deep, meaningful epic, when its just a bunch of space marines hopping around spraying each other with hoses that shoot bullets instead of water.

This is just a good marketing tool to get people to buy the collectors edition

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And THIS just looks like a poster advertisement you see in the subway for a running shoe.

 

[Buccura]

Doesn't matter much to me since I'm getting this on Steam, but really this is rather lame. Bioware usually makes fantastic boxart, whether it's complex like Mass Effect 1 or KOTOR, or simple like Neverwinter Nights.

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

I'm just going to say this: Who gives a CRAP?

If the game is good, who actually cares about the package? Does this honestly deserve a whole thread devoted to it? Batman: Arkham Asylum's cover is just as generic as this one. Does it matter? No, the game is still great. It doesn't effect the game at all, so why don't you all just stop complaining?

Would you dig through shit for a diamond?
It doesn't matter how good something is, advertising is supposed to make the product appealing to a mass audience. If it's ugly as sin, no one cares if it's a diamond.

That's not what people say about Mega Man.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Mass Effect 2 Box Art Fails to Impress

Mass Effect 2 is looking great so far. Its newly-revealed box art, on the other hand, isn't.

While rumors that BioWare agents have kidnapped a member of The Escapist's staff and spirited them away to their well-hidden battle fortress concealed deep within the frozen Canadian wilderness in order to force them (at gunpoint, no less) to play through a bit of Mass Effect 2 have yet to be corroborated, everything we've seen of the title is looking pretty damn ace so far - the game seems to be improving on the first installment in almost every way...

...Except where box art is concerned. The official box art went up seen worse [http://masseffect.bioware.com/media/screenshots] in my gaming career, it's... kinda underwhelming.

It isn't so much that the art itself is bad, as it is that it's incredibly generic. Ooh, a manly-looking brown-haired protagonist with a futuristic-looking machine gun, so edgy! The first game's box art wasn't a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Mass_Effect_cover.PNG], but it at least communicated the idea of "this is an incredibly deep and complex space opera," rather than looking like "this is a sci-fi shooter just like every other sci-fi shooter, only your sidekicks are a guy with a lemon for a face and the girl from House," to borrow a description from our very own Malygris.

Nothing about this art appeals to me in the least. In fact, were I to see this on shelves having not heard of the game before, this art would make me less likely to buy it.

Is it just me? Am I making something out of nothing here, with sensibilities far more delicate than I'd have ever guessed? Or is this box art just that damn uninspired?

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Its not that bad.

 

[mhitman]

i mean, its not bad
not great

 

[MorteSphere]

This is just a good marketing tool to get people to buy the collectors edition

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Damn! That's beautiful.

 

[silentsentinel]

That lady looks like she just walked out of a sitcom.

 

[Snotnarok]

It's what's on the disc that counts though. The cover is gonna sit on the game stores shelf, then your shelf, then possibly a box 4 years or less later.

 

[TheMadDoctorsCat]

Is it just me? Am I making something out of nothing here, with sensibilities far more delicate than I'd have ever guessed? Or is this box art just that damn uninspired?

Mass Effect took place over a huge world and everything about it was large-scale. This box art looks small in scope in just about every way it could be. That's my opinion.

 

[Nouw]

Please tell me a kid made this. Seriously, I could of made a better one!

OT: It is horrible. The first ME was great but then BAM! this one comes up. C'mon Bioware, make a better one! Please

 

[lizards]

so what box art doesnt matter

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

Don't particularly care what the cover art looks like, just as long as the game itself is good.

 

[Suskie]

Ever heard of "Don't judge a book by its cover" by chance?

Who cares about box art? Since when does box art make a game good or bad?

I've bought games with horrible box art yet the games were awesome. Again I've bought games with great box art and the game was shit.

I can't have fun with the box other than getting high off the new game smell.

While this may matter to some people, I'll be having fun with my copy of "THE GAME" rather than the box come January.

Christ, man, you people need to relax. No one here is boycotting the game just because of the box art -- in fact, read the comments closely and you'll find a number of people who have acknowledged that the box art sucks but are still incredibly excited for the game. But nevertheless, this box art is ass. Worth a news story and five pages of comments? Probably not, but ME2 will be amazing and I want that to be represented on the cover.

 

[Wadders]

OK, that box art is truly shite. Exciting? No. Intersting? No. Original? No. Boring? Yes.

However, the collector's edition box art is the new definition of sexy...

This is what all the cool kids (me) will be buying.

 

[breadlord]

The Boxart seem too generic, as in, most US boxes have too many faces on them, and that scares me.

AHHHHHHHHH