Comments on: When Good Box Art Goes Bad

By: dsilvers

dsilvers — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:32:00 +0000

This makes me wonder if people have ever decided to put a game strictly on one console because of the that console’s game’s jewel case designs. The box looks much better with the PS3 packaging:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/9/943339_96198_front.jpg

And, obviously, the best with PC packaging:

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/949616_106428_front.jpg

Makes me proud to be a PC gamer.

By: Darius Kazemi

Darius Kazemi — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:45:00 +0000

Daniel: a severed hand floating in space conjures up, among other things, images from Aliens and 2001. Also it doesn't have a big burly guy with a gun frowning out at you. Or some monster frowning at you. Etc. Also the image really "pops" like a good cover (book, game, comic, whatever) should.

And sorry, when I think of ICO box art, I think of the American box art, which is pretty suck-tastic. The Japanese art you posted is stunning.

By: Daniel Benmergui

Daniel Benmergui — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:46:00 +0000

Do you really find that box art good?

I think ICO's is much, much better.

By: solipsistnation

solipsistnation — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:41:00 +0000

Ooh, yeah, that does look good.

Man, September and October are going to be BUSY.