Cover art thread

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Best cover of all time for the best game of all time

>>376622548
Was this cover available in the US? or is it Japan only?

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>>376622426

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>>376622426
BotW's cover art is fucking great honestly, sucks that EU got the worst one

>>376622727
Japan, US was the red one

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>>376622426
>he didn't get the steelbook

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>>376622829
higher res version of the US/JP cover

>>376622426
I absolutely love how many PS4 games have reversible covers

>>376622742
mfw i actually pail my monthly game money from my parents for this piece of crap when i could have gotten much better games. it actually is glitched or some shit and couldn't finish it.

>>376623109
if the logo wasn't so amateurish this would be great

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Fucking weeabos man I swear

Only the best covers.

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>>376623256
feels good when EU gets best cover

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>>376623501
Yeah, US is eternally cucked when it comes to cover art

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>>376623256

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Right is the US versions

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this will never be topped in how offensive it is

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>>376623571
The JP MGS covers are great, even Twin Snakes

>>376622426
This game surprised me, I thought I still hated video games before playing it.

>>376623808
what's the name of the artist that does these mgs covers?

>>376623878
Yoji Shinkawa

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>>376623878
Yoji Shinkawa, he was the lead artist on the MGS games. He's working on Death Stranding now with Kojima.

>>376623701
>>376622426
>EU and Japan
Cool art
>America
Dude weapons lmao dude main characters all over the box dude in game graphics

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>>376624159
The only instance where Americans get the better cover is Silent Hill 2 and Breath of the Wild

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>>376623953
thanks, read his wikipedia. love his art, but seems like he works only with kojima, would love an rpg with his art

>>376624159
that's not the only thing bad about it, it's just so badly done, looks like baby's first 3d render

>>376624237
>Americans get the better cover is Silent Hill 2
nah
>>376624148

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>>376624283
it's Japanese Pacific Rim Poster

>>376624495
Did Shinkawa did it?

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>>376624554
yep

>>376623292
Fuck, this makes me wish there was an anime series about the US civil war with anime Abe Lincoln.

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>>376622426

>>376624495
fucking gorgeous

>>376622945
>he actually bought it on PS4

>>376623292
Why is Abe so smug here?

>>376624159
Milenar culture vs century culture.

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>>376622426

>>376624673
>Not buying PS4Kino

Hows being gay? PKEK

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i love the japanese mother covers, and hope we get something in that style when we get the physical mother 1+2+3 switch collection (yeah i said it) here

>>376624673
>I can't BELIEVE there are other people who game on different platforms to me! How DARE they, the NERVE of those people!

>>376625181
isn't the nier pc port busted anyway?

>>376625241
I heard it's pretty shit on toasters

>>376625241
PC Ports are useless and for faggots.

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>>376623816
Me too anon, currently on route C and I haven't been this invested in a game in years.

>>376625241
Its fine unless you got a toaster

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>>376622426
Persona 5's steelbook is easily one of the best looking vidya cases I've ever seen.

>>376626373
I hate cartoon

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doesn't get better than this

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Best cover. Japan gets second best. we get a shit cover at least it's reversible.

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The best.

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>>376626682

>>376626373
>Persona 5's steelbook is easily one of the best looking vidya cases I've ever seen.
Why? Soejima has done some better stuff like the Persona 3 Portable cover

>>376624927
Original with Amano's art >> the rest

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>>376626373
>>376626842

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Can't beat EU Folklore cover

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>>376622426
makes me sad we might not end up getting it

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>>376627105
back

>>376627105
>>376627205
they should have done this with the Crash collection

>>376626824
this is the thing with the us covers, they HAVE to have some sort of action or something happening. people just walking isn't ok.

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>>376623816
>>376626080
Same here.

>>376622945
>Not knowing the game has a reversible cover

>>376626990
I hate cartoon but I like this

>>376623007
>le box art

>>376626842
I just love the silver, black and red color scheme. The lack of the obnoxious PS4 header wrapping is great too.

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Why does a game with such amazing art have such a fucking ugly cover?

>>376627672
>henderson

>>376627728
to appeal to westerners

>>376624283
Shinkawa also recently did some artwork for Call of Duty.

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>>376627672
>China's cover
subtle kek
>>376627728
no idea but the GOTY version is an improvement. it's not like every Dark Souls cover in the US/EU has looked good

>>376627672
lel

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>>376627814
Pretty cool. How did this partnership come to exist though?

>>376625036
When the hell did Ness ever got inside a giant starman? Or is that supposed to be a reflection? Really poor choice of cover art either way? And why the hell did they bundle the U.S. version with a handholding strategy guide? Did NOA think that 'murricans were idiots?

>>376627927
They probably asked him and then paid him. Hes a character artist, I dont think Kojima owns him or anything.

>>376628078
Yeah but isn't Treyarch American? I wonder if Sony brought about the partnership.

>>376627969
whatever it was they did, they were unable to make one of the best rpgs of all time sell half-well in the us so we couldn't get mother 3. they also for some weird reason they localized the first game but didn't release it. it's almost as if they were trying to ruin the series chance of success intentionally

>>376624148
The three of them are great

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>>376628259
Great

>>376626887
this
it fucking pains me we don't have an option to pick the original one

>>376624047
that middle darksiders looks good

>>376626824
Wheres the Superior steel cover?

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>>376622548

>>376624408
All absolutely terrible. The game is super niche and stylized, why not do something cool with it?

>>376624613
Is Del Toro so ugly that not even Shinkawa can make him look cool?

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>>376622548
Nope

>>376622426
honestly a shut cover

>>376629404
that makes it look like a shitty fighting game

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Good american box art does exist. Or used to anyway.

>>376629512
Like a good fighting game

>>376628647
that's pretty cool
if only the game could back it since it was pretty meh

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>no one posted this yet

>>376629548
isnt that the most trash game teh existed and almost killed id becuase it was a clusterfuck of a money hole and over hyped trash on relase

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>>376623007
Greatest box art ever made?

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Post bad cover art that made the game sell like shit so only a select few of hardcore enthusiasts played the game and circlejerked the same opinions about it until it eventually reached the highest tier of meme status wherein the shitty cover art actually helped it secure it's legacy as the greatest RPG of all time

>>376629548
I think that was the only cover available

>>376623256
EU wins

EU > JP > US

>>376629828
wat

Are you thinking of Daikatana? Hexen wasn't even developed by id (neither was Daikatana but it was John Romero) and it's a perfectly fine game although the sequel is better.

>>376623292
This one would be really great if the girls were less anime.

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The cover art itself is just fine but I fucking love the layout, typography and so on of the Fallout box.

>>376628705
The ps4 normal version has that art, might be reversible or something.

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Why does US always get the runner up versions?

>>376627820
>mr.tiny arm with lady Maria in his ass
>improvement

>>376629882
be naughty my boy

Teat

>>376627354
But the jap one is shitty.

>>376630651
Amerifats don't understand covers that don't show a character in an action pose

>>376630651
focus testing and committee thinking

>We need a girl on the cover, these teens love girls!
>Yeah but we also need a kid! Kids need to know they play as a kid!
>Yeah but we gotta have a weapon, these kids love weapons!

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US > rest

>>376630989
but also make sure the 3d art is done by people that do 3d porn

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>>376629809
>instead of this gorgeous illustration NA gets shitty generic le walk away from camera man who isnt even a character in the game
>background is just photographs of random ass knight helmets that arent in the game

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I really like this cover art

>>376630659
Holy fuck I just now noticed his tiny arm. How did they let this happen?

>>376630651
>>376630910
>>376630989
Why europoors are stuck up bitches?
>Gay pretentious shit vs Straight to the point

>>376631235
Would be better with something in place of the generic "guy walking with head down with weapon in one hand"

>>376626824
Didn't all previous Final Fantasy games just have white covers?

>>376631318
The straight to the point looks like shit in this case

>>376631318
I'm American you stupid fucking faggot.

>>376631318
Because "straigh to the point" in this case looks like a chinese knockoff.

>>376631410
Sure thing, leaf

>>376631318
>Exhibit A: Intriguing colour choices, strong chiaroscuro, multiple characters with a clear relationship that is initially unknown to the player thus making the observer curious about the game
>Exhibit B: Generic sword kid
We're not even close to being stuck up, Amerifats just have literally zero sense of taste.

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How big you like your Dante head?

>>376631724
>tries to bring politics into a discussion about box art design
>calls other people pretentious
kek

>>376631949
>JP version has rain
y tho

>>376628139
>tfw learned about this game thanks to Danganronpa
Feels new

>>376629204
>Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series

>>376631949
EU>JP>NA

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>>376632274
It's a pretty old franchise (it just turned 30 this year).

>>376623193
Its great anyway...

>>376624408
That Japanese box art is super interesting, I've never seen anything like it for a video game so props on the braveness for trying it.

>>376632043
Because Dante cries
Like tears in the rain

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>>376633757
Why were the Master System covers so damn hilarious? Reminds me of school textbooks or something from Maths. It's just blank with a clipart on the front every time.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if a kid made them.

>>376631947
>chiaroscuro
Also, like I said, people won't buy games because pretentious box arts.

>>376632482
No.

>>376623469
Azh yoo kan shee mishter Powerszh...

>>376623097
>>376622742
It scammed me too.

>be me
>not sure how young
>go to EBgames
>get this game
>go home, play it, its a piece of shit
>regret is sinking in
>parents feel bad
>take me back next day
>told clerk I didn't like it, and if I could exchange it
>says no
>tells him I just got it yesterday, why not?
>says anyone can beat a game in a day, so I probably beat it and is now trying to scam them
>me, a little kid, trying to pull this scam
>just kind of walk out of the store, couldn't return it, never touched it again

Fuck EBgames.

>>376634631
Copy that

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my fav

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>>376631178
why the fuck does bamco keep giving us covers that look like unfunny jokes compared to the jap ones
pic related is the gook cover

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>>376635781
and this is the western one

>>376634030
>Waaaah difficult words

>>376625241
It's broken as fuck. Crashes all the time, stutter and fps drops.

>>376635851
Is this really final?

>>376635781
>why the fuck does bamco keep giving us covers that look like unfunny jokes compared to the jap ones
Because you keep referring to them as gooks and they want to piss you off.

>>376636031
and pc fags wonder why someone might prefer the convenience of consoles.

>>376636204
I'm sorry I will never use the g word again
now give me the pretty cover

>>376636190
Now that is a perfect example of a shit cover

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Poor Treasure always had bad NA covers

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Sometimes it's in reverse and US get the best one

>>376633335
Japanese Gamecube boxes are tiny compared to the normal DVD sized ones in the west so they probably just thought 'fuck it'

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>>376634940
>someone replies to my blogpost
>get excited as I drag my 50 pound hand across the table to click this tab
>its just a meme reply

>>376638906
OwO what's this

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>Cut what you will...

>>376622548
Needs more red

>>376628259
The pixelated logo ruins this great composition so fucking much.

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>>376635964

>>376634368
Kek

>>376629404
Looks too much like they're gonna fight their Personas. Way better than the shitty NA covers though.

>>376639172
Front cover looks top notch though.
It'd either take that or a shot of raiden and all the main bosses in MGS' artstyle.

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>>376626373
>tfw the box art is a scene in the game
they're walking to the casino palace

>>376631318
>Straight to the point
So, you didn't play the game

>>376622426
why the fuck did they change this in burgerland? there was nothing wrong with the original. i don't care if it's reversible, the new one is worse in every way.

>>376641204
To localize it

>>376641204
not enough action and people doing flips in the original. you can't show a person being injured on the cover either cuz the heroes have to be immortal and invincible

>>376623653
>ultra super deluxe was untouched between regions
>then they went back to fucking it up

>>376623808
why do nip games still have the "this game contains scenes of violence and gore" giant eyesore triangle now that CERO ratings exist?

>>376635851
>Game of the Year Edition
>The Fire Fades Edition
>two editions on the same box
well which one is it bamco

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>EU always get the best covers!

>>376624673
the alternative is denuvo

>>376641919
Actually in NA we have the same cover as EU. The NA one in the picture is the cardboard outer cover. Only Japan did good on this one.

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Jap cover of J&D is fukken nice

>>376626373
it looks better on the nip LE it was made for than the shitty USA steelbook

>>376641919
Did you make this shit?

>>376642049
no? I can't find any of that europe cover with an esrb rating on it

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Trigger warning

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>>376642282
I can show you the back too if you want. It's the one that came with the art book and CD.

>>376632558
nanami a cute

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>>376642509

>>376641919
i'd like to see a disc art comparison

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The Killer is Dead reversible cover is top tier too.

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Cover art thread isn't a cover art thread without this

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>>376642513
I can only show the NA disc that spoils MC's last persona.

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Is this the best "dude with a gun" game cover there is?

>>376644385
Yes. The armor armor design itself and the font, layout make it more interesting the usual dude with a gun covers.

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Best cover in the series. It's so "artsy" I like it. The worst main game in the series though.

>>376644907
>artsy
>it's a guy holding a huge gun

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>>376644907
>Best cover in the series

Let me fix that for you.

>>376644907
>Best cover in the series
>that shit is "artsy"
>worst main game in the series though.
Holy shit.

>>376624304
>red squares
>all black cover with eyes
>either better than us version
get the fuck outta here.

>>376645049
Look at the colors. You don't understand shit if you aren't digging this.

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>>376645489

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>>376643826
old shitty picture of JP disc

>>376641919
The NA and EU covers are terrible.
>Instead of using the original illustration made especially to act as box art or request the artist to make a new original illustration for the box art that's more appropriate for a non-Japanese demographic, let's just haphazardly place random stock art everywhere.
>Also we'll make them silhouettes and add a series title that's not present in the Japanese release.
It's as bad as those mock-up covers made by fans. Character art is meant to look static and boring with minimal posing so that the player knows what those characters look like. The exception should only be in sequel games where the characters had previously been introduced. Poses can be more lively and dynamic there. Using the stock character art on your box art is idiotic and makes the cover look boring.

>>376645950
pretty dope

>>376631318
Straight to what point?

>>376631949
Three bad covers for a bad game

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>>376636190

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>>376636531
No, PS3 gets the best one.

>>376642509
Please just kill me.

>>376623256
>>376623615
These european covers are good in concept but pretty bad in execution. It's like someone provided a rough draft of what they want the composition to be and got some amateur to paste it together from pre-existing assets.

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>>376622426

>>376627969
It's obvious at a glance that it's his reflection. It shows a starman in front of a funky background implying it's a battle scene. Showing ness's reflection as some small kid facing him down is pretty cool. I still prefer the original box, though.

>>376632358
It had to come from somewhere anon

>>376635937
It's not a case of "Waaaah difficulty words", it's literally a case of by being artsy it comes off as esoteric and pretentious which in turn drives away potential customers.

America is a nation of 300million+ people, whereas European countries barely break over 60million with the exception of Russia and Germany. If you want to be successful, you either keep a small budget and market to the niche or accept a large budget and make creative sacrifices to reach a broad audience. So ICO European art may be nice on the eyes, but it doesn't convey a damn thing about what the game is or who the characters are. A lot of potential buyers are gonna walk right by that shit. American ICO art puts the characters on the front (despite it being shitty) to convey the idea of an action-adventure title etc.

This is marketing 101 at it's basic.

>>376645950
>>376643826
>>376642513
>>376641919
Does anyone have that edit of p3 back side of the box. My hard drive died a few months back so I lost my folder

>>376650356
EAT MA PERIOD

>>376651249
>ICO European art may be nice on the eyes, but it doesn't convey a damn thing about what the game is
The hell? It conveys the atmosphere of the game perfectly.

>American ICO art puts the characters on the front (despite it being shitty) to convey the idea of an action-adventure title etc.
Which doesn't actually conveys at all what the game is or who the characters are.

>This is marketing 101 at it's basic.
No, it's clear and utter inability to undestand that what you call "pretentious" can conveys much more than some stock completely out of place dumbed down images.

>>376651249
>marketing and profits are more important than quality

Consumers have no business giving a shit about what makes the most money. I want the thing that is the best.

>>376629368
>>376624613
Looks like a fat otacon

>>376651674
>The hell? It conveys the atmosphere of the game perfectly
Maybe to you and I because we've played the game. But to someone who has no idea what ICO is, never heard of it, and are wondering through gamestop are going to see that landscape art and just pass it up. Because they have no idea what ICO is.

>Which doesn't actually conveys at all what the game is or who the characters are
Yes, it does you autist. Body posturing is one of the easiest tools of marketing since they are almost universal. You've got the MC on the cover with a sword in a fighting position and a phantomed image of a girl behind him. Easily seen as an adventure story about a boy trying to rescue a girl. Want to convey the movie is a martial arts movie? You can just put the MC on the front in a fighting stance. It's that easy. How about a romance story? Put the two lovebirds looking at each other with "fuck me" eyes (for bonus points, have them do it while looking over their shoulders at each other because that makes women gush with lady gunk because it's "romantic"). Want to convey that the move is dark in theme and a tragedy? Make the cover dark in tone with the characters avoiding eye contact, put divisions of some kind between the characters and some shit.

>No, it's clear and utter inability to undestand that what you call "pretentious" can conveys much more than some stock completely out of place dumbed down images.
I'm not calling it pretentious, I'm explaining why that cover art would not work as it would be seen as pretentious by a nation who has completely different cultures between states. Marketing in the US is radically different between marketing in Europe. That's not to say it's always going to be that way. Some products thrive with articulate covers. But they're the exception, not the rule.

>>376651728
Well unfortunately stuff has to make money, and for that to happen the product has to appeal to the consumer and compete with similar products.

>Consumers have no business give a shit about what makes the most money
Ok, you fucking commie.

>>376648206
>he can't into minimalism aesthetics

>>376624047
Right
Middle
Left
Middle
Left All of em look mediocre though
Middle
Left hard choice, middle looks neat though
Left

>>376636249
Yeah because some of us aren't technologically illiterate retards and don't get the same issues that consoletards do when they come to PC and buy a prebuilt with their mommies money but don't actually know how or why it works.

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>>376622945
I'm more sad because I didn't get the t-shirt

>>376642150
Wow. When game covers actually illustrate the game in a meaningful way.
Here we have the two main characters, Jak and his shape-shifting friend Daxter. The two are portrayed exactly as I know them to be. Where Jak is calmy, cautious, even animal like with his posture in a twist and arms and legs slightly spread like he's ready to pounce. Daxter is mid air, with an extreme expression on his face. He radiates energy and disregard for many things.

This is a good game box cover art.

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>>376653454

>>376634631
I don't understand why people don't apply the rules of normal ass merchandise to videogames. You open damn near anything, or even drive the car off the lot and back on, and it is non-refundable. It is no longer new. It cannot be sold as new, because that would be illegal. It is not in a company's best interest to cover your fuck-ups.

>>376627927
his whole style is just sketch, dont finish and put a gradiant over the top

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>>376653779

>>376644907
>>376645192
That is some shit taste anons.

The worst game in the series was already posted >>376624072

>>376645192
disregard >>376654282

Misread your post anon, my bad.

>>376650356
can someone do a mockup so its just batman and the small logo on a ps3 cover?

>>376639886
The safety lighter still gets me.

>>376653042
SHIT SQUARE ENIX

>>376653042
If a nigga gonna spend £180 on a shirt for Nier Automata, I have to salute them

>>376624072
Limited Edition>MGO Beta>European>>>USA

>>376627421
would you rather have the steelbook of the best cover or a reversible plain cover?
you know what has to be done.

>>376625241
>isn't the nier pc port busted anyway?
>>376636031
>It's broken as fuck. Crashes all the time, stutter and fps drops.

Depends on the PC I guess, I had 60 FPS with 1080p all the time without using FAR.
Another guy that played it has an ancient toaster and he still had 60 FPS with FAR mod.

PS4 struggles really hard to get consistent 60 fps as always. And Platinum Games confirmed that they had to butcher the details for PS4's sake so shitty consoles are ruining the intentional gaming experience as always.

Now the bad news is that PC port didn't get a single patch while PS4 version got like 6 patches already (including the one that breaks the game).

>>376627105
it looks hideous stretched out to a rectangle though
I'd rather buy the steelbook edition

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>>376624495
I didn't really like Pacific Rim, but this looks fantastic.

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are you buying a piece of history, /v/?

>>376624673
The PC version sucks ass

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Pretty partial to this one, but there are probably better game covers out there.

>>376660861
Inly dumb asshole will buy this

>>376660861
is that Taika Waititi on the far right?

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>>376661117
>he doesn't ship kelly

>>376661381
Yeah go ahead and try to justify your stupid move

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>>376661473
will do

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do you own all 3, /v/?

I have the Xbox and Gamecube because I'm a Spawnfag

>>376626505
>cartoon

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>>376660376
Still not sure why they didn't use it again. Not complaining tho anything vanillaware is porn for me.

>>376632358
And it's easily the best cross franchise entrance a character ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3ufqp3l10

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>>376622426
I love the bright colors for this one.