BAoTY (Box Art of The Year)

Fable 2.

EuroMafia

This and the Banjo box art are the best I've seen this year.

Mega Man 9...

Redgarl

Fable II boxart is pretty cool.

But Gears of War 2's boxart takes the cake.

c'monMickeyTheNinja

Wow that is great :shock: Still gonna lean towards MGS4 and Resistance 2 though

I like this one.

Gears 2 and Fable 2

MGS4 AND resistance 2 for worst boxart of the year

the fanboyism is rampant with c4 yesyes

resistance maybe not the best but is definantly pretty awesome , and mgs4 is a contender for sure. gears 2 looks pretty epic but i sorta dont like fable 2 even with the cool monster thing on the bottom =]. Hmm honestly im gonna have to sayyyyyy oh dammit so hard =[ errr Little Big Planet IT HAS PRIMARY COLOURS!

This:

So far this year: MGS4 LE and Ninja Gaiden 2

Rest of the year: Gears Of War 2

I like this one.

Sonir77

Yeah, me too.

Not sure if this is finalized but I like it.

Dead Space

i think the fallout 3 box art looks badass.

its so succint. Brotherhood of steel paladin with the title fallout 3 on it...can someone gives me a hellz ya?

[QUOTE="FantasySports02"]Why do people care about box art?ONLYDOD

I know the old saying goes "Don't judge a book by it's color". But I demand good covers.

lol

color.

I'd say Fable 2 or Prince of Persia LE.

Spore wins.

The box art has a nice variety of colors, has a good balance, and an excellent, eye-catching design.

[QUOTE="DragonFlyJ"]Metal Gear Solid 4Nintendo_Ownes7

That is amazing

[QUOTE="DragonFlyJ"]Metal Gear Solid 4Nintendo_Ownes7

This.

This.

wood_duck

thats what inside the box.......

and this

well i have 2 so far, all in the order i like em

The best of the best all on one cover? Hellz yeah!

Disgaea 3

this one

AdrianWerner

My god is that incredibly lame. Sure, props for liking adventure games but hell that's just blatant advertising.

What does anything in that box art signify? Would you have known that the character on the cover is a vampire (Or is it? lol. Love how the game does the whole science vs myth thing but it's too obvious where they're going) without the words "Dracula" on it? Hell the red doesn't even call to mind blood or passion which is what red should stand for (especially with a vampire). It's like a stupid blockbuster poster you find in cinemas with a big picture of Tom Cruise's head. The only thing telling you abou the movie is the title itself.

1/10 (and it gets that mark coz it's an adventure game).

Seriously, the best boxart I've seen that actually does the job right is Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Here is a boxart that actually looks unique and explains what the game is about, which is what a real poster/boxart should do. If you guys want to see movie posters done right, look up John Alvin or Richard Amsel.

Sure, you can have something highly epic like this:

But it really adds up to nothing. What's the boxart telling you? There's a guy, and he's got a sword, and he probably has powers. That's it. Why is his face cropped? Probably coz it looks cool -- nothing else. I think the other version is more telling (the one with the image of the chained moon), and at least it looks like the image has ties with the title. This was just looks badass. How shallow.

But really, is the general concensus a telling tale that we're favouring sty1e over substance? No, I'm not saying sty1e as well as substance, because that's not what I'm really seeing here. It's seriously just a case of "Wow. That looks pretty. Yup, it's a winner". Using that sort of logic, it would be incredible box art if they put girl-on-girl action in the next WWE game.

EDIT: Wow that Motorstorm: Pacific Rift one looks really good. Another tell-tale piece of work that tells you what the game is all about.

My god is that incredibly lame. Sure, props for liking adventure games but hell that's just blatant advertising.

FrozenLiquid

Not to mention that you're comparing box arts to movie posters? Really? This doesn't make any sense at all.

Those are my favorites.

BioShockOwnz

still confused as to why they didn't use the left hand

[QUOTE="FrozenLiquid"]

My god is that incredibly lame. Sure, props for liking adventure games but hell that's just blatant advertising.

AdrianWerner

I'm sure it's more than you can say about any game that's not on the PC, or has not been tainted by console development. It's AdrianWerner, right?

But really, it's not effective. How is it effective? It does absolutely nothing in terms of being box art. It's just a freakin' advertisement. You know, we're talking about "box art", not "box advertisement". If you can convince me how that design artistically reproduces the intentions the video game has, I'll stop hating on it. So far I can't see any of the aspects of that boxart working in harmony. Even the incredibly pathetic Halo 3 boxart used colour to redirect emotion.

All I can see it doing is trying to look "cool"

Why not compare box art to movie posters?

I'm sure it's more than you can say about any game that's not on the PC, or has not been tainted by console development. It's AdrianWerner, right? FrozenLiquid

Och.. come on.. we both know the only reason you bash that cover is because I like it :D

And there are many console games with great box arts this year, Banjo simply isn't one of them

But really, it's not effective. How is it effective?FrozenLiquid

It catches the eye, that's all it needs to do

All I can see it doing is trying to look "cool"FrozenLiquid

Why not compare box art to movie posters?

FrozenLiquid

And a box like Dracula definitly stands out on the shelf more than yet another cliche platformer box like Banjo, especialy since it's not even pretty. At least LBP has very nice art on it.

I like this one.

Sonir77

Thank you, I was thinking about this one. This and MGS4 LE are awesome.

The R2 one reminds me of the Constatine movie, pure awesome.