Best cover art for a game?

[Reine]

What do you rate as the best cover art for a game? Often, very good art will attract the customer, like me, while crud cover art often makes the customer look away

Anyway, this is one of my favourites

Cover art without text (http://usuarios.lycos.es/tatarigami/castle_8.jpeg)

Which ones are your favourites?

[Chris]

One of my favorite games with an awesome cover to go with it:

Beyond Good and Evil (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001BPPHG.03._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)

:)

[Dreddz]

http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/9360/1086424211004sv.jpg

[Vivi123]

http://img.neoseeker.com/image_deliver.php?boxshot=1&lz=R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb24vUm9sZS1QbGF5aW5nL0ZhbnRhc3k=&f=final_fantasy_ix_frontcover_small_cU5ww67nBIlWnFr.jpg

[Odaisé Gaelach]

System Shock 2 (http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/961378481-00.jpg)

[Cz]

The Japanese/PAL boxart for Ico (http://ps2.cgame.cn/ico/picture/ico_pic00.jpg) is my personal favourite.

[Crehan89]

The Japanese/PAL boxart for Ico (http://ps2.cgame.cn/ico/picture/ico_pic00.jpg) is my personal favourite.


yeah one of my all time favourites is ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. i have the original edition of Ico which came with the postcards with art on inside the type of packaging shadow is in now, the papery parchment type, i also like the US edition of FF10 with tidus in the sea with the brotherhood

[Shoden]

Dirge of Cerberus, no competition, hehehehehe.

[edczxcvbnm]

I always like the original Metal Gear Solid cover art for the PSX. It was super simple and unique in America.

[Reine]

What was the cover art for Ico that you speak of? My copy (The rerelese of Ico, with SoTC) looks odd with the art

BTW, the cover art I showed was from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness for those who may be wondering

EDIT: Whoops didnt see the link

[Bart's Friend Milhouse]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0007DIWVO.03.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

when you build a Metropolis of your very own and hit the night button the scenery enters another dimension (well not literally of course)

[Necronopticous]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Ico_box.jpg/180px-Ico_box.jpg

[Acid Raine]

Hands down winner, muthasmurfers. The BEST cover there is (http://spoonman.roarvgm.com/videogame/atari7800boxes/7800-mspacman.jpg)

Edit: GODDAMMIT! Oh, well.......hold on, I need to find a new one.

[Zeldy]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008AZ8F.08.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Best. Game. Ever.

[Reine]

Zeldy, you have a Cube? That game, hmm, I might try to find that, I didnt know it was on the Cube...

[Germ Hamee]

Shadow of the Colossus.

I've always really liked the Chrono Cross box art, too.

[~SapphireStar~]

^Yeah its been out for awhile.
Mine :D (http://www.playright.dk/covers/brokensword_psx_eu.jpg)
And of course:
Heehee (http://www.ffshrine.org/ff8/coverscans/ff8_eu.jpg)

[Zeldy]

Zeldy, you have a Cube? That game, hmm, I might try to find that, I didnt know it was on the Cube...
My brother does. I doubt you'll find PSO in the shops, it was out years ago. It still gets hacked though, just like the DC version. :(
My brother got to lvl 200 legitly, I got up to 124 also legitly
But don't get episode 3 xD Its crap awful. Totally different.

[Reine]

My other favourite boxarts (Out of my collection) Vagrant Story, Star Ocean 3, Silent Hill 4, Haunting Ground, Devil May Cry 2, Shadow of the Colossus

On a side note, Tales of Eternia's boxart sucks, yet its a goddamn awesome game...

EDIT: Zeldy, you replied just before I did XD

Yeah, Phantasy Star isnt sold new anymore, the only new game that looks good is Geist...

Im so getting Twilight Princess...the demo cover's boxart is hella awesome

[Zeldy]

Yeah, Phantasy Star isnt sold new anymore, the only new game that looks good is Geist...

Im so getting Twilight Princess...the demo cover's boxart is hella awesome
Yeah.. My brother already has Geist. He's obsessed I tell you. He loved it and it looked good.

Twilight Princess really does look awesome :love:

[Spammerman]

Dynasty Warriors 5 and Drakengard have the best covers of my games.

[Reine]

I really need more Cube games...I want to get the cube versions of Prince of Persia 2 and 3, simply because Cube is better xD

If I want to see the bouns features of RE4, i'll just borrow Zannith's PS2 copy..

RE4 had a cool box art for the collectors edition...

[Master Quan]

I particularily like this:
http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1118691137-00.jpg

The game's crap, but you know, it looks pretty.

[Chris]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/Ico_box.jpg/180px-Ico_box.jpg
I saw a video review of that one. What a strange game, indeed.

[Dreddz]

Ico uniqueness was what made it such a great game....

[~SapphireStar~]

Ico is such a wicked game to play on a Friday night with a couple of beers and your mates, arguing over what to do next :D

[kikimm]

I like Shadow of The Colossus. Very pretty. Also, both Katamari Damacy and We Love Katmari have adorable covers and I want to hug them until they burst.

[escobert]

Not the best but I think it's pretty and I loved the game. http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/games/coverg/44/602244.jpg

[GooeyToast]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Khbox.jpg/185px-Khbox.jpg

[Vyk]

^Yeah its been out for awhile.
Mine :D (http://www.playright.dk/covers/brokensword_psx_eu.jpg)
And of course:
Heehee (http://www.ffshrine.org/ff8/coverscans/ff8_eu.jpg)
~SS~ Plays awesome P'n'C Adventure games :D You just earned more respect from moi

Here's one for me. I don't know why, but I love the polished 80's style cartoony look (so very "Dragon's Lair")
http://www.videogameconnection.com/images/GENshiningindarknessbox.jpg
And this
http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/saturn/dragonforce.jpg

[black orb]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/rodv/smb.gif

[Vermachtnis]

Shadow Hearts: Covenant, it's simple but has something more covers need: Red Heads

http://www.ps2storm.com/PS2/upload/ShadowHeartsCovenant_ps2.jpg

[Vyk]

And cleavage

[Zeromus_X]

http://www.freewebs.com/zeromus_x/Amano%20artwork%20for%20Final%20Fantasy/ff1_10.jpg

US' Final Fantasy :cat:

[Vyk]

Mine wasn't quite like that... But yeah. I too loved the NES's FF box-art... Mmm

[Reine]

here in PAL areas, we get the white with a logo for FF games...FFIV advance has been the sole exception

[ehsteve]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Khbox.jpg/185px-Khbox.jpg
That's my favorite, too. Although, honorable mention goes to this game, even though I have never even played it.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000B8J7JQ.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Zeromus_X]

Mine wasn't quite like that... But yeah. I too loved the NES's FF box-art... Mmm

It's on the cartridge, inside the crystal ball with the sword and axe over it. (I lost the box ages ago...)

NES cover art is drooltastic. (Thinks of Dragon Quest and Megaman...:cat: )