Box Art (Merged Threads)

[Yoshiro]

There are several reasons and we will not be going into them at this time. What is so bad about it anyway. I rather like it.

 

[Legovski]

There are several reasons and we will not be going into them at this time. What is so bad about it anyway. I rather like it.

geez youre like a white house spokesperson

 

[daschewy]

Yoshi = Scott McClellan

 

[Polygon]

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[daschewy]

well I hope the design of the box works out for you all. In the end Im sure they designed a box that will catch the eye of a person browsing for a game and interest them in reading more about it.

I know of at least 15 people outside of this forum that will buy the retail version so hopefully they spread the word.

 

[Skuzzy butt]

I like this on the best out of all three

 

[Hyperion2010]

I like this on the best out of all three

Comes with ONE free nazi doll!

 

[Scoobin]

Love your box art Splinter I was totally blown away by it. As much as I don't want to criticise such a great picture, I think it misses the infantry aspect of the game which I'm told is the main aspect, and I think it shows a lack of things German. Don't get the wrong idea that picture is fucking good man, but a cover has to convey a certain number of things.

We really need some of these boxarts uploaded (In a bit of higher res than they currently are) to some place in this (Or any other) page. So that people like me can make their steam game backup and put it on a DVD case with any of these fine choices as cover art.

Yer thats a great idea. I'd use Splinters for my own, not that I am getting a box (Steam preordered). I guess I could make one with his.

 

[The End]

Splinter's box is stunning! Totally gets my vote if Tripwire ever decide to do a console version.

 

[danix]

Speaking in terms of the aesthetics of this design, I feel it's a bit too generic and "passive" in the sense of just two cropped heads (one is fine like the current design we have, but this should have some diversity). Also, I would absolutely remove any party symbols, and replace them with pertinent Army designs. Perhaps a red star for the Soviet infantryman, and the "balkenkreuz" or iron cross for the lower soldier.

Yes, thats what i would say, and i also think that a german and a russian attack with their army simbols would be better...

Another thing that I'd like to say is about the trailer:

The traeler has many things that shouldn

 

[Lustmord]

We really need some of these boxarts uploaded (In a bit of higher res than they currently are) to some place in this (Or any other) page. So that people like me can make their steam game backup and put it on a DVD case with any of these fine choices as cover art.

It would be nice if the creators of those box arts could do that.
@splinter:awesome box art,one of my favorites now

 

[Wolfsglen]

I just deleted some posts that are completely off-topic and do not belong here, i better not see it again please...i dont care what your political outlook is, but it has no place being on here.

 

[Innociv]

i liek the 2nd one more.. except for the image that's on teh top ;/ i'd like to see and RO screenshot(maybe modified to look even prettier) there.

And OMG splinters owns so hard (http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4711/copy6ks.jpg)

 

[Felix Ostheim]

To really make the poll correct you should have resized the third party box to the size of the official one...yes it makes a difference.

 

[EvilHobo]

My thoughts exactly. It's better to compare them on equal footing.
Not that it matters, because the Bold one is here to stay, even if it is losing by quite a bit.

 

[SpiffyBuddha]

To be perfectly honest, I think the second one is more mystic and I would pick it up-- especially if it was covered in a nice glossy kind of cover thing with a flip over cover, and on the inside pictures of tanks and people with all the features... kind of typical, but would really look nice.

So they're going with the phony fake firing german soldiers and a soviet-ish guy in the top? The second one is winning by a lot in the polls, and for some reasons too. I agree on the point of having both equal size, because you focus more on the biger one, but I still think that the currently bigger one would still be leading if they both were the same size.

P.S.: sorry for the massive signature =)

 

[Wolfsglen]

Woah Spiffy, reduce that sig a bit please Its a tad over the 400x150 sig size we like

 

[Pycckuu]

Speaking in terms of the aesthetics of this design, I feel it's a bit too generic and "passive" in the sense of just two cropped heads (one is fine like the current design we have, but this should have some diversity). Also, I would absolutely remove any party symbols, and replace them with pertinent Army designs. Perhaps a red star for the Soviet infantryman, and the "balkenkreuz" or iron cross for the lower soldier.

Poly I agree with you about the double heads, but the Bold Games on isn't perfect either. It looks like a cheaply made game and tells the random buyer nothing about the product. The top and the bottom of the box do not interact, and there is no conflict going on in the picture (a german runing forward ramboing with mp40 doesn't count). The bright red color does not make the game look serious enough.
Evil Hobo's box, on the other hand, has it all. First of all, the picture used is very famous, and anyone who watches TV even occasionaly will know what the game is about. There is a good vs. evil theme that can be interprited both by Russian victory over German invaders, and the Communist occupation of the German people. Finally, the tones really represent the dark and harsh reality of WW2.

My opinion on the issue.

 

[Jack]

Yes, I have to say hands down the one with the soldier raising the banner on the Reichstag is the best.


The dark nature of it really stirs up the pathos

It does an excellent job of showing the grim reality of the Ostfront, as well as the utter hopelessness of war, i.e. the shattered remains of Berlin in the picture are the only testament to Hitler's plans, while, as Pycckuu says, the Soviet banner being raised forbodes the ushering in of the new Cold War occupation. So all in all, definitely not something that makes you smile or feel happy inside.


The Bold one on the other hand.....as has been stated, there is no harmony with the color choices, not even a good contrast of colors either, it looks like two halfs of two different box covers put together. And the Large Russian head with Hammer and Sickle makes it look more like a Soviet propaganda poster.

Reminds me of the Combat Mission: Barbaross to Berlin cover. It makes a very realistic and serious game look simple and cartoony.

 

[Appleyard]

Just for the heck of it, I made 2 more images lol..i really like boxes that give you a nostalgic and dark feeling a game can bring, those boxes always cause me to pick up a game and look what its about..so that is what I went for in the first one, the second one is the same thing, just with the top half of my previous one.

I once wanted to do something with computer graphics, but my parents basically discouraged that so now i am stuck with my current major