Hammerfestus | 3,820 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Always liked this one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Two more good ones: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,017 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 What's the worst game with the best cover art? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 22 minutes ago, mbd39 said: What's the worst game with the best cover art? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, mbd39 said: What's the worst game with the best cover art? I'll say paper Mario sticker star. The cover art is good but holy crap is that game awful. What's the best game with the worst cover art? My vote goes to mega man 1. Why is he gold? What's up with his face? Why does he have a gun? Why's he in such a weird stance? Nothing makes sense and it looks like it was super rushed and drawn by an amateur. I've always really hated this cover art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone3969 | 304 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Makar said: I'll say paper Mario sticker star. The cover art is good but holy crap is that game awful. What's the best game with the worst cover art? My vote goes to mega man 1. Why is he gold? What's up with his face? Why does he have a gun? Why's he in such a weird stance? Nothing makes sense and it looks like it was super rushed and drawn by an amateur. I've always really hated this cover art. So true. MM1 art sucks so bad. What the hell was Capcom thinking? Their cover art is usually pretty great too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone3969 | 304 Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMR | 519 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, mbd39 said: What's the worst game with the best cover art? My vote goes to Deadly Towers. Also, I've always liked the MM1 art. I know it's wonky, but the colors and it's abstract style mixed with the Capcom grid really draws me in. Edited July 18, 2020 by CMR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,705 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Not cover art, but I couldn’t not post this 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 10:53 AM, mbd39 said: What's the worst game with the best cover art? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterWhiteJr. | 1,162 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 1 hour ago, ChickenTendas said: @ZeldaFreak I do love me some Ocarina but that has to be some of the laziest cover art I've ever seen. It's pretty much just a copy paste from Link to the Past. On the other hand, the artwork on the 3ds remake is gorgeous HEY! Don't you talk about the OoT cover art that way! It's hardly a copy paste, the shield is completely different, I... want to say that the whole logo is rendered in 3D I believe, and the sword lines up with the Z, which automatically makes it superior to the LttP cover art IMO It may be very similar to the LttP cover, but OoT using that logo as well is what essentially established that as the Legend of Zelda logo that we all know today, since a consistent logo for the series hadn't really been established yet. I can forgive it for looking similar to the previous game's logo for that reason. And besides, if you think the Ocarina of Time cover art is a copy-paste, clearly you've never seen the cover art to Link's Awakening Actually, speaking of, the cover art for the Link's Awakening remake is pretty good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Californication said: What's wrong with RE7? Most people seem to like it quite a bit from what I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: What's wrong with RE7? Most people seem to like it quite a bit from what I've heard. Some people like video games and other people like watching movies where they occasional press buttons. I prefer video games. Edited July 19, 2020 by Californication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/17/2020 at 3:43 PM, Makar said: What's the best game with the worst cover art? My vote goes to mega man 1. Why is he gold? What's up with his face? Why does he have a gun? Why's he in such a weird stance? Nothing makes sense and it looks like it was super rushed and drawn by an amateur. I've always really hated this cover art. When it comes to best game with the worst cover art, the JP Castlevania 3 cover art I'd say is up there for me. Like, it's not... horrible, it's not Mega Man 1 levels of comically bad. The background art is pretty good, it's just that the characters look... really off. To balance it out a bit though, the JP cover art for Dracula X is very good IMO. It's got a pretty cool art style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Californication said: Some people like video games and other people like watching movies where they occasional press buttons. I prefer video games. I like both quite a bit personally, but to each their own. Never actually played RE7 so I can't comment on it, but I will be soon since I got it not too long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Just now, ZeldaFreak said: I like both quite a bit personally, but to each their own. Never actually played RE7 so I can't comment on it, but I will be soon since I got it not too long ago. Playing RE7 feels like when you hand a kid a controller that isn't plugged in so they feel like they are doing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Californication said: Playing RE7 feels like when you hand a kid a controller that isn't plugged in so they feel like they are doing something. Glad I could be an outlet for your vitriolic hatred of this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Glad I could be an outlet for your vitriolic hatred of this game Ty. I had about 50 PS4 games when I finally picked up the console and this was the first or second game I tried to play and I was super disappointed. Sold that gold edition really quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,104 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Californication said: Some people like video games and other people like watching movies where they occasional press buttons. I prefer video games. That sounds like my experience with Metal Gear Solid 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jicsan | 587 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I didn't think RE7 was a movie with button presses. RE6 is the one with the 'most' game play, and I feel that I'm the only person in the world that likes it. So what do I know? It broke my heart that when I found out RE7 was going to be in first person. But then it plays on PSVR, and is by far my favorite game for the VR. Since RE8 is also first person I'm hoping it will be for the VR too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, ZeldaFreak said: When it comes to best game with the worst cover art, the JP Castlevania 3 cover art I'd say is up there for me. Like, it's not... horrible, it's not Mega Man 1 levels of comically bad. The background art is pretty good, it's just that the characters look... really off. To balance it out a bit though, the JP cover art for Dracula X is very good IMO. It's got a pretty cool art style. Man that Castlevania 3 art is pretty bad. It looks like it should be a cheesy movie poster. And yea, the Dracula x one looks nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Makar said: Man that Castlevania 3 art is pretty bad. It looks like it should be a cheesy movie poster. Yeah, and compare that to the cover art we got here in the states: Edited July 20, 2020 by ZeldaFreak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I wasn't alive during the heyday of the 8 and 16-bit eras, so I can't fully vouch for the accuracy of this statement, but from what I know, cover art was actually pretty important to a game's success back in the day. A lot of the time, all a kid had to go off of for what games to rent or buy were the cover art, and the blurb at the back of the box, so it's surprising to me how much bad cover art is out there honestly. It's a good thing we still have examples of good cover art nowadays, since it's far less important now than it was back then. Speaking of good modern cover art actually, here's another one I forgot to mention: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,510 Editorials Team · Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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