ThePhleo 1,167 Member · Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Well, I think we've finally done it. We've reached peak shitty box art in 2020. Rumor has it that this is the official boxart for Fifa 21. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZeldaFreak 1,114 Member · Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DefaultGen 1,352 Member · Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Yeah, Castlevania DOS above and Karnaaj Rally come to mind . When you open up to computer games, anything is possible. Jet Set Willy's box art is positively repulsive and it's one of the most lauded games of the era. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bearcat-Doug 2,125 Member · Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 This is just disturbing. 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
austin532 348 Member · Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 At least JSW has personality to it. Fifa 21 looks bland and was probably done in photoshop in 5 minutes. The box art for EA Sports games has been uhhh...interesting for the past couple of years now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DK 71 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I bet it was intentionally bad to get everyone talking about it. I never would never have given Fifa 21 a second of thought had you not been turned off by the cover and posted this. Free advertising! Pretty smart actually... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 4120 43 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Pro Wrestling on the Master System isn’t the worst its just-nope I don’t have anything to back it up. A lot of early Master System games had really cheap looking, of what I would call clip art. I think it makes them unique, but some just aren’t right, and this one makes no sense. If I were to judge this game to let’s say, Pro Wrestling on the NES just by box art alone, I’d take the NES game (I’d take the NES game over the Sega one any day in any department ). 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DK 71 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, Matt 4120 said: Pro Wrestling on the Master System isn’t the worst its just-nope I don’t have anything to back it up. A lot of early Master System games had really cheap looking, of what I would call clip art. I think it makes them unique, but some just aren’t right, and this one makes no sense. If I were to judge this game to let’s say, Pro Wrestling on the NES just by box art alone, I’d take the NES game (I’d take the NES game over the Sega one any day in any department ). It gets worse when you zoom in. 1 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkTone 334 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 It fits the theme of 2020. Not surprised. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sumez 722 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 1 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GPX 359 Member · Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 13 hours ago, DK said: It gets worse when you zoom in. You mean..it gets better when you zoom in..? 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sumez 722 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Even though the art itself is really awesome, I think the LRG release of "Humper" deserves a special mention 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZeldaFreak 1,114 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Sumez said: Even though the art itself is really awesome, I think the LRG release of "Humper" deserves a special mention Jesus. I dunno if it's just the pic, but that looks really dim. That'd be awesome cover art if you could actually make out anything Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkTone 334 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 That terminator one is sad. She vampires, for its time, would pass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drxandy 1,114 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 This thread rules! The jet set Willy looks like an old school new York hardcore album art. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
guitarzombie 270 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Some great contenders but for my money, it has to be anything from the Master System because its so incredibly fucking lazy. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drxandy 1,114 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Ah yes, black belt the foot fetish game. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CodysGameRoom 447 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 (edited) Edited July 24, 2020 by CodysGameRoom 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nintegageo 216 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Let's be honest - US NES game art was usually ass compared to the original. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sumez 722 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 1 hour ago, guitarzombie said: Some great contenders but for my money, it has to be anything from the Master System because its so incredibly fucking lazy. It's so damn weird, and I'm not sure it's just laziness. For some reason it felt like a calculated strategy. Take this amazing cover art for Ghouls 'n Ghosts The Master System game came out later, and reused the same motive, yet redrawn to look much, much worse. There's no way it couldn't have been intentional. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G-type 171 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 I can kind of appreciate the minimalist aesthetic and unified designs of the master system games. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RH 1,387 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 Obligatory... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glazball 80 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 What gives? No love, err hate, for pretty much the entire US Turbografx-16 library?? OK, minus Cadash and Lords of Thunder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CodysGameRoom 447 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, RH said: Obligatory... gotta love that IGN watermark. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drxandy 1,114 Member · Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, CodysGameRoom said: gotta love that IGN watermark. Chomp chomp the homie is hungry for watermarks 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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