Ugly Game box/cover art

[ColCol]

So, what are some examples of game box /cover art that you find ugly? I've never been a fan of Mule.

 

[racofer]

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

all the sega master system games sold in italy by "giochi preziosi".
all of them.

 

[Curious_Tongue]

Is that a model with makeup? Or is it fully drawn?

 

[Astral Rag]

 

[Surf Solar]

What? One of the most beautiful covers I know of.

Is that a model with makeup? Or is it fully drawn?

It's actually Guido Henkel IIRC.

 

[LivingOne]

I'm surprised noone has done a photoshop where he grabs a dildo or something yet.

 

[Excidium]

What? One of the most beautiful covers I know of.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

The makeup does look cool, but the cover itself is shit. Hero looking towards you with a badass face, random scenery on the background. Blue on orange. All the effort to make that mask, down the drain in a torrent of laziness.

It's basically this

 

[ColCol]

 

[Excidium]

Check out the space marines in the background

 

[Infinitron]

Duh.

 

[deuxhero]

The original Digital Devil Saga cover.

Yes, it literally is two pieces of concept art on a white background with the logo in front of it. The US/Europe cover isn't great, but at least it's an ATTEMPT to make a visually interesting cover

Not great, but the more dynamic poses (which make it clear he transforms into the demon) and gradient background are so much better. I'm even willing to overlook how Serph is using an ability introduced in the sequel because of how bad the original was.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Every. Single. Cover. that has the protagonist in this pose is bad. There are hundreds of them, and they all suck.

And I like the M.U.L.E. one. Covers like that aren't made anymore.

 

[anus_pounder]

WTF?

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Admittedly this is low hanging fruit, but still. Holy shit.

 

[Abelian]

 

[Abelian]

I think that's Kay E. Kuter, who played Werner Huber from The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

 

[Clockwork Knight]

The cover designer eventually said he wanted to make something that would make you stop and check the game, instead of a generic spaceship image like most shmups. Well, it worked.

Another stinker: The Megaman Legends series was a victim of the "hey lets slap some shitty 3D render here so people know the game is 3D" disease that afflicted the PS1.

 

[Ulminati]

The hideousness of the Ico cover does not become fully apparent until you compare the Kwanzanian edition (left) to the European edition (right)

 

[Coyote]

WTF:

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The stuff nightmares are made of:

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So bad it's good:

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The winrar:

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[Unkillable Cat]

Xenon 2 had a bad box cover?

It's weird and trippy, sure. But not ugly.

 

[Ivar the Boner]

 

[zerotol]

Fuck you racofer you Turd, thats an iconic box.

You should stick to the EHEHUHEUEHUHUEU

 

[G.O.D]

On top of being bad, it is deceiving. Hence it is worth posting.

 

[racofer]

Butthurt much?