Bioshock Infinite: The latest victim of the Stupid-American-Box-Art Virus.

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Why not one of these instead?
Then again, hopefully with being European, I won't have to look at that cover.

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Wha- are those, really the box covers you guys get? God dammit.

If so, I see the problem now.

 

[White_Lama]

Why not one of these instead?
Then again, hopefully with being European, I won't have to look at that cover.

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Wha- are those, really the box covers you guys get? God dammit.

If so, I see the problem now.

Well, one can hope at least, I found those covers after a bit of looking around on google, so no sure sources.
But I hope they are better than the one that OP linked ^^

 

[Ulixes Dimon]

At least it isn't a cornucopia of floating heads.

I blame starwars boxart for that becoming a thing.

 

[CityofTreez]

Wow, I definitely won't be buying it now!

/sarcasm

For something that I'm going to be looking at for maybe, 2 seconds (If I buy it on console) this really is a non issue.

 

[Ickorus]

Just because nobody has even considered posting a direct image of the box art in two pages, here it is for anyone that doesn't particularly care to be forced to use google to be able to comment in a thread:

Looks pretty crappy, glad if I get the game it'll be through Steam.

He put the image in the spoiler tag. It's a long caption in the spoiler box, so I can't blame you if you thought it was a quote box.

Yeah, figured it was quoted to bring attention to that section of the post, my mistake.

 

[Nonomori]

Don't judge a book by its cover?

Nobody is saying that the game is bad.

 

[lacktheknack]

None of it is as terrible as the Amnesia boxart.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1194/1706047-51sa_dqmkgl_super.jpg

Assuming we never cross THIS threshold, I can deal with it.

 

[Vkmies]

Yeah, I read this shit on Destructoid. Too bad really. Does anyone know what the EU art looks like?
We got the good Heavy Rain art, among a few other ones, so here's hoping they make something badass for us though.

 

[Arfonious]

Don't judge a book by its cover?

Nobody is saying that the game is bad.

Indeed, so why would the box art matter?

 

[Nonomori]

Don't judge a book by its cover?

Nobody is saying that the game is bad.

Indeed, so why would the box art matter?

It's hard to see that way, but besides being part of the marketing campaign, cover art is art, as well as the game itself. Of course, it won't stop anyone from buying and enjoying the new Bioshock, but everyone has the right to criticize a generic, boring box art.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

None of it is as terrible as the Amnesia boxart.

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1194/1706047-51sa_dqmkgl_super.jpg

Assuming we never cross THIS threshold, I can deal with it.

Well I guess the box art does make a person piss themselves, though for completely the opposite reasons.

Too bad about the box art for fellow gamers across the pond, but on the plus side, you do have cheaper electronic goods, so I guess that helps?(superiority, games-wise)

Captcha: nitty--gritty

More like Shitty-gritty, right guys?Guys...?



(I'm never right)

 

[JagermanXcell]

Heh, I wonder if the burning US flag will net them some free publicity from Fox News or the like.

You've gone and jynxed it sir. Congrats.

Yeah its a pretty cliche cover for something as atmospheric as a Bioshock game (even if it is an FPS), but you can't judge a game buy its cover. Cause the game definitely still looks great. Spec Ops the Line did the same thing, but I'm starting to think the box art was intentional instead of for satirical purposes... can someone please confirm me on this, I think I might throw up...

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

Really? You're sitting complaining about the box art? Will people whine about anything? When you get the game do you sit and play the game, or sit and stare at the box art? Get over it.

 

[Kopikatsu]

...I like the American box art though.

On the other hand, I've always had an unhealthy love of shotguns, so.

 

[DustyDrB]

Really? You're sitting complaining about the box art? Will people whine about anything? When you get the game do you sit and play the game, or sit and stare at the box art? Get over it.

Lower the confrontational attitude a bit. It's a discussion forum. We discuss things, be it great or trivial. There was a thread yesterday just about high definition pictures of fruit, for crying out loud. It's not all serious business talk here. So don't mistake "The box art sucks" for "the game will suck".

And yeah, I appreciate some good box art. I've actually put some of the better ones together as a sort of collage.

 

[Arfonious]

Don't judge a book by its cover?

Nobody is saying that the game is bad.

Indeed, so why would the box art matter?

It's hard to see that way, but besides being part of the marketing campaign, cover art is art, as well as the game itself. Of course, it won't stop anyone from buying and enjoying the new Bioshock, but everyone has the right to criticize a generic, boring box art.

I'm not denying that people have the right to complain about that, I'm just stating my oppinion that the box art doesn't really matter for a game.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

I don't mind that box art for Bioshock Infinite, I like the burning flag and backdrop, gives a good sense of what the world will be like and, hey, at least he's not some melancholy soldier who's on fire...

Seriously, WTF BF: Bad Company 2?! Bad Company 1 had awesome box art and you... Well...

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Bad Company 1 -

Bad Company 2 -

Seriously BF: BC 2, give a generic piece of box art with multiplayer profile names above shit? Was this supposed to be a subtle hint that the single player won't be as cool and original as the first ones? If so, congrats!

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

If you look closely, you can see that his left hand has a slight orange tinge to it...

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Ingenious!

As you can see budget cuts affect the amount of orange used.

OT: Not the worst I've seen(Megaman, Heavy Rain) just a bit generic as shown by the linked images above.