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Favorite Game Cover \ Box Art?

Discussion in 'Playground' started by diagnull, Aug 13, 2007.

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    (Thought of this after seeing the Arcade Flyer Saturday at Kotaku.)

    Obviously, the cover is not the most important part of a video game, but on the other hand, that's how they sell themselves in the store. A good cover can go a long way.

    My favorite cover is still the one for the Gold Box game Champions of Krynn.

    Champions of Krynn

    That cover just looked fantastic to me. This was the first game I bought based on just the cover. I had never even played D&D before and my computer was barely able to play it, but I thought it was great.

    What is your favorite cover?
     
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    My favourite is Spellcraft, anything with dragons (and magic) on the cover has got to be a cool game.

    Spellcraft Aspects of Valor

    Death Knights of Krynn isn't bad either. It's a bit dark in the link; the picture on the cluebook is on a brighter red background looks better (evil red eyes on the monsters).

    Death Knights of Krynn
     
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    Any from the Larry games... :bigeyes:
     
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    Easy: Breath of Fire 2. It's a game over ten years old, designed for SNES, and even though the game itself was pretty bland, I still really like the character art. You rarely see such good design with a right mix of fantasy and artistic flavour.

    I have the best of official and unofficial art hosted on my homepage, if interested.
     
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    To me the cover art of the ol' lucas arts cowboy shooter Outlaws is still unsurpassed
     
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    Monkey Island 1
    Betrayal at Krondor
    Might and Magic 6
    King`s Quest 5

    i can`t remember any newer ones. Haven`t bought too many games in the last few years. They are mostly just in dvd covers now arn`t they? Haven`t seen many boxes on the shelves lately.
     
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