Mass Effect 2 Cover Art Goes Euro Style

[swamprat]

[citation][nom]scrumworks[/nom]Wow, firstly I didn't. Now that you say it there truly is an American patriotic message that perhaps is indented to go peoples subconsciousness. That cover would have bombed in Europe.[/citation]

Red white and blue wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) be seen as American in the UK, France, the Netherlands etc as it's not exactly an original set of colours (if you think of military aircraft then the US symbol thingy is less red white and blue than the UK one).

I think that it's more the point that it looks again like a 60's sci fi outfit - we can't go into space without spandex after all (it's armour in the picture, but looks like the sort classic bright space lycra imho)

 

[Flakes]

i have to comment on this ^^ american patriotic arm? lol its more like the union Jack dumbass, do you see any stars painted on his arm?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/geography/unionjack.html

america is not the world

 

[magicandy]

Seems to me like they intentionally made the regular cover (both 'attempts') look plain and boring compared to the special edition to help that version sell more copies. I'm with dark_lord69 here, too "forced retro" looking and uninteresting.

 

[HolyCrusader]

While the first artwork wasn't perfect, I liked it considerably more than the second one. The second piece is very poorly done. Coloration and shadowing is very poorly done - giving the character's a paper-cutout look. And the facial expressions on the three figures are not much better. Shepard looks *too* fierce, while Miranda looks almost as if she has a goofy smile on her face.

 

[Regulas]

I just hope it is better than the first, starting with draconian DRM. The first one was good but very redundant, all the buildings and mines were the same and trying to drive over mountains to get to objectives was tiring sometimes.

 

[slapdashzero]

His arm is not "red white and blue" in the first cover, it's a red stripe, with white stripes flanking, on a shiny grey suit reflecting a bluish tone from the moon/sky. It is not a blue suit. It's grey. You can confirm on the second photo, with no blue moon, no blue on the suit.

Semantics of suit colors aside, I'm much looking forward to this game, regardless of box art. It could be a white box that said "Mass Effect 2" in black Times New Roman.. I'd buy it either way.

 

[bounty]

Like the first box art best. Old school rules. The third looks nice, but for someone who has never played the game, what the hell is that a picture of? What does it mean? What kind of game is it? As for the updated art, I like the PC box better than the Xbox art. They shouldn't have moved an alien head over the nice light/shadow on the girl. ;>

 

[insider3]

I don't give a damn what's on the box, it's the frames on my screen that better entertain me.

 

[spongebob]

[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]I don't give a damn what's on the box, it's the frames on my screen that better entertain me.[/citation]
Agree 100%. What's with all the recent articles on box art and firefox logos?

 

[scrumworks]

[citation][nom]Flakes[/nom]i have to comment on this ^^ american patriotic arm? lol its more like the union Jack dumbass, do you see any stars painted on his arm?http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.s [...] njack.htmlamerica is not the world[/citation]


Sorry, I forgot those union (Jack)asses.

 

[kanaric]

who cares about cover art? Buying on steam.

 

[cichy69]

its not just european cover box.. its the new cover. Where's is this info from?

 

[Kami3k]

Yes a red stripe with white bars on the side is so like either the American flag or Union Jack.

Aka it doesn't. It's just a red stripe with white bars on the side. Geez.