my favourite covers

i just like them

As of 2023 this list is dumb and stupid because the covers I picked have all changed to worse ones. North America has both the arrogance of believing itself the centre of the world as well as valuing vulgar tastes when it comes to marketing foreign titles

NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata
whoa

Edit 14/8/23: IGDB claims another victim
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
why am i such a sucker for Yoji Shinkawa's style?

Edit: comment makes no sense now!
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Inject it into my veins
Ape Out
Ape Out
BIG APE
BREAKS OUT
THIS IS
THE LAST THING
YOU SEE
BEFORE YOU BLAST AWAY
Ico
Ico
I regret not showing this to my high school art teacher when we were studying De Chirico

Edit, found a workaround to the boneheaded decision of making the US cover the official one of the original 2001 release. Thank God and I will never forgive you igdb.
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus
an image that sells a million copies by itself
Night in the Woods
Night in the Woods
mae's got some big eyes :D

Edit 4/27: MY FUCKING EYES
Return of the Obra Dinn
Return of the Obra Dinn
amazing composition, love the use of dithering
Lisa: The Painful
Lisa: The Painful
C.D. Friedrich's Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

BUT AWESOME
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger
I'm cheating beacuse Akira Toriyama is a genius and wins by virtue of being his mid-90s self
SuperHot
SuperHot
i don't know why but it's hypnotizing
Wheels of Aurelia
Wheels of Aurelia
running in the pastel 70s
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Doom II: Hell on Earth
This is just cool
Doom
Doom
coolest thing ever. No co-op in the game though, false advetisement, 0/10
Quake
Quake
Devil May Cry
Devil May Cry
the exaggerated swagger of a half-demon 30-year old

Edit: the accursed database has changed the cover art so it is 100 times less cool.

Edit 2, 26/10/22: the boxart is changed once again, the world's balance is restored
Bayonetta
Bayonetta
Bayonetta is just the coolest (not to diminish the NA cover, but the PAL cover is way better)
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening - Special Edition
This one goes so hard and is also a perfect incapsulation of the game's core themes
Quadrilateral Cowboy
Quadrilateral Cowboy
instruction manual vibes
Umurangi Generation
Umurangi Generation
Somehow the game looks even better than the cover
Tyranny
Tyranny
pretty colours :)
Tropico 4
Tropico 4
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil (colorized, 2011)
Minit
Minit
extremely cute
Psychonauts
Psychonauts
Raz's pose is cool, the spiral grabs your attention and draws it to him
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Just look at his shit eating grin

3 Comments


2 years ago

If the accursed database does not revert its appalling changes for Ico and Devil May cry there will be bloodshed.

2 years ago

got caught in the igdb conflict.. we will fight in your name

2 years ago

"Sir, you're surrounded! Come change your covers to the North American release!"
"I HATE IGDB! I HATE IGDB!"


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