You now remember Ico's American box art.
>>12653413Pretty cool.
>>12653413Americans were literally addicted to terrible box art in the 90s/00s. It was a real problem.
>>12653413Man his hands must have been splintered to hell and back by the end of the game.
>>126534167 and X are passable, still kinda lame to just have "dude with sword" posing.
>>12653413do you need to remember it as an oddity because you never actually owned it? feelsbadman
>>12653442>do you need to remember it as an oddity because you never actually owned it?*laughs in european*
>>12653416>>12653425Wtf are you talking about? 7 is awesome and all the US covers have more life to them, why would you want generic logo on a white background?
>>12653413Looks badass
>>12653413Someone clearly had Episode I Anakin on the brain when designing the box art. So... does this kid also find sand to be rough, coarse, and irritating?
>>12653413>>12653416What's wrong with actually having the fucking characters on the cover? I would rather have that than literally nothing but the title or cheap artsy crap that doesn't sells the game like >>12653457
>>12653458It's a matter of taste, desu.In practically every example I've ever seen, the Japs have the best taste in game box art for sure.
>>12653458>why would you want generic logo on a white background?It's ballsy, it's iconic, it says "We don't need to sell you on this game, it's Final Fantasy". Amano's little flourish is like the cherry on top. It just stands out in a sea of boxes begging for your attention.
>>12653472No, anon, it needs to look like slop for children
>>12653468>cheap artsy crap that doesn't sells the gameAmericans truly are something else, man.
>>12653468>Despite the positive reception by critics, Ico did not sell well. By 2009, only 700,000 copies had been sold worldwide, with 270,000 in the United States, and the bulk in PAL regions.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ico#ReleaseThe artsy PAL box art moved more copies than the shitty US cover.
>>12653413I know, it's better than the pretentious sketch he made for the game's pitch meeting.
>>12653482>pretentious sketchI'm the first to shit on fart sniffing artfag pseuds but Ico's box art is fairly straightforward. It features a collage of in-game locations, depicts the thrust of the gameplay, informs you of the atmosphere the game will surround you with and it just makes you stop and think and wonder "hmm, what's all this about then?".
>>12653472I can understand your point, though I think the cultural context matters here since before FF7 the series wasn't that big. FF7 put it on the map and it was the whole "badass FMVs" and shit that made the game sell well, so the cover art naturally needed to be just as cool which it is because it's so iconic.
>>12653491>since before FF7 the series wasn't that big. FF7 put it on the map and it was the whole "badass FMVs" and shit that made the game sell well, so the cover art naturally needed to be just as cool which it is because it's so iconic.*In America
>>12653413I never forgot it
if the pal boxart had been done in time for the american release it would have been used almost certainly. the original cover is bad but it wasn't insanity.
>>12653416what the fuck were they thinking with that ff8 drop shadow
>>12653416US version of Silent Hill 4 and Resident Evil 4 mog the gay boring Japanese covers.Minimalism is soulless.
>>12653416I bet you think this is invigorating
>>12653472>our franchise is popular so we should put zero effort in promoting it>retards will eat it up on the name alone, fuck making anything look cool
>>12653583Amano's artwork is all you need. That's plenty cool enough for anyone with taste.
>Man I sure love poorly sketches of effeminate men, ignore the fact the franchise when mainstreams when it adopted a normal anime style, this THIS is acquired taste!
>>12653613Its a nice logo I won't argue with that. But slapping a logo onto white nothingness is pure laziness.
>>12653626The american seethes at artistic expression.
>>12653639I also love overdesigned characters that never appear in the actual game
>>12653626It's kino.
>>12653642>I also love overdesigned characters that never appear in the actual gameAre you trolling or something? Games back then before 3D required you use your imagination, just look at atari game covers in comparison to the actual game.
>>12653648You just know FF7 would have been a failure if they went for that for official art and the game's cover, Amano awful pretentious art for 1 4 and 6 also didn't even make it out of Japan lol.>>12653650Yes we call that false advertisement
>>12653413>>12653416Ngl I love these chadmerican covers, they're hilarious when compared to the artistic chadropean ones
>>12653657>Yes we call that false advertisementRetard.
>>12653642You have no soul.
>>12653660>>12653680>namecallingI accept your concession
>>12653491FF7 was the first mainline FF ever released in Europe and they used the Japanese cover.
>>12653717>FF7 was the first mainline FF ever released in EuropeI thought you were lying but got dayum I'm glad I was born in 93 and didn't have to live through the retardation of major JRPG's not releasing in Europe.
>>12653736They needed to be released in multiple languages, which was costlier to put on cartridge. That's why there were far fewer releases and they were a lost choosier with a less-tested market.
>>12653416>dude, minimalism lmaoUS box art is better in every instance in your image
>>12653413I remember
>>12654417You're a retarded mouthbreather if you actually believe this
I’ve loved all the icoverse games. Wish I had the attention span to finish them.
>>12653416These are individually better though, except for 10 where the logo can stand on it's own just fine, and the bacground noise being much higher detracts from it. Although maintaining a constant minimalist aesthetic gives the series more identity relative to others, which is significant given FF is a franchise with tons of games, but individually it's just uninspired, and thus lowered out of context. The besefit of absolute minimalism is that it's impossible for it to look ugly but it never looks great.
>>12656062>icoverse>I’ve loved all the games>the attention span to finish them.You don't belong here. Go away.
>>12653576Lol I would've thought the designer hadn't even watched the film if not for the ziggurat. Although it's kind of funny to do a literal take on "Blade Runner" considering the title was borrowed from an unrelated story which was literally about smuggling surgical equipment.
>>12653576this isn't really the same thing. final fantasy uses a series emblem motif and the illustrations have a signature artistic style. this is just generic minimalism that has no particular connection to blade runner.
>>12653416I like the use of minimalist symbol covers when a game/series has the gravitas to justify it. though the spacing of those Jewell cases isn't great.
>>12653468he doesn't even look like the in-game character
>>12653468you're instinct to ridicule pretension has over extended itself. the ico cover is a cool landscape that sells the experience of the game, a grand journey through a stark land. completely reasonable commercial application that also looks good.
