pleto4_ryan Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 I wanted to make this thread for awhile...For me the box of the game is one of the things that make it special... So as the topic is fresh now with the Broken Sword 3 box...let's do it Which is your best box(es) and why do you like them? Me...i really like the Gabriel Night Mysteries. Firstly, each BIG, and i love BIG ones, which you can hold in your arms (what can i say, i am a lunnatic ) then there is that wonderful use of the 2 boxes of the first and the second game. Gabriel's faces are getting in one and the left eye of the one is the right eye of the other. Also at the side there is in big letters "GABRIEL KNIGHT" bleeding. Wonderful...(and ofcourse the autograph of Jane ) Also i really like the box of "Atlantis : the lost tales" It's mystical, beautiful, and ...well magic
Homoludens Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Wow, pleto, that box art for The Lost Tales is beautiful!
twifkak Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 Full Throttle. *hands Firefoot a box of matches* Go look yourself, stupidhead. Sideways, so as to take up more space on the shelf, and so as to be totally bad-ass. Also, it's bad-ass.
Egarthen Posted September 8, 2003 Posted September 8, 2003 I think the box for GK2 is my favorite. It's all haunting and creepy and nifty. Oh, and bad-ass.
Kolzig Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Hmm, I also like really much all Gabriel Knight boxes, I own all of them myself, except GK2. Full Throttle is also quite cool. But my personal favorite has been for over 10 years and running... The good old and reliable Secret of the Monkey Island box. I just love that piece of art. http://www.mobygames.com/game/covers/gameCoverId,1355/gameId,616/
Aranolorion Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 i love the grim fandango box art. the morrowind box is beautifully designed as well.
remixor Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I have to go with Full Throttle for the aformentioned reason: BAD ASS. GF is great too, although more for the style than the actual composition of the box.
twifkak Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 *sigh* It doesn't take much for me to start a poll... And, yes, the Secret of Monkey Island box is kickass. PS--I am probably the only person to like the The Dig box. But let's keep that on the DL.
remixor Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Twif: I love The Dig's box as well. It's one of the few original boxes I've managed to keep ahold of. Somehow almost all of my old adventure boxes have disappeared...
Erwin_Br Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 The hand drawn artwork on the boxes of MI1, MI2, Indy FOA and Sam and Max hit the Road are my favourites. I also like the X Files Game box, it's quite original. --Erwin
pleto4_ryan Posted September 9, 2003 Author Posted September 9, 2003 The Dig box has something of the sci-fi movies. 3 figures totally unseen in front of a dazzling light coming from a hole(dig) and in BIG letters one world "the DIG all the rest a black background really nice
SamandMax Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Phantasmagoria had a pretty nice case And although I couldn't find the cases, the Darkseed games had nice covers, due to the fact H.R. Giger did them.
Zygomaticus Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Being relatively new to adventure games than most of the rest of you, my collection of original Adventure Game boxes is small, if not non-existance. I don't analyze and observe game boxes, so my rating for game boxes comes out of initial opinion. What happens to me when I first lay eyes on it But Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis would have to be the best I've ever seen. A rush of joy rose in me when I saw it - like happened with no other box. Maybe also with AOE2: Age of Kings, considering the copy I got was the only one in my whole city, I guess there was reason for rejoicing when I saw it
twifkak Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Guys, the easiest way to get your cover art action is to do like I did. Moby Games has a huge collection. The only problem -- you won't be able to place inline images. Instead, you'll just have to link to the webpage (see my prev post).
Christina Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 If I had to pick my all-time favorite box art, it would be GK2.
Igor S1 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I love CMI's and SamnMax's ones. They capture the feeling of games perfectly. Also i like The Dig box too. Interesting design and as Pleto already mentioned, it holds something of sci-fi movie posters.
Mattsius Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 My favorite box is probably GK2, but I love the Full Throttle and The Dig boxes also. Just saw the EMI PS2 box for the first time in my life. What a piece of crap!
pleto4_ryan Posted September 9, 2003 Author Posted September 9, 2003 Originally posted by Mattsius What a piece of crap! ewwwwww.... totally agree...Horrible
Kolzig Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I also agree. I shouted "WHYYYY!??!?!?" in the morning when I looked up that EMI ps2 box from mobygames. Then I realized that the neighbours might think I'm crazy, shouting in the morning like that without any apparent reason...
twifkak Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I don't think knowing that it was because of the EMI box would quell their thoughts any.
Jony Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I though it was kind of funny to see Gybrush holding a duck...
Erwin_Br Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 I like the actiony box of EMI for the PS2 much better than that goofy PC box. --Erwin
Crunchy in milk Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 http://www.mobygames.com/game/covers/gameCoverId,418/gameId,223/
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