Lyris Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 The PAL version of Psychonauts is released across Europe very soon, and boasts some terrifying new cover art. You can see it right here at my web site: http://www.lyris-lite.net/fu_archives/2005_10.html#000198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 What I don't understand is why they insist on pushing that cover art through when they could use the original. The original has little things for fans to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Aw, man! It has been blown up with ugly. The green cover is what got me to buy the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 At least they have doped up Loboto and the G-men on it. Seriously Sheegor looks like she's trying not to laugh on it. Green kicked ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Yeah, well. It would have exploded into a bubbling puddle of icky ugliness without Loboto and the G-Men. What did they do to the brain? It's gone! Raz is Photo-glowing! Those poor, poor Europeans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counting_pine Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Ah Crap, I'm going to need the PAL version for my UK PS2. Perhaps it's time to consider upgrading my graphics card and ordering the PC version from the DoubleFine store. I hope THQ know what they're doing. And if it helps sales (though I'm not convinced it will), I guess it's a good thing. Oh well, at least we got the good Ico cover, instead of the horribly "Americanised" one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 I hope THQ know what they're doing. And if it helps sales (though I'm not convinced it will), I guess it's a good thing. Well, it might. Simply by drawing eyes to the horribly bright colors... counting_pine is an awesome name, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splitsecond Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 yellow caught my attention but the original is still better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 yellow caught my attention but the original is still better Yeah, hopefully the bright colors will draw the eyes, but I think it will turn people away too because people DO judge a book (in this case a video game) by its cover. And if its not visually appealing (and I don't find BRIGHT yellow and purple all that appealing), people usually get turned away. Now, if they had a few girls on the cover minus some clothes, THEN the new cover would sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Yeah, hopefully the bright colors will draw the eyes, but I think it will turn people away too because people DO judge a book (in this case a video game) by its cover. And if its not visually appealing (and I don't find BRIGHT yellow and purple all that appealing), people usually get turned away. Now, if they had a few girls on the cover minus some clothes, THEN the new cover would sell. No, ya just need: Scantily clad women Mechs a catchy name put this on the box, and the game WILL sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 There aren't that many girls in the game, so would they have to stick some super models on the cover? Just standing there while Raz looks ominous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 There aren't that many girls in the game, so would they have to stick some super models on the cover? Just standing there while Raz looks ominous? Yeah, James Bond style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Oh... would they be copy-pasted pictures? Like with bits and pieces of the background screen they stood in front of still on their photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Okay, using the gathered information I have come to the conclusion that Psychonauts would sell a billion times better if the cover was as follows: Psychonizzle (Followed by a picture of Raz and a few supermodels that were cheaply Photoshopped onto the cover) OMFG NEON COLORS Created by Tim Schafer, the man who was shot in the face and still gets chicks. Dawg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahnee Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Yellow and purple...okay, bright yellow and purple. Looks like the jersey of a high school soccer team escaped and got caught in the machinery that makes the boxes. (Actually, I think there's a school with those exact same colors in my hometown. WTFBBQ.) Seriously, icky. Everyone knows that green = the best.* *Note: author of this post may be slightly biased, as green is her favorite color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counting_pine Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hey, maybe kids will buy it out of school-team loyalty:) Here's a pic of the PC version's cover. It might sell a bit better, since they've mentioned Grim and DOTT on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smon Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hey, maybe kids will buy it out of school-team loyalty:) Here's a pic of the PC version's cover. It might sell a bit better, since they've mentioned Grim and DOTT on the front. Yeah but still yellow and purple says vomit to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyris Posted October 6, 2005 Author Share Posted October 6, 2005 Hey, maybe kids will buy it out of school-team loyalty:) Here's a pic of the PC version's cover. It might sell a bit better, since they've mentioned Grim and DOTT on the front. It's great to see those mentioned. It's also good to see that for Europe, it's on DVD instead of 6 CDs. I heard that America was especially slow to take up DVD-ROM technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahnee Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Here's a pic of the PC version's cover. It might sell a bit better, since they've mentioned Grim and DOTT on the front. But they don't mention Full Throttle? Woe. Everyone always forgets about Full Throttle. *waxes on in this vein for quite some time* (...Yeah, I have a slight FT obsession. Shut up. Stop looking at me like that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 But they don't mention Full Throttle? Woe. Everyone always forgets about Full Throttle. *waxes on in this vein for quite some time* (...Yeah, I have a slight FT obsession. Shut up. Stop looking at me like that!) That's because Grim Fandango is a sleeper hit and is a classic as is Day of the Tentacle (for being one of the great humour games) FT is not as spectacular sounding or has such a huge fanbase. Look at its forums..no one's been on for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahnee Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 FT is not as spectacular sounding or has such a huge fanbase. Look at its forums..no one's been on for months. Yes, I know. I just whine anyway because I have a very strange fascination with the game, and my inner fangirl tends to get grumpy when people forget about it. ...My inner fangirl is grumpy a lot. *shifty eyes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 *Note: author of this post may be slightly biased, as green is her favorite color. Yum. Green. But that cheap glow just KILLS me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Frankly, I don't think either of the box designs do a very good job at depicting what the actual game is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klia Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 I like the art cover on Psychonauts actually. They show us a lot of the game but as someone who doesn't look at covers you don't notice it. And how can you not like the stoned!Loboto? It's just priceless. Thinking about it is making me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 Frankly, I don't think either of the box designs do a very good job at depicting what the actual game is like. How did the green one not do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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