Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 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. The G-Men are all like "Sup?" and Sheegor is having a secret!LOL and Loboto is all "Hoowah!" and Linda is all like "Mind control munch!" It's fantastic!
HMC Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 How did the green one not do this? I dunno, it just doesn't seem like a very green game. At least not this shade of green.
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 Oh. So, do you mean you don't like the color, or you don't think it actually expresses the game? :'D Sercretlol!
Lyris Posted October 6, 2005 Author Posted October 6, 2005 The green one was absolutely perfect IMO. I loved how it was as I said on my site one of those "everything happening at once covers". But they've totally screwed most of that up by obliterating most of the picture on the European version. Also, the Euro version has been delayed until the end of November now. Bend over and take it, Europe... (Sorry, but I actually live in Europe too and have been importing video games for years because of events such as this).
HMC Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I think the green cover should be darker. Being that it's nighttime through most of the game and the game itself has a rather dark theme.
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 The green one was absolutely perfect IMO. I loved how it was as I said on my site one of those "everything happening at once covers". But they've totally screwed most of that up by obliterating most of the picture on the European version. Also, the Euro version has been delayed until the end of November now. Bend over and take it, Europe... (Sorry, but I actually live in Europe too and have been importing video games for years because of events such as this). Aww. Poor Europe. BUT. Maybe we can sneak a few all-American green markers over there for a bit of... fixing? Wink.
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I think the green cover should be darker. Being that it's nighttime through most of the game and the game itself has a rather dark theme. Dark? The scenery was dark, but the theme was more... well, I wouldn't say 'dark' as much as 'swirly'. But that doesn't make sense, so I'm not saying it. :3
DarthAve Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I like the one where Raz is glowing. It's like raz is radioactive. Radioactive Razputin, wow interesting.
HappyCabbit Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I don't mind the yellow as much as the purple...because it's solid and doesn't include Sasha and Milla. Why?! *distressed* And since the box happens to be the same colos as my Middle School's were I doubt I'd have bought Psychonauts had the American cover looked like that. And...cheap photoshop glow...right. -_-' I also wonder why the brain isn't on there. I thought the brain was really awesome! The European box is most definitely not cool. >.> Well, I don't think so, but I am a biased person who despises yellow and purple [together] and who loves green. <3
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 I like the one where Raz is glowing. It's like raz is radioactive. Radioactive Razputin, wow interesting. You mean the icky yellow and purple one?
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 ...and who loves green. <3 Yay! The green is what made me buy the game, dammit.
Smon Posted October 6, 2005 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. Yeah... I think the box would get attention AND depict the game well if it was a brain splatted against a wall in the tower and the swirls in the brain made the PsychoNauts logo.
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 But the people who haven't played the game don't know what the logo means. How will it sell better?
Smon Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 But the people who haven't played the game don't know what the logo means. How will it sell better? A game with big green swirl or a brain splattered on a wall... I'd buy the brain one.
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 A game with big green swirl or a brain splattered on a wall... I'd buy the brain one. But... nevermind. I like big green swirls. Sadness and woe. D: Anyway, the purple and yellow one is ugly. Not in an 'eeew' type of way, but a 'uhoes, what is this all over the cover? oh thats color' type ugly.
counting_pine Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 To be honest, I'm not sure it's fair to compare the European cover to the US one. I'd say that anyone in Europe who knows what the US Psychonauts cover looks like is probably either planning to buy the game regardless of its cover, or has already imported it. What would you think if you hadn't heard of Psychonauts before, and one day you spotted a purple and yellow cover amongst all the EA/Starwars/etc games on the shelf in HMV? What do you think your first impression would be?
Purple Squid Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 To be honest, I'm not sure it's fair to compare the European cover to the US one. I'd say that anyone in Europe who knows what the US Psychonauts cover looks like is probably either planning to buy the game regardless of its cover, or has already imported it. What would you think if you hadn't heard of Psychonauts before, and one day you spotted a purple and yellow cover amongst all the EA/Starwars/etc games on the shelf in HMV? What do you think your first impression would be? Well, I'd say it was pretty unique looking. And then I'd probably blink a lot. The color kind of hurts... BUT. It DOES draw the eye towards it. And all it hs to do is get people to read the back...once they hear about the bacon...BAM.
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