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Verdekal
07/21/18 11:38:14 PM
#1:


In the SNES/Genesis generation, game box art was literally a work of art with cool drawings.

But more recently, at most, it's just a game rendering of the face or body of the main character.
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Skye Reynolds
07/21/18 11:39:49 PM
#2:


Same thing happened to movie posters.

With the internet and social media came a decline in the need for catchy visuals. You just have to get your name out there.
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Vol2tex
07/21/18 11:44:39 PM
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Very depresssing. Even designs and logos are more minimalist.
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boxington
07/21/18 11:45:43 PM
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you usually see decent art these days on the other side of reversible covers
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Dash_Harber
07/21/18 11:50:36 PM
#6:


Skye Reynolds posted...
Same thing happened to movie posters.

With the internet and social media came a decline in the need for catchy visuals. You just have to get your name out there.


In addition, digital games don't need the same sort of art.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, though. Older games could sell based on boxart despite being horrible, and not having to worry about that frees up some more money for development.
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catboy0_0
07/21/18 11:57:37 PM
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http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/batman-arkham-city-goty-edition-box-art.jpg
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Dash_Harber
07/21/18 11:57:57 PM
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ClunkerSlim posted...
Box Art picked back up in the PS2 days but its probably on the decline again.


I think you might be misremembering. There were some decent ones, but it was also the birthplace of the 'ominous head floating in the sky with totally radical font' design.
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AvantgardeAClue
07/22/18 12:05:28 AM
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All the best covers this gen and last have been mostly alternate covers (BioShock Infinite, Doom 4, God of War 4)
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Megaman50100
07/22/18 12:06:20 AM
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Then when they feature too many characters or are too colorful they get disparaged for that.
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catboy0_0
07/22/18 12:06:48 AM
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Megaman50100 posted...
Then when they feature too many characters or are too colorful they get disparaged for that.

the smash 64 box was perfect
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Kisai
07/22/18 12:25:30 AM
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You know what had the best boxart? Mario games.

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They've got so much detail, and so much going on there. Tons of color, lots of action, bright, vibrant...

Zelda's got some pretty awesome box art too, though.

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Especially like Link's Awakening's boxart. Almost reminiscent of the Mario boxart with how much it has going on.

I still think some boxart nowadays can be pretty good too, though.
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