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Yes, BioShock Infinite’s Cover is Terrible, and Yes, That Actually Matters

2K Games revealed the box art for BioShock Infinite this morning and the verdict on it was swift and disapproving.

"You have a game involving floating islands, mechanical creatures of all shapes and sizes, the existance of realityshifting and timebending magic and sky-ziplines," said Redditor Gregar in a thread almost unanimous in its disappointment. "And the best you can come up with is a Generic, Grizzled, White Protagonist that you can't even see, because it's First Person, holding a generic shotgun over his shoulder."

jc485734157d ago

might as well make it into a third person shooter while you're at it.

crxss4156d ago

it's not that terrible, besides people who like Bioshock are getting it REGARDLESS of the box art. and people who've never heard of or have seen Bioshock might pick it up cause it's so coooooooooo......

knowyourstuff4156d ago

Talk about playing it safe right? As if Call of Duty and Uncharted sold a lot because of the one brooding guy on the front holding a gun... lol what are we 5 years old?

joab7774156d ago

Its bad. They r putting the emphasis on u instead of the world and its characters. It shoulda been multiple covers with different enemies or the city itself. I dont like it. Now i am a little worried about the voicing. But i will guve levine the benefit of the doubt until i can see for myself. I was shocked that they did this in an fps.

ChrisW4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

Can't people find better things to complain about?
Such as, why isn't he clean shaven?!?

GrandTheftZamboni4156d ago

They have to because it's not 360 exclusive plus it showed some love for PS3 (Move support).

slapedurmomsace4156d ago

@ chris, I agree, I can't be the only one who could give a rats ass about what the box art looks like. Do people really show off their games as conversational pieces? Will this "ugly" box art effect the way the game plays? Am I really that outta touch?

Welshy4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

I'll wait for the EU PAL release.

I always prefer the covers we get, it's usually more artistic or subtle. US always seems to get the main characters face taking up 2 thirds of the cover looking grumpy and at something in the distance.

http://tinypic.com/r/35ltel...
http://tinypic.com/r/1rw8s7...
http://tinypic.com/r/wkpzmh...

I know alot of people don'y think that cover art is a big deal, but it can make a big difference of the perception of a game, Skyrim does this well, it looks like an old battered book as though there is a legendary tale inside, which there is to play.

Or even LBP does a good job that you may not even think about. Sackboy holding the world in his hand... you play sackboy and you literally have the entire worlds community players of content to access at any time in your hand.

It's all very clever and psychological.

Megaton4156d ago

As long as the game isn't as generic as its cover, I couldn't care less about this.

yeahokchief4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

oh shut up. i could easily argue that the bioshock games are just as much about the characters as the worlds they inhabit. the haters here are all dense. obviously this man will be central to the story and the cover here is your first hint.

protip: the key code to the first door in the game will be 451 or 0451

and since when is a comment by a redditor news? screw kotaku.

the target here is gamers. it's not for art connoisseurs. it's a good cover! i would buy that. i AM buying that!

showtimefolks4156d ago

let me ask a simple question in this very complicated gaming world, how often will you look at the box cover once you put the game in your system?

i mean seriously what else can we complain about? these box covers are suppose to be for those who are not aware of the game and may pick up the box in a gaming store to see if they are interested

they know us the core gamers who are interested in the game won't pass on it because we don't like the box cover.

bigfish4156d ago

you just spoiled the game for me In reading the article summary on this page ,, thanks really appreciate it

gedapeleda4156d ago

It can only mean one thing.
IT's going to be generic and for dumbed down for casuals.Fans will be disappointed with this one, mark my words.I'm going to take down Patcher.

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Bimkoblerutso4157d ago (Edited 4157d ago )

It's not really an unattractive cover. It's just like everyone else has mentioned: it kind of misses the entire point of the game.

Why do American covers always have to have an angry dude with a gun on them?

metsgaming4157d ago

COD thats why, and thats why they had mp in the last bioshock.

Bimkoblerutso4157d ago

They were doing that way before CoD existed.

MaxXAttaxX4157d ago (Edited 4157d ago )

Nintendo has been making Kirby angry in all of its covers because apparently Americans can't handle playing as anyone who isn't a badass or something like that.
http://media.gamerevolution...
http://media.gamerevolution...
http://media.gamerevolution...

There are countless of game covers out there altered for the worse and the unnecessary.

TXIDarkAvenger4157d ago

@NathanExplosion

It's funny how a facial expression can actually make the character look more badass. I mean they just made Kirby look like a badass.

Jinkies4157d ago

The added american flag dosen't help does it, besides it can't be as bad as AC3 horrible over the top, one sided patiotic elements. This game is about two sides against one another on Columbia

PhantomT14124157d ago

Marketing of AC3 was over the top patriotic. The game is not.

Jinkies4157d ago (Edited 4157d ago )

@PhantomT1412

It's not as bad as the marketing but it's still bad enough and very one sided

Both sides did some horrible stuff in the war but the game dumbs down what the Americans did and over exaggerates the red coats to make them look f****d up and twisted.

Hell they even changed the story with what past AC games told us just so it wouldn't p**** off Americans. I don't believe for a second that <SPOILER> Haytham was going to be evil, that little group he was in seemed more perfect for the founding fathers.

ZombieNinjaPanda4156d ago

The game takes place in a 1920s steam-punk-esque America. The Flag isn't what ruins it.

Jinkies4156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

I didn't say it did, did I, I just said it dosen't help

Why add it over Songbird or something else more relevent

CalvinKlein4156d ago

but its a burning American flag, doesnt that make your people happy?

rpd1234156d ago (Edited 4156d ago )

"I don't believe for a second that <SPOILER> Haytham was going to be evil, that little group he was in seemed more perfect for the founding fathers."

Did you play the game? He wasn't evil. He wanted independence just as much as Connor. He just had a different way of going about it (one that was arguably smarter and more efficient). And they showed that the Founding Fathers were flawed so many times in the game. It was in no way one sided for Americans. Saying so makes you sound ignorant.

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OCEANGROWNKUSH4156d ago

COOL! i come to a BIOSHOCK article for a game that isnt out yet and get AC3 spoilers... fucking bullshit

kevnb4157d ago

I dont care as Ill get it on steam, but none of us has played the game to begin with either... just saying.

alegolo4157d ago

I hope they create a more minimaslistic cover for the PAL region

Lior4157d ago

i actually like it, its nice and retro in a way

Jockamo4156d ago

i agree...kinda reminds me of an old choose your own adventure book.

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Christopher268d ago

"And lastly, famous Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling helped to create the action-RPG’s setting. What’s really fascinating, though, is that the game was partially financed by taxpayers from Rhode Island (which allegedly lost the state millions of dollars). Yikes!"

1. Now infamous Schilling
2. No allegedly, it did. And they couldn't pay it back.
3. What really lost the money wasn't the SP release but the MMO they were working on. This was supposed to be an introduction into the MMO world.

Soy267d ago

I hate counting limited editions for these lists. I mean, they're made to be rare and expensive. It's far more interesting to hear about the NCAAs (even if most people know that one already) and the El Chavos than some massive hit that came with a $200 statue at retail.

gamerz267d ago

Me too. Here's the best I can do:

El Chavo Kart $90.14
NCAA Football 14 $87.72
Spiderman: Edge of Time $75.94
Spiderman Web of Shadows $75.09
Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions $67.76

Christopher267d ago

Wow, El Chavo Kart is not at all what I expected by the name. 100% looks like a Sackboy Kart game.

Soy266d ago

It's so odd that so many Spider-Man games are seemingly given lower print runs, even if they're not the best games.

jznrpg267d ago (Edited 267d ago )

Most Xbox games don’t hold as much value compared to other systems. Kameo, Blue Dragon, Last Remnant , and a handful or 2 of other games that I kept.

sadraiden267d ago

Fallout 3 and Bioshock Infinite are the rarest games of all time.

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Christopher287d ago

While I love someone mentioning Planescape, not really multiverse. Planes and dimensions, yes. But, they are typically their own locations and are very rarely tied to another 'verse' let alone another plane. The only things that are directly tied are the ethereal and material planes. Otherwise, they are dimensions created of their own design and goals by the creator/owner and not comprised of 'their own version of another dimension'.

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