Comments on: Top 40 Video Game Covers of All Time http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/ Photoshop Tutorials Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:15 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Truth http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-177597 Truth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:23:09 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-177597 One of these covers is a blank image with a title on the top. That shouldn't even qualify. It doesn't even have cover art. I think this list is just trolling. I mean, some of these are the shining examples of every cliche that genre uses for covers. So many SPACE MARINE POWER ARMOR STANDING WITH A GUN on this. One of these covers is a blank image with a title on the top.
That shouldn’t even qualify. It doesn’t even have cover art.
I think this list is just trolling. I mean, some of these are the shining examples of every cliche that genre uses for covers. So many SPACE MARINE POWER ARMOR STANDING WITH A GUN on this.

]]> By: Urbik http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-172052 Urbik Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:58:16 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-172052 It looks like a list of best games not covers... It looks like a list of best games not covers…

]]> By: abdelf http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-168145 abdelf Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:24:04 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-168145 OK list but some of the covers put there are terrible.. Super Mario broes, Ultima the black gate, and Pokemon are terrible and really lazy covers. Just cause you like the game doesnt mean the cover is good. OK list but some of the covers put there are terrible.. Super Mario broes, Ultima the black gate, and Pokemon are terrible and really lazy covers. Just cause you like the game doesnt mean the cover is good.

]]> By: entertica http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-168117 entertica Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:17:07 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-168117 FarCry is amazing. I have seen some of FarCry ads on magazines and *wow* I'm impressed to buy the game! FarCry is amazing. I have seen some of FarCry ads on magazines and *wow* I’m impressed to buy the game!

]]> By: sfdrummer http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-165178 sfdrummer Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:11:56 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-165178 Its a good list, just a shame that its missing every piece of classic Psygnosis cover art ever made. Just off the top of my head: Shadow of the Beast (all 3), Lemmings, Awesome, Agony, Walker, the list goes on!! Its a good list, just a shame that its missing every piece of classic Psygnosis cover art ever made. Just off the top of my head: Shadow of the Beast (all 3), Lemmings, Awesome, Agony, Walker, the list goes on!!

]]> By: Lord Quinton http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-164591 Lord Quinton Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:41:35 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-164591 There are some serious problem to this list of video game covers. first off the original super mario cover was included. I agree mario is exceptionally recognizable but put that thing 10 ft away from your average person and they would have no clue what it was, i sure would'nt. There were many games created for the original NES that had cover art created that was beautiful and not some pixel mash that looks just tossed up at the last minute, and there were many bad pixel cover arts for NES games. Second the article poster states his case for most of these games based on his impressions of the game. This is about cover art not what the game was about. I wish more detail was paid to the quality of the art, as some games (ultima 7?) definitly did not deserve to be here, if your game is so widely known you don't need attractive cover art anymore then there is no reason it should be in a lineup of the top 40 cover arts is there? I'll freely admit that i'm a final fantasy fan and probably the cover art that struck me the most was from 7, cloud, with the giant sword looking up and the towering shinra building, with the green, glowing, sparking reactors in the background is incredibly moving to me. Likewise, i'm not a fan of racing games but i've seen a few need for speed covers that nearly made me buy the game based on cover alone, i believe it was NFS 4 that had the cars making a tight turn with their brakes on and the speed lines blurring all that into such a frenetic scene you could envision it as if you were right there. and last but not least, some covers were included but on the wrong merits. Deus ex definitely deserved to be in there, not because it set the mood of the game but because it exemplified the name of the game: you've got your slightly non-human looking person looking up at some heavenly light shining onto him from above, it casts him in a godlike perspective. THATS good cover art. likewise F.E.A.R. was great not for the alma vs soldier thing, but that in the bottom you have these heavily armed and armored soldiers sprinting to/ or maybe from? something and in the background this little girl who looms larger than life and is distorted in a n exceptionally creepy way. It implies she's scaring of the soldiers but thats not a guarantee, especially because other than looking creepy she seems to really be more or less innocent. so thats it, my 2 cents, hope i was too wordy for you. There are some serious problem to this list of video game covers. first off the original super mario cover was included. I agree mario is exceptionally recognizable but put that thing 10 ft away from your average person and they would have no clue what it was, i sure would’nt. There were many games created for the original NES that had cover art created that was beautiful and not some pixel mash that looks just tossed up at the last minute, and there were many bad pixel cover arts for NES games.
Second the article poster states his case for most of these games based on his impressions of the game. This is about cover art not what the game was about. I wish more detail was paid to the quality of the art, as some games (ultima 7?) definitly did not deserve to be here, if your game is so widely known you don’t need attractive cover art anymore then there is no reason it should be in a lineup of the top 40 cover arts is there? I’ll freely admit that i’m a final fantasy fan and probably the cover art that struck me the most was from 7, cloud, with the giant sword looking up and the towering shinra building, with the green, glowing, sparking reactors in the background is incredibly moving to me. Likewise, i’m not a fan of racing games but i’ve seen a few need for speed covers that nearly made me buy the game based on cover alone, i believe it was NFS 4 that had the cars making a tight turn with their brakes on and the speed lines blurring all that into such a frenetic scene you could envision it as if you were right there.
and last but not least, some covers were included but on the wrong merits. Deus ex definitely deserved to be in there, not because it set the mood of the game but because it exemplified the name of the game: you’ve got your slightly non-human looking person looking up at some heavenly light shining onto him from above, it casts him in a godlike perspective. THATS good cover art. likewise F.E.A.R. was great not for the alma vs soldier thing, but that in the bottom you have these heavily armed and armored soldiers sprinting to/ or maybe from? something and in the background this little girl who looms larger than life and is distorted in a n exceptionally creepy way. It implies she’s scaring of the soldiers but thats not a guarantee, especially because other than looking creepy she seems to really be more or less innocent.

so thats it, my 2 cents, hope i was too wordy for you.

]]> By: medo http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-155413 medo Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:59:39 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-155413 VER Y GOOD BUT WHERE GOD OF WAR I&II&COVERS? VER Y GOOD BUT WHERE GOD OF WAR I&II&COVERS?

]]> By: charcoaljar http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-152511 charcoaljar Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:32:20 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-152511 The Dante's Inferno art wort is looking insane! http://cincodesign.com/culture/2009/08/13/%E2%80%9Cgo-to-hell%E2%80%9D/ The Dante’s Inferno art wort is looking insane!

http://cincodesign.com/culture/2009/08/13/%E2%80%9Cgo-to-hell%E2%80%9D/

]]> By: Henry Hoffman http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-148689 Henry Hoffman Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:36:15 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-148689 I concur. I concur.

]]> By: Hussain Raja http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/#comment-148512 Hussain Raja Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:52:28 +0000 http://psd.tutsplus.com/?p=2304#comment-148512 I was hoping to see the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune cover here. I think that one is a great cover. I was hoping to see the Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune cover here. I think that one is a great cover.

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