[fov]

i didn't realize until recently that the GK3 box art is also a take-off on christian art of the virgin mary holding jesus after the crucifixion. (gabe is jesus, the vampire is mary...)

-emily

edited for spelling -- also to add i didn't actually realize it on my own. someone else pointed it out to me. so much for all those years of Sunday School...

[pleto4_ryan]

Originally Posted by fov

i didn't realize until recently that the GK3 box art is also a take-off on christian art of the virgin mary holding jesus after the crucifixon. (gabe is jesus, the vampire is mary...)

-emily

:eek:



WOW

[Tanukitsune]

Hmm, I cant decide between Monkey Island I and Zack McKraken... Or maybe Sam & Max...

[DustCropper]

Various LucasArts titles (such as MI1 and DOTT), The Last Express, and Gabriel Knight 3 pop in my mind, though I don't have my collection with me so I can't browse through them and pick out my favorites.

As for non-adventure titles, I love the box art for Outlaws.

[nordic_guy]

I must add the box-art from Stupid Invaders. The one where they are escaping the exploding planet. Simple but effective.
Probably more worth than the game itself, and that says a lot.

[eriq]

Originally Posted by Flux

Good for you ^__^

My favourite boxart would be those of the Warcraft 2 (+ expansion) and Diablo series. Very direct, very personal. Let's see if I can find examples.
Okay, I couldn't find any so quickly, but suffice it to say they're nice.

Oooh, I so agree. Blizzard has got it DOWN when it comes to graphic design and art direction. Their products are always bold, colourful, and theatrical. I keep all of my Blizzard boxes just like I kept my old Sierra and LucasArts boxes. Game boxes are an art!

Some random boxes I just adore:

Maniac Mansion (original box)
Zak McKracken
Monkey Island 1 & 2
Loom
King's Quest IV
Codename : ICEMAN (the original foiled print)
Conquests of Camelot
Warcraft 3 : Collector's Edition
Quake 3 tin box
Space Quest 3

[remixor]

FULL THROTTLE
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (just got a poster of this for my dorm room)
MI2 (the little voodoo doll is the touch that makes that cover awesome, IMO)
Grim Fandango
Loom
Diablo, D2, D2:LOD
The Last Express
Syberia (I'm not really sure why, I just like it)

[Carlius]

Hmm! there are many good but Monkey 1 is the best followed by Monkey2, GK2, and BS1

[Pappapisshu]

ICO, the european box art Amazing.

[rampant]

I liked the box art of the original edition of The Last Express (not the reissue)

[bpfinsa]

The one that really sticks out in my mind was the cover from Tex Murphy: Overseer. Not so much because of the art, but because it had a flashing red LED embedding in the cover. Kind of a neat gimmick.

http://mobygames.com/game/covers/gam...7/gameId,1455/

--BPF

[D.C.]

I like the box art for The Longest Journey, Grim Fandango, and Post Mortem but my favourite would be the box for Gabriel Knight III: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned.

[Hoipolloi]

Zork Nemesis Mac US-Box

[Captain Blondebeard]

Lucas Arts was the best at the art. Monkey Island 2 : Lechuck's Revenge was so beautiful and it's contents were equally well illustrated.

[River]

Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis
The secret of Monkey Island
The day of the tentacle
The 7th Guest
Sanitarium
Heavy Rain
Fahrenheit
Gabriel Knight 2 & 3
Broken Sword 3
Gray Matter

[Isak]

Discworld Noir had fantastic box art
, along with the US version of Broken Sword - The Shadow of the templars for Playstation: http://e.imagehost.org/0670/brokensword.jpg.

As mentioned above, the art for Broken Sword 3 (pal edition) was really nice, and the japan edition was kinda was somewhat nice but weird: http://i.yai.bz/assets/38/406/p1003740638.jpg

[marshal99]

Always liked the phantasmagoria & noctropolis box art.

[inm8#2]

+1 for GK3

I'll add Scratches. And I haven't played The Dark Eye but that cover of a shadowy figure standing with a shovel is pretty cool.

[harald]

The only covers I can think of at the moment that haven't already been mentioned are the Journeyman Project box covers. Some of them are a little cluttered perhaps, but very colourful and eye-catching.


From left to right:The Journeyman Project, Pegasus Prime, Buried in Time, Legacy of Time.

Also, I agree that many LucasArts and Sierra covers were beautiful.

[Pinchpenny]

I'm a big fan of a lot of the old LucasArts game covers, as highlighted by this amazing poster thread by Laserschwert. My favourite is probably Sam & Max Hit the Road, which I love the composition and colours on. As I'm a huge sucker for Steve Purcell's art, I also think Telltale's self-published game covers are great.