LGR - Worst Classic PC Game Cover Art
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That, or someone just learned how to use the layer tool in Photoshop along with forgetting how to change their default font from Times New Roman.
Date: 2022-04-14
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I'm an artist and I love videos like this. From my perspective, video game covers are different from fine art so it's fine to critique them because they are a commercial product first. In the case of -Ken's Labyrinth-, -Jill of the Jungle-, etc. it might be a little unfair to blame the graphic designer / illustrator for the weird art style. The person responsible for choosing the appropriate style / artist is usually the Art Director. Maybe the company just hired whoever they could get?
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I'm an artist and I love videos like this. From my perspective, video game covers are different from fine art so it's fine to critique them because they are a commercial product first. In the case of -Ken's Labyrinth-, -Jill of the Jungle-, etc. it might be a little unfair to blame the graphic designer / illustrator for the weird art style. The person responsible for choosing the appropriate style / artist is usually the Art Director. Maybe the company just hired whoever they could get?
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CyberDreams
Oh man, that game cover for -The Kristal- really does look horrible! It's super tacky looking and i do remember the older review that you did of it as well (you even mentioned it in this video. I just had to go back and re-watch that review. It didn't seem like it was that great of a game although some of the concepts were kinda neat i guess. Also about that -Mystery of the Druids- cover. there are no words for that one.
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Oh man, that game cover for -The Kristal- really does look horrible! It's super tacky looking and i do remember the older review that you did of it as well (you even mentioned it in this video. I just had to go back and re-watch that review. It didn't seem like it was that great of a game although some of the concepts were kinda neat i guess. Also about that -Mystery of the Druids- cover. there are no words for that one.
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CyberDreams
While not actual games with orginal artwork, the D! Zone and H! Zone boxes by WizardWorks look pretty awful as well, mainly due to the boxes using -simulated- screen shots instead of real ones. Such horrible marketing but i mean, come on! I'm not sure if that was a common thing or not in the 90's though. Maybe from third-party developers/publishers?
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While not actual games with orginal artwork, the D! Zone and H! Zone boxes by WizardWorks look pretty awful as well, mainly due to the boxes using -simulated- screen shots instead of real ones. Such horrible marketing but i mean, come on! I'm not sure if that was a common thing or not in the 90's though. Maybe from third-party developers/publishers?
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Andr-s
HAHAHA Poor little big adventure. I remember when I choose it from the shelf of a store, with just 6 or 7 years old. I remember my thoughts exactly when look at the cover:
-Angry guy? Check
-Sword? Check
-Dragon? Check
-Castle? Check
And that's all, I told my dad to buy this one and I don't regret at all! What a great game for god's sake.
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HAHAHA Poor little big adventure. I remember when I choose it from the shelf of a store, with just 6 or 7 years old. I remember my thoughts exactly when look at the cover:
-Angry guy? Check
-Sword? Check
-Dragon? Check
-Castle? Check
And that's all, I told my dad to buy this one and I don't regret at all! What a great game for god's sake.
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Dukefazon
I liked Virtuoso, especially played with the midi music. I was trying to be a rocker at that time and the main character looked cool. It's not a good game but I liked the music and the atmosphere of the spooky episode.
Check out any of the the Phoenix Games cover art, they are bad and I think they know it.
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I liked Virtuoso, especially played with the midi music. I was trying to be a rocker at that time and the main character looked cool. It's not a good game but I liked the music and the atmosphere of the spooky episode.
Check out any of the the Phoenix Games cover art, they are bad and I think they know it.
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John
11: 20 -Get me outta here-
Pretty sick to imagine that this dog is actually a sentient being crying out beyond space in time for anyone to help him because he's trapped in some sort of nightmarish purgatory dimension surrounded by small PEZ Dispenser-esque statues of his deceased companions.
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11: 20 -Get me outta here-
Pretty sick to imagine that this dog is actually a sentient being crying out beyond space in time for anyone to help him because he's trapped in some sort of nightmarish purgatory dimension surrounded by small PEZ Dispenser-esque statues of his deceased companions.
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seems like Problem Sleuth, a comic by none other than Andrew Hussie, has references to The Mystery of the Druids. for example, in TMotD, you have to re-assemble a phone to use it to progress in the game. the same thing happens in PS. also, PS uses a similar drag-and-drop inventory system.
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seems like Problem Sleuth, a comic by none other than Andrew Hussie, has references to The Mystery of the Druids. for example, in TMotD, you have to re-assemble a phone to use it to progress in the game. the same thing happens in PS. also, PS uses a similar drag-and-drop inventory system.
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Maave
Tongue if the Fat Man looks like they were making a serious art of the mouth and nose but then somebody graffiti'd over it.
-Oh no somebody vandalized the cover art-, -No time to fix, just send it. -
Spear of Destiny looks like an 80s metal album.
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Tongue if the Fat Man looks like they were making a serious art of the mouth and nose but then somebody graffiti'd over it.
-Oh no somebody vandalized the cover art-, -No time to fix, just send it. -
Spear of Destiny looks like an 80s metal album.
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Horologic
All Epic Megagames games in '93 - '94 had the worst box art. Cartoon-y, very little to do with the game. But they were decent games. Ken's Labyrinth, Jazz Jackrabbit, Zone 66, all the Pinball games, all pretty good games, all goofy boxes.
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All Epic Megagames games in '93 - '94 had the worst box art. Cartoon-y, very little to do with the game. But they were decent games. Ken's Labyrinth, Jazz Jackrabbit, Zone 66, all the Pinball games, all pretty good games, all goofy boxes.
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