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Here you have it: The final box art for the 360/PC versions of Bioshock. I have to say that I am very much disappointed. Anybody else getting a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers vibe from the Big Daddy's pose? The game is still going to melt my face, though.

[Editor's note: Start the face melting with this new Bioshock video! -Niero]

[via Kotaku]

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Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 15:32
Snaileb
It's morphin time.
kakusei's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 15:34
kakusei
Yeah, I see what you mean. I looks like something out of the TMNT movie to me. Hopefully I'll be getting the special edition anyway. Although some of the runner-up entries in the design the box competition for that were downright awful.
Omnieinherjar's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 15:43
Omnieinherjar
I like the collector's edition a lot more than that box art.
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 15:52
Snaileb
That kid could kick all our ass'.
SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 15:54
SLiFE
The final box art for my copy of Bioshock was released a couple weeks ago.
KarlCarlson3's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 16:03
KarlCarlson3
That is kind of lame. The collector's edition box art is definitely better.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 16:17
Jordan Devore
Another reason to get the CE.
SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 16:30
SLiFE
Here's the other reason:



-D-'s Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 18:35
-D-
I may actually throw down the extra $10 for the CE -- so torn...so...torn.
Kotua's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 19:41
Kotua
THe big daddies are iconic of BioShock already, but putting them on the cover?
Interesting how the little sister is by his side, in another cliched "cool" pose...
Definitely buying the CE. For the figurine of the Big Daddies.
ArrestedDeveloper's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 23:51
ArrestedDeveloper
I don't mind the boxart but I am getting the collectors edition
Leviathan's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 23:52
Leviathan
this is a travesty... That's it, fuck this game! (jk)
bruceleethree's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/06/2007 23:59
bruceleethree
WTB the System Shock 2 box art with the scary/eerie/cryptic tone.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:02
TheStripe
Blech.

If I didn't know anything about this game, i'd think it was crap. Why put a cover on an M rated title that looks like it belongs on Richie Rich Buys Atlantis?
meronkun's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:03
meronkun
I really wish the box art was Yayoo's post.
BIOSHOCK
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:03
TheStripe
You know if the Big Daddy were like, some sort of undersea exploration device, and richie's head was like, poking out of the lil porthole lookin' eyes. Maybe with that big fist full of cash. I'd make a graphic, but I'm too fucking lazy.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:10
Crunshii
lol
Fana7ic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:22
Fana7ic
It does look kinda cheap. Meh Imma get the collectors edition just for the big daddy figure
TheRob91's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:23
TheRob91
I would have had him holding her hand, protecting her as he does in the game, but I guess that wouldn't have been "cool" enough.
boxhound's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:24
boxhound
That's one goofy ass looking cover.

Oh well, at least the game makes up for it.
Your moms new boyfriend's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:27
Your moms new boyfriend
Oh, come on. That's the pose that every character Jack Kirby ever drew made.
MrBungle78's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:31
MrBungle78
Wow thats cheesy. CE cover FTW!
bobafettm's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:35
bobafettm
I like the one on the right better ;)

oooo! I know why!! DX10 BISHES!
Brass's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 00:45
Brass
It really doesn't look that bad to me. I'd give it a 7/10 - a different direction would've been cool, but consider that this needs to appeal to a mass market, and the simple, yet effective packaging may make a bit more sense.
moclippa's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 01:00
moclippa
Getting the CE cover just to avoid this crap.
Jerkbutt47's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 01:02
Jerkbutt47
it does look cheap like a budget game...
i would have gone with an underwater view of rapture from the outside
lawl's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 01:10
lawl
It's not a big deal if the cover sucks. I actually play my games, rather than obsess over the fucking box art and I'm sure as hell not spending 10 bucks more for a documentary.
Megaphone's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 01:15
Megaphone
I was getting the CE anyway just for that action figure.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 01:33
JLanphear
Collector's Edition ho for me!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 04:31
Aaron Mxy Yost
What lawl said.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 05:08
atheistium
If the special edition gets released in europe then I'll be getting a copy of that. The special ed artwork is a lot more creative than that... honestly... Bioshock's screenshots look more artsy than that!
Honestly...
mrsamuel's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 05:52
mrsamuel
I don't know anything about this game, but that cover art looks stupid.
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 06:04
nademagnet
or... falcon punch!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 07:06
king3vbo
I think Im the only one that likes the cover art. I want this game bad
solidunit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 07:37
solidunit
Looks like the kool-aid man busting through a wall
dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 07:45
dorock
I happen to like the cover, yes it kinda corny, but the Big Daddy's are fucking awesome!(That and I'm all about Corny) Though they're a bitch to kill the fights with them are epic!
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 09:00
TheStripe
Wasn't the special edition cover a user submitted contest piece or something?
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 09:25
deanhatescoffee
Looks like Bomberman on acid... but in a bad way.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 09:27
s0lesurviv0r
Wow, did they spend so much on producing the game that they had so little to pay the box cover artist?
dv8withn8's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 11:19
dv8withn8
It screams, "Go team Big Daddy!"?
yourmom's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 13:17
yourmom
Someone made a comment that they're taking art directions from the kool-aid man.

that made me lol.
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 15:01
Clockwork
@solidunit

This time around, the koolaid man is gonna shove his pile driver right up your ass. OH YEAH!
winojesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/07/2007 15:38
winojesus
that is fucking shit
Deadback's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/08/2007 10:18
Deadback
I expected something more broody and dark, and, well damp. Or something. And why would they need the 'mass appeal' bullshit when the hype for the game is already pretty damn high.

Cheesy cover. Awesome game...looks it, at least.
De-Filer's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2007 12:41
De-Filer
Those sly bastards that designed the cover knew it was cheesy, and now that you're all buying the CE of Bioshock, you're doingexactly what they wanted! I can't wait for my little figurine...
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