Take a gander at the worst cover art this side of the galaxy.
Just kidding. I’ve long believed that excellence in cover art wretchedness belongs to whoever was doing the stuff for fantasy author R.A. Salvatore’s earlier fiction, and to some degree the wizard who scribbled on the front of John Marco’s stuff, but Mass Effect 2’s new cover is no good either. It just isn’t Siege of Darkness-level bad.
This is indeed the new cover art for Mass Effect 2 -- a not-so-subtle difference from what was revealed moons ago. As you’ll notice, the Krogan is no longer featured and Shepard looks like he’s been hitting the gym instead of doing that whole suicide mission thing.
Not that I would complain about someone going to the gym. Good for you, Shepard.
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7:30 PM on 11.17.2009
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Well, I'll be buying the limited edition, so whatever.
looks like the box art for a dvd set for a space soap opera.
That's the kind of corn sauce this bull shit cover says.
Who the fuck thought this was a good idea?
They could keep it classy and minimal like the menu system or something, then people would think it was something boring if they were unfamiliar (ie. no parents would pick it up for their son's videogame machines this christmas).
I didn't even know there was a CE edition, but will look into it now. You can always turn it inside out, or use your SKILLZ and create your own and put it in the sleeve.
i mean just look at that "2" in the logo. good god...
mass 2 effect. good job, jackasses.
It's not bad, but its just... blergh. Also, who the heck is that girl? She's def. an improvement on the hillbilly-special Ashley.
You mean a Bioware tradition?
New box art doesn't look so bad now, eh? >_> Collector's Edition for me either way though, so it doesn't matter.
Definitely an improvement...but still.
yay for exclusives
Yeah I was thinking the same thing but still.
I wish the box art didn't feature Shepard at all since Shepard is a custom character.
My Rayne Shepard is way more badass looking than that douche.
Maybe they're using it to push more people toward the sick as shit special edition. It'd almost be worth it for the cover swap alone at this point.
Anyone care to enlighten me as to what makes this so wretched?
And I hate how they keep trying to pimp their "white bread" default protagonist in a game where you can totally customize the look of your character. Makes me think my own experience isn't the "true" one and I like to keep up my solipsistic facade.
Is it too hard to slap a helmet on the guys head? Keep it mysterious? Worked for Halo.
maybe terrible box art was a ploy to get people to buy the better box art editions?
you win again bioware...
Is it bad that I actually quite like that? ^^'
Yea, this cover sucks. They probably did it on purpose to get more people to buy the more expensive editions lol.