SHIV first packshot

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Maby the artwork on the cover of this book?

[rodan54]

the box arts looks way too arcade-ish and even pretty generic.

But it still is one of the first impressions of many people.

I'm sure thats exactly the reason the box art is the way it is. Remember that the hardcore subsim enthusiests crowd constitutes a fraction of the overall gamer populace.

So Ubisoft in all likeliness drew up that perticular box art to attract a more casual gamer crowd, and in turn expand the SH fanbase. And these casual gamers will walk in to their nearest game retailer and see this fancy box art with exploisions, torpedoes, and airplanes galore and think "WOW! This looks pretty cool, maybe I should give it a try."

While us (the majority of the hardcore crowd) wont worry about it, since we know exactly what to expect from the game. And as Sailor Steve already said most of us just tossed the SHIII box of in some desk corner to collect dust after installing.

[Biggles]

The crew is Romanian? I was wondering about that dialect on the video-updates....

[TwistedFemur]

Originally Posted by nightdagger

I really don't care as long as it's in my grubby little hands ASAP.

Double dog Ditto

[mookiemookie]

Who cares what the box art looks like? Like Sailor Steve said, once you take it out of the box, you toss it away anyways.

Eagerly awaiting this.

[AG124]

Actually, I always keep my game boxes. But I'm probably the only one. I even stil have the slipcover that covered the plastic case of SHIII.

[Syxx_Killer]

I don't know, but I actually kind of like the SH4 box. Anyway, I keep everything including the receipt/invoice to my stuff.

[Schatten]

Originally Posted by AG124

Actually, I always keep my game boxes. But I'm probably the only one. I even stil have the slipcover that covered the plastic case of SHIII.

Heck I still have my Red Storm Rising box from the old C-64 days. I'm strange like that too. :rotfl:

[mookiemookie]

Heh...I guess it shows that I live in a tiny apartment and space is at a premium! I guess what I'm saying is that I'd rather them spend their time on what's inside the box, rather than what's on the outside.

[Sea Wolf]

That's not nice, it's too full of action. It should be dark and stealthy. Perhaps you could see a sub half submerged in the shadows.

[Safe-Keeper]

So Ubisoft in all likeliness drew up that perticular box art to attract a more casual gamer crowd, and in turn expand the SH fanbase. And these casual gamers will walk in to their nearest game retailer and see this fancy box art with exploisions, torpedoes, and airplanes galore and think "WOW! This looks pretty cool, maybe I should give it a try."

While us (the majority of the hardcore crowd) wont worry about it, since we know exactly what to expect from the game.

Exactly. The arcade players will buy it, play it and go "WTF!!11 O n03z, teh realizm 1 muzt warzh mah h4ndz&eyez 1n azid f0r tuchin diz abomination" (not that most CS-style arcade lovers can spell "abomination"), while the realism lovers will walk right past it in the stores (and a lot of sim players won't know what to expect from it).

And as Sailor Steve already said most of us just tossed the SHIII box of in some desk corner to collect dust after installing.

No one said otherwise.

[Pants]

TBH i don't care either way what the box looks like, It's the game and how that plays/Looks and the content, That is the more important to me IMO:hmm:

[Sulikate]

Originally Posted by AG124

Actually, I always keep my game boxes. But I'm probably the only one. I even stil have the slipcover that covered the plastic case of SHIII.

Me too

[The Noob]

I only keep the boxes of the games i like. For example Counter-Strike, SH3, n stuff.

[AG124]

Well, I guess I'm not the only one who keeps the boxes after all.