19th May 2003, 7:12 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Darunia
Then I dare say that those people are idiots. Box art can be good or awful...but no one should arbitrarily buy a game because it's box is shiny and colorful.
I certaintly hope that people don't buy a game because of the box art alone, but I'm sure that for people who don't check up on gaming news everyday would be more attracted, at least at first, to games with better box art.
Take these two box arts for example [Robby the Robot isn't game but just imagine it is]:
Which would you pick up first? Some might be drawn to the cheesy box art of Robby the Robot, but most would probably go straight for the cool, stylized box art of Ultima Online.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.