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Dreadnoughtw
Posted 8/14/2009 10:00:49 AM
tbh i like more the 2nd pic rather then the 1st one xD

looks more like the characters of the game
1st one doesnt resemble the main character unless im being deceived xD
yaksini
Posted 8/14/2009 10:20:05 AM
I was the one who posted the box art, it was from the site of the people who had made it. I just had to post it because it was so.. bad. I know the job of a localization is to make it more appealing to the west but nobody was going to like that art. I have come up with some examples of package art that I think would be more fitting for the game. Perhaps people want to vote which they think is best?

http://i32.tinypic.com/2m2ximo.jpg

I'll explain the picture. There are 3 examples there without any markings, while the other 3 have logos to show where they would go on the PAL box. I couldn't use the European logo for the game since I do not have it, so I just made it to look like a U.S. box. I also made a 4th one but it is the same as the 2nd example evanac posted.
tatsuya1221
Posted 8/14/2009 11:28:52 AM
Please for the love of god use the second one, the first one is the only cover art i consider to be a challenge for the megaman boxart for worst boxart of all time, i'm dead serious, besides, this is a anime inspired style game, it should have a anime-ish cover imo.

^^@yaksini
The top and middle ones are awesome, just gotta say.
Belphegor86
Posted 8/14/2009 11:51:48 AM
I don't think I need to say this but...

please, please, PLEASE don't use the one using the 3D character art - totally ignoring the fact it is no way representative of the game - if I saw that on a shelf I would pass it by without a second glance, writing it off as a amateurish attempt of a game at best.

If other feedback is welcome may I suggest something be done with the game title/logo -I know its probably too late in the day for this to be changed but it too does just not look right in keeping with the style of the game and looks completely jarring in contrast to the artwork. Something more in keeping with the original japanese typeset would work much better. Something a little less 'futuristic' and a little more 'traditional' - think Mana Khemia, Fire Emblem, Suikoden, Tales of the Abyss

@yaksini
nice work! Especially loving the 2nd one. Liking the artwork on the first one but I think the arrangement of the characters would make title/logo placement a little bit difficult
Dreadnoughtw
Posted 8/14/2009 12:12:35 PM
@yaksini

love the 1st and 2nd work

rly well done ^^

but gotta say Belphegor86 is right
the arrangement of the characters does seem a problem with the placement of the title/logo
rainking187_2
Posted 8/14/2009 1:43:30 PM
I have to agree the game logo looks out of place. But you absolutely have to use that second cover art.
Dreadnoughtw
Posted 8/14/2009 9:04:38 PM
not exactly out of place

in japan the game is called agarest senki (if im not mistaken)
translating that to english (either if is US english or british one) we end up with Agarest: Generations of War or Record of Agarest War

so the problem we might get is

wich title we choose? the 1st option:
Agarest: Generations of War

or the 2nd one:
Record of Agarest War


from my part i rather like Agarest: Generations of War
dunno why but the name makes more sense to me and sounds much nicer then Record of Agarest War

opinions?
Astyanax
Posted 8/14/2009 10:18:35 PM
@Evanac, the second cover, definitely.

@yaksini, the top covers look great.
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Belphegor86
Posted 8/15/2009 12:44:12 AM
@Dreadnoughtw

when you say it's not exactly out of place what do you mean? Me and rainking187_2 were on about the style of it but from the rest of your post I can't decide if you think we we're talking about something else.

With respect to the name of the game: well the official japanese title is Record of Agarest War (the english is on the japanese game cover) so I can understand why aksys have stuck with that title. However, I do personally prefer Agarest: Generations of War which seems very apt considering the whole 'soul breeding' system, nice title - works on a number of different levels
berton13
Posted 8/15/2009 6:12:58 AM
@Evanac

Is that supposed to be a question? Definitely the second cover.



@yaksini

I lke the first one the best, but the second is good as well. The problem with the third is that it has too many character put on it randomly, as if the maker couldn't decide what to do so s/he just put them on it just make something.
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