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As 2004 comes to an end... many sites and communites... and lesser respected cable networks all award this years games with honorary mentions....

Well..... regardless of how amazing these games are... to the uninformed consumer... the deciding factor on the sole purchase of a game off a shelf... could be decided upon by the box art....

So... without boring anyone here too much... let me get straight to the point...

Lets see what CAGers feel should get horable mentions for best and worst of 2004 in the box art categories.

Be sure to post the images (not too big guys!) and clearly specify your notion for BEST or WORST of 2004......


Ready?

As a matter of fact... this size pushes it... but stick to ebgames.com for a great pictoral reference.

Here is... My option for Best Box Art of 2004.



When I imported this puppy opening the package to reveal one of the most colorful and hilarious covers I'd ever seen.... i was shocked at how well it actually represented not only the tone of the game... but the concept of the gameplay itself...

I actually had a bet going on amongst friends that if it would ever get imported... thered be no chance in hell that they'd keep the box art... just look at ICO in Japan and Europe....


compared to ours in the US.....


pretty disgusting right?
well needles to say... I lost the bet... but won the war.
Not only is KD my pick for Game of the Year... but its also got the best Box art... hand down....


Four runners up for best Box Arts this year.... include....

Pikmin 2



So much production value seen on this amazing gem... the colorful action shot with the sculpted and photgraphed models is a rarity among the shelf space... is this game on YOUR shelf? It should be.....
NOTE: Nintendo almost went with this cover... seen here....



Thankfully... at last minute... the traditional line 'em up and smile cover cover was scrapped for the earlier action shot. Cheers Nintendo.

Feel The Magic XY/XX

How many other games in your collection have such a dead sexy and revealing cover that at the same time reveals nothing, but style.


WORST for this year will hardly need explanation.... but I'll show them to you anyway.....

Stare in disgust. Stare. In. Disgust.

Culprit No. 1 The Guy Game

Culprit No. 2 Donkey Konga (disc case)
Sure you dont really pick THIS off the shelf... but once you get it home.. you DO NOT want to keep this around for others to see....

best box art of 2004


worst box art of 2004

Best:




Worst? Give me a minute, I usually try to ignore terrible box art.

Best (I realize that this is the strategy guide):



I'm gonna have to agree..

Worst:

BEST - Actually, I like the simplicity of Halo 2 CE.
Worst - ESPN 2K5 is bad, but there was a worse title. I can't remember the name of the game, but it was shown in EGM; the cover art shows a badly drawn teenage girl who is the star of the game. It is for XBox, and was originally supposed to be a launch title for the system, but didn't come out until this year.

Originally Posted by rebenns BEST - Actually, I like the simplicity of Halo 2 CE. Worst - ESPN 2K5 is bad, but there was a worse title. I can't remember the name of the game, but it was shown in EGM; the cover art shows a badly drawn teenage girl who is the star of the game. It is for XBox, and was originally supposed to be a launch title for the system, but didn't come out until this year.

malice??

Originally Posted by rebenns BEST - Actually, I like the simplicity of Halo 2 CE. Worst - ESPN 2K5 is bad, but there was a worse title. I can't remember the name of the game, but it was shown in EGM; the cover art shows a badly drawn teenage girl who is the star of the game. It is for XBox, and was originally supposed to be a launch title for the system, but didn't come out until this year.

Malice?

Dog's Life has gotta be the worst I've seen in a long time. Even if you like Katamari Damacy, though, you gotta admit that's its too simplistic.

As far as ESPN NBA, it could have been worse, they could have put Artest on it...

Originally Posted by rebenns BEST - Actually, I like the simplicity of Halo 2 CE. Worst - ESPN 2K5 is bad, but there was a worse title. I can't remember the name of the game, but it was shown in EGM; the cover art shows a badly drawn teenage girl who is the star of the game. It is for XBox, and was originally supposed to be a launch title for the system, but didn't come out until this year.

Was it Malice?

Damn I got beat by two minutes. =/

Katamari Damacy = Best Title Cover...
Malice = Worst.

NEXT!!!

Hm. I don't think it's been posted, but was it Malice?

:cool:

Originally Posted by Scorch Hm. I don't think it's been posted, but was it Malice? :cool:

look up about 7 posts.

Edit- Um..4.

Worst:
There's alot....Get on Da Mic comes to mind, and the Guy Game despite having some hot chicks on there, the picture of the host guy or whatever makes me wanna break the case into a thousand pieces for some reason.

Best:
Not even a game really, I'd have to say the best boxart I've seen this year were on the SE Street Fighter Controllers.

I'd say best box art would be:
Metoid Prime 2 (I'm a sucker for foil covers)
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...%20m110215.htm
Burnout 3 (runner up)
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...s%20110440.htm

Worst Box Art:
Bad Boys (how original can you get?)
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...e%20112000.htm
Get On Da Mic (runner up)
http://www.gamefly.com/products/stat...s%20112160.htm

Originally Posted by rebenns BEST - Actually, I like the simplicity of Halo 2 CE. Worst - ESPN 2K5 is bad, but there was a worse title. I can't remember the name of the game, but it was shown in EGM; the cover art shows a badly drawn teenage girl who is the star of the game. It is for XBox, and was originally supposed to be a launch title for the system, but didn't come out until this year.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it's Malice.

I like SMT: Nocturne for best.

Best - Halo 2 LE (Flame me! )
- Katarmari Damacy

Worst - Catwoman
- Gallan (or however you spell the crappy pirate game.)

Originally Posted by TheUnsane1 I like SMT: Nocturne for best.

Yeah that one is pretty good too.

I don't know why, but I really like Second Sight's cover.


The worst I guess is Smackdown vs Raw. I don't want to look at Vince's sweaty face.