Microsoft has released the final box art for Mass Effect. Just look at it, sitting there in all its majesty. Okay, so it's not the most thrilling thing in the world, but it means we're that much closer to the game actually being released, right? As an added bonus, Microsoft promises that we'll be hearing more about Mass Effect in the "near future." Whenever "near" is, we can tell you right now that it's not near enough. You can see a gigantor-fied version of the box art after the break. Also, if you're starving from some Mass Effect news, check out this interview on IGN.
[Thanks to Machiavelli 420 for the interview link]
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1-23-2007 @ 4:47PM
Nitin said...
is it just me or is that box really bright?
i hope they dont make the actual box that bright
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1-23-2007 @ 5:08PM
0ldb0y said...
@Nitin
It is in response to the "real is brown" motif that has been running rampant across next gen.
The movement to appeal with more pretty colors is being labeled "fluorescent is fun."
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1-23-2007 @ 6:06PM
aragorn said...
YOU MUST SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS!!!!
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1-23-2007 @ 7:13PM
EdZ said...
For a game with such a great art style, it's a shame the box is so cluttered and ugly.
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1-23-2007 @ 8:53PM
intRvenous said...
It's typical over-produced marketing hooey. The rule should be: if it's too small to read/see on the shelf, then it's too busy.
Working with marketing is tricky - often too many chef's in the kitchen ;-)
It's decent enough where it won't hurt the sales...
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1-23-2007 @ 10:07PM
aaron said...
"It's typical over-produced marketing hooey. The rule should be: if it's too small to read/see on the shelf, then it's too busy.
Working with marketing is tricky - often too many chef's in the kitchen ;-)
It's decent enough where it won't hurt the sales..."
My God, someone on the same wavelength as I am. You know developers and publishers won't give up the name of the person/company that handles box art.
I'm sure MS had many of those chefs. What's with American marketing when it comes to overproducing things in relation to box art (i.e. Crackdown)? Movie posters are another example.
Oh, go play the Crackdown demo! That is all.
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1-23-2007 @ 11:21PM
Astronaut Bread said...
I don't care what the box looks like. Since the game isn't coming out of my 360 once I get it home it won't matter!
(But the box art is good enough.)
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1-24-2007 @ 3:54AM
DjDATZ said...
This, plus crackdown plus halo 3. wow...im gonna b gamin alot...too bad im takin my xbox home so i dont have it here at university so i can concentrate on school...and then i wont have live...so i wont be able to participate in the halo 3 beta...but im still preordering this game.
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1-24-2007 @ 5:33AM
Bennyishere said...
I wouldn't make it look like that and rather focus on the universe. Like have the universe in the background or something. But the evil eyes thing is cool, albeit not original.
And I LOVE the brightness.
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1-24-2007 @ 8:13AM
Wezsyd said...
Dudes, doesnt the cover remind you all of a certain KOTOR 2. Its like they copied and pasted the cover for KOTOR 2 and just chnaged the pics of teh lead characters...... so much so for originality
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1-24-2007 @ 8:49AM
Patrick said...
*SPLURG* I actually like it alot, when this puppy commin out?
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1-24-2007 @ 4:29PM
ruiner said...
yeah, a bit too much on this cover: "look, we've got evil monsters, robots, spaceships and hot chicks!...buy it!" What happened to art for art's sake? A planet with a ship would have been plenty or just the lead character's pissed off face (not as pissed as Sam in Double Agent) but still very cool and tough. Either way...I'm still probably buying this beast of a game.
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1-30-2007 @ 10:28AM
robotnjik said...
No way that this is Mass Effect real box art... it's too lame, with repting things in background. And btw, Mass Effect logo is in shades of blue, not orange... why to change that. 100% Fake
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