Comments on: LBP: Box-art Revealed

By: LBP Bundle Coming | TheSixthAxis

LBP Bundle Coming | TheSixthAxis — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:19:18 +0000

[...] weren’t that keen on the box-art itself, but this bundle art [...]

By: jimchenko

jimchenko — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:35:13 +0000

looks awesome. makes me wanna play it right now!

By: gazo69

gazo69 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:11:11 +0000

Too messy, i think sackboy should have his tongue hanging out, i like it when he does that.

By: theycallmeryan

theycallmeryan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:27:56 +0000

I like it lol.

By: retrozoid

retrozoid — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:36:20 +0000

i think that the box art is quite funky and will be a good selling point for the PS3. Great marketing

By: seedaripper1973

seedaripper1973 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:23:12 +0000

to be honest, ive never been a fan of box art myself…and never EVER bought a game on those merits alone…now, the back is a different kettle of fish
(i remember buying mastertronic games under the illusion that commodore64 graphics would be the same on my humble speccy)
bastards…

By: glennpfc

glennpfc — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:36:52 +0000

It’s colourful enough to get people to pick it up. “oooh shiny!” What’s on the back will be more important for the impulse sales though. I’d hate to be the guy that has to sum this up for your average consumer in a paragraph.

By: Hodgi92

Hodgi92 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:22:54 +0000

I like the box-art, colourful, fun and I love sackboy’s smile

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:16:00 +0000

I think it’s gorgeous. I’ve got no idea what LBP is about from looking at that though.

By: colossalblue

colossalblue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:46:39 +0000

This looks like a classic case of too much in the design brief to me. All the elements of the game are there but I don’t necessarily think they all need to be.
I’m not sure if this is a quote from someone or if I thought it up myself when I started designing but I always try to work to this principle:

In a world of noise a moment of silence is deafening.

By: cc_star

cc_star — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:55:44 +0000

Not that keen myself, but Sony need to position Sackboy in the way Sega did Sonic, and Nintendo did Mario….
A single handed box-shifter at Christmas time

By: nofi

nofi — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:47:45 +0000

I get the stickers, and the blueprint, and the globe – they all work, but not together in some kind of crazy mashup. I like it less the more I look at it.

By: proog

proog — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:46:06 +0000

Now that you mention it, the smile does remind me of some horror movie…

By: rothbury

rothbury — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:45:00 +0000

I’m liking it, the messiness matches the art style they’re going for in the level design so i think its fits. Sackboy’s smile is a tad creepy however.

By: proog

proog — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:41:52 +0000

No.