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Heavy Rain U.S. cover art a little too much?

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Heavy Rain World Art

Leave it to corporate America to take an already awesome game cover for Heavy Rain on the PS3, that is being used in Asia and EMEA, and try too hard to make it U.S. gamer friendly. In all honesty, it doesn’t look bad, but due to U.S. covers typically trying to include too many of the game’s characters or scenes, it doesn’t translate as naturally. If you take a look at the sleek Heavy Rain cover being used around the world, you’d likely agree there was no reason to change anything up.

We discussed this regarding the Mass Effect 2 box art where it looks fairly ridiculous compared to the sleek cover of the original Mass Effect. Let’s have these game publishers chill out on the sensory-overload on cover art and just give us a stylish cover that doesn’t make you want to puke a little each time you see it. No need to include the girl in the white tank top specifically. We know the game has sex, attractive females and suggestive themes. The Heavy Rain cover above looks 20 times better than the U.S. one below. Any opinions on the two? Let us know.

Heavy Rain US Art

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  • Brian

    Desparate to create buzz! This game is a failure.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/DustinBlackwell DustinMMOMFG

      Call me crazy, but I think it looks smart and good. Hate the US cover though. Stick with the original.

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/Miku_ Miku_

        I agree with Dustin on all counts.

        That being said, I'm assuming they're hoping tits might move some product.

        • http://intensedebate.com/people/DustinBlackwell DustinMMOMFG

          Works every time!

  • http://peachio.com Peachio

    I love the U.S. cover way better. The original is nice, but just not as cool. But, really they include the same elements so how can you "hate" it at all.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/DustinBlackwell DustinMMOMFG

      I don't hate it per se, but technically I like the clean look of the Euro version that isn't as "busy" as the American version. Sometimes too much going on is too much. Know what I mean?

  • Scarr

    @Brian: It’s only a failure if the game’s target audience is nothing but idiots who can’t pry themselves away from Halo or MW2 long enough to play something that needs intelligence, skill and quick reflexes. Hence, the only people that think Heavy Rain fails are idiots that need their oxygen cut off permanently.

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