The Orange Box Cover Best 2007!!!

[Bar.Calhoun]

It gets a 2#, that was amazing, I really liked the cover
http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/top-40-video-game-covers-of-all-time/

 

[kineaesth]

Really? I was under the impression that almost everyone thought it was horrible.

 

[gFrohman]

I didn't think it was horrible, but it could have been much better.

 

[OmegaX]

That's hard to believe. I thought it was one of the worst covers. I remember seeing a bunch of fan made ones that were leaps and bounds better.

 

[Barnz]

Fan covers only show Half-Life, not other games.

 

[Bar.Calhoun]

The one with the Strider was awful!

 

[Dr0ndeh]

whoever put that at #2 is clearly a much bigger valve fanboy than anyone on this forum. i mean seriously, it clearly took someone at valve a lazy afternoons work to make that cover.

 

[Bar.Calhoun]

The Halo 3 cover was so much worse then this.

I think it's good.

 

[Qonfused]

The Orange Box art was terrible.

 

[Bar.Calhoun]

I like the Xbox 360 version best, the PC not so much.

 

[Otto-Grainer]

I loved their art, but y'know, I don't trust my taste if I was so hyped for it.

 

[swan_song1973]

Really? I was under the impression that almost everyone thought it was horrible.

its not nearly as bad as the preorder one.

 

[kupocake]

The Orange Box cover is the reason that I have the Steam version.

 

[Bar.Calhoun]

How cares.

 

[kupocake]

How cares.

He does? Excellent.

 

[FlamboyantPencil]

The cover art did seem kind of boring to me. A little too much title I think, just "The Orange Box" with more cool looking art above would have been fine. You have the entire back of the box to list the games.

 

[Sledgehammer]

The Orange Box cover design doesn't feature complex Photoshop techniques and over-complicated imagery, and that's what makes it great. It stands out on game store shelves and in your own collection due to the bright 'safety' orange of the plastic and cover and iconic imagery representing the content in the package: Gordan Freeman's face representing Half Life 2, the portal symbol, and one of the distinctly recognizable characters from Team Fortress.

Gordan Freeman.
They spelled it Gordan Freeman.

 

[lefty]

What a shitty list.

Gordan Freeman.
They spelled it Gordan Freeman.

And that was after they spelled it correctly for the HL2 box art.

 

[mikeecm]

the art was ok but its not as good as what the orange box 2's artwork will look like. you know, the one with hl2 ep3, portal 2, cs2, l4d and l4d2... hopefully being kept secret until the release date that was announced for l4d2... i hope...

 

[SolidSteel144]

I got the games through Steam, so...

 

[OmegaX]

the art was ok but its not as good as what the orange box 2's artwork will look like. you know, the one with hl2 ep3, portal 2, cs2, l4d and l4d2... hopefully being kept secret until the release date that was announced for l4d2... i hope...

That would be an amazing package. Don't see it happening though.

 

[Darkside55]

Top 40 video game covers OF ALL TIME

Orange Box #2

 

[bbson john]

[sarcasm]Top[/sarcasm] 40 video game covers off all time

 

[barbarbarbarbar]

The one with the Strider was awful!

it would be ok for a half life 2 packaging , and i agree with Barnz.It's only hl no portal or tf

 

[amaranth]

It's alright, but I didn't expect it to win any contests

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

I much prefer this one:

And indeed several other covers posted on Something Awful

 

[alpha incipiens]

Ahaha, the cover Farrow posted would've been excellent.

Also, I don't understand why the Orange Box's cover art couldn't have been like its soundtrack, which looked p. awesome and also featured all of the games:

 

[vonwn115]

Anyway, i'd say it is good work.

 

[Noodle]

I'm surprised... no Command & Conquer, or C&C Red Alert box art was included...

Red Alert 3

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

My time has been thoroughly wasted by walking that list of generic and mostly-recent box covers.