Games where the box art makes it look better than it actually is

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Bass_X0
04/18/2024
05:50 PM
#1
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3199c2cd.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a739ebb3.jpg
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Ratchetrockon
04/18/2024
05:50 PM
#2
aint that most old games
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RetuenOfDevsman
04/18/2024
05:50 PM
#3
Mega Man 10 NGL.

I would play the hell out of the Mega Man 10 from the boxart.
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creativerealms
04/18/2024
05:51 PM
#4
Us MegaMan one. No wait the 8 bit graphics looked better than that.
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sabin017
04/18/2024
05:57 PM
#5
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a78388ea.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/TWsfIIj.gif
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Powdered_Toast
04/18/2024
05:59 PM
#7
sabin017 posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a78388ea.jpg
I had this game and kinda liked it, but it was also pretty crappy.
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Damn_Underscore
04/18/2024
05:59 PM
#8
Ratchetrockon posted...
aint that most old games

this

But it makes you realize how bad/boring at best game covers have become
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archizzy
04/18/2024
06:00 PM
#9
Basically everything from the 80's and 90's.
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Hyena_Of_Ice
04/18/2024
06:03 PM
#10
mobilebloechel posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2c9a48b9.jpg

Isn't that an example of the polar opposite phenomenon? Esp. since that image is a lot larger than the box art was IRL, and a lot of people failed to notice the spaceship in the upper right corner.
Seaman_Prime
04/18/2024
06:09 PM
#11
I want examples of the opposite
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LeoRavus
04/18/2024
06:20 PM
#13
Every game from the 90s.
This is where cool people write stuff.
andri_g
04/19/2024
09:40 AM
#14
creativerealms posted...
Us MegaMan one. No wait the 8 bit graphics looked better than that.
The PAL (EU-UK) format version has the best official box art.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d5e8f60.jpg
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mobilebloechel posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2c9a48b9.jpg
The interesting thing is the guy in that photo irl was a fairly well-off jack-of-all trades who owned a successful construction company. He did volunteer stints as Santa for many years. A photographer at the ad studio hired to do the boxart had worked with him on an album photo. The game was average, so they used this guy for a *wtf* boxart. lol

https://www.destructoid.com/discovering-the-mystery-behind-the-phalanx-cover-art/
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spanky1
04/19/2024
10:16 AM
#15
Deadly Towers for me.

Sorry for no pic.
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andri_g
04/19/2024
10:44 AM
#16
spanky1 posted...
Deadly Towers for me.

Sorry for no pic.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/27e21146.jpg
[ Enjoy... ? ]
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Wizards & Warriors (NES, developed by Rare)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d91b0296.jpg

The box art shows your character as a light "golden" armored fighter, but in the game you play as a fully armored knight. IIRC, his helmet face-shield always stays closed.
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spanky1
04/19/2024
10:57 AM
#17
andri_g posted...


https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/27e21146.jpg
[ Enjoy... ? ]
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Wizards & Warriors (NES, developed by Rare)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d91b0296.jpg

The box art shows your character as a light "golden" armored fighter, but in the game you play as a fully armored knight. IIRC, his helmet face-shield always stays closed.

Thanks for the pic. Deadly Towers in game form is quite lame, with a big blue blob of a character.

The name Wizards and Warriors reminds me of another game with a name similar to that but I forget. I believe you played as an entire family of wizard-warriors, the parents and two kids? And you explored a whole big Metroid style world switching between them. Any idea what that was?
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spanky1
04/19/2024
10:58 AM
#18
Ah, I got it, Legacy of the Wizard:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_the_Wizard
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Guide
04/21/2024
11:48 AM
#19
mobilebloechel posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2c9a48b9.jpg

I miss the dark, amorphous bordering from older stuff. Lends a mysterious quality you don't see much of nowadays.
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synth_real
04/21/2024
04:05 PM
#20
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c6280aae.jpg
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