Games I Wish Had the Same Visual Style As Their Covers

Not saying some of these games aren't stylish in their own right, but DAMN.

The last few listed here refer to covers other than the ones Backloggd features.

Not included on Backloggd (because unreleased) — Frog Attack!: https://ultrace.tumblr.com/post/181774306599

Mega Man
Mega Man
Ico
Ico
obviously I mean the de Chirico-esque EU/JP cover and not the US one generally considered one of the worst game covers of all time
Secret of Mana
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy II
let this stand in for all the Yoshitaka Amano Final Fantasy covers
Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon
can't believe Backloggd doesn't have the Moebius cover on here smdh https://windbornesword.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/panzer_dragoon.jpg
Wipeout 3
Wipeout 3
Klax
Klax
Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard
Front Mission Series: Gun Hazard
Shadow of the Beast
Shadow of the Beast
pretty much every Roger Dean could go on this list
Syndicate Wars
Syndicate Wars
thinking of the Japanese cover: http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/swarsjp.jpg
Pitfall!
Pitfall!
Steel Empire
Steel Empire
thinking of the 1992 game for Genesis, the original Japanese box art for which is where the drawing for this edition comes from https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/167114-steel-empire-genesis-front-cover.png
Where the Moon Goes at Night
Where the Moon Goes at Night
Microsurgeon
Microsurgeon
Awesome
Awesome
Terrorpods
Terrorpods
pretty much every Roger Dean could go on this list
Space Station Zulu
Space Station Zulu
Brataccas
Brataccas
pretty much every Roger Dean could go on this list
Ork
Ork
Dot Gobbler
Dot Gobbler
Pacman with a sense of SHAME

4 Comments


3 years ago

I too would love a mech combat RPG where every character is David Bowie

3 years ago

RIGHT?! hahaha

1 year ago

Some cool games that fit the bill of Wipeout 3's cover are Cosmic Smash, Rez, and Boson X. There are others that go for the wireframe look but those are the stand-outs I can think of off the top of my head

1 year ago

oh hell yeah – hadn't heard of Boson X; might check that out – thanks!


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