Yes, cinarea, you're right. Unfortunatly many fantasy covers look stupid, banal and boring. Like those you mentioned.Unfortunatly the cover is a teaser and we cannot deny that many people (especially young people and kids) are attracted by this kind of art style.Personally I do not like them, becasue they really like of originality and meaning. Common icons in fanatasy:swordbloodknight on horse or carrying a sword (possibly a huge sword)elfish girl with huge breast and sexy poor clothes (poor means almost naked)fancy elves in general (like in Salvatore's novels cover arts)dragonsListing this I've already mentioned what........ thousands of cover arts?About our TW2 cover: its simply a bad work. I don't want they make a banal fanatasy cover like I said above, but this cover is simply ugly. I really hope I'm wrong, I do really hope that it will work the same and it will tease more future players that seeing the box art on shelves, will decide to buy the game. I really hope CDP will receive the honor and fame they deserve. I really hope the game will be an outstanding best seller.But with this cover art I doubt it.
Hm.... just thinking the same, but I don't know.fchopin said:
Sorry if I intrude here, without introduce myself.I'm italian and i work like graphic and 3d "artist", the CG work onto is based this cover is wonderful, the armor texture and the steel brigthness is wonderful, BUT:- the blue light is wrong, it's seems to remark the troubling oldness of this face...and i modify in photoshop to see if is better... changing lightJust my two cents
Quoting myself sure feels weird, but here is another version without the blue that Kitsukaru made.ferryman10 said:
"..But that isn't an excuse to bring such cover. Is it just me or just looking at it brings negative emotions? 
...'I think that was the objective. Geralt is someone who is looked upon with revulsion and fear, he was not meant to be the hero sort rather more of the villain type.
...'I think that was the objective. Geralt is someone who is looked upon with revulsion and fear, he was not meant to be the hero sort rather more of the villain type.You're right.But please, remind that a lot of people out there have never really read the saga or never heard of the games. As I've said, it's much important for that unaware possible buyer to be allured to this products. It happened to me when I say TW for the fisrt time in my life: I never heard of the books not even of Sapkowsky. CDP let me know them and I'm still grateful to them. I found that TW's Geralt was enough nice and badass. So if we want to see the be the Word shared worldwide, and having more fans dropping such games like DA2 (LOLSeyu said:"..But that isn't an excuse to bring such cover. Is it just me or just looking at it brings negative emotions?
) and coming to TW, I guess it could be a good start having appealing pictures to tease people's curiosity. I'm talking for the good of both CDP and Sapkowsky. It's advertisement or whatever you call it.Of course, people will be more attracted by a good game than by just a single cover art. And about this I've no doubt it will be I thought concept arts were supposed to look different from the final in-game appearances. They're just "concept" arts. I see no harm in having various interpretations of Geralt in concept arts because that's what the word "concept" meant to be.secondchildren said:
He doesn't look like that in the game.secondchildren said:
That's because the previous cover was made from 3d model and the newer one is a picture.secondchildren said:
So truesecondchildren said:
Wait, WHAT THE HELL?I thought the box art with old looking Geralt is just a joke, not real box art, and yet you all seem to be discussing it as if it was real?Please someone confirm to me that it is indeed one big conspiracy and the boxart is NOT real. Because that old guy CANNOT be Geralt. He looks bad ass on the previous boxart. On this one, he looks like some old guy. Damn that cannot be the official boxart FFS.
and what is bad with it ?artistic level, details - superb. ugly ? well....Geralt IS ugly. nasty, gritty, scarred - that the way the character was created.he has charisma, the look of a man who gets things done, I say it once more, beacause it`s an argument you totally ignored - Geralt spent almost a century travelling and fighting. even witchers regenerative abilities won`t prevent the scars and simple wear and tear. 100 years travelling ? bad weather - scorching sun, rain, frost, bad water, bad food, bad people....ever seen a fisherman? or a lumberjack? they don`t look old, but weather and work cast the burden on their faces.I suppose you have never studied a face of man working outside, or old people. do so.looking for Beautiful People ? move to California ;pyou may even set up a shrine for Eternally Young And Beautiful Witchers.@ Lupo - I suppose the eerie blueish-greenish look was intended, not a mistake at all.secondchildren said:
I don't mind the new box art. I think there's a bit too much shadow-and-wrinkle business around the eyes, but only a bit. As a piece of advertising, it could be off-putting since there are many players who only know of the game by word-of-mouth but not from the books. They don't all have the context to understand why he looks that rough. At least he still looks like he means business.
The question is not whether the Geralt on the cover is authentic. We will still play the guy in pre-beta.The issue is that cover does not look attractive to potential customers, and speaking from myself, having a one guy for an entire cover is a bit lame. Look at other covers, they have so much stuff on them.Again, the question is not whether the Geralt looks real or not. I personally think that's not how he should look, and that is NOT important. What's important, is that the cover looks ugly, and if I didn't know anything about TW2, I would not buy the game based on the cover.I also don't understand the point of having a different guy on the cover, than in the game.cinarea said:
I look at the cover art and there a line in a book I read a very long time ago that comes to mind.Alright which one of you wants to die first