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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
From the chainmail bikini department comes this box art for Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars...
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:42 pm |
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Wildefire
General Goods Vendor
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: USA |
I unashamedly admit to having purchased the first Spellforce solely because of the box art. Lucky for me I ended up enjoying the game.
I really hope Spellforce 2 doesn't suck because thanks to you Dhruin, I'm now compelled to pre-order it at the first opportunity.
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:53 pm |
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xSamhainx
Paws of Doom
Joined: 11 Sep 2002
Posts: 2192
Location: San Diego |
I guess I'm just getting old and cranky, but that box art pisses me off in a way. Dont get me wrong, it's gorgeous, and it is now my desktop wallpaper here at work, so it's not because I think it's ugly. And I dont hate women, Ive always loved them and have no choice in the matter really, and in some ways lament that fact. No, I feel the same conflicting sense of slightly aroused disappointment that I felt at the beginning of the "bad girl" craze in comics, which seemed to suddenly transform the cover of every comic I read into some degree of super-geek soft porn advertising.
Spare us the chain mail bikinis on the cover for Pete's sake, if you want to have them in the game thats fine, but .. I dont know. Im just rambling, i woke up on the wrong side of the coffin this morning and have no patience for lowest common denominator mentality. And who the heck is this "Pete" I and others are always referencing? St Peter?
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:30 pm |
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abbaon
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You're not unsettled at all by her deformed abdomen and ribcage, or the fact that her biceps extend past her elbows? That's some creepy Giger shit right there. |
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:35 pm |
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Wildefire
General Goods Vendor
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: USA |
quote:
Originally posted by abbaon
You're not unsettled at all by her deformed abdomen and ribcage, or the fact that her biceps extend past her elbows? That's some creepy Giger shit right there.
If I'd gotten more than 3 hours of sleep last night I'd have some (hopefully) clever and borderline lecherous response to that, but instead I'll just sit here and drool.
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:15 pm |
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Wildefire
General Goods Vendor
Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 1
Location: USA |
quote:
Originally posted by xSamhainx
Spare us the chain mail bikinis on the cover for Pete's sake, if you want to have them in the game thats fine, but .. I dont know.
Yeah, I've gotten hoplessly arbitrary on the matter. I subscribe to a number of gaming magazines and I'm frequently embarrassed to realize that my friendly neighborhood mail carrier saw the high-poly-count tee-tay-tah-too-tees that frequently emblazon the covers... but I'm not so miffed when games themselves do it, because Amazon delivers those discreetly in a plain brown box.
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:24 pm |
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Kolorabi
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quote:
Originally posted by abbaon
You're not unsettled at all by her deformed abdomen and ribcage, or the fact that her biceps extend past her elbows? That's some creepy Giger shit right there.
Well, she is an elf...
Anyway, I liked the cover for the original game more (soo beautiful), but this one isn't bad either. [/i] |
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 5:28 pm |
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Gorath
Mostly Harmless
Joined: 03 Sep 2001
Posts: 6327
Location: NRW, Germany |
Not bad, but it´s a clear step backwards from the SF cover.
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Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:49 pm |
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
Hrm, I guess they don't want to sell me this game.
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that she looks about ready to trip over her own feet?
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Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:53 am |
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
Well, I'm just a bit irritated that while people say they want to bring more women into gaming, is anyone actually doing anything that would?
I see a cover like this and it doesn't make me want to buy the game. I makes me want to roll my eyes.
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