Comments on: Left 4 Dead Cover Art Revealed

By: faelnor

faelnor — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:06:23 +0000

Looks similar enough to the Urban Dead logo to be an homage, down to the color and the font used for the word “DEAD”.

/secretly hoping that the places in L4D are named after Malton suburb areas :]

By: Down Rodeo

Down Rodeo — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:17:43 +0000

I think it’s pretty cool. But really, Valve have done the hands thing before. Remember “born” from HL2?

By: Crispy

Crispy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:08:15 +0000

They seem to have forgotten to mention which retail outlets are accepting pre-orders on the actual official L4D site. That, in marketing terms, is almost as amateurish as the box art.

By: Malagate

Malagate — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:53:28 +0000

It would have been cooler if it were a left foot instead. Think outside the box man, hands are sooo yesterday.

Also regarding Duke Nukem trailer, they really must have balls of steel to release that…or no brains and just a head full of steel balls.

By: Mika

Mika — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:22:40 +0000

It would have been cooler if it were a left hand instead.

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:07:51 +0000

@James T: The Duke Nukem trailer is epic in every possible sense. Any other trailer looks primitive after viewing it.

By: gulag

gulag — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:01:51 +0000

I like that for what it’s not. Anything that steps away from the usual ‘heroes-facing-out-enemies-behind-and-a-bit-of-scenery-plus-title’ box art is a step in the right direction.

The colours and shapes stand out, it’s a nice simple concept, if a little over filter-ized, and the visual joke is good.

I’ll still be getting the download version. I like this planet quite a lot and I’m thinking of living here.

By: James T

James T — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:20:22 +0000

Why are you posting box-art when you could be posting the Duke Nukem Trilogy trailer?

Trailers will never be the same!

By: Subjective Effect

Subjective Effect — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:03:46 +0000

“I’d seen this cover in my local game shop, I’d make some snide remark about what a goober Photoshop job it is and walk right past it.”

Isn’t this worse than graphics whore-ery ? Book by it’s cover?

By: RichPowers

RichPowers — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:22:36 +0000

They kinda went overboard with the filtering effects along the top of the hand.

By: Y3k-Bug

Y3k-Bug — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:47:29 +0000

Considering all the great art present in the game… What an insanely generic cover. Its a good thing Valve has the following that it does; if I’d seen this cover in my local game shop, I’d make some snide remark about what a goober Photoshop job it is and walk right past it.

By: devlocke

devlocke — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:57:31 +0000

I didn’t think it was glass, I thought it was that iconic ‘zombie hand rises from the grave’ shot, which is always shot from that side. And I also kinda liked it, at least conceptually.

I guess I am stupid again.