Thane Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, Maimishou said: To be honest I like the boxart. Yeah Claude being upside down is a little silly but Fire Emblem itself isn't the type of game to take super seriously so it fits with the tone. Granted Fates, Echoes, and #FE all have better boxart but I still think this is good in its own right. Claude's bow isn't even aligned properly to where the three weapons meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziegenpeter Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Here's the thing. The art of the box art is great, but the composition is pretty bad. Like why is Claude upside down? Wouldn't it make more sense to put Claude where Byleth is and put Byleth above? Also, the purple is clashing too much with the other colors. It feels kinda slapped together. The box art of the Fodlan Collection on the other hand is amazing, hopefully this will be the art on the standard game boxes in the west. Other than that, I really love the 2 music samples. IntSys always delivered when it came to FE music, so no surprise here. 6 minutes ago, Thane said: Claude's bow isn't even aligned properly to where the three weapons meet. Dang, you are actually right. This needs to go back to the drawing board, IntSys Edited March 8, 2019 by Ziegenpeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Yeah, not really a fan of the colors/composition of the cover. I hope that the NA cover uses the artwork from the special edition instead, which is actually pretty nice. The colors look better when they're more muted, vs. the cover's art which looks kind of garish in comparison. Also, I prefer the NA steelbook over the JP one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel07 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Guess I'm in the minority. The boxart looks awesome to me. I like the colors and style of it. Music sounds awesome too, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise if they got Fates and Echoes' composer behind this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 3 hours ago, dragonlordsd said: But then Claude is randomly upside down and bright yellow. Just.... why? Why is he upside down in the main art too? Seriously? They designed the box art back when Owain was going to be one of the protagonists, then they realized that might invoke backlash, so they replaced him with a new character in the same color scheme, but left the box art largely untouched. Owain was practicing the Hand of No Attraction (aka the antigravity sword style). The box art looks old school to me. As in something like: or or The days before they actually hired professional artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassEater Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 i mean the box art does belong in the worse part of the series but the limited edition art looks amazing heres hoping they use that one in the other releases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Grima Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Such an odd assortment of art. Between the box art, the special edition art, and the steelbook art nothing about the artstyle is consistent. But something neat to point out. The main protagonists all "main" different aspects of the weapon triangle. Byleth - Swords Demitri - Lances Edelgard - Axes Claude - Bows Also in those screenshots is the first time seeing this crest in the game: I'm curious to where that castle balcony is located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 So I just got home and why is the main theme of a medieval fantasy game techno? The other one sounds good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrassEater Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 27 minutes ago, Thane said: So I just got home and why is the main theme of a medieval fantasy game techno? The other one sounds good though. you say that like its a bad thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landmaster Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Well, the boxart is...interesting~ Claude being upside down is just severely throwing me off, but otherwise, it's fine~ F!Byleth is...something~ Theme song isn't my taste but the other track sounds great~ Pretty good stuff so far~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub Zero Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 It looks fine, could certainly be worse right? The game is certainly on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanes Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I don't like it too much, it feels underwhelming and Claude upside down is just weird. I just need the game to be good. That's all I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Boatcat Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 My techno theme! Yay! Is there anyone here who knows Japanese and can translate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lae Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 4 hours ago, Sentinel07 said: Guess I'm in the minority. The boxart looks awesome to me. I like the colors and style of it. Music sounds awesome too, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise if they got Fates and Echoes' composer behind this. Ikr?!?! I'm like this is beautiful then I saw the responses here...but honestly I'm not surprised anymore at this point...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tobi Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 7 minutes ago, Guest Lae said: Ikr?!?! I'm like this is beautiful then I saw the responses here...but honestly I'm not surprised anymore at this point...... The funny thing its getting praised overall obviously shows the minority here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks like it’ll be the English boxart too. 2 minutes ago, Guest Tobi said: The funny thing its getting praised overall obviously shows the minority here. Serenes and FE/Reddit are quite small to the actual fanbases at large yeah. We’d do best to remember that ourselves. Me myself? I’m ok with the box art. Claude does look kind of silly though I’ll have to agree with that aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziegenpeter Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Jedi said: Looks like it’ll be the English boxart too. A bit unfortunate. Not that I'm hating it (I think it's okay, definitely not the worst in the franchise), but I hoped they would go with the art of the japanese Limited Edition. Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Looks like someone fixed Claude's portrait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Ziegenpeter said: A bit unfortunate. Not that I'm hating it (I think it's okay, definitely not the worst in the franchise), but I hoped they would go with the art of the japanese Limited Edition. Oh well... If they just properly aligned Claude's bow it wouldn't be nearly as bad. That and the awkward perspective on Edelgard are my big issues with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Darn, I was really hoping NoA would save the day. Hope there's a reversible cover, otherwise I might actually print out an alternate which I've never done before. It's just so... amateurish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel07 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 After looking closer at the pictures, I don't think Claude's bow is misaligned. From my angle, it looks like it just tilts near the top, and the little "shine" that comes from the three weapons meeting kind of covers it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grin_fish Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 What an odd arrangement. The characters look great, but it seems bizarre that Claude is upside down. it really looks like they ran out of room to put him and just stuffed him in the space up top. I think it would have worked better if the two avatar characters were a bit larger like the other three and maybe pointing a sword towards the rest of the weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefreejules Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 This isn't the best edit I've ever done but it was worth a shot to at least try something out LMAO Hopefully the colours are at least less strain on the eyes Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, carefreejules said: This isn't the best edit I've ever done but it was worth a shot to at least try something out LMAO Hopefully the colours are at least less strain on the eyes Hide contents And yet this is infinitely better than what they went with. Kudos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Ithipathachai Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) ...And Then There Were Three... (Genesis, 1978) Seriously, though, I think the reason why they turned Claude upside down is so that his cropping would be consistent with Dimitri and Edelgard's. If he was right-side up, his lower body would need somewhere behind Byleth to cut off or fade away and I think that would look worse. Edited March 9, 2019 by Von Ithipathachai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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