Arx: the box art poll effect...

addink on 18/6/2002 at 10:27

(http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45006) the poll - and related thread - has had it's effect:

look what can be found on (http://www.jowood.com/en/?games/arx/index.htm) jowood's arx info page:

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Inline Image:

http://www.jowood.com/en/games/arx/arxfatalis_packshot.jpg
[click (http://www.jowood.com/en/games/arx/arxfatalis_packshot_big.jpg) here for a larger version]</center>

MHO:
the initial, wide angle, "lone hero" shot had a more forlorn feel to it. you could see his full shadow, you wondered where he came from (brightly lit room) and where he was going (darkness)...
This narrower shot is still excellent though, the stance of the hero speaks volumes...

:)

ps on the jowood site are also some new screenshots...

Fafhrd on 18/6/2002 at 17:06

wasn't "Return to the Underground" a phrase that Digi slapped on one or two of the cover things in order to flesh out what exactly the box would look like?

Spitter on 20/6/2002 at 10:58

Cool.

Except for the "Return to the Underground" bit. Mostly since the font is horrible. Yes, I'm quite serious. My eyes start to wet when looking at that comical text. Please, remove that from the English version! Pleasepleaseplease...

twisty on 20/6/2002 at 13:38

It does look kind of like a skewed comic sans font.

addink on 20/6/2002 at 15:29

Quote:

Originally posted by Spitter
Cool.

Except for the "Return to the Underground" bit. Mostly since the font is horrible. Yes, I'm quite serious. My eyes start to wet when looking at that comical text. Please, remove that from the English version! Pleasepleaseplease...

Apparently: your wish is their command.*)

On the german part of the (http://arxfatalis.jowood.de/) Arx Site
the following box is presented:
(http://arxfatalis.jowood.de/german/img/packshot_arxfatalis_big.jpg) <center>

Inline Image:

http://arxfatalis.jowood.de/german/img/packshot_arxfatalis.jpg
click here for a larger version</center>

*) Now, wish for an earlier international release... :cheeky:

Tels on 20/6/2002 at 15:29

I haven't seen the German box yet (got to get my graca first :-) but I suspect that it won't feature "Return to the Underground" - unless there is a general "Europe" version, featuring this text and containing Enlgish, German and French (or others) language sets. But i doubt that, since that would mean a crippled version for Europe, and after all the "International" version is supposed to come in September, meaning "Europe" is also international.

Cheers,

Tels

Tels on 20/6/2002 at 15:31

Du'h! I should have know that the failed connection to ttlg.com means something and just blindly re-submitting the form will bring trouble...

Spitter on 24/6/2002 at 15:05

Very

RELEASE ARX NOW

cool.

I KNOW YOU WANT TO