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[thecasinoroyale]

Hmm..bit busy now I look at it. But something that encapsulates the feel of Bond and all the films, and some decent images from the films at least.

I still hope it's not the final cover but know it is... *sigh*.

[Trevelyan 006]

Ok here we go - my first ever real Media creation for Photoshop. Hey, it's loud and proud but something along those lines to just scream Bond to us, it's not hard to do for a professional company with imagination.

With a bit of cleaning up and with a higher resolution, I'd take this over the other everyday of the week (and twice on Sunday)...

[thecasinoroyale]

It actually looks worse now I see it on my home screen! Just shows how bad and misleading my work ones are!

Ack - forgive me, I'll have another crack cleaning it up tomorrow.

[seawolfnyy]

It's not horrible, I'm personally just sick of that specific Craig pose. Nice job with the tanker explosion at the bottom though.

[Walecs]

If you corrected (but don't waste time on doing that) the background from the characters and cut exclusively their face it would be perfect.

It already is fantastic, and better than the original (and I don't really mind the original, I just think they could make it better, but I like it).

[thecasinoroyale]

Thanks for your feedback - ok, make this my last effort and I'll see how it looks when I get home - here is v.2 with a better image of Craig, I think, and I hope cleaner cuts....!

[J.B.]

Haven't read all 18 pgs of posts here so I don't know if this has been addressed, but, does this game have the choice of which Bond you can be? If not, then why? I mean, to me it would make the game that much better. For me, it loses something if you are playing Goldfinger and you're not Connery. Or, playing Moonraker and you can't be Moore etc. it shouldn't be too hard to do. Especially if they were able to 'resurrect' a young Connery for FRWL.

[Matt_13]

You have to pay for that sort of thing. No way would Activision or any game company invest in the likeness rights for each of these actors just for the sake of it. The point is that these are Bond's adventures, so it shouldn't matter who Bond is.

[seawolfnyy]

Haven't read all 18 pgs of posts here so I don't know if this has been addressed, but, does this game have the choice of which Bond you can be? If not, then why? I mean, to me it would make the game that much better. For me, it loses something if you are playing Goldfinger and you're not Connery. Or, playing Moonraker and you can't be Moore etc. it shouldn't be too hard to do. Especially if they were able to 'resurrect' a young Connery for FRWL.

No it's Craig in all of them with updated stories.

[thecasinoroyale]

I remember the point as it's 1st person, you don't need to see which incarnation of Bond it is anyway, except cut-scenes and voice.

I guarnantee playing this I'll be imaginging myself as Connery in 'Goldfinger,' Dalton in 'Licence To Kill' and the rest, even though it's Craig...it can't be helped! A bit of Bond imagination goes a long way...!

[J.B.]

Agreed. But, I sure enjoyed playing FRWL and Everything or Nothing with Connery and Brosnan. Especially Connery, as it brought him back to life in that role.

My original thoughts on picking the Bond etc paralleled the sports games like Madden and the NFL etc where you get to play the players you like. However, since this game is more in line with where there isn't a Bond running around then the ol'imagination will definitely kick in. That works for me.

Oops, I meant to say more in line with Nightfire.

[Walecs]

I remember the point as it's 1st person, you don't need to see which incarnation of Bond it is anyway, except cut-scenes and voice.

I guarnantee playing this I'll be imaginging myself as Connery in 'Goldfinger,' Dalton in 'Licence To Kill' and the rest, even though it's Craig...it can't be helped! A bit of Bond imagination goes a long way...!

In GoldenEye Reloaded, 96% of cutscenes were in first person.

So I ask for the last time: why do people want to play this as Sean Connery if you will see Bond's face for a total of 5 minutes in the whole game?

[x007AceOfSpades]

I remember the point as it's 1st person, you don't need to see which incarnation of Bond it is anyway, except cut-scenes and voice.

I guarnantee playing this I'll be imaginging myself as Connery in 'Goldfinger,' Dalton in 'Licence To Kill' and the rest, even though it's Craig...it can't be helped! A bit of Bond imagination goes a long way...!

In GoldenEye Reloaded, 96% of cutscenes were in first person.

So I ask for the last time: why do people want to play this as Sean Connery if you will see Bond's face for a total of 5 minutes in the whole game?

I like the idea of playing as Craig for the other five films, I think it makes it in a different way, special. Good point though, although I only remember one cutscene in GE:R wasn't in first person. There would be no point in having seen Connery, Moore, Dalton, Lazenby for five minutes or less.

[Charles Robinson]

I don't like the box art 007:Legends.

It's looks like made by a fan.

[Double-0-Seven]

Never judge a game by its cover, but damn, that cover is absolutely horrible. It's not visually appealing in the least. They should have just gone for something like one of the Skyfall posters. Craig in front of a gun barrel. It would do the job and look better than this mess. Connery's arm, an over-sized PPK, poor layout, and bad choice of stills.

[coco1997]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet, but on the game's cover, they use a still of Jaws from the Moonraker PTS. I have to wonder if they've even adapted the PTS from that movie. From all we've seen it's only the finale of the film that comprises the MR portion of the game.

[thecasinoroyale]

That's what I mean coco, the shots aren't relevant in the slightest. It's even got Connery's arm on Jill Masterson...although that sequence looks it does appear in the game.

As for Jaws, well, I don't know why they used that image!

[PeteNeon]

They are only simple images just to represent three of the films in the game. The Vanquish still is there to tell you that DAD is in the game, not to imply you can play in the Vanquish etc.

[PeteNeon]

Here is the final box art, it's been changed a bit:


Inspired by all the supposedly "amazing" and "fantastic" mock ups on other websites, I'm going to attempt my own later this evening.

[Matt_13]

They are only simple images just to represent three of the films in the game. The Vanquish still is there to tell you that DAD is in the game, not to imply you can play in the Vanquish etc.

You will be driving in the Vanquish. It actually looks like you'll be controlling it both in the DAD section and the Goldfinger section.

[thecasinoroyale]

Well that cover ups it by about 5%, just the variation of the graphic boxes looks better, with logos too. A bit better, good job.

It's just Craig they failed on in my opinion.

[PeteNeon]

They are only simple images just to represent three of the films in the game. The Vanquish still is there to tell you that DAD is in the game, not to imply you can play in the Vanquish etc.

You will be driving in the Vanquish. It actually looks like you'll be controlling it both in the DAD section and the Goldfinger section.

Isn't that the DBS?

[thecasinoroyale]

Exactly. It's the DBS you'll drive, not the Vanqish so why it's representing 'DAD' I have no idea. Show the Ice Palace or something.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Well that cover ups it by about 5%, just the variation of the graphic boxes looks better, with logos too. A bit better, good job.

It's just Craig they failed on in my opinion.

I'll go with yours anyday over the final product.

[Matt_13]

Ah woops, so it is the DBS. My bad!

[PeteNeon]

Does anyone know where I can find a large version of the original DC image they've used on the cover?

[thecasinoroyale]

Hey Pete, I reckon they've used this image for manipulation...an odd choice with Bond looking so rough...!

Hi-res here... http://images.allmov..._solace_024.jpg

[PeteNeon]

Cheers for that.

Here's what I've come up with. I've tried to make it realistically possible for Activision to do themselves without having to go to much effort, but also not looking like a hatchet job!

[Mr Teddy Bear]

That is truly some of the worst cover art I've ever seen. It's hard to understand how they got it so wrong.

[tdalton]

That is truly some of the worst cover art I've ever seen. It's hard to understand how they got it so wrong.

They probably wanted to make sure that they didn't outdo the people who were paid to create the Skyfall posters. Between 007 Legends and Skyfall and the box for the Bond 50 Blu-ray set, this has been a very disappointing year for Bond artwork.