Brothers in Arms

[therockbox]

Yes, because I regularly make trips abroad to look at game covers.

[apsham]

I pointed that out, because I already stated it once and you chose to ignore that.

[therockbox]

You pointed what out? How the fuck am I supposed to know what cover a game has in your country?

Like I said, I have no way of telling whether you have the same cover as we do.

[apsham]

Err yeah, YOU don't like it YOU don't but it, I think you missed my whole point. And that's not the box art here my friend, this is

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[therockbox]

Yes, because when I posted the cover, I knew that it wasn't the cover in your country.

IF THIS COULD BE ANY BIGGER, IT WOULD BE

[apsham]

Now you're just being a cock, as you were saying "oh, well how was I supposed to know." I showed you, and you start being sarcastic with "oh yeah, cause I go over there and look at your covers" when all I did, was show you what it was in my country.

[therockbox]

And, like I said, how am I supposed to know what it is in your country (prior to you posting it, obviously).

What's the Brothers in Arms cover over there? Because, in my opinion, the one we have is better than both of the MGS3 covers we posted.

[apsham]

It wasn't the front it was the back that turned me off a bit, the screenshots didn't really set it apart from anything else. And how were you supposed to know? I showed you, in my first post after you posted the cover.

Edited March 26, 2005 by Apple Shampoo

[therockbox]

And, like I said, how am I supposed to know what it is in your country (prior to you posting it, obviously).

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[apsham]

Yes, but you were acting like I was being an ass about your version of the cover, I was not.

[FLiam]

Ladies, please, calm down.

There is this one multiplayer mission which rules, the one where you have to go through this farm and take out 2 German guns. I love it.

If you haven't tried system link yet, you should.

[Summers]

I agree with Ap Sham.

Anytime I plan to buy a game, I check out the back. If I don't like what I see, I wont buy it. I don't know Roxk Box decided to post FRONT COVERS as Sham said it was the back that helped make his decision. Just seems like RB is looking for a reason to argue with Shammy, really.

[therockbox]

I was responding to his second point ("The packaging says a lot about the game..."). I merely said that the MGS3 package (the one we have in the UK, although their one, IMO, isn't much better) looked pretty half-assed.

[Summers]

The MSG packaging has never been something to be in awe of, but the game carries it. It's one of those games that you know what you're getting, pretty much. I prefer the one he showed, but, either way, it's not very good. Having not seen the Brothers in Arms one, I can't comment on that.

I'm just saying, his whole point was that the back of the box turned him away from it, onto a game he knows he'd enjoy. And the back of the box also counts as packaging, so maybe the BiA back of the box doesn't live up to the game? Or maybe it does, and it's not a very good game? Having not seen/played/read anything outside of this thread about the game, I'm unsure.

[therockbox]

I don't think you should judge a game by it's cover, like I said. The MGS3 box(es) are horrible, but the games are good. The BiA cover (in my view) is pretty good, but the game is better.

That's the point I was making. I know MGS3 isn't a half-assed job, and I know it isn't shit. By the same token, if you don't like the BiA box then fine, but give the game a chance first.

[Summers]

But, he hadn't heard of the game before. Then he saw the box (the back) and wasn't too impressed, then he saw MSG. He's played the previous ones, and enjoyed them, maybe he looks at the back, and likes what he sees.

His decision is ultimately made.

Getting off of this subject, I recently saw the advert for BiA, and I thought it looked quite good. How does it compare to other war based FPS?

[apsham]

I don't think you're getting the point, I LOVE the MGS3 cover. You think it's bad, then so be it.

[therockbox]

I don't think you're getting the point.

Don't judge a book by it's cover. How can you not have heard that? Fine, you think the BiA cover is shit - but that doesn't mean the game will be. I used MGS3 as an example, it could've been any game. I think the cover is horrible, but the game isn't. You said;

2) The packaging says a lot about the game, how much work has gone into it, and it sets the tone of the game.

[lanky316]

Had a quick go on it today and tbh it was ok but not the best in the whole fps genre by a long way, I'd still rather player a Medal of Honor or Operation Flashpoint over it but worth renting to see what you think.

[apsham]

I wasn't paying loads of money to give "something a chance" that didn't appeal to me in the least, if you look at an unestablished game series, and what they chose to show you on the front\back does not appeal to you, that is it. I wasn't paying 70+ dollars to buy something, just to "try" it, when it doesn't appeal to me.