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    heavyrain cover art, as modified for americans...

    So im really looking forward to heavy rain. its looking like this console generations shenmue and im looking forward to it more than anything else.

    heres the uk cover art for heavy rain: the origami killer:



    now that looks absolutely bitchin' right?

    well sony thinks thats too "high concept" for the american audience. so heres there "fix'ed" version:



    yes. thats right. tits and guns make everything better. apparently this is how sony thinks you people over yonder will "get" what the game is about.

    now im not american but this genuinely pissed me off. The version i will be getting will be the special edition of the first. its tasteful and artful. the second is the same bullshit you had to deal with when ico got that abysmal us cover:



    when we got this:



    its like sony feels america needs some bland use of semiotics to understand the genre or something so you get a cover made by an intern with 30 minutes experience in photoshop using the blend function.

    Naturally, given the culty hype behind this, people complained. a lot of people complained.

    sonys response to rectify this?

    all the american customers can downlaod a pdf version of the uk cover and print it out.


    lovely.

    y'know theres plenty of dvd's and games i get from japan that have a second cover on the opposite side if you want a change.
    hell the uk version of silent hill homecoming had one even.

    conclusion, sony are idiots who think they need to treat american gamers like special kids who might go all sex crazed and retard strong if things arent spelled out for them.
    like i said. im not even going to have to deal with this and im pissed off for you.

    gah!
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    It's the only game I want to play on the PS3. But I'm not shelling out a few hundred notes to play one game, never would*. You'll have to let me know how it is.

    Quote Originally Posted by hellsing View Post
    yes. thats right. tits and guns make everything better. apparently this is how sony thinks you people over yonder will "get" what the game is about.
    Which is a bit of a joke in itself considering all the tits will be censored over there. Just like Fahrenheit.


    *As I typed this, my pal looked over my shoulder and said, "What if Shenmue III came out on PS3?" The git.
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    First off you would think they would put bigger tits and guns on the cover. In America everyyone generally likes it bigger and better.


    In terms of the intelligence of Americans, imo, you're being way too kind. Americans are fat, lazy and dumb.

    Don't believe me? Check this shit out:

    22 percent believe President Bush knew about the 9/11 attacks in advance.
    30 percent believe Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
    23 percent believe they've been in the presence of a ghost.
    18 percent believe the sun revolves around the Earth.


    http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmi...s_believe.html

    Nuff said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by darth los View Post

    18 percent believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
    Whoa, whoa, wait......it doesn't?





    Kidding, of course.

    But yes, americans aren't the brightest crayons in the box. The James Bond film "Licence to Kill" was originally titled "Licence Revoked", but the producers feared amerians wouldn't know the what that means. That pretty much sums up how the world views the US, right there.
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    As an American, it saddens me that we get the shaft when it comes to cool box art. Back in the days of Dreamcast, I remember being utterly disappointed with US Dreamcast covers, going so far as to put a mod chip in my console to import JPN versions of games:





    We've been used to horrible box art for a while now, so the Heavy Rain issue doesn't come as too much of a surprise:



    *shakes head*

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    There are some covers that are so bad they're classic and I wouldn't want them ny other way. That Mega man cover is just awesome !!

    FEAR IS THE OLDEST TOOL OF POWER. IF WE ARE DISTRACTED BY THE FEAR OF THOSE AROUND US THEN IT KEEPS US FROM SEEING THE ACTIONS OF THOSE ABOVE US.

    I DIDN'T KILL NOBODY. I DIDN'T RAPE NOBODY. THAT'S IT. ~ Manny Ramirez commenting on his use of a banned substance.

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    "TO DOUBT EVERYTHING OR TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ARE TWO EQUALLY CONVIENIENT SOLUTIONS: THEY BOTH DISPENSE WITH THE NEED FOR THOUGHT"

    "All i care about is money and the city that I'm from, imma sip until I feel it, Imma smoke it till' it's done, I don't really give fuck and my excuse is that I'm young,and I'm only getting older, sombody shoulda told ya, I'm on one !"

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    I was reading about this game the other day...seems like it will be cool as shit.

    I agree that the UK cover art is far superior, although tits and guns are both big crowd pleasers on this side on the pond...

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    Someone say tits and guns?!

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany

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    Quote Originally Posted by Philly_SWAT View Post
    I was reading about this game the other day...seems like it will be cool as shit.

    I agree that the UK cover art is far superior, although tits and guns are both big crowd pleasers on this side on the pond...

    The question is: Is there a side of the pond where those things are NOT crowd pleasers?

    FEAR IS THE OLDEST TOOL OF POWER. IF WE ARE DISTRACTED BY THE FEAR OF THOSE AROUND US THEN IT KEEPS US FROM SEEING THE ACTIONS OF THOSE ABOVE US.

    I DIDN'T KILL NOBODY. I DIDN'T RAPE NOBODY. THAT'S IT. ~ Manny Ramirez commenting on his use of a banned substance.

    "We kill people who kill people to show people that killing people is wrong" ~ Unknown

    "TO DOUBT EVERYTHING OR TO BELIEVE EVERYTHING ARE TWO EQUALLY CONVIENIENT SOLUTIONS: THEY BOTH DISPENSE WITH THE NEED FOR THOUGHT"

    "All i care about is money and the city that I'm from, imma sip until I feel it, Imma smoke it till' it's done, I don't really give fuck and my excuse is that I'm young,and I'm only getting older, sombody shoulda told ya, I'm on one !"

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    Tits AND Guns?!?!?!?!


    Man...I never thought about combining the two...it...oh man...i...i-oh...


    Giggity

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