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You Should Really See Resistance 3's Box Art

Insomniac Games partnered with the terrific artist Olly Moss for something special.

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You may not know Olly Moss' name but you've probably seen his work; it's been regular blog fodder for a while now and for good reason--Moss' creations are fantastic and inspired. Insomniac Games decided to throw a curve ball in retail's direction with the box art for Resistance 3 and partnered with the British artist.

"We wanted Olly’s work to reflect that in Resistance 3, YOU are the Resistance," said Insomniac Games senior community manager James Stevenson on the Playstation Blog this morning. "Resistance 3 isn’t a military shooter, as the United States Army and SRPA have been destroyed. Instead, Resistance 3 is about the remnants of humanity finding any way possible to survive in a brutal world."

In addition to collaborating on the box, Moss has produced a series of Resistance-inspired pieces, some of which have debuted today, others to be dolled out as the game's public relations campaign rolls out.

Whether or not you even care about Resistance 3, you should keep up with Moss at his website.

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@Dan_CiTi said:
@Napalm: Exactly. I'm not a huge fan of the series but this is some great cover art. Reminds me of the video game version of the Criterion Collection that started on NeoGAF: 
The GAF Collection
Exactly! It has the alien consuming the city, since it is under attack, and the man walking towards the city, representing the resistance that wants to rid the aliens. It just makes sense.
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Odd, I was introduced to this guy's work yesterday. His stuff is very hit-or-miss. This box art is a miss, imo.

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Sometimes simple designs can come out great. But... Those logos...

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@Mumrik: 
When can a five year old draw like that?
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size down those logos.  especially that playstation move thing.  it's really annoying.

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Its ok, nothing great.

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@Napalm said:
@Enigma777 said:
@Dan_CiTi said:
@Enigma777 said:
Worst cover I've ever seen...
Yeah...you're right...all those covers of random dudes staring at you or looking at a battlefield are wayyyy better than actual you know...artwork.

That being said the logos hurt it. 
No... you're right. A splotch or orange and white is totally "art"

Just think of all the money they'll save on ink!
Don't be dumb. The art works because it's a clever way to tie up the game without just putting the generic "fallen city with aliens looking at you" shit that has been churned out for so long. And the two-color works amazingly.
It may be clever, but it certainly doesn't help it from looking absolutely atrocious. And picking orange as the main color was the wrong way to go...
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what if he used a different colour instead of orange?  i wonder how red would look instead

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@I_smell said:
I didn't get this post until I saw this:

@cap123
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@HatKing said:
I don't care much for the composition on the box, but this version of the same artwork looks good to me.
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this is so so so much better
WAY better!
wait.  isn't this oddly similar to a movie poster?
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I'm not the only one seeing the landscape of the city at the bottom of the skull, right? I think that stuff is pretty clever.

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For some reason - it looks cross-eyed and confused to me lol

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@Enigma777 said:
@Napalm said:
@Enigma777 said:
@Dan_CiTi said:
@Enigma777 said:
Worst cover I've ever seen...
Yeah...you're right...all those covers of random dudes staring at you or looking at a battlefield are wayyyy better than actual you know...artwork.

That being said the logos hurt it. 
No... you're right. A splotch or orange and white is totally "art"

Just think of all the money they'll save on ink!
Don't be dumb. The art works because it's a clever way to tie up the game without just putting the generic "fallen city with aliens looking at you" shit that has been churned out for so long. And the two-color works amazingly.
It may be clever, but it certainly doesn't help it from looking absolutely atrocious. And picking orange as the main color was the wrong way to go...
No.
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@ESREVER said:
I'm not the only one seeing the landscape of the city at the bottom of the skull, right? I think that stuff is pretty clever.
Definitely not, I see it, it's a great touch. 
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Looks really nice

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Lookin awesome.

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Quite a different direction from the last two, but it looks pretty awesome in my opinion.

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So nice! Love his work from the gallery Ryan went to!

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Fantastic. Love Olly's stuff.

Game companies: do this. Always. And reel in those logos as much as you can.

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Looks damn sweet, nice and simple.

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Now that's classy. Bravo for not going for a cyan-orange themed screenshot.

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Hot. I wish more games had covers like this.


Olly Moss is the fucking man.
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Looks like a lot of movie posters from the 60s-80s, definitely wouldn't mind more creative takes on box art like this.

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Minimal and awesome. I could do without the statue of liberty being repeated in the 'A', but whatever, it's a solid design. 

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Neato gang.


Would be nice if they got rid of the Move thing, 3D thing and PSN thing.
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there be logos on that box! logos overboard! logo my eggo! ok i'll stop.

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NOICE.

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@Oy said:
there be logos on that box! logos overboard! logo my eggo! ok i'll stop.
LOL, yeah, the logos ruin it, WAY too many!!!
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A+

only thing i dont like is the big blue move logo
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Meh

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@RecSpec said:
"  YOU are the Resistance" 
I expect that to be horribly overused in the advertising for this game.
You mean resistanc3
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I, um, iiieeewww... *pulls collar*

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I don't see what's so special about it.

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Looks pretty stylish. A lot like one of those old Hitchcock posters that the Venture Brothers DVDs mimic.

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@Mumrik: Nope.
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@Ineedaname said:
@RecSpec said:
"  YOU are the Resistance" 
I expect that to be horribly overused in the advertising for this game.
You mean resistanc3
Or... xX_r3sistanc3_Xx.

For the love of all that is holy, don't!
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That's just awful

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Love to Sony turning to someone like great like Olly and getting such a great cover out of it.

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Olly Moss is amazing. A huge inspiration to me.

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hope the game doesn't suck like R2!

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Love the cover, it almost makes me want to buy this game.

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olly art is cool