I saw this new cover art, and created this post mainly just because I wanted to yell. ATREYU!!!!!

OR

Maybe there's a hidden meta-game, in which you have to free a dragon named... Willy.

That bottom one is the sex.

The blood dragon looking one is amazing.

Both look great. The multi-colored one would be my pick.

Man,these are awesome.

Yeah, I really am looking forward to this game. I really hope it's as expansive as they're saying it is. *crosses fingers*

I am probably going to end up getting it digitally anyways (even though that means going through origin, ugh) but that is some nice box art.

These covers do look good, but I can't help thinking the second one is just an altered/inverted first one. The work on the second one from a design perspective leaves a lot to be inspired in terms of the lost detail. For instance the outlines of the goblin-like/ghost-like creatures forming the top of the dragon in the first image are clearly still present in the second but almost all of the detail has been removed. It makes the slight detail we can see of them in the second image look like like shoddy remains of a drawing that has been rubbed out. So if they go for the second, I hope they touch up those edges (or makes the creature-likeness a bit more pronounced so it doesn't look like a random assortment or arms and spikes). Just my take though.

Although since my sister is an artist who sometimes asks for my input on her work before finishing it, maybe I'm just nit-picky (since that's what she expects me to be).

As a little test to see if it makes sense for the second one to be an inverted and slightly re-coloured first image I tried to do just that. I took the original image, inverted the colours and then just a quick adjustment with the curves function to change the image to be predominantly red. Here's what I got:

I think with someone at the helm who had more finesse with Photoshop (especially in terms of brightness and contrast) then It seems like that second image would be a very quick job. It took me less than 10 minutes including making this comment.

@dixavd said:

As a little test to see if it makes sense for the second one to be an inverted and slightly re-coloured first image I tried to do just that. I took the original image, inverted the colours and then just a quick adjustment with the curves function to change the image to be predominantly red. Here's what I got:

I think with someone at the helm who had more finesse with Photoshop (especially in terms of brightness and contrast) then It seems like that second image would be a very quick job. It took me less than 10 minutes including making this comment.

I don't think a quick job means it's a bad job. I like the way the second one looks. It's aesthetically pleasing.

Yeah, my apologies. I'm not 100% certain that second image is "Official".

Side note: Do you have a site you could point me to, that would take me through the basics (tools) of PS in depth? I know enough, just to be dangerous.

@generic_username: I wasn't necessarily saying it was a bad job. I like the art direction and the aesthetic of the second one more than the first (And it continues the blood dragon connotations from the previous two games which I liked). I'm just saying its a sub-par reflection of that idea. Just needs a bit more polish.

Man, that box-art is way cooler now that I can actually see the dragon, I totally didn't notice it until that second image with the inverted colours or whatever. I do like the white and red aesthetic better, but it's a cool piece of box art anyway and pretty atypical for a major publisher's release. Nice to see.

Also interesting that "Inquisition" is more predominant than Dragon Age, seems EA/Bioware want us to refer to the game simply as Inquisition as shorthand.

Here's hoping this game is awesome.

Man...those are both pretty sexy. I'm good with either.

EEEEE. Never played either Dragon Age but this looks sweet.

Red and white one is way better and fits in with the boxarts of the first 2.

I guess I'm in the minority. I like the first one better.

Looks very dark souls to me, but I like it a lot, better than most cover arts out there.

Didn't even notice the dragon in the first cover until the other guy pointed it out

The one on the right is baller

The red on white reminds me way too much of the Dragon Age II cover. I prefer the full-color design.

I like the first one better. I appreciate the details that went into the ghouls/demons that are reaching out to the warrior dude. The 2nd one looks nice is well, but those details were lost in making it white and red.

I really like those. At least it isn't generic guy in front of cover.

Pretty much everything I saw and heard about this game so far fills me with hope and hype.

Blood dragon one is better. The first one is nice, but the blood dragon is pretty much the de facto style for Dragon Age covers now. They should keep it. It's distinct.

Hey, one very rare occassion where I prefer the normal cover over the stylized one. Really good job on this one!

The left one looks like a power metal album.

Not sure if that's a compliment or not. I'm a bit tired of the classic Dragon Age red/white design though honestly.

I vote for the first one!

I prefer the first one myself. The second one is decent as well, but as Dixavd said, it needs a bit more polish. I wonder if this means that an info dump of some sort is incoming.

I'm a fan of both. Pretty sweet.

Really cool looking. Very excited for this one.