Personally, I prefer the UK one, this game is simple in it's premise but devilishly complicated. If previous games by the developer can be trusted. Why the clutter!?

dont care about  the game or any boxart.

Oh god, I can't believe that US boxart. I thought that US boxarts HAVE to feature characters and at least one weapon was an unwritten rule, but its  so obvious and so horrible so often, I wonder whether publishers actually HAVE to do it?
 
It's very sad.

The UK one has something mysterious about it. Its abstract and interesting. I like it more than the US one definitely.
@zombie2011:
If you dont care about the game, why bother posting in this thread?

To be honest... they both seem lacking. The UK's is definatly better, but it still seems like old PS1 or PS2 box art for a cheesy horror title. Also I love how prominently the US box displays her chest.
 
"Heavy Rain." *wink wink*
 
Oh, transparent advertising. Never will I tire of thee...

Yes, the UK box art is definitely better.

The European one looks fantastic; some of the best video game boxart I've ever seen. The American one, however, looks like shit.
 
"This boxart is boring... it needs more wet boobs. Oh, and maybe a dude holding a gun."
"I agree. I mean, boxart without gun-wielding men and wet boobs? What were the Europeans thinking when they designed this?"

" The UK one has something mysterious about it. Its abstract and interesting. I like it more than the US one definitely.
@zombie2011: If you dont care about the game, why bother posting in this thread? "

Yeah I like the vibe of the european copy. The north american one kinda kills it.

terrible US cover. cheapens the game image and also the "E" and "V" letters' drips look like bleeding nipples

We always get the better boxart if ours is different. It's the rule.

USA box art is HORRIBLE.  I might just print out a custom one and replace it.

The US boxart is awful, the game doesn't have particularly good character models to begin with, slapping renders of them across the box is a huge mistake.  Makes it look very amateurish.   

That being said, I really don't care about the box art.  I've seen people speak of importing it just because of the box, which almost approaches the stupidity of people paying extra for the Mass Effect 2 special edition, just because of the box.  Are people framing these on their walls or something?

The UK version has heavy rain as in rain that looks heavy.
 
The US version looks like heavy mist and a pool of piss.

UK boxart is so much better :(

I definitely prefer the UK art, but I don't think the US box art is terrible. This definitely isn't an ICO situation.

Yeah, it's much better, but the US art isn't terrible.

don't care for either of them
 
although i will say the font for the US boxart is especially terrible

I feel fucking insulted by the NA box art.  That almost makes me not want to buy the game. 

That US boxart is fucking terrible. 

First of all: who the fuck cares? It's boxart.
 
Second of all: they both kinda suck to be completely honest with you...

Oh noes! We Americans get teh game before youz but we no want cause teh box is so bad and like teh game doesnt matter !!! N0obZ !!!
 
Seriously, who gives a fuck?! You get to play the game before us so you guys win!

I don't really care one way or another. All the boxes do is sit on my shelf facing one another. Box art is designed to catch a customer's eye and get them to take notice of a game. The simplest way to do that is to show things they like: namely boobs and guns. If it sells more copies of Heavy Rain won't we all be happy?

" To be honest... they both seem lacking. The UK's is definatly better, but it still seems like old PS1 or PS2 box art for a cheesy horror title. Also I love how prominently the US box displays her chest.
 
"Heavy Rain." *wink wink*  Oh, transparent advertising. Never will I tire of thee... "

The British one is miles better. Not to mention we're getting a CE with cool animated box wrap thing.

I always thought they had the same box art but the US is cover is just terrible.

why dose US always get the worst boxart?! Is it some kind of redneck focus group thing? 
 

I don't know, the US box cover isn't that bad. If I was a prospective buyer, seeing an origami crane in the rain (on the UK cover) would baffle and confuse me, misinterpreting it as something it isn't, like an origami crane-folding game. Having the characters there implies it's a dramatic game. I could see why they did that.

The huge "15" is a bit distracting, but I definitely prefer the UK box art. The US version looks like a bad movie poster.

I read somewhere that Sony's marketing department in America tend to focus more on characters while Europe tends to focus more on environment, case in point 
 
    
  
    
 
Guess which one is European, and which one is American

" @Gabriel: Do I have to remind you guys about this atrocity? ;)

"

Yep.

Wow! The US box art is terrible.

PAL countries might get fucked over with release dates etc., but you can't argue that we usually get the better box art.

" Oh god, I can't believe that US boxart. I thought that US boxarts HAVE to feature characters and at least one weapon was an unwritten rule, but its  so obvious and so horrible so often, I wonder whether publishers actually HAVE to do it?  It's very sad. "

" why dose US always get the worst boxart?! Is it some kind of redneck focus group thing?   "

" dont care about  the game or any boxart. "

Hell yes it is.

I think the UK box art is artistically better, but I dont think it is better "Box Art" I dont think it gives the consumer much idea about what the game is.

Wow. The UK one is waaay better. IMO the font on the US boxart looks really generic and uninspired. The other boxart actually looks like there is some mystery involved in the game.

 
The US Boxart is the shitz.UK is waaaay better.
 
 
EDIT:US always gets the worst boxarts.

i dont know why, but i prefer the US one