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I like it, sometimes less is more, I wish more game covers would take the simple route. Ironically this will probably stand out on the shelves due to all other covers being as flashy and busy as possible.

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i kind of like it, too...

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i agree with psyborg, sometimes the simplest things can stand out more in a complicated world. (kinda like the minimalist artists, who we *hate so much...we being artists who draw more than a line down the center of a canvas)



*don't really hate xD

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I like it better than the other covers. I'm not much of a hardcore gamer and I'm not all that into Anime, and the other games look very anime ish showing the characters on the cover, which, if I had no idea about the game I would likely completely ignore.

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HEY! Pepto Bismo!

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Being a graphic designer, I'm often put off by box art designs as they try to put too much in one small space. This is MUCH better than any other trauma center box art cover as it is clean and simple. It also VERY clearly illustrates what the game is about. So people passing by who skipped over the last one because at a glance all they saw were a bunch of anime people, might pick this up since they see the red cross instantly and say "hey, a surgery game.. cool".

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And then the NWF staff and its readership became increasingly untrusting of each other's decisions on boxart, which eventually led to the great box-art military conflict of 2013. Nukes were launched. Everyone died.

THE END.
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The Red Cross are VERY aggressive about protecting their mark and variations thereof, especially in recent years. I wouldn't be shocked in the least if their lawyers didn't have something to say about this cover soon.

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@10:

I wonder if the game will be in keeping with the International Red Cross and release a Red Crystal* box art in Israel and a Red Crescent box art in Moslem countries.

*No, they do not use a Star of David officially. I checked.

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I personally do not care for it.

First off, I don't like the medical cross. I mean, it's right in the logo (Truama + Center right at the top). It seems so redundant.

Next, I don't like the swirly things at top. If it were just the cross, I could understand the minimalist approach. The swirls just make the top seem too crowded.

Finally, I don't like the pink/white gradients. That is, I don't like how it starts darker in the upper left of the background but in the lower right in the cross. This clash kind of gives me a headache.

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No complaints.
Co-Op. Woot!

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While I like the idea of a simpler design, I am not so sure that I like the pink color scheme and a big fat cross. As earlier poster has mentioned, we already have a cross and a lifesign at the top. Perhaps the medical symbol (swirling snake and sword) or a gloved hand with scalper would convey the message metter

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I kinda like simpler covers, but BWii's boxart that has a huge explision and a bunch of war machines on the front captures my attention. Still, I like Brawl's *current* cover where it just show Super Smash Bro.s Brawl in red with a dark background. Of course that'll change into a cover with a ton of Nintendo characters fighting each other. The HUGE medical cross is overdoing it.

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A headache! Prepare for surgery!? The patient's life is in your hands!!

The only thing I care about this game is whether it's going to veer off into fantasy land again. Is there any info about that yet? I loved the beginning, fixing the broken bone, removing tumors, open heart surgery, and then too quickly I was zapping a moving bird disease with a laser. It turned me off when that was all that kept coming.

I understand they might run out of "real" operations pretty quickly, I know it had DS roots and was mostly a port, but for me it could've been an all-time great game if they had played it straight.

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I dig it, personally.

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Simple is underrated these days in box art. Most game covers look generic. This doesn't. Score one for this game.

That said, I'm completely with #16 David. My biggest problem with the first game was how it changed from a surgery game to an absurd action shooter a third of the way through with that "GUILT" garbage. I too am really itching to find out if this game finally does away with that junk. If it does, I'll probably pick it up. Otherwise I'll pass.

In fact, when I saw the title of this post: "Well, it's medical...ish", I honestly thought it was referring to the gameplay, not the box art. But it might as well have been referring to the gameplay if the first game is any indication.

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I like it.

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Wait? Wi-Fi...? I could play against other players? I really want to know what this WiFi is all about. Please dont tell me its just for leaderbaords or some dumb thing like that. PLEASE.

BTW, cover art.. i like it.

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I kinda like this box art...it is very simple, and gets it's point across that this is a 'medical game'.

My only suggestion...would be to add a drop of blood running down the left hand side (close to the spine).

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