Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Forsaken (N64)

Even back then, that wierd art with the fake Kate Winslet with the Milla Jovovitch wig was so bizarre I could not even be bothered to look at the back of the box.
I would have gave the Europe version at least a look-see.

Haven't played it yet, but the first (NA) one at least intrigues me enough to try it!

Ooof. They are equally awful...

I voted for Europe this time. The better presented title, the F on the globe and the flames indicates an apocalyptic setting. I’d be tempted to look at the back of the box.

This is a toss up, most will vote their region because that's what they will be familiar with. That's literally the only reason I voted for NA because I know that cover from years ago.

@schweinebrot Yeah, I'm not really a big fan of either box art. I just skipped this vote. I just wanted to see the results, if anything else.

I love women so I picked NA and Donna is very pretty.

I voted Europe this time, but they're about tied for me.

Had to watch a trailer to remember I played it. Vaguely remember it, but it looks like I probably rnjoyed it back in the day.

Both art is poor. I like the face but not the way the title looks on the US one, and the title is better on the EU one but othernthan that extremely bland.

So I will have to go US.

The American cover is stupid.

Awful game
Will not touch it even as part of subscription

I like the idea of a planet earth marked F for forsaken though I have no idea if it matches a narrative in the game or not.

I dig the vibes of the NA cover. It certainly sticks out more than the EU cover which is kinda of a nothing burger.

I remember always thinking that the NA cover was weird but, hey, it has stayed in my brain after all these years and at least does an ok job of getting the post apocalyptic feeling across. The EU cover just looks very low effort and cheap to me.

Was the woman a character in the game? I remember it being odd seeing that ad/box art, as I don't recall what her relation to it was.I prefer the NA version, but neither one gives much of a clue about what the game is about.

Where's the "They're both pants, bring on next week!" option?

I went with NA since it at least gives a potential buyer a very vague idea of what to expect with the background (And the lady, maybe? I've not played the game).

At least the NA box art has an identity even if it has nothing to do with the game

The North American box art was terrible in its day. But now from a retro perspective I actually think it's cool. It's pure 90s grunge, even though grunge had been dead for like 5 years by the time Forsaken popped up. For the un-discerning connoisseur it's a memorable classic.
The game is an utter dog though, in my opinion.

Didn't care for both boxarts. But slight advantage for the European one.

The fake-looking fire drags down the European box art, but I voted for it because it's more in line with what Acclaim was doing at this time. It gives "Aha, a new M-rated game from that company who does those."

I'd always wondered if maybe the North American box for this game was an acquired taste, but the poll results so far suggest maybe I'm not alone on thinking it's cool. It's definitely memorable.

Back in the day I played a little on PC and never understand thst woman. I didn't finish the game (not even close, I played very little) so I thought she have a s meaning late in the game

It still kind of bugs me that I was a huge Descent fan back in the day, and I just 'noped' on Forsaken without even doing any more reading up on it.

Descent is a whole lot better, of course, but when I was looking for more games that even kind-of-sort-of reminded me of Descent, I was playing the likes of Pyrotechnica, and Forsaken is way better than that. Radix: Beyond the Void was pretty good, in a "7/10 at the time" sort of way.

They're both, really, really bad.

Also looks like Kate Winslet in Titanic with a bad facial tattoo.

The American one is an extension of the (very memorable and semi-controversial) ad campaign at the time. It’s also just more eye-catching than the generic European one.

But at the end of the day, sex sells, and a pretty woman is going to grab more attention (especially from adolescent boys, the main gaming demographic at the time) over barebones art.

I voted Europe as that’s the box I had growing up. Nostalgia!

So here's the thing for me, The American one hit a nerve with me as a kid. Even though I hated the game, I remember the cover and the commercial "The future is forsaken, the future is forsaken, the future is forsaken". It's like Phlanx on the SNES. Seems like a terrible cover but it's probably one of only like 5 games for the N64 the I can close my eyes and remember it exactly.

the European one looks like a repurposed classic Mortal Kombat cover, just switched out the logo and name.

The NA one is one of the most memorable covers I've ever seen, since i first saw it wayyyy back in the day. There are games that i truly adore whose covers i remember far less distinctly than this one. And i never even knew what kind of game it was, even remotely, until a few months ago. I just knew it was rated M and had a pretty lady's face on it.

So, there's that

Interesting, the Brazilian cover is the same as the European one.

I always vote in these polls, even when I hate every option. This might be the single worst Box Art Brawl I have seen. To me, these are both terrible covers. For NA, half a face in this context just looks weird(and bad) to me. But the tattoo seals that and ensures it is terrible. The background? Terrible. Font and orientation? Terrible. Red strip on the side? Terrible.

Euro cover? Also terrible. The planet with the F is there, which is the nicest thing I can say about it. Since Europe's strip is black, it goes better. The font and orientation are ever so slightly preferable to me. But I vote Europe not for what it does, but for what it does not do, and that is having the half face with the tattoo which I think is just very poor.

I'll vote for the one with the pretty lady.

I like the advertising one where you can just BARELY see some nipple

I like the NA one mostly because it is what I know. Both are pretty bad, though.

I remember the ad run in game magazine at the time featuring the lady showing..uh... different parts of her body and trying to wonder what the hell kind of game it was.

Come on dudes, the NA one is rubbish

Never played the game so unbiased. I’m thinking Europe. But would have switched my vote to NA if the ladies face had anything to do with the game - but it sounds like it didn’t.

Oh, hell yeah I'm going to be so biased and go all in on the NA version. That game had sooooo much mystique appeal to all us kids at school.

Remember kids, there was NO YouTube, streamers, video teasers, teaser trailers, teaser of trailers, etc. This game's existence started out in gaming mags with just pictures with paragraphs of descriptions trying to inform you of what you're seeing. It got us all pumped up of the sci-fi aesthetic and "you have total control of the movement". I could go on for days (you had to have been there). Once that first commercial hit I remember that earworm of "the future is Forsaken!" being on kids mouths all the way till launch. It launched, ran to Blockbuster, got home & plugged it in...and had a hard time trying not to puke every 7 minutes...

Again, I ask for a neither option.

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 106

Japan: 102

North America: 122

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I have to pick the cover with the lady. If not for that, for the reason the other one looks like preorder placeholder art you'd have seen in the Electronics Boutique catalog back in the day.

One of my university professors was the lead programmer on this game, said it was a rush job in every aspect, and uses it in his classes to demonstrate why his assignments have almost no strict deadlines. You should have seen the look on his face when we found an original N64 copy in a second hand shop, nearly fell off his chair!

maybe there should be an option none, since they are both quite horrible, but i guess NA is slightly less ao.. no japanese one?

Stunned that the American version leads with a 60% majority. I could swear this one would be 80% Europe! USA one is just the face of a woman with a tattoo. Europe is far more foreboding.

Kind of an odd comment to say a game released 20 years ago was ripped from Death Stranding…lol

The NA one at least kinda shows its post apocalyptic. And its so strange looking it probably got a couple of double takes. The EU one though looks kinda boring and honestly similar to Mortal Kombat so if I saw that one I think I'd put it back out of annoyance.

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