Why such a difference between the UK Box and the US box????

Asesino_Virtual · October 11, 2001, 17:09

Ye, why

Wexu · October 11, 2001, 17:10

I'm happy to get that UK box, it's beautiful!

edit: Here's the link: http://www.tothegame.com/boxshot.asp...t_uk_large.jpg

Nice link...

Dauphin · October 11, 2001, 17:12

Link or pix please

Provost Harrison · October 11, 2001, 17:14

I am sure I have seen a picture of the UK box before somewhere, can't remember where, it may have been www.amazon.co.uk

Asesino_Virtual · October 11, 2001, 17:14

http://www.tothegame.com/boxshot.asp...t_uk_large.jpg

Wexu · October 11, 2001, 17:17

I must say the UK art is much better than the US one.

Dauphin · October 11, 2001, 17:20

It looks like the UK version is DVD not box packaging

Mars · October 11, 2001, 17:26

man, the uk version looks so much cooler than the us version.

Juggernaut · October 11, 2001, 17:30

The UK one looks so much better. Hopefully we'll get that one in whole europe.

CapTVK · October 11, 2001, 17:32

Yeah, but this cover probably means Civ3 will come in a DVD-case. So unless that DVD-case is included in a normal box, it means no real manual!

Sabre2th · October 11, 2001, 17:35

Links ain't workin

Gramphos · October 11, 2001, 17:40

I wan't a real manual. Hope not for DVD case, but the art looks as it (PC CD-ROM written in upper lert corner

)

jdd2007 · October 11, 2001, 17:48

you people!

personally i dont want the box. i just want the GAME!

*drools*

Grumbold · October 11, 2001, 17:55

Nice art. I don't know where you get the DvD idea from. The pics are almost identical in size. Not including a manual in one version would be a very bizarre choice - far more so than using different cover art which happens a lot.

red_jon · October 11, 2001, 18:06

I actually like the US one more (but living in England, I won't get it

)

manofthehour · October 11, 2001, 18:12

Ya the UK box does look better. They obosuly thought that box would do well in the UK for some reason. Who knows.

Stuie · October 11, 2001, 18:12

If that came from tothegame.com, I wouldn't trust it. The "new" screenshots have already be refuted by Dan. By the way, Amazon.co.uk shows the same box art as the US version.

Sarxis · October 11, 2001, 18:47

I have seen that pic before, don't remember where though. (I live in US btw, so not around here)

And it is common for games to have different cover art for distribution in different regions (along with differences in pricing

). Its all about marketability.

Provost Harrison · October 11, 2001, 18:56

Actually I am sure that this is an old picture for the case, and has been replaced by the one shown as the US one since...

Juggernaut · October 11, 2001, 20:12

In that case, the box art's just getting lamer and lamer. Civ1's was vibrant, but it's descendents' just getting worse and worse.

Dauphin · October 12, 2001, 14:57

Quote:

Originally posted by uncle_funk
In that case, the box art's just getting lamer and lamer. Civ1's was vibrant

Wasn't it pretty monochrome? An image of a pharoah's head "buried" underneath a background of a city skyline?

It may habe had some colour but I don't remember it as such.

drake · October 12, 2001, 15:02

Oh please

you guys would buy civ3 if it was wrapped in used tampons and propholactics. The Box is irrelevent and will only be used for catching dust after opening it.

Crouchback · October 12, 2001, 15:36

Quote:

Originally posted by Anunikoba
I have seen that pic before, don't remember where though. (I live in US btw, so not around here)

And it is common for games to have different cover art for distribution in different regions (along with differences in pricing

). Its all about marketability.

I've never bought a game with different art from the US version here in the UK, and the European versions I've seen have the same art just different lettering.

Quote:

you guys would buy civ3 if it was wrapped in used tampons and propholactics. The Box is irrelevent and will only be used for catching dust after opening it.

Too true.

David