Poll: Box Art Brawl: Duel - Timesplitters 2

Such a great game.

One of my favourite games of all time!

Great game. Awful covers. Umm...yeah, not bothered who wins this week lol.

That's the most American looking boxart I've ever seen

It definitely looks nicer, but stunning? Really?

A remaster or a new game would be great

European execs: “Let’s make an artistic cover that represents the game but in a uniquely stylised way.”

American execs: “Big gun. Power. Macho. Hoorah!”

What confuses me: I own a PAL version of that game with German text on the box. So clearly European. Part of the description on the back of the box also says „English version with German subtitles“ (written in German). But it has the North American art according to this article. Does anyone know why this is?

Box Art Brawls Current Total:

Europe: 41

Japan: 47

North America: 48

Australia and New Zealand: 1

I actually got used to the Europe cover so I think it's okay in an average way and certainly better than the NA one

Cube magazine,
that takes me back.

That American one looks absolutely terrible... But... On closer inspection it seems to be actually a character model from the game. You can see the polygons and everything! Anyone bold enough to put their polygon model on the front of the box is a winner in my book.

I... kind of hate them both, but I'll go for the American cover because it gives me 90s FPS vibes.

@Uncle_Franklin : It's disingenuous to include Australia on that list unless you tally all of their covers (most of which are identical to Europe or NA).

And we often get the better cover of the two, which would probably place Australia on top.

Interesting that this never released in Japan

@Silly_G

@Logical_G
I want Silly_G back.

This might be the first NA vs Europe brawl?

Not sure about the box arts themselves, but any box art that has to show awards, review scores and comments in the cover almost always loses me instantly. That's an issue I have with my copy of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

Ignoring those, I guess I gotta go with the American cover, it takes some guts to show what seems to be an in-game model in your cover.

@Uncle_Franklin Speaking of that winner Australian cover, which one was it? I think I joined the site after it happened.

@Kienda The American one actually looks like the in game characters more, I’m actually pretty sure it’s partly an in game character model.

@HammerGalladeBro : I'm pretty sure it was Kuru Kuru Kururin.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/poll_box_art_brawl_79_-_kuru_kuru_kururin

And funnily enough, you joined about a month after the poll was posted.

@theGamerPad I get that. I had Time Splitters 2 European version and I remember not finding the box art to actually match the game.

But I just thought the contrast between the two was quite striking.

This is one game that needs to come onto the Switch, either as a virtual console release (if they ever do a GameCube one) or better still as a remaster.

Neither are great, but I went with Europe's comic book style. At least the box art team seemed to be trying there. North America's....Big, big oof.

Europe's is better art, NA represents the actual game better. Both are pretty terrible, which is a shame because TS2 is one of the best games of all time.

Guess I'll go with EU this time.

I don't get hte hate for the European cover.
But I guess it's a generational difference I mean there are people liking the same type of art as presented in Return to Monkey Island

I voted for the European cover as I'm digging the cartoonish look of it.

It scares me to think of a modern reimagining of this franchise, full of horrific loot boxes and IAPs.
The original was "play = reward" and that was perfect, and there was SO MUCH to unlock
Beautiful..

Modern games. Grrr...

TimeSplitters 2 actually did receive a Japanese release, as "TimeSplitter: Jikuu no Shinryakusha", with its own distinctive box art, but only on PS2.
http://psxdatacenter.com/psx2/images2/covers/SLPS-25207/SLPS-25207-F-ALL.html

The European version has more effort put in. I like the cartoon art for the characters.

The PS2 version was released in Japan (no dub, subtitles only), and here's a different cover: https://images.app.goo.gl/9Ah9fGqwdihEEpKe9

There was also a Korean version for the GameCube, which uses the small Japanese packaging, region is Japan (which is what the Korean GameCubes were), but the game is in English.
https://twitter.com/necrosofty/status/910981804391354371?t=srVzY2uGMP4aNzgs_-pRCQ&s=19

Both rubbish couldn't even vote !!

Are the people voting for the US one ok? Do you need a hug?

Wow. I remember the US box art. This s the 1st time I’ve seen Europe’s version. And we’ll… Europe wins. No argument

While I have my issues with the European artwork, it's not badly done for what it is and I appreciate them having someone actually draw a cover. The NA cover is all kinds of awful. Did they not want people to notice the game in stores?

That USA box art is actually hurting my eyes, whoever thought that was a good idea is beyond me.
European box art by far.

I know everyone hates these covers but I actually mess with the European version quite a bit, the art style is cool and has just the right amount of goofiness imo.

Man, this was such a great game!

@Tenma220
It did get a release in Japan, but only for the PlayStation 2. It was called "Timesplitter" since the first one didn't get a Japan release.

Sadly, the voices were not dubbed, and are the same English ones.

I have too much nostalgia for that NA cover. It might be objectively bad but that game was one of the main reasons I got a Gamecube so I can't possibly be objective here.

Both are meh, but at least Europe has some imagination at least, so that gets my vote.

Man, Free Radical. The true successor to N64-era RARE. This game did feel like GOLDENEYE in it's shooting and mechanics. Also, the first excellent level editor in a game. My friend Rocky made some truly excellent experiences in that game. Would love to see this brought back.

Yeah, they both suck but the North American one was what I had and I played it to death, so it gets my vote.

Voted for Europe, it has a very 2000s vibe to it.

@87th that art is a lot better than the two put here.

I played TimeSplitters Future Perfect, that was the sequel to this game, and on every aspect, was a superior game. Great spiritual successor to GoldenEye and Perfect dark, since it was the same development team, they got crazier and crazier with each game.

As a side note, the back of the box (at least the NA one) is pretty terrible too. It shows a bunch of beta guns that aren't even in the game.

Europe, but they're both kind of underbaked.

@RadioShadow Oh interesting, good to know!