The US box art for upcoming PS3 art game Heavy Rain has been revealed, and it continues that fabled North American tradition of having really crap packaging. Rather than the less-is-more approach of the European box, Heavy Rain‘s US counterpart has a bunch of characters plastered all over it. Looks tacky if you ask me.
Just as an FYI for American publishers, you don’t have to fill your packages with a ton of visual information out of fear that people will be bored. Sometimes there’s more to be gained from having a classy bit of box art, rather than a patchwork mess of randomly collected characters. Must we really have a repeat of the ICO fiasco for every Sony game?
In any case, Heavy Rain will release for the PS3 on February 23. Hopefully the game is better than the box.
