PS2 - Fatal Frame I - US - Custom Cover

[Hero's Shade]

I've never played the Fatal Frame games, but the cover looks pretty good.

[RockMax]

How's this?

Forgive me if it looks kinda cruddy, this is my first ever cover.

There's still a few things I need to tweak before submitting it, but overall it's more or less done.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Dude! That's freakin awesome!  Nice job!  God I hate the original cover...Based on a true story my ass...hahahaha


PS- I'm also kinda pissed Fatal Frame 4 is gana be a Wii exlcusive...WTH?!  PS2 that jank!  I have all 3 games, HARD AS HELL TO FIND btw.  And I'm not one for the horror genre.  So consider this a huge compliment.

[sorwah]

It IS based on a true *horror* story. The location is a real place in Japan, and the events that you play through all are the fable. Miku, Mafuyu, and Mafuyu's doctor and their stories are all fiction, but the location and what went on there is a *true* fable.

As for the cover, you might have tomove it over to the right cuz the purple from the "Zero" is on the right border.

[RockMax]

Oh, so it's loosely based on a true story.  I guess that's ok, I didnt realize it.

Ya, I can see the purple too.  But honestly I don't mind it.  I'm still amazed and I can't wait to print it out. 

This website has helped me SO much.  Whenever I had a game with no cover, it would take me DAYS to find a poor quality one online.  Since my friend showed me this website I have printed out like 30 some covers.  I go to Kinko's to print them out cuz these covers are so good that they deserve the best in printing quality.  Better than what I have here at my house at least.

[sorwah]

To me it looks like acid burn and I'm like a little OCD about game covers.

[AppleQueso]

well it's not completely done, so I'll be sure to get right on to fixing the purple, among other little things here and there on it. I'm not submitting it until I feel that it's as good as it can be. I'll have to try and gain access to the main computer again first though, so be warned that I probably won't be able to work on it until tomorrow.

As for the "truth" of the story, I recall an interview where the director said that Fatal Frame drew inspiration from various ghost stories and urban legends. There isn't one single haunted house in japan that the game is based on, though there are several locations that helped play a part in the game's creation.

[RockMax]

How's the cover coming?  Can someone tell me where to download a full version of PhotoShop?  I feel like starting on my MGS4 cover.

[Doom]

Here at TCP we don't support piracy. Be careful if you find stuff that looks like a full crack of something. Check it with virus checkers before you use it (some places online will scan files with multiple product's virus scan) because cracks are often infected.
http://cristgaming.com/pirate.swf

[AppleQueso]

@Rockmax: I haven't been able to get anything done lately. My personal computer is old, and doesn't have the memory capacity required to work with this stuff, so I have to use the living room computer, which is usually pretty off-limits unless I'm home alone, because someone else is ALWAYS on.

As for PS, you could try free alternatives, such as Paint.NET or Gimp. I'm using Gimp right now.

[RockMax]

Thanks! Can you link me?

[AppleQueso]

Thanks! Can you link me?

I'm pretty sure there are links all around here, but I'll be nice.

http://www.gimp.org/
http://www.getpaint.net/

[RockMax]

Thanks a lot man.  Much appreciated. 

[AppleQueso]

Fixed the purple, adjusted some colors (made the blacks more black), moved the Tecmo logo up a bit and corrected the SCUS number.

How is it now? I think it's just about ready to be submitted, but I want to hear your thoughts first.

[sorwah]

The back could use some work. Can't give you much in terms of ideas but I can tell you what looks off. The white & yellow font look awkward. Too 'Boxy' and small. The screens look like you just threw them in there, the same I guess can be applied to the fonts. Background and bottom left picture are okay. I would just recommend re-arranging the fonts and screens. Perhaps making the fonts the same color (Yellow just seems bad for a color on this type of game), if it's about being able to see it then give them some black shadow like the game's logo.

[AppleQueso]

The back could use some work. Can't give you much in terms of ideas but I can tell you what looks off. The white & yellow font look awkward. Too 'Boxy' and small. The screens look like you just threw them in there, the same I guess can be applied to the fonts. Background and bottom left picture are okay. I would just recommend re-arranging the fonts and screens. Perhaps making the fonts the same color (Yellow just seems bad for a color on this type of game), if it's about being able to see it then give them some black shadow like the game's logo.

The original poster requested that I use the original back cover from the game, so that's all the original art and not my doing. It's bad, I know.

I hadn't even considered doing a new back, but I may go ahead and do that, though it'll delay the finishing of this cover. If RockMax wants this one, I can upload it to mediafire or something.