17 Best Video Game Covers Of All-Time
10. L.A. Noire (1996)
Why It's Great:
Its not often that the cover of a video game could easily be mistaken for a promotional poster for a film. LA Noires cover looks like its come straight from Hollywood and will be gracing billboards and buses all over the world. Youd be forgiven for thinking Cole Phelps was an actor who had been retouched to the point of oblivion. No other video game cover has been quite as Hollywood as L.A. Noire.
How It Represents The Game:
The game itself plays out like a movie and is very focused on narrative. Cole Phelps, the obvious star from the cover, is also developed very deeply as a character through flashbacks and gameplay. The use of red and blue hues for the images in the background mirror the flashing lights atop police cars while the colours also represent the themes of the game. The red part of the background showing police investigating a murder gives off a sense of danger while the blue, showing a woman, seems to represent Phelps love life - cold and aloof.