DS Daily: Moon

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Posted Aug 22nd 2008 9:00AM by Alisha Karabinus
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Renegade Kid's Jools Watsham recently posted this Moon boxart on his IGN blog, along with the planned back of the box. So, armchair analysts ... what do you think?

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Tags: boxart, mastiff, moon, renegade-kid

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8-22-2008 @ 9:11AM

Nigeria said...

Oh my gosh! Is that the moon?

8-22-2008 @ 9:14AM

SephFinale said...

Now that is some pretty neat box art. When's the release date again?

8-22-2008 @ 9:17AM

SephFinale said...

Gah, my original comment looks like it didn't go through. But I really like that box art.

8-22-2008 @ 9:38AM

Matt G. said...

The back seems alright, but the front is kinda weak.

8-25-2008 @ 5:48PM

iammonodi said...

The other way around for me.

8-22-2008 @ 9:50AM

Kimiko said...

How is this game going to be different from the gazillion other male-space-marine FPSs we've seen in the last decade and a half?

8-22-2008 @ 10:50AM

SephFinale said...

It takes place on the mooooooooooooooooon!

8-22-2008 @ 12:12PM

Zealot said...

If you would watch the trailers you'll see that Moon has atmospheric qualities reminiscent of Metroid. Uncreative premise aside, it's not a frantic, testosterone-pumped run-and-gun in the vein of most modern shooters. It's a lot more reserved and seems to have a balance between shooting and exploration.

Even if none of this were the case, it would still be worth playing on the merits of its technical achievements on the DS. This is the result of Renegade Kid learning what worked and what didn't in Dementium, and will probably be the first FPS on the system to fully take advantage of a stylus-based control scheme.

8-23-2008 @ 12:52AM

aj said...

It's not, in all likelihood.

But at least now backwards baseball cap wearing frat boys can play the Nintendo DS without being called "gay" by their equally baseball cap wearing friends.

8-22-2008 @ 9:55AM

monkeymonkeymonkey said...

Does this game take place in a Hollywood studio?

lol :P

8-23-2008 @ 12:47AM

aj said...

Careful, Buzz Aldrin will come after you.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOo6aHSY8hU)

8-23-2008 @ 1:05PM

supa_s said...

lol good one

8-22-2008 @ 11:20AM

adrien said...

looks awesome. very 70's sci fi.

8-22-2008 @ 12:18PM

bluezy said...

I really like it. The logo for the game looks cool, too.

8-22-2008 @ 12:22PM

Zealot said...

I can't quite put my finger on what I don't like about the boxart. To be honest, odds are that it's perfectly fine, but I already had an image in my mind of what I hoped it would look like and this isn't it. Actually, part of it is--the moon part. It must be the giant space guy head blocking the moon that's getting to me. Ah, well--if it means they sell more copies by catching little kiddies' eyes with a more shooter-esque boxart, I don't mind. It's still a day one purchase for me.

8-22-2008 @ 2:27PM

chispito said...

I think it's brilliant. You can barely see the astronaut's face, but he's obviously very intent on something. The moon is behind him, the earth with the rising sun is reflected in his visor. The only thing I might consider changing is the gun, but I suppose the kiddos need to be reminded this is a shooter, afterall.

8-22-2008 @ 2:29PM

Phil said...

Not to be nitpicky, but how is the moon both in the background BEHIND him and reflecting in his facemask (implying it's in FRONT of him)?

If that's supposed to be the Earth behind him, it needs to be blued up.

8-22-2008 @ 5:25PM

SephFinale said...

That's Earth in his helmet. If you look closely, you can make out the details of clouds and blue ocean.

8-22-2008 @ 3:15PM

LordZombie1 said...

Looks very nice...looking forward to buying this game

8-25-2008 @ 4:52PM

mike said...

Moon Doom?

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