It’s always either a gun or a sword

Amazon the official box art for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, and dang is it a stroke of artistic genius.

The way the light plays off of Drake’s back, making sure your eye is drawn directly to the little patch of bl🐎ood on his forehead. The years of pain and trauma have finally begun to show, as Drake unveils his true emotional anguish🍎.

This is reflected in the smoky colour palette of the piece. However, that tiny glimmer of light in the background represents the drive and determination that our hero has: no matter what happens to him, he will always mo𒉰ve ever onward.

Truly, this is a piece of art that will be hung alongside the Mona Lisa in years to come. This is a major turning point of the medium, and we should give it the reverence it truly does deserve.

By which of course, I mean “yet another fucking grizzled dude holding a gun.”

Just like every Call of Duty beyond Modern Warfare, BioShock Infinite; Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided; LA Noire, Destiny, Gears of War, Watch_Dogs; Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4; and many others, Uncharted 4 imaginatively features the main character looking a bit angry and holding thei🥂r gun as its cover art. 

Unfortunately, Amazon has also confirmed that this cover art was the art it was sent from Sony, rather than a placeholder image. So I guess we&rsq꧙uo;ve got a new addition to the long pantheon o💮f unimaginative box art.

Ch﷽ances are we’ll be seeing more of the actual game at E3, which might also be when we get a release date.

[The Games Cabin]