Horror Video Game Cover Analysis

Dead Space
Title - The title of the game gives off that it is from the genre horror from the first glimpse of the cover, the fact that the word dead is involved and a give away while with the word space combined it gives off a dark, silent environment. To enforce this deliberate theory the font of the title is distorted in the sense that some letters are not equal to others, this shows that something is not normal in the game's everyday life and there is a form of evil lurking.

Image - The image portrays the game in space where it is dark, silent and isolated. This is shown through the background that is in deep space and then the wall of the spaceship shows that it will be set in tight spaced corridors. The bloody hand that has broke through he hull of the ship shows that the enemies may be dangerous creatures than just other human characters.

Dead Island
Title - The title is a good example to show the audience that it is from the horror genre. The font is red and around the letters there are blood splatters to show the games has content of gore. A clever aspect of the title to be identified as a horror is the image of a tree from which a silhouette of a person has been hung in-between the two words.

Image - From the image the background is a luxury island with a hotel in the distance while in a brutal storm, this shows a beautiful island that has gone to destruction and chaos. The main features of the image are zombies walking towards the camera from the distance, this shows the main aspect of the game survive a zombie apocalypse.