good games - bad icons

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  1. starmonkey101

    starmonkey101 Well-Known Member

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    what games are good, but have sucky icons

    i will start us off:

    doodle bomb (too simplistic, words)
    horrible vikings (when i first looked at it, i could even tell what it was!)
    warfare inc (too much blue)

    what do you guys think?
     
  2. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    Anything with the OF logo on it.

    Parking Mania - some random ugly chick.
    Implode! - not fond of the game's graphical style anyway so... it figures.
    PathPix Pro - it's alright, but not as clean as the first game's icon.
    Finger Physics - currently has an ugly banner across the bottom.
    rRootage - doesn't reflect the style of the game at all.
    Atlantis Sky Patrol - what's with the crappy swerve thing at the bottom?
     
  3. starmonkey101

    starmonkey101 Well-Known Member

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    lol. the crappy swerve thing is in all big fish games:rolleyes:
     
  4. abruce42

    abruce42 Well-Known Member

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    I wanna say Infinity Project but it actuaklly has a really nice icon graphics-wise but is lacking in telling what the game is about.
     
  5. starmonkey101

    starmonkey101 Well-Known Member

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    i think jet car stunts looks good with it
     
  6. The prez 12521

    The prez 12521 Well-Known Member

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    GTA:CHW 's icon is pretty frail, but its well worth the great app
     
  7. Foozelz

    Foozelz Well-Known Member

    And Plus+
     
  8. your personal robot

    your personal robot Well-Known Member

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    Avatar - I really really hate, when the app's name is in the icon.
    I mean, WHY...it's standing below anyway.

    Monopoly has got a better solution for example.
    "Monopoly" as part of the icon to place "Worldwide" below...
     
  9. Random_Guy

    Random_Guy Well-Known Member

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    Australia, mate!
    All of Gameloft's games.
     
  10. eugekava

    eugekava Well-Known Member

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    I entered this thread to say just that, but you beat me to it. :)

    I agree with Finger Physics. The game is great but the icon even without the banner feels 3rd rate.
    Doodle Army - icon doesn't reflect how good the game is.
    Zombieville - should be the Survivor's head on the icon.
    Roswell - yellow banner across the top left corner with the word "PLUS". It uses OF.
    iPharaoh - don't like the new one. old one was better.
     
  11. wootbean

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    the next whiskey bar
    I wish the SIIG icon didn't have the word "INFINITY" on it
    also PathPix Pro, Galcon (+Labs). I also don't really like the shiny effect on some of the icons
     
  12. dumbname

    dumbname Well-Known Member

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    can someone convince me to buy pathpix pro?

    also GTA's icon i actually like it. it's not too flashy.
     
  13. The prez 12521

    The prez 12521 Well-Known Member

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    yeah but they have to many words. and that green is hidious
     
  14. DrMonkey

    DrMonkey Well-Known Member

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    Every Gameloft game.
     
  15. 5jusername

    5jusername Well-Known Member

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    minisquadron: the openfeint logo is pretty bad

    and i wish iBlast moki didnt have the plus+ logo
     
  16. Will090

    Will090 Well-Known Member

    I don't really have a problem with the feint logo, the thing that bothers me is that icons put them on different corners, it just pisses me off
     

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  17. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    If you own PathPix you shouldn't need convincing. If you don't you could try the lite.
     
  18. goldglover411

    goldglover411 Well-Known Member

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    implode, cod nazi zombies, nfl 2010
     
  19. dumbname

    dumbname Well-Known Member

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    very well. lol thanks.
     
  20. FancyFactory

    FancyFactory Well-Known Member

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    I think there are more bad games with great icons. I dont want to offend any game/developer but thats part of the appstores rules: if you have a great icon you dont need to deliver a great game...people will still buy it. Sad but true. Ok, maybe I dramatised this a little... :) Thanks god there are sites like this so you can get an idea whats good and what is not.
     

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