Front cover analysis

The last of us 

•On the front cover there is the main two characters with weapons in there hands. The background is black and dark this creates the emotion of tension and also helps the audience establish what genre of game this is. 

Alien isolation

On this front cover there is a close up of someone who looks scared and they’re wearing a space suit and the background is dark with a ominous glow in the distance. 

outlast

•The front cover is also dark with a glow to it that allows you to see the disgusting creature which gives the audience a great idea on what this game will be like and the genre of the game.  

THE EVIL WITHIN

THE EVIL WITHIN, the image is disturbing, there is a screaming person that looks like a woman and they are in distress with blood on the face. IN THE TEXT FROM THE "T" DOWN IT LOOKS LIKE A SWORD/KNIFE GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF THE TEXT HEADING TOWARDS THE EYES OF THE PERSON ON THE FRONT COVER. THIS TELLS THE AUDIENCE THAT THE GAME WILL BE BLOODY AND GORY AND THAT THE GENRE OF GAME IS HORROR..

Comparison of the covers 

 The first three front covers was on a black background with little light which shows the game will be a dark one with little light and the facial expressions on all shows the audience the game is a horror on the EVIL WITHIN, Alien isolation and The Last Of Us the facial expressions of the characters shows fear and sorrow but on the OUTLAST cover there is a creature that looks disgusting this tells the audience the game is horror. They all do this, the first three in similar ways but the EVIL WITHIN does it differently they use a light background which is not typical of horror games however this allows us to see the blood and the goriness of the front cover and see clearly the terror and agony in the characters face which very clearly shows that the genre of the game is horror.