Be sure to cast your votes in the poll below; but first, let’s check out the box art designs themselves.
North America
We’ll start with the version of the game that is actually called Trace Memory. This North American cover is spooky. Sure, it gives you a snappy summary of what the game is all about right there (talk about tell don’t show, eh?) but everything else is oozing with mystery. What is our protagonist reaching for? Why is it so dark? What’s that weird writing going on in the background? It’s giving the intro to David Fincher’s Se7en. Make of that what you will.
Europe
While hardly the friendliest-looking cover out there, this European variant is at least slightly less spooky than its NA companion. The dark background is here replaced by a mysterious island with CRT grain, we can see more of our protagonist, and that creepy writing is nowhere to be found. There’s still an element of mystery on display here, but maybe not of the murder-y kind.
Thanks for voting! We’ll see you next time for another round of the Box Art Brawl.