Icon for a shooter game. any thoughts on it?

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#1

I am working on a shooter game, and I created an icon for it recently. Any criticism or other thoughts about it?

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#2

The fog kinda makes the character look less important, thats what I think. Also, whats the shooter about?

#3

I think the fog is a bit much, as well as the surrounding particles. The character avatar could be changed, unless if that is an important aspect, then it can stay. A logo/short title or name of your game at the top or bottom would help as well. Look at some game icons such as Deadline, FIRETEAM, AR2, BOMBLINE, etc., and use those as a starting point.

#4

Alright, I changed it based on both of your suggestions, and coolifysz’s suggestion. I am working on changing the character.

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#5

I’m gonna be honest here:

I hate it.

It’s not a bad gfx, but it doesn’t look remotely like a FPS. There is no lighting, the character blends in to much, the gun is an outdated free model. It’s to dark. It doesn’t have a title, the fog should be behind the person. Oh yeah the character doesn’t look like they belong in an fps either.

Sorry to be harsh

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#6

It looks more like a group icon than a game icon if you ask me. I would personally not use this icon at all for a game.

Icons for FPS games:

  • Usually contain a character that has something to do with the game, or a mascot.
  • Contain guns within the game, which aren’t 2014 free models.
  • Have the title clearly visible in the icon.
  • Any effects (such as fog) are either very transparent, or behind the character.

Your icon:

  • Contains your avatar I assume? Just make it something that at least relates to the game.
  • Uses a really old gun model which just looks really bad.
  • Uses a hard to read font that is also really small, making it that much more unreadable.
  • Has fog and too many effects covering everything important to the thumbnail.

Look at these for reference

  • Text is clearly visible and easy to read.
  • Characters are clearly visible with minimal effects over them.

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#7

Muddy is the best way I can describe it, everything just looks cluttered.

It looks less of a shooter game and more like a chill hangout game.

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#8

This icon looks good, it’s very dark though. There is also too much blur/glitter (whatever that is). Make it brighter/lighter, and remove some blur from it. Otherwise, nice job on this!

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#9

Thanks, you guys! Working on the new one! Thank you for being honest!