[NGTM-1R]

Actually, it *is* the in-game model, view a Typhon side-on. It is, however, rendered and has some cleaned up lighting effects not done in-game.

They've done some weird stuff to the tower, and that's just at a cursory glance.

[shiv]

Also there're some antenas near the fighterbay. Fighterbay look like "double-fighterbay" too.
Anyway, it's perfect reference for those who'd like to do HTL Typhon.

[Snail]

It makes the Vasudans seem really alien, which is how they should be.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Yeah, but they should only be alien in a different sense from the Shivan one.

It just dawned on me that there might be quite a lot of fake advertising going on in the boxart. You're supposedly in a war with the Vasudans, but you get hints of the Shivans the moment you run the game for the first time. Then there's that possible size discrepancy, the fact that the Typhon shown is not the actual model, and the fact that turrets can't be blown off, only blown up.

...unless, of course, if was attempting to show the Typhon on the front and Lucifer on the back...

[Snail]

Yeah, but they should only be alien in a different sense from the Shivan one.

They are. In FS1, the Vasudans are alien in a kinda "rusty" sense. But the Shivans always seemed far more threatening.

[NGTM-1R]

Yeah, but they should only be alien in a different sense from the Shivan one.

They're not Starfish Aliens, mind you, they're similar enough for fairly common ground. The Vasudans should not be as alien as the Shivans, particularly after fourteen plus years of contact, no matter how unfriendly.