Logos[]
1st logo (1996): A black dog walks into an orange background. It stops, looks at us and turns its head left and right. Then the dog suddenly opens mouth wide and roars. After such a startling action, it turns back and the word "CRiterion" in a decorative font flies from the dog's mouth to the permanent place.
2nd logo (1997-1998): The Criterion dog is placed over a white background. The words "CRiterion Studios", one below other, are under the dog in decorative orange font.
3rd logo (1999-2000): The familiar dog is placed inside the round-corner orange rectangle with double mismatching border. The words "criterion studios" are below in italics while "criterion" is placed on white field.
4th logo (2001-2008): On a black background, we see a black picture of the dog, looking at us. The name "Criterion" is below the dog. The logo shines. There is also "GAMES" in blue underneath. The logo then blows to pieces.
Variants[]
Early version has a white background. The logo was seen once without blowing up. On Black, the logo appeared in gold with interlacing. On Burnout Revenge, the logo is normal, until two cars crash towards each other, creating a big explosion.
5th logo (2009-2018): Many red and white lights come and flash on the screen, eventually leaving "Criteriongames" on the red background, which slowly zooms in.
Variants[]
A newer variant shows the same sequence happening, except "games" is omitted and the animation is more high-quality.
6th logo (2018-): TBA.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo: The Dog snuffling and whimpering, then a sudden roar.
2nd logo: None.
3rd logo: None for the still version, ocean sounds for Deep Fighter.
4th logo: Sounds of wind, the opening theme or none.
5th logo: Some kinds of dark electronic sounds, although the newer variant has them sound more light.
6th logo: TBA.
Scare Factor[]
1st logo: Low to Nightmare. The background, along with the sudden roar and menacing dog design could frighten some, because of the jump-scare.
2nd logo: None, but the still menacing dog design might still put some off.
3rd logo: None. Still, the dog might scare someone.
4th logo:
- Minimal for the early variant. The dog's design is still present, and the fact that it's facing forward may put some off.
- Low for the later variant. The black background make this logo more menacing. However, it's still tamer than what follows...
- Medium to high for the exploding variant. The darkness and dog are still frightening, but the ominous wind, slow zoom-in and explosion will scare some people.
5th logo: Low. The fast pace and blood red setting may get to some.
6th logo: TBA.
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