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[retroman]

"Where are the clowns?"

 

[prudislav]

"Where are the clowns?"

In IT ;-)

 

[Banzai]

Counter Strike: GO sounds like a mobile soccer game to me.

 

[Sailent]

HURTWORLD

Also, ever noticed the amount of games that sounds the same like:

Factorio

Gnomoria

Primordia

Planetaria

Terraria

Harmonia

Berseria

Darwinia...

 

[Titania]

Live-a-Live makes me think of an Animal Crossing-type of game for some reason.

With a name like "Live-a-Live" it's not hard to see why. Either sounds like an Animal Crossing or like some sort of game involving partying.

when i see the name wipeout, it makes me think of that tv show where they made a bunch of assholes traverse impossible obstacle courses suspended above mud

I'll also agree that Wipeout the original racing game series made me think the same when I first stumbled across it.

They do have games of that show though I think.

An entire series of games, apparently.

 

[Ullus]

Sunset Overdrive sounds like a 80s arcade racer.

 

[DesiacX]

You'd think games with titles like Super Smash Brother Melee and Super Smash Brothers Brawl would be fighting games.

Spoiler

/s

TBH i initially thought Geometry Wars was a competitive math game.

 

[Aters]

Stephen's Sausage Roll

I do wonder what genre you think it is. Cuz it can be pretty lewd.

DanganRonpa literally translated means "Bullet Refutation" which sounds more like some kind of action shooter rather than the mystery VN that it is.

You exchange words like bullets, how much more VN can it be?

 

[Lakuza]

Skies of Arcadia sounds like a space invaders styled game or bullet hell shooters.
Ratchet and clank sounds like a puzzle game you find on mobile.

 

[televator]

Wut.

 

[CEJames]

SuperHot doesn't scream matrix-like first person shooter. More like a Hot Potato minigame.

Tales of Symphonia doesn't scream JRPG, more like a musical.

Legend of Heroes doesn't scream turn-based JRPG about teenagers/young adults saving a country, more like a Marvel Superheroes action game series.

 

[Bluehound]

Willow could have been a tree and shrub sim game not related to movie.

 

[Gen X]

Slap Fight is an odd name for a shoot 'em up.

Useless tip. When you start playing, don't touch any controls and let your ship travel unassisted till it blows up. Next life and you'll be granted some of the more powerful weapons.

Racer/shooter hybrid is not the first thing that comes to mind when one hears the title Alleykat.

Andrew Braybrook is a legend, loved all his games bar one, that Morpheus game. His games need to be redone in more modern assets and released as a compilation.

 

[Timu]

Half Life sounds like you have half of your life to live like a real life simulator game, not a 1st person shooter.

 

[Alecs27]

Street Fighter

 

[wandering]

Deus Ex sounds like it ought to be a historical strategy game, regardless of the phrase deus ex machina

And Panzer Dragoon has nothing to do with either tanks nor light cavalry.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Chrono Cross sounds like a motocross racing game.

 

[Rosstimus]

Slightly ot, but I was extremely confused when I first heard the name Assasin's Creed: Unity, since Unity is so synonymous with the game
engine. Still can't really read that name without that association in my head.

 

[Sailent]

Slightly ot, but I was extremely confused when I first heard the name Assasin's Creed: Unity, since Unity is so synonymous with the game
engine. Still can't really read that name without that association in my head.

Yeah, and Assassins Creed: Origins, is being sold in steam also :O

 

[Chill]

Gravity Rush sounds like it would be a physics puzzle game.

 

[SirNinja]

Destiny.

If you knew nothing else about it, "online shooter RPG" probably wouldn't even be your twentieth guess.

 

[Nostremitus]

Horizon Zero Dawn

Sounds like it should be an Ace Combat clone.

 

[djtiesto]

Tales Of The Borderlands sounds like an RPG
Kentucky Route Zero sounds like a truck racing game
X-COM sounds like one of those throwaway b-grade Xbox 360 shooters
Bio Hazard Battle sounds like a fighting game with a roster of mutants

 

[hotcyder]

Metal Gear

Sounds like a driving game

 

[jsnepo]

Beyond
Heavy Rain
Detroit

 

[mrmickfran]

I remember asking my mom to buy me Twilight Princess and then she asked me why do I want a girl's game? lol

 

[boiled goose]

It took me a while to realize that they (probably) mean crossing as in crossing the street. Still kind of a random name though, especially since the original Japanese name is "animals' forest".

It's crossing as in railroad crossing

 

[Crayolan]

SuperHot doesn't scream matrix-like first person shooter. More like a Hot Potato minigame.

Tales of Symphonia doesn't scream JRPG, more like a musical.

Legend of Heroes doesn't scream turn-based JRPG about teenagers/young adults saving a country, more like a Marvel Superheroes action game series.

I dunno, games with "Tale" or "Story" or synonyms of those words tend to be RPGs.

 

[BitStyle]

Paper Mario: Sticker Star sounds like an RPG.

lol

 

[ClivePwned]

Wii Play
Wii Sports

they sound vaguely dirty

 

[Acquiescence]

Silent Hill

Nah, that sounds pretty stock to me where the horror genre is concerned.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

THE SHROUD



harvest moon-like game

 

[Synth]

Nah, that sounds pretty stock to me where the horror genre is concerned.

Yea, I remember knowing instantly what kind of game Silent Hill was going to be just from first hearing its name, with no other details.

Gravity Rush sounds like it would be a physics puzzle game.

Whereas this on the other hand, I legitimately did think was a puzzle game for quite a while.

 

[neora]

Black Desert Online - I immediately assumed it was an online military shooter

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Slightly ot, but I was extremely confused when I first heard the name Assasin's Creed: Unity, since Unity is so synonymous with the game engine. Still can't really read that name without that association in my head.

I can't wait for them to follow up the newest game with Assassin's Creed: Source.

 

[kromeo]

Fatal Frame sounds like it should be a fighting game

 

[Platy]

God of War sounds like a RTS
Street Fighter and Final Fight should exchange names

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Quantum Theory sounds like a science game or maybe a point-and-click, not a big meaty Gears wannabe.

 

[CHC]

Wut.

In the same vein: I always found the name "Maximum Carnage" a little too extreme for what it actually was - a superhero beat 'em up. I know it's named after the character, but when I hear "Maximum Carnage" I'm picturing a Doom or Mortal Kombat-esque 90s gore game.

 

[theaface]

Worms

Fez

Wet

 

[petran79]

I remember asking my mom to buy me Twilight Princess and then she asked me why do I want a girl's game? lol

Same for Princess Maker,except that this game turns you into a pervert with no return

 

[Duchess O'Death]

Rainbow Six.

 

[Spwn]

Dead or Alive could be a western bounty hunter game.

In the same vein: I always found the name "Maximum Carnage" a little too extreme for what it actually was - a superhero beat 'em up. I know it's named after the character, but when I hear "Maximum Carnage" I'm picturing a Doom or Mortal Kombat-esque 90s gore game.

Not just the character. Maximum Carnage was also the name of the storyline and it's one of the most profilic Spider-Man storylines ever.

 

[MrS]

Ghost Blade

 

[CuNi]

Before seeing it, I assumed half life was some kind of weird jrpg game.

Metroid could habe been the sequel to asteroids.

Bayonetta could bee a sword fighting game.

 

[JonnyDBrit]

Spore being an evolutionary strategy game, instead of a third person horror game with zombies, does seem a bit incongruous.

 

[Star Orpheus]

Sora divided by zero

2-1+1÷2×0=Sora

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Gears of War sounds more like an RTS from the late 90's/early 00's then a Third Person Shooter.

 

[Mr. Phellps]

Dead or Alive sounds like a fighting game.

 

[Mihos]

How can Final Fantasy be Final if there are 15 of them?