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Can we talk about Bad Videogame Titles?
- Thread starter Barkley's Justice
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Bloodborne is a real word. HIV is a bloodborne virus for example. In the context of Bloodborne, the title refers to how the plague of beasts is transferred through blood, as well as things like power.
Without fail, whenever a movie or game has "rise of" in the title, I imagine whoever (or whatever) is rising being in a Michael Bay movie and doing one of those 360 degree hero shots:
EVERY. DAMN. TIME. And it pisses me off to no end.
Came to post this.
LoL had an even worse working title, because it was like "League of Legends: Duels of fate".
It's like those troll movie titles from Homestuck.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this yet:
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale.
It's awful on all fronts. It is literally just a description of the game with no creativity or though put into it. It's a mouthful to say. Even shortening it to "Playstation All-Stars" is a lot. Its abbreviation is also stupidly long: PSASBR.
It's like they put zero marketing into coming up with a decent title.
Well their idea of marketing was tagging the trailer "super smash bros."
sixteen-bit
Member
Horizon zero dawn really is the most generic game title lmao.
Just posting that Under Night has since gotten an update
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Looking forward to what letters and symbols are added for the next version.
Under Night in-Birth Exe:Late [st]
Looking forward to what letters and symbols are added for the next version.
It's just nonsense really. Don't worry, neither is the English of the people who came up with it.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS
I get that they're slightly different games (same roster, mechanics and DLC but different stages and side modes) but couldn't they at least call it "Smash Bros Universe" and "Smash Bros Dimensions"? Not exactly stellar names either but they're better than just "For Wii U/3DS"
I get that they're slightly different games (same roster, mechanics and DLC but different stages and side modes) but couldn't they at least call it "Smash Bros Universe" and "Smash Bros Dimensions"? Not exactly stellar names either but they're better than just "For Wii U/3DS"
Even just "Smash Bros 3D" and "Smash Bros U" is better, in my opinion.
Just posting that Under Night has since gotten an update
Under Night in-Birth Exe:Late [st]
Looking forward to what letters and symbols are added for the next version.
I'm guessing they just taped 26 pieces of paper with a letter of the alphabet written on each to a dart board and just had at it.
karasu
Member
They're all too on the nose. I hate when the title is used in the script's dialogue. It's so hammy.
JimmyJones
Banned
JinjoUnchained
Member
If you had the worlds smartest, most powerful computer search, compile, and analyze all video game names and internet reactions, then use what it learned to produce the "default" video game name, you'd get:
God of War: Ascension
It's got a power fantasy ("God"), violence ("war"), a generic "extreme" word in place of a number so you don't realize how stale the series is ("ascension"), and, best of all, follows the default video game name pattern = "Blank of Blank: EPIC"
God of War: Ascension
It's got a power fantasy ("God"), violence ("war"), a generic "extreme" word in place of a number so you don't realize how stale the series is ("ascension"), and, best of all, follows the default video game name pattern = "Blank of Blank: EPIC"
Trigonometrize.
Member
Warcraft is one of the least impressive titles I know. Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Ugh.
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late.
Look at that name... Would you believe in me if I said it's a REALLY good fighting game? Why would anyone look at that and think "Yep, that's the one. My job is done here"?
EDIT: El Sloth gets it.
Look at that name... Would you believe in me if I said it's a REALLY good fighting game? Why would anyone look at that and think "Yep, that's the one. My job is done here"?
EDIT: El Sloth gets it.
Just posting that Under Night has since gotten an update
Under Night in-Birth Exe:Late [st]
Looking forward to what letters and symbols are added for the next version.
It's just nonsense really. Don't worry, neither is the English of the people who came up with it.
There was actually a thread on that just last month.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1083685
It is interesting to go through both threads and to find titles which appear on both lists, such as Bravely Default.
Mister Megative
Banned
Anything with Remastered.
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
Reminds me of the Mega64 sketch of Sakaguchi and his reaction to the name "Final Fantasy 2" lol
EatinOlives
Member
Yeah I always thought Killzone sounded like a 9 year-old's incredibly lame attempt at naming a gritty game.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
It's so old that you don't really think about it anymore, but I would say Mega Man sounds pretty stupid. Resident Evil sounds kind of cheesy too, as does Dead Space.
Green Mamba
Member
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is the third New Super Mario Bros. game.
I cannot believe people naming Dark Souls as an example. The meaning and importance of Dark and Souls are both heavily hinted at in the intro of the game and then demonstrated throughout the game.
I get the Demon's Souls hate though.
Bloodborne is also a perfect name for the game and it becomes obvious not too far into the game.
I get the Demon's Souls hate though.
Bloodborne is also a perfect name for the game and it becomes obvious not too far into the game.
Poodlestrike
Banned
King Arthur the Roleplaying Wargame is a great game saddled with an unbelievably unwieldy title.
It's more like a mission statement, really.
It's more like a mission statement, really.
Sounds like more of a summary than a title, lol.
Summertime High School: A Young Mans NotesHow a New Exchange Student Like Myself Ran Into His Childhood Friend On The School Tour, Then For Some Reason Became Super-Popular With The Girls For His Daily Scoops On The School Photography Club Even Though He Only Takes Panty Shots, And What He Thinks As He Goes On Dates During His Summer Of Island School Life.
"Life is Strange" is somehow too twee even for that game. "Divinity: Original Sin 2" is a joke. Frankly, while "Divinity: Second Sin" is bad it would be way less dumb than that. I can insert any number of Japanese games here too. I feel like I've been okay with them because I've known Japanese games forever, but the moment I would try to name and describe one to someone who hasn't, my tongue wants to roll back into my throat to shut me up.
And come on with the Last of Us/Bloodborne/Killzone posts. For the former, it's evocative, stark and actually frames the themes of the story. How many other game titles do that? Deus Ex? As to the latter two, those are both real words. Bloodborne may be the only time the word "blood" has been in a game title and not been wanky or dumb.
And come on with the Last of Us/Bloodborne/Killzone posts. For the former, it's evocative, stark and actually frames the themes of the story. How many other game titles do that? Deus Ex? As to the latter two, those are both real words. Bloodborne may be the only time the word "blood" has been in a game title and not been wanky or dumb.
"Kill zone"/"kill box" is actually two words. I'm surprised so many people have never heard it in military movies or through osmosis.
Sword Of Doom
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I always thought Zone of the Enders was a funny name
blast processed
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Hot Chix n Gear Stix
Oh it's real
Oh it's real
djplaeskool
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Ex-ard
"Stasis game" - first result. All you have to do is add "game" to the end lol.
New Super Mario Bros 2
I mean, there were two New Super Mario Bros before it, DS & Wii, plus the game was released on 3DS.
OK dont call it NSMB 3DS, not even NSMB 3D. New Super Mario Bros 3 would be a good name since its the third and is also on 3DS. How in the world did they thought of 2???
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I mean, there were two New Super Mario Bros before it, DS & Wii, plus the game was released on 3DS.
OK dont call it NSMB 3DS, not even NSMB 3D. New Super Mario Bros 3 would be a good name since its the third and is also on 3DS. How in the world did they thought of 2???
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