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Game titles you don't understand
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Calling it Guilty Gear XXX would've been... deceptive, so they went with Xrd.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
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Shenmue
I remember finishing this, thinking it was the most spectacular game I'd ever played and yet I didn't know why it was called Shenmue or even what it meant.
The sequel went on to reveal that Shenmue is the name of a tree in China.
I still don't really understand why it's the games title.
I remember finishing this, thinking it was the most spectacular game I'd ever played and yet I didn't know why it was called Shenmue or even what it meant.
The sequel went on to reveal that Shenmue is the name of a tree in China.
I still don't really understand why it's the games title.
It's Metal Gear Solid because it was a continuation of the Metal Gear franchise specifically about Solid Snake no?
Which still doesn't make sense because Metal Gear I and II were about Solid Snake and ironically only 2.1 of the 6 Metal Gear Solid games are actually about Solid Snake.
GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
"Whose"
That was hypocrisy not irony.
Teletraan1
Banned
Not that I have played the game but what the hell does "Dream Drop Distance" even mean?
It's when you're supposed to be discovering stuff but you end up feeling like everything is cliché and deja vu.
You feel it when you play
Uncharted
Also, can someone explain to me why there's an "e" at the end of Bloodborne?!
F-Zero is just a franchise name. Those aren't as strict given that they need to be recognizable.
______borne means a disease is communicated through whatever the word in front is. Like, an airborne disease is transmitted through the air. A bloodborne disease, therefore, is transmitted through blood.
Bloodporne
Member
Oh my god, my own gif applies to me then which makes it even better in the framework of this thread.
David Lynch buying the rights right now.
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 is the stupidest shit ever
I used to joke with a math teacher in high school that whoever did the title probably used to get marked off in math class for not reducing their fractions and that one day I would make a game dedicated to my math teacher because I also hated reducing fractions.
But 358/2 isn't a case of reducing fractions, you just have to fucking divide by 2.
Also not a game, but New Nintendo 3DS XL. I mean cmon
I used to joke with a math teacher in high school that whoever did the title probably used to get marked off in math class for not reducing their fractions and that one day I would make a game dedicated to my math teacher because I also hated reducing fractions.
But 358/2 isn't a case of reducing fractions, you just have to fucking divide by 2.
Also not a game, but New Nintendo 3DS XL. I mean cmon
timmyp53
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arhra
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F1 is the current pinnacle of Formula racing. F2/3/4 all exist (or have existed in the past, i'm not sure of the current status of F2), but as feeder championships where younger/less experienced drivers get some experience with open-wheel racing in slower/less technically advanced/cheaper/easier-to-handle cars, before hopefully moving on up to F1 if they're good enough.
F-Zero takes that concept in the opposite direction, since obviously ludicrous-speed anti-grav racing is a step up beyond F1.
To be fair, that's not uncommon in japanese games.
All those Japanese titles using weird numbers/ symbols/ separations, with a word salad that is generally explained by self-contained, in-universe definitions, basically re-purposing existing words.
I guess a lot of these come from light novels/ Mangas?
The one I think about that I've tortured myself with has been Fate / Stay : Night, Unlimited Bladeworks, etc.
I guess a lot of these come from light novels/ Mangas?
The one I think about that I've tortured myself with has been Fate / Stay : Night, Unlimited Bladeworks, etc.
It means they wanted 3 D's in the title because it was one the 3DS but they were too stuck up to just call it Kingdom Hearts 3DS.
Kinda like how you had a bunch of games on the DS with D and S words in their titles. Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, Advance Wars: Dual Strike, etc.
NightShift
Member
Same. I doubt Horizon: Zero Dawn's title is going to make any sense. It just seems like a random selection of words.
Also, Far Cry comes from the saying that falls under the protagonists predicaments in those games as they are in a completely different environment for what they are used to. E.g. they are a far cry from home.
Triggerhappytel
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I think the singular demon it's referring to is the Old One. After all, it's the most important being in the game, and the colourless fog only came into being because of it - turning the other creatures into demons as well.
Bioshocker
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Far from the worst, but I always felt that Project Gotham Racing was a weird name for a racing game. What Project? Gotham as in Gotham City? These racing games have nothing to do with Batman. I don't know. It's just weird.
Metropolis Street Racer was a much better name.
Metropolis Street Racer was a much better name.
Solid also because it's bringing the series into 3D, Metal Gear with solid (rather than flat) objects.
Teletraan1
Banned
Interesting. Thanks for the insight. What a crazy reason to name a game something.
PeskyToaster
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why do the kingdom hearts games use like 2.8 and fractions and shit?
Shadowhelper
Banned
Its the first rogue like I am playing. Enter the Gungeon, am I meant to be acquiring items or something? I just die eventually...
If someone could explain it to me, I know this must come across as a really ignorant question.
If someone could explain it to me, I know this must come across as a really ignorant question.
LordKasual
Banned
so that people come into the experience already expecting to not know what the fuck is going on
I've uh...heard a promise like this before.
I forgot about this title, damn
Like, why
NightShift
Member
Haha. Ok then, I'll be happy to be proven wrong.
boneyjangles
Member
Actually I'm pretty sure it's an Engrish translation of something like "how far you fall into your dreams". I remember reading that before it came out. Not sure how true it is though.
Yeah, well, when it's revealed you'll be ashamed of your words and deeds.
Ya gotta pay the troll toll to get into the demon's holes.
ScientificPizza
Banned
Yeah, this is a garbage title
Metropolis (synonymous of city)-> home of Superman.
Gotham -> home of Batman.
Was a internal project name, a joke over the previuous game, but in the end they didnt change it for the final release.
Gotham is a nickname for New York. I think New York was the city they had when they demoed the project under Project Gotham Racing and the name stuck.
Dragonsushi
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I learned something about racing on NeoGAF. How bout that lol. Thanks!
CharminUltra
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Kojima, Squeenix: the thread
His Majesty
Banned
Pro Evolution Soccer
- Pro Evolution wtf what does this even mean?
- It says soccer but the content in the game is clearly about football
- Pro Evolution wtf what does this even mean?
- It says soccer but the content in the game is clearly about football
the distance a dream drop can drop?
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Its not really supposed to make sense.
French-Bread have said before that they just pick english words that sound cool.
Bioshocker
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I had hoped for someone to shed some light on this. Thanks!
Erdnuckel01
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Divine Divinity
Beyond the Beyond
Beyond the Beyond