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[Rush2112]

Yes, you do see a pattern:

-abstract, one word titles with "gravitas"

-meant to sound important, epic or philosophical

-Sound "cool" and "modern" in trailers

-names never describe gameplay, tone or genre



Hows the gameplay: generic, forgettable, lacks identity. just like the title of the games.

Why? The names are meant to trick the consumers into thinking that these games have depth. Branding first, soul never.

 

[jmiller180]

Halo

 

[Plies]

The titles need Roman numerals.

 

[Bridges]

Destiny

Halo

DOOM

Dreams

Avowed

moon

Fuser

Chulip

...see a pattern yet?

 

[Success]

Halo

Rush2112 , your attempts at rage/troll bait is lacking,

Where does Redfall or Lawbreakers fit into this?

At least get a proper education in gaming history.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

They named it Concord because it perfectly captured the rare moment of unity—everyone came together in total agreement that the game was a disaster.

 

[MSduderino]

Do titles really matter if it's a good enough game? Plenty of good games have bad titles. I reckon Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 doesn't hook anyone from the title.

 

[Zannegan]

Halo

Pithy, but that one actually does describe a key element of the game. It's kind of the one distinguishing element of its sci-fi universe and the exigence for most of the series' plotlines.

 

[March Climber]

Rush2112 I see that you've gathered your courage lately and found your threadmaking soapbox.

Now please, less troll threads.

 

[Ristifer]

Sometimes, I think I'm the most miserable fuck on this forum. Then, I see threads by Rush2112 and know I could never reach those heights.

EDIT - Oh shit. Thanks for the gold, clarky !

 

[Trogdor1123]

 

[Loomy]

Pithy, but that one actually does describe a key element of the game. It's kind of the one distinguishing element of its sci-fi universe and the exigence for most of the series' plotlines.

Anthem referred to a tool(Anthem of Creation) used by gods to create the world in the Anthem universe.

 

[T-Reks]

Shoulda called it AnthemFall

 

[phant0m]

Where does Balatro fit in this pattern?
Rust?
Overwatch?

 

[March Climber]

Sometimes, I think I'm the most miserable fuck on this forum. Then, I see threads by Rush2112 and know I could never reach those heights.

 

[Von Hugh]

My next game will be called Feces.

It's one letter away from the latin word 'faeces', so it sounds cool.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Border Lands
Two words it dosn't count

 

[GermanZepp]

Yes, you do see a pattern:

-abstract, one word titles with "gravitas"

-meant to sound important, epic or philosophical

-Sound "cool" and "modern" in trailers

-names never describe gameplay, tone or genre



Hows the gameplay: generic, forgettable, lacks identity. just like the title of the games.

Why? The names are meant to trick the consumers into thinking that these games have depth. Branding first, soul never.

 

[semiconscious]

Destiny

Halo

DOOM

Dreams

Avowed

moon

Fuser

Chulip

...see a pattern yet?

thanks for including chulip!...

 

[Zathalus]

What makes this thread funny is that Marthon came out in 1994 and was pretty dang good. "Branding first, soul never", indeed.

 

[pachura]

Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

 

[Boralf]

Anthem is 6 letters, crucible is 8, concord is 7, marathon is 8 again. So the next game is also 8 letters?

 

[Felessan]

Still better naming pattern than "Zenless Zone Zero" or "Neverness to Everness"

 

[winjer]

This thread was sponsored by....

 

[Dorago]

I though of famous PS1 titles after I read this.

Metal-Gear
Silent-Hill
Tek-Ken
Bandi-Coot
Spy-Ro
Sui-Koden

See the pattern yet?

 

[Holammer]

What's the alternative? Japanese youth novel style titles?
"I was just a regular Space Marine on Mars, but the forces of hell spilled over and now I have to rip and tear the monsters to protect earth and my pet bunny."

 

[Markio128]

Is Fortnite in this pattern?

 

[March Climber]

What's the alternative? Japanese youth novel style titles?
"I was just a regular Space Marine on Mars, but the forces of hell spilled over and now I have to rip and tear the monsters to protect earth and my pet bunny."

Or this style:

As long as a confident announcer says it in an exciting tone, all is forgiven.

 

[Deerock71]

 

[Imtjnotu]

Yes, you do see a pattern:

-abstract, one word titles with "gravitas"

-meant to sound important, epic or philosophical

-Sound "cool" and "modern" in trailers

-names never describe gameplay, tone or genre



Hows the gameplay: generic, forgettable, lacks identity. just like the title of the games.

Why? The names are meant to trick the consumers into thinking that these games have depth. Branding first, soul never.

The dumbest shit I've read in Gaf today..... And that's not hard to do here.....

 

[RagnarokIV]

What about FAIRGAME$

That sounds unique and interesting...

 

[MiguelItUp]

 

[MrCunningham]

Yes, you do see a pattern:

-abstract, one word titles with "gravitas"

-meant to sound important, epic or philosophical

-Sound "cool" and "modern" in trailers

-names never describe gameplay, tone or genre

Going by your pattern... Oni is next in line to receive a live-service extraction shooter treatment?

 

[gamerEMdoc]

Pretty sure it has to do with them being half baked GAAS games, which 3 of the 4 actually expected people to purchase instead of being F2P even though many F2P GAAS games were better.

 

[bender]

The titles need Roman numerals.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I bet OP's medication name is also just one word.

 

[Plies]

I bet OP's medication name is also just one word.

 

[TexMex]

There's really a wild percentage of posters here who are flat out not okay.

 

[clarky]

OP getting creamed. Quick make another stupid thread please.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Bloodborne just sitting there.

 

[legacy24]

anthem pains me to the most. that game had real potential. The flying felt so good.

 

[realcool]

There is a hierarchy of characteristics that might be considered soulful or soulless, but it's subjective, and I wouldn't be able to reliably predict which characteristics a game's title is signaling, anyway.

 

[Drell]

Marathon was Halo's ancestor back then. We can blame them for using that title for a bad f2p that has nothing to do with it though.

 

[Arsic]

I think this is the third thread of acidic diarrhea I've walked into by OP that makes my threads look incredible.

Truly the local Turd Ferguson of contribution.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Let's remember some other failures

 

[GHG]

OP getting creamed. Quick make another stupid thread please.

We will have to wait until next Thursday unfortunately, seems to be a weekly occurance for him.

Edit: I tell a lie, it was him who did the doom thread, had him confused with some other low effort thread creator, which is easy to do.

 

[Killer8]

 

[ZehDon]

Look, for what it's worth... I actually didn't mind Anthem. If it had a real development cycle and given actual, proper support, it probably could've actually become something decent. The flying around and blowing up shit was legitimately pretty great - the loot game, story, and live service aspects were garbage.

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

I always thought Anthem had so much potential. The world and character designs were awesome. It just felt empty.

 

[Black_Stride]

Anthem deserved better.

If it was a complete RPG with soft co-op instead of trying to be a Destiny-esc game I bet it would have been received better and maybe word of mouth leads to sales and by now we would be playing Anthem 2.