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[Puscifer]

Side note: this COD got me back into it when years ago I was lurking and someone said it was really good. Then I got back into it hardcore till it got stupid again and I regret it

 

[Cyberpunkd]

 

[Soodanim]

These publishers need to man up and mix it up. I don't mean going 1-9 then X, that's not big and it's not clever. They're pussying out by only having Roman numerals as an alternative.

Where's a mainstream series with binary numbering? Or better yet, Cistercian numerals.

 

[Signalis]

I ate a club sandwich once. Don't tell anyone, because I'm not even a member.

Holy hell, this gave me a good laugh!!

 

[nowhat]

I always thought it was weird how Mortal Kombat went from 10 to 40 back to 11 and then to 1.

Oh well, Xbox went from nothing to 360, and then to 1, and then a series.

(I'm pretty sure the series has been cancelled due to poor viewership)

 

[TheAssist]

Pro roman definitely. Thanks for reminding me think of Rome today.Almost didnt make it in time.


Also: Who cant read roman numerals. Unless they start to print the release year its really (REALLY) not hard. If that confuses you, I think you have other problems than telling apart you video games.

 

[MaxwellParrish]

Team Roman. How else are we going to make Capcom get creative with their RE introductions?

Uh? It's thanks to Arab numbers that Capcom has gifted us the giraffe blowjob ...

 

[BlackTron]

I agree with OP. Roman Numerals serve no purpose except pretentiousness. "ooh look at me, i write numbers like XILVXXVVII or whatever the fuck, i must be so smart and cultured."

No, you are not. There is nothing inherently intellectual about deliberately obscuring something. Quite the opposite.

And to everyone who's saying "jUsT lEaRn tO rEaD", If roman numerals are so great, try using them in calculus or geometry or engineering, or heck, even simple cooking recipes, and see what happens. There is a specific reason they were replaced by the entire educated world. They are not at all intuitive or instinctive.

If publishers are going to enjoy the boldness of X, they gotta be willing to confuse people the other 95% of the time, but maybe skip a few numbers to get there faster. It's okay, we won't notice. In fact, they may as well just call this GTA X and keep updating it for the rest of our lives.

 

[Baemono]

For example, something like GTA VI is nonsense .

You had all the examples in the world, you chose poorly

 

[artsi]

Video games didn't invent numbering volumes with roman numerals

 

[Plies]

But Romans are awesome

How often do you think about the Roman empire?

 

[Cakeboxer]

Honestly i don't care. The game has to be good, that's all.

 

[Esppiral]

Let me guess you are from the land of freedom

 

[Roberts]

I learned them when I was like 5 or something. No problems ever since.

 

[bender]

Let me guess you are from the land of freedom

He's Canadian.

 

[MMaRsu]

How often do you think about the Roman empire?

Prerty often, they were a very impressive civilization

 

[Baemono]

Let me guess you are from the land of freedom

No cause you have the Super Bowl

 

[winjer]

Roman numerals look cool. And they are easy to learn.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Roman numerals: because regular numbers werent pretentious enough

Pretty much. I think you basically only see them in media titles or someone named John Jackson III.

It would be too low brow calling someone John Jackson 3.

 

[Baemono]

Looks better than a random 6

 

[DragonNCM]

You see ?
Roman nubers are easy.....

 

[Lord Malachite]

megaman actually used Roman vs Arabic numerals in a clever way
nes games were 1 2 3 4 5 6
and gameboy were ii iii iv v

To further confuse things, on the title screens of the NES and GB games, they used the Roman numerals. While the packaging of the GB games also used Roman numerals and the packaging of the NES games used Arabic.

 

[Baemono]

I can imagine the internal discussions at Activision

"Just do it"
"No, this is stupid"
"Do it, it's okay"
"People aren't that dumb, they gonna riot"
"Don't worry"
"I can't, this is so stupid"

 

[Esppiral]

He's Canadian.

Close enough

 

[bender]

Close enough

 

[Hudo]

Cope harder, Carthaginian.

 

[crackajack]

Yakuza 一, Yakuza 二, Yakuza 三 would have been fine by me. Though starting with Yakuza 四 it would get a bit difficult.

 

[DelireMan7]

You know what annoyed me ?

This :

Non fitting answers to a poll question.
I can't answer Yes/No/I don't care.

 

[StueyDuck]

It's only an issue if you can't read it.

which makes me question the education system around the globe.

I give it to people that when we get to the 10s of thousands, you have to put a bit of thought into Roman Numerals. But like IX being 9 shouldn't be such an issue.

 

[Karim]

Why the frick does half of all games use Roman numerals in their sequels? It doesn't look any cooler and it just confuses people.

For example, something like GTA VI is nonsense . And none of these games actually has a Roman setting.

So it literally has no reason to use numerals except for that some lunatic in marketing thinks it looks cooler if they use a bunch of x's and v's instead of a normal number that people know how to read.

 

[Mokus]

I think you're looking at it in the wrong way. Roman numerals were kept to show that this is more significant step forward or a new chapter in literature or in this case games.

I first (volume)
II second (game in the running series)
III third
IV fourth
V fifth

1 one (episode one)
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five

Of course this is not a rule but a "tradition" to ad variety.

In the english language actually there is the alternative 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th but there is no equivalent in the other few languages that I can speak.

 

[Trunx81]

I am so confused right now.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Video games didn't invent numbering volumes with roman numerals

How often do you think about the Roman empire?

Every time I watch the Gladiator with Rita Faltoyano.

I can imagine the internal discussions at Activision

"Just do it"
"No, this is stupid"
"Do it, it's okay"
"People aren't that dumb, they gonna riot"
"Don't worry"
"I can't, this is so stupid"

 

[winjer]

 

[Filben]

Learn to read Roman numerals, you vulgar savage.

 

[Regginator]

First of all, lol.

Secondly, I think it's more annoying when the box art has the Roman numerals yet the official promotion or communication from developers/publishers use the Western Arabic numerals. For example, it says Red Dead Redemption II on the box, yet Rockstar consistently uses the 2. Same with The Witcher III, it says III on the box art yet CDPR always uses the 3. I'm sure there are more of such examples, but these two are my go-to examples.

If you have to be mad about numerals, you should be mad about that.

 

[Hyet]

Roman numerals and arabic numerals just hit different.

Roman numerals have a more serious and dignified aura. Arbic numerals feel more laid back and fun. You can put a 2 made of flames in a title and thats fun. You write II in flames and that's just trashy af.

 

[Lokaum D+]

You see ?
Roman nubers are easy.....

I can imagine the internal discussions at Activision

"Just do it"
"No, this is stupid"
"Do it, it's okay"
"People aren't that dumb, they gonna riot"
"Don't worry"
"I can't, this is so stupid"

IIII is correcto too, its mostly used on watches fom easy reading.

 

[winjer]

IIII is correcto too, its mostly used on watches fom easy reading.

No it's not.
The correct way is "IV"

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

I believe sony will call their 10th console playstation X. It makes sense.

However will we be alive then?

 

[Brakum]

It doesn't look any cooler

Wrong

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

 

[E-Cat]

OP are you confused by Roman numerals?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Roman numerals and arabic numerals just hit different.

Roman numerals have a more serious and dignified aura. Arbic numerals feel more laid back and fun. You can put a 2 made of flames in a title and thats fun. You write II in flames and that's just trashy af.

What about a XII?

 

[Lambogenie]

It's gotten so bad that Roman numerals are hard now for people

Been that way for a long, long time.

People can't read or use logic to sus Final Fantasy X must be 10. Idiots.

Just subtitles is annoying. I agree with AVGN after all the Mission Impossible movies, especially.

 

[darrylgorn]

If the game is an RPG or gives some sense of epic grandiose bullshit then yeah Roman numerals can be forgiven.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

It's worse when they switch from numbers to : Subtitles
123 REACH

Even worse when it number + subtitle. "Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty"
95% of nerds will insist on writing it all every single time.

Still remember working at gamestop and there were morons who asked for "grand theft auto eye vee" -_- People that stupid should not be allowed to buy M rated games, because they're clearly not mature.

Actually, the M means that there's 1000 year dragons disguised as lolis in the game.

Looks better than a random 6

And it's also correct, because that's a 5.

Cope harder, Carthaginian.

 

[Sevyne]

Who will come out on top in this epic battle between Roman and Arabic. Find out this weekend live on pay-per-view!

 

[Hyet]

What about a XII?

man, I'm so affraid about this DQ, they're gonna westernize the shit out of it.

 

[Bojji]

They don't bother me outside of searching for used games to buy on auctions because people are dumb.

Kojima always used Arabic numbers but he changed that with MGSV and it has some story elements that explain that. Shin Megami Tensei V has fancy subtitle that uses "V" as well etc.