Coolest and dumbest game titles.

[Redryhno]

Actually if you knew the story as to why the series is called Final Fantasy it might completely change your mind on that. It's actually pretty cool when you understand it and a very good title name.

Yeah, but don't you think in the 20-odd years since they released the second or third they could have made some kind of announcement saying they were deciding to change the name? And why do people keep buying them? I can't get through half of one of their games past the first without becoming completely and utterly bored.

1) That's the name of the product, as it was when it sold tons originally. I mean if Digiorno changed their name I'd probably start buying Freschetta. Never under-estimate the power of brand recognition.

2) It's a good thing you and I don't count for their entire fan base, as millions of other people CAN play through without getting bored. Sometimes more than once I hear! Games like God of War bore the crap out of me too so I don't expect everyone to agree on the formulas for awesome game making/playing.

Oh, I don't care that they haven't changed the name, it's just always people talk about how great they are and all I see are cut-scenes trying to be gameplay, which doesn't work because you spend half your time trying to press X to attack at random points and then suddenly a giant, flying, cyborg dog comes flying out of nowhere just so you can ride him and he bites your enemy and then runs away again leaving you standing in front of a building that used to be a old guy that resembled the pope glaring at you with enough firepower to make the western world cringe with envy. I also just like putting that stuff out just to see the next fanboy start frothing at the mouth because I ask why they haven't changed the name. Yes, I am a sick,twisted, SOB with no redeeming features whatsoever, and I have a morbid sense of humor.

And Digiorno is good and all, but Tombstone is cheaper and you have a better selection where I live, besides the fact that if I want stuffed crust I'll just call Pizza Hut.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Okami. It's one of the typical puns the Japanese love. In Japanese, Okami can be written with the kanji character 狼, meaning 'wolf'. But in the game's title okami is written as 大神, which means 'great deity' and is pronounced the same. But, the characters for 'great deity' are also used to write the full name of sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami, whom you play as in the game. So you end up with 'great wolf deity Amaterasu'

I also like Half-Life (and expansions Opposing Force & Blue Shift), Deus Ex and System Shock because they are both descriptive of the games and a play on words, but without being obvious about it.

 

[VargRaev]

Good/cool names
Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! - possibly the best name ever.
Makai Senki Disgaea - i Think thats the full name, and its cool ^^
Touhou: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody - its a powerful name, imho

Bad/lame names
Blazblue - i love the game but , the name is kinda stupid, awkward to pronounce, and most of the time they just call it the Azure Grimoire.
The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-Earth: the Rise of the Witch-King: holy shite, thats a long name...

 

[vivalahelvig]

Half-Life
It symbolizes how much life (health) you'll have throughout the entire game!
Plus it goes with the SCIENCE!-y nature of the game.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

blow my mind, it's a wednesday I can take it!

Maybe he means that it was originally going to be called puck-man but they changed it after they realized you can scratch out part of the P, or maybe that the character was inspired by a pizza missing two slices?

Yeah, I was just making a silly reference to Scott Pilgrim and the dorkiness of random video game trivia. Although, I did meet some people IRL that though it was cool...

Bad Title: "Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen / HeartGold and SoulSilver"

"HEARTGold and SOULSilver"? WTF? Honestly, it baffles me to think that, at one point, a group of video game executives got together and actually AGREED on using the word "LeafGreen" in a video game title.

...the thought of this alone makes my face FireRed with anger...

They're pretty good titles, IMO. They're plays off the phrases "Heart of Hold" and "Silver Soul" (This phrase I think is more common in Japan, I know it's where the title of the anime/manga series Gin-Tama comes from). What would you name them? ShinySilver and GlitteringGold?

 

[Hides His Eyes]

Am I the only person sick to death of hearing the "Why is it called Final Fantasy when there's so many of them?" thing?

Anyway, I second the thing about game sub-titles beginning with R. All game subtitles, actually but especially the ones beginning with R. Makes me wanna smack the idiot who named it that around the head again and again until they have an original idea.

But I think the stupidest game name of all time is Divine Divinity. I mean, what the hell. Just what the hell.

 

[Hides His Eyes]

Half-Life
It symbolizes how much life (health) you'll have throughout the entire game!
Plus it goes with the SCIENCE!-y nature of the game.

Yeah, it's a great title. I also like how the expansion pack Opposing Force was also named after a science concept

 

[Chased]

The Good:

Carmageddon - the tagline was my favourite: "Racing Game For The Chemically Imbalanced"
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Altered Beast - always made me think about the movie Altered States for some reason

The Bad:

Wolfenstein (newest), Tomb Raider (newest), Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (newest), yeah you probably get the idea

The Ugly:

Conker's Bad Fur Day

You listen to Sunn O)))!?! I just finished listening to the track Alice.

Good Names: Jesus: Deadly Bio Monster, Atom Zombie Smasher

Bad: Irritating Stick, VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV, Ultra Super Mega Street Fighter XXVXIV 5th Diamond Edition Thrice Removed From You Dad's Side, Beyond the Beyond, Two Worlds 2, Counter Strike Global Offensive (think about this one for a minute).

 

[Scrustle]

Okami. It's one of the typical puns the Japanese love. In Japanese, Okami can be written with the kanji character 狼, meaning 'wolf'. But in the game's title okami is written as 大神, which means 'great deity' and is pronounced the same. But, the characters for 'great deity' are also used to write the full name of sun goddess Amaterasu Omikami, whom you play as in the game. So you end up with 'great wolf deity Amaterasu'

I've always loved that game title for the very same reason.

Can't really think of any other stand out game titles right now... perhaps Devil May Cry? It's a fun play on words and is in character with the demon killing bad-assery of the game.

There's plenty of bad game titles out there though. The upcoming Ridge Racer: Unbounded, NFS: Carbon, and who can forget Two Worlds 2. Ugh.

 

[Johnnydillinger]

The Good:

Carmageddon - the tagline was my favourite: "Racing Game For The Chemically Imbalanced"
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Altered Beast - always made me think about the movie Altered States for some reason

The Bad:

Wolfenstein (newest), Tomb Raider (newest), Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (newest), yeah you probably get the idea

The Ugly:

Conker's Bad Fur Day

You listen to Sunn O)))!?! I just finished listening to the track Alice.

Good Names: Jesus: Deadly Bio Monster, Atom Zombie Smasher

Bad: Irritating Stick, VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV, Ultra Super Mega Street Fighter XXVXIV 5th Diamond Edition Thrice Removed From You Dad's Side, Beyond the Beyond, Two Worlds 2, Counter Strike Global Offensive (think about this one for a minute).

Yup, and is it me or are they becoming more and more popular these recent years? Also, the Monoliths album was great and they're due for another studio release

And, Jesus: Deadly Bio Monster? Man I'm looking that up.

 

[DanteLives]

Good:
Portal - Does what it says on the case.
Hogs of War - A game with pigs doing the fighting instead of humans.

Bad:
Call Of Duty - What is the call to duty? Who called you? What is your "duty"?
Band Hero - As if Guitar Hero World Tour was enough, they made bloody Band Hero which is basically GHWT but reskinned.

 

[Scow2]

Good:
Portal - Does what it says on the case.
Hogs of War - A game with pigs doing the fighting instead of humans.

Bad:
Call Of Duty - What is the call to duty? Who called you? What is your "duty"?
Band Hero - As if Guitar Hero World Tour was enough, they made bloody Band Hero which is basically GHWT but reskinned.

Actually, Call of Duty's pretty effective as a title for a game about military service.

 

[Korten12]

Call of Duty/ Medal of Honor... Contains

Can't speak for Medal of Honor, but honestly, COD, excluding Black Ops, almost always has the main characters be Non-American. WaW better side of the SP is the Soviets, MW1/2 has the main characters be SAS, and I am sure, that COD1-2 had a Campaign for all sides. IDK about 3.

 

[LilithSlave]

Dissidia Duodecim

How on earth is this a bad title?

Also, Final Fantasy is a great name. "Final" gives the feeling that something epic is going to be involved, or that something good is limited.

Bad gaming titles would be those like these: Viewtiful Joe, Left 4 Dead(don't ever replace "for" with 4 unless you are a mentally challenged 13 year old), Janitor Man, Joe & Mac, Human Baseball, Chuck Rock, B.O.B., Shaq Fu, Big Mutha Truckers. And about a thousand others not mentioned in this thread yet that I'd love to mention but don't want to spend the time trying to look up.

 

[joemegson94]

I don't get the title of the Kingdom Hearts games. Admittedly, I don't play them, but "358/2 Days" isn't really the catchiest subtitle imo.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

Dissidia Duodecim

How on earth is this a bad title?

It's mostly the silent [12] that's on the box, Dissidia [12] Duodecim: Final Fantasy is an awkward title...

 

[Scow2]

Dissidia Duodecim

How on earth is this a bad title?

Also, Final Fantasy is a great name. "Final" gives the feeling that something epic is going to be involved, or that something good is limited.

Bad gaming titles would be those like these: Viewtiful Joe, Left 4 Dead(don't ever replace "for" with 4 unless you are a mentally challenged 13 year old), Janitor Man, Joe & Mac, Human Baseball, Chuck Rock, B.O.B., Shaq Fu, Big Mutha Truckers. And about a thousand others not mentioned in this thread yet that I'd love to mention but don't want to spend the time trying to look up.

What the hell is with the hate on "Left 4 Dead"? It's actually a pretty awesome title, and spelling it "Left For Dead" would take a lot of meaning out of the title and box-art. (Note: The logo on all but the first run is a zombie's thumb-less left hand). Makes a fun pun.

Is "The Elder Scrolls IV: OblIVion" exempt from numbers-instead-of-letters hate?

 

[Ubahootah]

Dumb:
.hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth -it's a game, not a URL.
Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel- I don't mind developers making up words for video games, but I think this is waaay too much.
S.C.A.T.: Special Cybernetic Attack Team- ...Don't make acronyms that are synonyms for feces. That just tells everyone what the game is like.
F.3.A.R. - FEAR stood for First Encounter Assault Recon. With the 3, what does it stand for now?