Comment on Atomfall | Official Gameplay Overview Trailer

garretble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  -fall seems to have taken over from -craft

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• nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Well, when you think about it, it makes sense. It’s a versatile and cool sounding word format or whatever you call it. You can use it for literal stuff, such as Titanfall, where robots fall from the sky or comets or whatever. But also in a collapse kind of thing, like here. And fallen civilizations and apocalypses are a popular themes, so…

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  • garretble@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A few years ago I think I’d agree, but I feel like at this point it’s a super lazy naming scheme, to be honest.

    Don’t have a good name? Just slap “-fall” on the end of some noun.

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    • Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Guysfall

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    • Maven@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nounfall

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      • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not to be confused with the german -fall game No Unfall.

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    • Jerkface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Risefall

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    • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Redfall was trash, checks out

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• mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Kind of like -ly and -hub in domain names, or -kit in software libraries? :)

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