Comment on Why so many Steam games have weirdly similar (and forgettable) names

Mordikan@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeah, but Flynn’s suggestion (and I’d very much agree) is to save that for the sequel. You’ll get a much more memorable title for your first entry, and then you can market off of that. If I might retroactively ruin a few other series that way:

  • Half-Life: Mysteries of the G-Man
  • Ghost: Tsushima
  • BioShock: Fall of Rapture
  • Diablo: The Battle of Hell
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds…wait a minute…

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’d rather have numbered titles in the series so that I don’t have to memorize the order.

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    • Ephera@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, the companies would rather not, though, because people may think you need to play them in order…

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  • warm@kbin.earth ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Player Unknown's Battlegrounds Battlegrounds is such a weird case. The name was stupid to begin with, everyone ended up just calling it PUBG. Then they rebranded to PUBG being the company name and the game name, but then slapped Battlegrounds on the end?!

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    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Pokemon also started out as Pocket Monsters in the original Japanese release. When it came to release outside Japan, there was trademark issues and they had to find an alternative name… ended up with Pokemon. Later they rebranded the game in Japan too. Someone correct me if I’m wrong here.

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