Top of mind for me after reading this article is that Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet should just be called The Heretic Prophet, and Horizon: Zero Dawn should have just been called Zero Dawn.
<NOUN>FALL.
Rise of the <noun>
Shadow of the <noun>
Tomb Raider did both of them.
This is the one that grinds my gears.
I have an ongoing joke for these games in my friend discord where anytime one comes up (because there’s always one in a gaming showcase) I put
“<NOUN>fall, yet another game in the long running -fall series.”
My headcanon is that they all are in the same universe.
Ok but Titanfall gets a pass.
I asked GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless
Talking about names, that is a very Unamerican family name.
Where’s the Cat Distribution System when you need it?
Wild Hearts and Sayonara Wild Hearts are not in the same series. Tales of Zau is not a part of the Tales of Series. Just look at how many games are Z something or something Z.
Why bother with reinventing the title wheel when you can just hope that you’ll have a subset of buyers that purchase expecting a different level of quality?
A distinctive name only helps if people can remember its spelling. I’d rather have a short, searchable title than another pair of generic fantasy words.
