Game Titles: All like this

[darkelementwars]

Why is it that so many projects out there have their names like Something something: the something something adventure or something like that?

i could understand if you were many a sequel to an existing game, you would want people to know that it belongs to that series so u would use series title: game title.  but most of these games are the first of what may not even be a series, so is it really necessary to have these titles?  just curious.

[xjen0vax]

Alot of times there are plans to do other parts in a series of games after the first, so this formatting winds up being used. Other times it's often just a subtitle to add effect, but instead of properly formatting the title:

Tower of Darkness
Tales of another age

they use a semicolon to seperate it:

Tower of Darkness: Tales of another age

which, while being grammatically correct, is often not the best way to format a subtitled game title.

That's my semi-long-winded explanation, maybe somebody else has some other insight?

[Yossy]

My first-ever RPG Maker game was titled Futaiten.  Then I decided to make a prequel, and titled it Futaiten: Book of Days, because Futaiten 2 would have been boring and stupid.

[darkelementwars]

i said i understood sequels, but why name the first game something like that?

[Yossy]

So people think they're cool.  I don't know.  I didn't do that.  It's a good question.

[xjen0vax]

i said i understood sequels, but why name the first game something like that?

As I stated above, it's not always that there will be sequels, but that there may be plans for other parts in a series, which could include parallel games. Not all plans fall through, but it's reason enough for the title. Also, again, sometimes it's just a subtitle to add effect.

Example: Harry Potter. The author planned on writing more than one book, so she gave the first one a subtitle as well, instead of just going "Harry Potter", "Harry Potter 2", etc.

[:)]

Legend of Dragoon 2 - The unseen Profacy?

thats fine right..?

[darkelementwars]

Legend of Dragoon 2 - The unseen Profacy?

thats fine right..?

i never said there was anything wrong with it but i was just curious about why people did it.

[xjen0vax]

Legend of Dragoon 2 - The unseen Profacy?

thats fine right..?

A sequal, so I see no problem with it even in relation to the original post.

[Blizzard]

Prequel and sequels are fine, but I think it's also a cool idea to make two games play in the same / nearly same period of time.
Like in the first part you have "the years" 1480~1482, while in the second you have 1477~1481. Also in the first part you meet characters from the second part and in the second you meet characters from the first part.

[Yossy]

Isn't that what kind of the definition of a sequel/prequel, Blizz?

[xjen0vax]

Not entirely. I think he meant something that more overlaps with eachother. i.e. Game 1, Years 1354-1358. Game 2, Years 1356-1360.

|----Game 1----|
           |----Game 2----|

Something like that.

[Blizzard]

Not entirely. I think he meant something that more overlaps with eachother. i.e. Game 1, Years 1354-1358. Game 2, Years 1356-1360.

|----Game 1----|
           |----Game 2----|

Something like that.

Exactly. Or like in my example:

              |----Game 1----|
|---------Game 2---------|

[&&&&&&&&&&&&&]

Or like in chrono trigger/cross

|----------------------------------------------game one--------------------------------------------------|
                                                     |2|- (game two)

[Blizzard]

You obviously missed the point. You don't play the entire 65 million years in CT.

[xjen0vax]

You obviously missed the point. You don't play the entire 65 million years in CT.

That depends on how bad you are at the game.

[Blizzard]

No, you just don't play the entire 65 millions years through. You travel through time, yes, but you don't play 65 million years through.

[xjen0vax]

No, you just don't play the entire 65 millions years through. You travel through time, yes, but you don't play 65 million years through.

I was trying to make a crack at the fact that some people are so bad at the game, it takes them about 65 million years to complete it anyways.

[Blizzard]

Oh LOL! Now I get it! xD

[xjen0vax]

Oh LOL! Now I get it! xD

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[LiLTreLL1217]

My game title is
  Silent Dynasty
Death Nightmare

i made the title with the secondary title because its the first game out of 6. so yeah

[darkelementwars]

good luck putting out 6 games, most people don't finish their first

[JonathanSodalis]

I completely: agree