Word(s) in a title that make or break a game

[FantasiaWHT]

I've just been thinking lately that sometimes you KNOW a game is a real stinker just by one or more words in a title (and I don't mean an entire title that's a really bad series or anything :P). And there's some words that seem to show up in better games too.

What I don't want to see is a word that only shows up in one series, if you just don't like the series (or just like the series!) like... mega.... or kombat... hehe

BAD WORDS

"Ops"

There are a TON of terrible games out there with "ops" in the title. All of the Spec Ops, Rogue Ops, Naval Ops, Shadow Ops, etc.



GOOD WORDS

"Fantasy"

All of the Final Fantasy games, obviously. Cosmic Fantasy. "Phantasy" Star.

"Super"

Surprisingly, there are a lot of great games with the generic "Super" in them. Super Mario ETC, Super Monkey Ball, Super Metroid, Super Smash Brothers, the list could go on. But there were a lot of great SNES games, especially, with "Super" in the title.

What else can people think of?

[Socheata]

"Army" and "Men" in conjunction is a deadly combination. :P

[Gapporin]

BAD WORDS:

Extreme.

[Nez]

I don't look for words I look for Shaq. Anything that is endorsed by Shaq is an utter failer. Shaq fu NBA ShowTime: NBA On NBC. Just stay away from that man.

[Ernster]

GOOD WORDS:

Mario

BAD WORDS

Sunshine

[crazyjackcsa]

The word extreme scares me a lot. so does the word EA I do like the word The.

[Avatard]

BAD WORDS!

Years (2005, 2004, 2003, etc...), Dance, Luigi, Madden, extreme/Xtreme, Offroad, Cheese (never seen one, but I bet it would suck).

[Cryomancer]

I am wary of things with sub-titles, ie smaller title parts below the big logo, not the kind of movies, those rule.

[Cmosfm]

BAD WORDS:

Card

[IntvGene]

n' is good.

Examples:
Bump n' Jump
Lock n' Chase
Up n' Down
Roc n' Rope
Ghouls n' Ghosts
Rush n' Attack

The exception to the rule is: Sneak n' Peek, that awful Atari 2600 game where you play hide and seek (with slightly aroused characters).

[Cryomancer]

BAD WORDS:

Card

Cardfighter. Counter'd.

[Daria]

BAD WORDS:

Extreme.

More like Xtreme

[RockyRaccoon]

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[Mr.FoodMonster]

BAD WORDS!

Years (2005, 2004, 2003, etc...), Dance

::shakes head::

For bad I'd go with XXX

Good I'd say Mega

[Gast]

at first i was planning on saying 3D, but then i saw a recent duke nukem thread ...

[Querjek]

"Mario" plus "Party" plus "any number higher than 6".

[AB Positive]

BAD WORDS:

Card

Card Fighter's Clash 1 and 2, denied!

-AG

[Sotenga]

Good words:

Castle: This goes especially if part of one word.

Gear: Metal Gear is obvious, but Elemental Gearbolt was a pretty good shooter too. Oh, and Xenogears. Haven't played it, but I probably will in the future, especially since my pal Nate is gaga over the game. It's damn cool, from what I heard. Oh, and Guilty Gear!

Mario: Yeah, I'm still a Mario fanatic, and although I'm not a great RPG fan, any game of that genre starring everyone's favorite plumber are games that I often find innovative, fascinating, and with much more action than any RPG's that I've played. I look forward to Paper Mario 2, I do. It's not just the RPG's, though... Mario is timeless.

Gradius/Axelay/Zanac/Darius/any other extremely unorthodox word: I find that many shmups have strange titles that are often just one word, and for some reason, shmups like that inexplicably turn out to be very, very, very, very, very... good.

[daynum]

"Super"

Surprisingly, there are a lot of great games with the generic "Super" in them. Super Mario ETC, Super Monkey Ball, Super Metroid, Super Smash Brothers, the list could go on. But there were a lot of great SNES games, especially, with "Super" in the title.

What else can people think of?

There are a lot of super "super" games but this probably because there was a time when it seemed that every other SNES release was a "super" title. So for every Super Metroid there was a Super Battleship or Super Solitaire.

[Promophile]

BAD WORDS:

NFL
NCAA
Street
Hoops
Nascar
Racing
Tom Clancy's
Ops
Xtreme