In your opinion, what video games have terrible names?

4 points

Just Cause. I actually like the series as a kind of brain-off game, but I always read the name as “just cuz”.

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47 points

I felt like that was the joke

“Why are you smashing a town with two helicopters chained together?”

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21 points

Yeah this one is actually a great title with the double meaning

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3 points

I’d spend so much time doing stupid shit like that. That game was great for just fucking around in with the Rocket Boosters and shit

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40 points

That’s the pun. It’s intentional

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54 points

2017’s Prey

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Even worse is that it is a trademark. There was a kickstarter for a game “prey for the gods” which could have gotten a trademark dispute over the usage of the name “prey” from bethesda.

So they changed the name to “praey for the gods” to not have to deal with yearlong legal battle and burn the Kickstarter funds.

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8 points

Bethesda sucks. Damn.

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5 points

And even worse, prey 2017 is actually a good game that should have totally been named Neuroshock or something

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Hahaha a few come to mind from the NES and SNES era.

“Hey punk! Are you TUFF-E-NUFF?” comes to mind.

Edit: was missing the first part of the title. Thanks for pointing it out! 👍

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2 points

Hey Punk!

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2 points

Oops! Forgot that park

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4 points

My favorite that I unironically love is Totally Rad. Short, sweet, to the point, and PERFECTLY encapsulation 80s radditude.

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2 points

This post is about bad names, not brilliance!

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28 points

Braid. Sounds like a dress up game but it’s a puzzle platformers about time travel. I always have to explain it every time I talk about it

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