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There are many different ways in which game companies try to sell us, the gamers, products. Sometimes you buy a game because the consoles mascot features in it, sometimes because of adverts, which usually only show the good of games. But there is one element that is overlooked, which is the title of the game. This is one thing that makes you read reviews if you haven’t seen screenshots. “That sounds good, ‘Seeds of Evil’.” Sometimes titles give you a hidden reassurance that the game is going to be good. If you’ve played Mario 64 and loved, you’ll here about, say a GameCube release called Mario 128 and you’ll take a look at it.
To make you buy an unheard of game, these massive companies, like Capcom, Konami, Rare and Sega, have to think of witty, stick-in-your-mind title. A perfect example of this Devil May Cry, what a title. Even if you hate survival horrors, you’ll think to yourself “That sounds good.”
A lot of titles, instead of being eye catching, just inform you of the game and what type of game it may be. Take games like Waverace and Final Fantasy. Waverace is quite obvious, you race on waves and Final Fantasy gives you the idea that it isn’t a serious games such a sporting sim or a theme park type game. This is really useful when catalogue browsing because say you want racing game, titles help with this a lot, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, you’ll look at the name and then maybe go to a shop and take a look at it. These titles draw you into the game so you end up buying it.
Some titles are quite mysterious. Take Devil May Cry, it gets you thinking about what the game is about, it gives you a picture of some kind of dark, surreal game. But not only that, what is the meaning of the title? Does it have anything to do with a devil? Obviously these questions can only be answered if you know someone with it, or if you buy it. This is a very clever way of getting you to buy the game, questions in the title. This is trickery at it’s best!
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
To make you buy an unheard of game, these massive companies, like Capcom, Konami, Rare and Sega, have to think of witty, stick-in-your-mind title. A perfect example of this Devil May Cry, what a title. Even if you hate survival horrors, you’ll think to yourself “That sounds good.”
A lot of titles, instead of being eye catching, just inform you of the game and what type of game it may be. Take games like Waverace and Final Fantasy. Waverace is quite obvious, you race on waves and Final Fantasy gives you the idea that it isn’t a serious games such a sporting sim or a theme park type game. This is really useful when catalogue browsing because say you want racing game, titles help with this a lot, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, you’ll look at the name and then maybe go to a shop and take a look at it. These titles draw you into the game so you end up buying it.
Some titles are quite mysterious. Take Devil May Cry, it gets you thinking about what the game is about, it gives you a picture of some kind of dark, surreal game. But not only that, what is the meaning of the title? Does it have anything to do with a devil? Obviously these questions can only be answered if you know someone with it, or if you buy it. This is a very clever way of getting you to buy the game, questions in the title. This is trickery at it’s best!
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
RiCkOsS wrote:
> P. O. P.
S. T. R. A. I. G. H. T.
T. O.
T. H. E.
T. O. P.
:-P
well said :-D
> P. O. P.
S. T. R. A. I. G. H. T.
T. O.
T. H. E.
T. O. P.
:-P
well said :-D
P. O. P.
S. T. R. A. I. G. H. T.
T. O.
T. H. E.
T. O. P.
:-P
S. T. R. A. I. G. H. T.
T. O.
T. H. E.
T. O. P.
:-P
Jonman wrote:
> So what you're saying is that game companies give their games names that will
> give a hint to what the game is about.
No i'm trying to say that games companies use titles as a way to sell games :-P
> So what you're saying is that game companies give their games names that will
> give a hint to what the game is about.
No i'm trying to say that games companies use titles as a way to sell games :-P
So what you're saying is that game companies give their games names that will give a hint to what the game is about.
Hmm, reveloutionary. Keep that under your hat or the people that make films and books and TV programs might start doing it....
Hmm, reveloutionary. Keep that under your hat or the people that make films and books and TV programs might start doing it....
There are many different ways in which game companies try to sell us, the gamers, products. Sometimes you buy a game because the consoles mascot features in it, sometimes because of adverts, which usually only show the good of games. But there is one element that is overlooked, which is the title of the game. This is one thing that makes you read reviews if you haven’t seen screenshots. “That sounds good, ‘Seeds of Evil’.” Sometimes titles give you a hidden reassurance that the game is going to be good. If you’ve played Mario 64 and loved, you’ll here about, say a GameCube release called Mario 128 and you’ll take a look at it.
To make you buy an unheard of game, these massive companies, like Capcom, Konami, Rare and Sega, have to think of witty, stick-in-your-mind title. A perfect example of this Devil May Cry, what a title. Even if you hate survival horrors, you’ll think to yourself “That sounds good.”
A lot of titles, instead of being eye catching, just inform you of the game and what type of game it may be. Take games like Waverace and Final Fantasy. Waverace is quite obvious, you race on waves and Final Fantasy gives you the idea that it isn’t a serious games such a sporting sim or a theme park type game. This is really useful when catalogue browsing because say you want racing game, titles help with this a lot, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, you’ll look at the name and then maybe go to a shop and take a look at it. These titles draw you into the game so you end up buying it.
Some titles are quite mysterious. Take Devil May Cry, it gets you thinking about what the game is about, it gives you a picture of some kind of dark, surreal game. But not only that, what is the meaning of the title? Does it have anything to do with a devil? Obviously these questions can only be answered if you know someone with it, or if you buy it. This is a very clever way of getting you to buy the game, questions in the title. This is trickery at it’s best!
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS
To make you buy an unheard of game, these massive companies, like Capcom, Konami, Rare and Sega, have to think of witty, stick-in-your-mind title. A perfect example of this Devil May Cry, what a title. Even if you hate survival horrors, you’ll think to yourself “That sounds good.”
A lot of titles, instead of being eye catching, just inform you of the game and what type of game it may be. Take games like Waverace and Final Fantasy. Waverace is quite obvious, you race on waves and Final Fantasy gives you the idea that it isn’t a serious games such a sporting sim or a theme park type game. This is really useful when catalogue browsing because say you want racing game, titles help with this a lot, Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer, you’ll look at the name and then maybe go to a shop and take a look at it. These titles draw you into the game so you end up buying it.
Some titles are quite mysterious. Take Devil May Cry, it gets you thinking about what the game is about, it gives you a picture of some kind of dark, surreal game. But not only that, what is the meaning of the title? Does it have anything to do with a devil? Obviously these questions can only be answered if you know someone with it, or if you buy it. This is a very clever way of getting you to buy the game, questions in the title. This is trickery at it’s best!
Thanks for reading
RiCkOsS