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The 10 most pointless videogame subtitles ever

A little hate for the meaningless words that live behind colons and ruin otherwise good game titles

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US
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oreomonkey  - 9 months 29 days ago 
HAHAHA Introducing Coffee: The Drink and Yes thats what a vampire is were the 2 funniest things on here Oh and also the Xmen thing
Red  - 9 months 29 days ago 
I knew before I even came to it that For Answer would be mentioned.
BHT128  - 9 months 29 days ago 
MGS3: Snake Eater

Now that's just poor planning.
cart00n  - 9 months 29 days ago 
I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but what about Halo:Combat Evolved? Great game, but I would hardly call its particular kind of combat "evolved", it was just a great shooter. Besides, who EVER uses the subtitle when they're talking about Halo anyway?
zymn  - 9 months 29 days ago 
why do i get the strange feeling that Games Radar just copied me...
Amnesiac  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth, the PSP version of VP. Lenneth was the main character in the original too, why was her name only used in the remake?
Nitemarish  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Alone In The Dark: Inferno
"Hey look! We remade a crappy game... but now it has a cool subtitle!"
Yellowhat17  - 9 months 29 days ago 
You should have covered Ogre Tactics: Let Us Cling together!

As if the 1st person narrative isn't strange and awkward, I mean... the title is, one more time:

Ogre Tactics: Let us Cling together

Also, ROFL at the AC: For Answer one :D
Yellowhat17  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Oops, sorry. I meant Tactics Ogre...
sorry for the double post.
kicking222  - 9 months 29 days ago 
I agree completely about "Guitar Hero III". Just a ridiculous subtitle- not just does it not expand on the main title, but it's a flat-out lie. I might as well just make a game called "Kicking222: The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Play in Your Entire Life".

Even though they don't count as subtitles, since there's no colon before them, I'd like to nominate any EA Sports game for the Wii titled "[Sport] 09 All-Play". First, does that mean that in the other versions of the game, they restrict who is allowed to play? Is a 360 copy of "Madden" only accessible for teenagers, or women, or dog owners? Second, as the game is on the Wii, isn't it kind of a given that the game is for everyone? It'd make more sense to title a Wii game "[Title]: Hardcore", since nobody expects any Wii title to be for adults in the first place.
SKStorm  - 9 months 29 days ago 
I just hate ODST let the halo franchise rest in peace.
Nodoudt  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Custom Robo: Arena... Seriously, nothing is more apparent than that. I mean... these things LIVE in arenas...
Nodoudt  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Oh yeah, Animal Crossing: Wild World, cause there's nothing more wild than a bunch of animals that have nothing better to do than interior decorate and spend the WHOLE day fishing...
Vagrant  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Great article. Hilarious stuff.
For Answer and Revenge Joe's Brother are fantastic.

Anyway, I'm going to go get some Coffee: The Drink.
jimsondanet  - 9 months 29 days ago 
"take “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time,” for example. It’s a Zelda game, and it involves a magic ocarina. There’s information, it makes sense, it has a damn reason to exist."

COD: world at war. its a call of duty game, and it involves a world at war. theres information, it makes sense, it has a damn reason to exist.

cheap technicalities
coulda just stuck with the bizzare. good call on secret drafting games and 'The Game!'

recaptcha: $10 Fannie
georgeguy  - 9 months 29 days ago 
great artical
one of the funnist ive read
Cernunnos  - 9 months 29 days ago 
Awesome article, guys!

i dont really think ODST is bad, sure; it excludes those not "in the know," but screw those guys. if they'd have gone with "Orbital Drop Shock Trooper" people would be giving it hate for being nonsensical and too long, ODST will pique the interest as its obviously an abreviation. its not a bad subtitle at all.

recon sounds like a new splinter cell, and i hardly doubt its going to be "recon enough" to go by that name. kind of like when Nintendo realized that their new console wasnt a revolution at all, and correctly changed the name to boot. they dont specify from which species the urine is produced, though i am confident it could belong to one of the party babyz. i will have to look into that one, though.

speaking of splinter cell; what about Pandora Tomorrow?
9-B  - 9 months 28 days ago 
S.L.A.I: Phantom Crash
Because Steel Lancer Arena International needs a longer title, or a sequel
twishart  - 9 months 28 days ago 
I LOVE the artwork style explaining each entry.
HungryBeaver  - 9 months 28 days ago 
haha i like the game 1 - coffe: the drink haha
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