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?
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.
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...
"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!'
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?