Amazing article and in my short years of my young life in gaming, ive noticed, usually the longer the name of the game, the worse it turns out to be :O
Lord OT Rings Battle for Middle Earth (II!)
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic (II!)
Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder (II!)
Ya know, long game (main) titles with a sequel
For instance, BFME was the original name, and there was BFME2 (also KOTOR and KOTOR2), but its weird to see such names, you hear of Lineage and Lineage 2 "The Chaotic Chronicle", or FEAR and FEAR 2 "Proyect Origin", ya know, short titles with a long "subtitle". Maybe Call of Duty and Call of Duty 4 "Modern Warfare"
I wonder if it would not have been better like this, LOTR War: "Battle for Middle Earth" and LOTR War 2: "The North" and even LOTR War 2: "Rise of the Witch King"... you know, like in Warcraft and Warcraft III "Reign of Chaos" and Warcraft III "The Frozen Throne"
...right? :P
Please dont answer with "yeah but it wasn't, who cares", I find this interesting.