ElArabDeMagnifico:
Fat Princess > All

Haha, nice reference.

It isn't just bad text message speak...there are 4 main characters who have been left for dead, so the 4 has some kind of relevence...

The OP is a dumbass

Who cares about the way it's spelt, it's going to be fvcking killer!

And "Magical Horse Racing Newspaper" FTW.

yep pretty bad like the trailer from e3 i saw today
the 4 characters get horribly mauled by zombies... wow im so excited. seriously i didnt think theyd take the title so literally since it seems your screwed from the start

Though it does have a silly name, it does look like it will have quite a lot of multi-player fun in it. I will defiantly consider renting this game, maybe even buying it.

It doesn't really matter, though. I'll be buying Fallout 3 and Dead Space before I buy or rent this game.

By the way, "Barbie Horse Adventures." That title alone should send you running for the hills in fear.

Its more original that some titles i've seen.

Kukakkau:
yep pretty bad like the trailer from e3 i saw today
the 4 characters get horribly mauled by zombies... wow im so excited. seriously i didnt think theyd take the title so literally since it seems your screwed from the start

Christ, who took a shit in your pancakes?

pieeater911:
By the way, "Barbie Horse Adventures." That title alone should send you running for the hills in fear.

Unless you're the sort of person who likes Barbie and ponies. It explains everything you need to know about the game in three little words and will sell the game quite well to its target demographic which is not us.

Is the "4" another misjudged attempt to sell this game to the mainstream I wonder... but its not a hugely bad name though. I think MAG (massive action game) is the current winner of the retarded name awards at the moment, have they never heard of this thing called "ímagination" at sony?

So this 'imagination' thing lead the 'imaginative' creators of Ico to simply name the game after it's main character? You can't judge a book by it's cover.

Jumplion:
Again, it might have just been a beta or the PC they used it on, but you PC and 360 guys can keep it. Sorry, i just really had to get it out of my body system.

Of course it was beta. The game's not out until November.

I had the opportunity to play the most recent build on PC a few days ago and I thought it was fantastic (and fantastic looking).

N1ghtNinja:
The OP is a dumbass

OMFG N1ghtNinja you need an I not a 1 - WORST SN EVER!!!

Satki:
Is the "4" another misjudged attempt to sell this game to the mainstream I wonder... but its not a hugely bad name though. I think MAG (massive action game) is the current winner of the retarded name awards at the moment, have they never heard of this thing called "ímagination" at sony?

I dunno I think it's just fine for an "in the works" title, it's kinda like "Snakes on a Plane" - you read the title and you know what you're in for.

Also, Fat Princess > All

Becauase your saying the game "is" awesome or whatever. Keyword being IS. You havent got the damn game so you cant judge it.

So your just assuming that because its valve it will be awesome? Or that it will be half life with zombies? If anything thats a bad thing. That stupid zombie village level in half life two was the worst one (not that any of them were great, just a series of generic firefights with the odd see saw puzzle thrown in)

Just out of interest how do valve treat the console community, i hadnt heard of anything like that, or did you mean the valve community ie its fans? Cuz were always getting shit of them..

Stubee:
Becauase your saying the game "is" awesome or whatever. Keyword being IS. You havent got the damn game so you cant judge it.

So your just assuming that because its valve it will be awesome? Or that it will be half life with zombies? If anything thats a bad thing. That stupid zombie village level in half life two was the worst one (not that any of them were great, just a series of generic firefights with the odd see saw puzzle thrown in)

Just out of interest how do valve treat the console community, i hadnt heard of anything like that, or did you mean the valve community ie its fans? Cuz were always getting shit of them..

You sound like you don't know anything about it...

Gregory loses his clock- Spectrum.

kill thread

Valve and Blizzard are easily two of the best video game companies around, but yes, neither of them are huge on the console front. I've been so excited for this game since I first heard of it, and that hasn't even remotely faded away. On that note, the game name isn't that bad, and in fact it's going to catch people's attention, someone is going to see it and wonder why is it called that, and they may look at the game and buy it. However no one who is going to buy it, wouldn't buy it just because there is a 4 in the name.

Aries_Split:

Tryzon:
On the 50 Cent subject, is his next game REALLY called "Blood on the Sand"? As far as hilariously bad game ideas go, that has to win some sort of prize, please!

But...Blood...on the...sand! It's....genius!

Yes, just like the jewel-encrusted skull.

The title Left 4 Dead's plain and simple meaning is - Left For Dead.
The title Left 4 Dead's advanced meaning is - Left, Four, Dead.

Dont get the advanced meaning?

It relates to the game's plot and gameplay...
Basically, the players are the only survivors that are immune to the infection, therefore they are all that is "Left". There are 4 playable characters in the game, which obviousely, the number 4 stands for. The only way that the survivors can survive the infection is to fight there way through it and escape, or the alternative method, die, which "Dead" is the past tense form of die.

Lets re-cap:

Plan and simple meaning - Left for Dead
Advanced meaning - 4 survivors, all left alone together, to die.

If we're talking about stupid game names, I'd like to mention Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Did anyone else facepalm and/or snigger when that got announced? Then they decided to use it as the chorus to the theme tune. Finally, to top it all off, it got re-released as Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. I'm pretty sure that subsistence is a type of farming - we learnt about it in geography in high school. I suppose you could argue it's appropriate because snake harvests real snakes and goats and crocodiles and poisonous mushrooms, but surely they could have thought of a cooler subtitle, like Sons of Liberty, or Guns of the Patriots. /rant

XxKrackerxX:
The title Left 4 Dead's plain and simple meaning is - Left For Dead.
The title Left 4 Dead's advanced meaning is - Left, Four, Dead.

Dont get the advanced meaning?

It relates to the game's plot and gameplay...
Basically, the players are the only survivors that are immune to the infection, therefore they are all that is "Left". There are 4 playable characters in the game, which obviousely, the number 4 stands for. The only way that the survivors can survive the infection is to fight there way through it and escape, or the alternative method, die, which "Dead" is the past tense form of die.

Lets re-cap:

Plan and simple meaning - Left for Dead
Advanced meaning - 4 survivors, all left alone together, to die.

Thanks for pointing this out. I could never figure that out nor as it already been pointed out n this topic many times....thanks again!

Lazy Lemon:
If we're talking about stupid game names, I'd like to mention Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Did anyone else facepalm and/or snigger when that got announced? Then they decided to use it as the chorus to the theme tune. Finally, to top it all off, it got re-released as Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. I'm pretty sure that subsistence is a type of farming - we learnt about it in geography in high school. I suppose you could argue it's appropriate because snake harvests real snakes and goats and crocodiles and poisonous mushrooms, but surely they could have thought of a cooler subtitle, like Sons of Liberty, or Guns of the Patriots. /rant

It was named Snake eater because of Operation Snake Eater you twat. Also, try researching shit before you post boneheaded remarks like that, because if you actually researched the word Subsistence, you'd know it is the state of existing, and the reason Kojima chose it is because in Metal Gear Solid 3, the element is survival, existence. Hence "Subsistence" "Can you subsist?".

Got some time on your hands don't you Stubee?

Qayin:

Stubee:
Becauase your saying the game "is" awesome or whatever. Keyword being IS. You havent got the damn game so you cant judge it.

So your just assuming that because its valve it will be awesome? Or that it will be half life with zombies? If anything thats a bad thing. That stupid zombie village level in half life two was the worst one (not that any of them were great, just a series of generic firefights with the odd see saw puzzle thrown in)

Just out of interest how do valve treat the console community, i hadnt heard of anything like that, or did you mean the valve community ie its fans? Cuz were always getting shit of them..

Yeah...you really haven't seen the masses of gameplay trailers, interviews, concepts etc. have you?

It is not Half Life with zombies, look it up, stop being so biased for no reason. Pretty much everything other than the 'plot' is known about the game now, and it looks amazing.

Valve value the console community as customers, but not as people - they rarely patch the console versions at all; TF2 on PC has had many new content releases, of which the 360 has recieved none.

I don't think Valve is totally at blame for this, MS and xboxlive don't seem to allow frequent updates to games and also want to put a price on them. This is the complete opposite to Valve so i think this is very conflicting. I think its a little unfair to say they don't see gamers as people.

Shivari:
Got some time on your hands don't you Stubee?

Because talking about Macaroni and ice cream on an internet forum is a much better use of someones time....

Btw the Box cover for L4D is just as cheesy as the name
http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=5425

Its like sesame street but with zombies

Lazy Lemon:
I'm pretty sure that subsistence is a type of farming

Subsistence means "enough of a substance to survive," roughly.

I concur with whomever said that "Massive Action Game" is the worst game title. Creativity is such scarce reasource.

Eldritch Warlord:

Lazy Lemon:
I'm pretty sure that subsistence is a type of farming

Subsistence means "enough of a substance to survive," roughly.

I concur with whomever said that "Massive Action Game" is the worst game title. Creativity is such scarce reasource.

Is that its real name?! I thought that was the project name or something like how fable was called project ego. If in all seriousness that is its real name then this topic is wrong.

Toejam and Earl?

Stubee:
...Your blind valve fanboyism makes bungie fanboys look tolerant.

At least Valve has a fairly consistent track record, not to mention a general sense of humility.

I'm prone to agree with this thread as a waste of forum space, but it seems to have generated quite a large amount of traffic.

Concerning the actual naming of Left 4 Dead, I think it's fairly clever and incredibly informative about the nature of the gameplay. An intentionally designed, four player zombie survival game sounds sweet, and the clever name sticks into the readers mind long enough to give it a second thought.

If it were truly a bad *name*, you wouldn't remember it at all. Seems to me that this thread has become more about bad *games*.

Jumplion:
I know I may be pounced and gagged for this...

I don't know why you should get jumped on for having an opinion. I thought it looked somewhat mediocre as well, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't stoked for it. The team working on the title was responsible for one of the largest chunks in online shooter history, so they have to have at least a vague idea of what they are doing. I'm also willing to let actual gameplay dictate my opinions. Someone looking at HL2 gameplay could probably make a similar claim about it's style... give it a whirl. It may be fanboyish, but Valve has proven themselves in the past, I see no reason to start doubting at this point.

meone007:
Toejam and Earl?

Get out.....

Just....get out.....

Bleh. I will fully support anything that goes against mainstream useage of what effectively is internet slang. Like 'Tru Calling'. Seriously, was mangling the English language worth making such an awful pun?

Also I never played, watched or read anything about Left 4 Dead, but since this thread is about the name I though it'd be OK if I posted.

EDIT: Oh, somewhat related: http://norefuge.net/vgng/vgng.html

1. a Half life is a physics term

It's a scientific formulation used in biology, chemistry and physics, mainly regarding radiation but also bacteria etc. They all effect each other, chem, bio and phys. It's silly to say the term 'half-life' is anything.

And I think the original poster about HL was saying that the game isn't about any substance losing more alpha particles as time goes on, but it doesn't get any stick.

Stubee:

Shivari:
Got some time on your hands don't you Stubee?

Because talking about Macaroni and ice cream on an internet forum is a much better use of someones time....

...What?