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Singular videogames that have subtitles (i.e. stuff after the colon)

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2013-04-06 13:29:31 in Media
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

Brainpipe: a Plunge to Inhumanity


Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space


DataJammers: FastForward


Torment: Tides of Numenera


Steel Storm: Burning Retribution


 


What exactly is the proper way to refer to these games?  For example, is it "Steel Storm" or "Steel Storm Burning Retribution", in spoken conversation?


Are there any games or versions (even conceptions) of these games that existed without the subtitles?


 


Edit: Apparently those three actually have meaningful subtitles relating them to past games.

Comments

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    Tides of Numenera is the second Torment game.
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2013-04-05 20:14:49

    It's conventional to refer to things without their subtitle when speaking informally or in a context where you've already identified the full title of what you're talking about.  In fact that's kind of the point of having a subtitle: it lets you tell which part of the title is supposed to be the "important" bit and which is just further elaboration (possibly because it's evocative, or possibly because it indicates that it's not the only entry in the series, or for whatever other reason).

  • Super LazuliSuper Lazuli
    yea i make potions if ya know what i mean

    fun fact: you're allowed to punch someone legally, if they refer to the first Halo as "Halo: Combat Evolved".

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2013-04-05 21:38:07
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    ^^^ Is it?  I thought it was just a spiritual sequel to Planescape Torment.  (Or is that "Planescape: Torment"?)

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2013-04-05 21:41:48
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    ^It is a spiritual successor. (and it's Planescape: Torment)


    It's not an official IP or anything AFAIK, but it's quite necessary to both demonstrate the link between the games and give the game its own title, so Torment: Tides of Numenera works pretty well I think.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.

    Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. Infinite Space is a key part of the title here. Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is episode 2 of the Steel Storm series.

  • TheConductorTheConductor

    Enslaved: Odyssey to the West gets a pass because it's a sci-fi re-imagining of Journey to the West. 

  • KrakenKraken

    It didn't really need the "Enslaved" part.

  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    Street Fighter III: Second Impact: Giant Attack

    Street Fighter III: Third Strike: Fight for the Future

  • DYREDYRE

    Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro.

  • TheConductorTheConductor

    Star Wars: Dark Forces III: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King

  • lrdgcklrdgck
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

    The Magical Realms of Tír na nÓg: Escape from Necron 7 – Revenge of Cuchulainn: The Official Game of the Movie – Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I actually named a real video game though.

  • lrdgcklrdgck
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

    I too.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    But you never had any to begin with.

    ^^ That is, as lrdgck says, a real game.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    whut

  • FuschlatzFuschlatz
    edited 2013-04-07 07:26:39
    A Mind You Do NOT Want To Read

    Okay, please tell me that TMRoTnnÓ:EfN7-RoC:TOGotM-C2otHBSG is a non-serious game...


    (Yeah, I copypasted that and cut it down to initials.)

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    It appears to be the sequel to Barkley Shut Up And Jam Gaiden.

  • SaigyoujiSaigyouji
    edited 2013-04-07 07:35:37
    But you never had any to begin with.

    It's the sequel to Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden. Draw your own conclusions.


    Bah. Glenninjas.

  • lrdgcklrdgck
    "you duck spawn, refined creature, you try to be cynical, yokel, but all that comes out of it is that you're a dunce!!!!! you duck plug!"

    The colloquial title is Barkley 2: Curse of Cuchulainn. :)

  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!

    TMRA:VSI

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    Note that Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden's full title is Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa.

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