Worst Game/Console Title

[Hunter Hyena]

There have been countless games and consoles, so finding the right title for them to make them stand out. However, a lot of titles make them stand out for the wrong reason. So I am asking you all: what is the worst title for a game, you have seen?

The Dead Linger: with the massive amount of zombie games/media lately (and a select few being good like Left 4 Dead and State of Decay), titles that let you know off the bat it's a zombie product might be wearing thin. However, in a game trying to be a horror/survival game, I would rather have a title that didn't make me burst out laughing. It doesn't help that the game looked like an early PSx game, and was released this year.

 

[krazykidd]

SSF4AE:12 . Super street fighter 4 Arcade edition :2012 . Man that shit is a mouthfull.

 

[hermes]

Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game Of The Movie...

 

[duwenbasden]

That "Aaaaa" aka "Good luck finding it on Steam/Google" game.

 

[scorptatious]

Well there was this one Genesis game that attempted to cash in on Sonic's success.

And that game was called...

Spoiler

 

[aozgolo]

Unlimited Saga for PS2... I actually really enjoy JRPGs but... DAMN did this one SUCK!... I bought it for 3$ used and still sold it back.

 

[The_Lost_King]

Does it have to be exclusive? cause Rise to Hell: Retribution was on Xbox, I would say that is the worst game ever made.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

ZombiU...It isn't a terrible game but even if people did buy it, it would have been set up at day one for a horribly titled sequel...or an awesome sequel in which Bono is the main antagonist.

Another great example of a terrible game title: Street Fighter the Movie: The Game

 

[windlenot]

By risk of sounding incredibly annoying, I still firmly believe that Xbox One is the stupidest name because it causes so much confusion when referring to the original xbox. It's annoying and I hate it. Wii U is also up there because I guarantee those who are uneducated will mistake as some sort of add on to the Wii and not an entirely new console.

In terms of silly game titles? I don't know if I've played any that I outwardly scoffed at... Wait, wait, wait. Seaman on the Dreamcast. I don't know if that's the worst title or the BEST.

 

[Bobic]

My personal stupid name award goes to 'Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance'. Wow, you combined the word revenge with the word vengeance. They both mean pretty much the same thing, so that's like revenge squared, so badass. . .

Of course, that was until I saw this:

Well there was this one Genesis game that attempted to cash in on Sonic's success.

And that game was called...

Spoiler

That shit is damned funny. Actually burst out laughing.

 

[Drummodino]

Assassin's Creed: Revelations. The game with zero overall story progression (The main character is literally in a coma the whole game), was called Revelations? What the hell.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

It may not be the worst ever but did the people who made "Sticky Balls" really didn't think that title through. Or maybe they did. It sure grabs your attention. Also it was on the Gizmondo, which isn't exactly a great name either.

 

[Tuxedoman]

A Valley without Wind

The game featured no Valleys, very little wind and was one of the mind-numbingly worst games I've played just to top it off.

Close second place goes to Ys. Seriously, its two letters that don't even spell out a word. What is this?

Honorable mention goes to "AaAaAA!!! - A reckless disregard for gravity". Not an awful game, but my god I felt like a dolt when I yelled out AAAAAA when I was telling a friend about it.

 

[kekkres]

A Valley without Wind

The game featured no Valleys, very little wind and was one of the mind-numbingly worst games I've played just to top it off.

Close second place goes to Ys. Seriously, its two letters that don't even spell out a word. What is this?

Honorable mention goes to "AaAaAA!!! - A reckless disregard for gravity". Not an awful game, but my god I felt like a dolt when I yelled out AAAAAA when I was telling a friend about it.

Just throwing this out there but Ys (or Is) was an "actual" mythological city on the coast of France that was supposedly swallowed up by the sea similar to Atlantis.

 

[Saltyk]

Well, The Jaguar was a stupid name for a console. Sounds more like a name for a car, and it is. Honestly, it doesn't make me think gaming. Speed and power, yes. Not gaming.

As for games, there are several.

I love them, but you gotta admit that Final Fantasy games are an oxymoron. Final Fantasy 6 wasn't very final was it?

Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000. What even is that and why should I care?

Spoiler: And it is a real game

Admittedly, I loved this game.​

By risk of sounding incredibly annoying, I still firmly believe that Xbox One is the stupidest name because it causes so much confusion when referring to the original xbox. It's annoying and I hate it. Wii U is also up there because I guarantee those who are uneducated will mistake as some sort of add on to the Wii and not an entirely new console.

In terms of silly game titles? I don't know if I've played any that I outwardly scoffed at... Wait, wait, wait. Seaman on the Dreamcast. I don't know if that's the worst title or the BEST.

I agree with you on this. I hate the name of the new Xbox. Not only does it make it difficult to talk about the original without confusing yourself or others, but it's just a dumb name. Xbox 720, he joke name people always had for it before there was a system, is a better name. It's also annoying for the sake of referring to the original Xbox. I can't tell you how many times I've referred to the original as the "Xbox1" in the past and since.

Also, I can confirm that people don't know that the Wii U is a system. I wouldn't call them uneducated, though. I was talking to a coworker and the Wii U got brought up. He didn't know it was a console. He only knew of the controller. The worst part, is that I knew it was a console, but realized that I didn't even know what the actual console looked like. I knew what the controller looked like, but not the console. There's a problem there... And, honestly, it was more than just the name.

 

[JagermanXcell]

DmC: Devil May Cry.
Devil My Cry isn't even in the game.

Spoiler

Such two-faced slander.

 

[sethisjimmy]

VVVVVV is one for sure.

Anything with an "RE" word subtitle. Revelations, Retribution etc. That just says to me "We put no actual thought into this title whatsoever."

Same goes for naming reboots the name of the original game ala Tomb Raider, Sonic the Hedgehog, Prince of Persia, etc.

Beyond: Two Souls is a recent one. Not extremely offensive, but as the TBFP pointed out, you can never just call it Beyond or Two Souls because no one is going to know what you're on about.

I've said before Resident Evil is bad. It's just laughable, not egregiously terrible our anything. It's just backwards and odd.

I agree with pretty much all Wii U games that use U in the title. That's just lazy. Reminds me of the early days of the DS when devs had a weird thing about using DS as an acronym in the subtitle. Although that was kinda clever in a way.

Kingdom Hearts Three Hundred Fifty Eight Divided by Two.

Touch my Katamari

Spec Ops: The Line

Persona 3 FES. Mainly the FES part, which isn't actually an acronym and is supposed to mean festival.

DayZ aka daisy

As a bonus, some of my phonetic favorites include:

Jeanne D'Arc
Killer7
Hotline Miami
Knights in the Nightmare
Enviro-Bear 3000
DOOM
Silent Hill
No More Heroes
Castlevania
Minecraft
Adventure
Animal Crossing
Catherine
Myst

 

[EyeReaper]

Am I the first to say this? I didn't see anyone else...
Wii is a stupid name. Because juvenile people (not I though) will totally equate how much it sounds like wee, aka urine
that one was too easy, I'm sure I can think of a better one
hmm... Well, there was THI4F. yeah, that's a thing.
Oh, I know! while browsing through a list of hentai games recently (I swear I only play them for the articles)there was one title that made me burst out laughing. the game? "Maiden Rape Assault: Violent SEMEN INFERNO!"

 

[Vale]

VVVVVV is one for sure.

Anything with an word subtitle. Revelations, Retribution etc. That just says to me "We put no actual thought into this title whatsoever."

Same goes for naming reboots the name of the original game ala Tomb Raider, Sonic the Hedgehog, Prince of Persia, etc.

Beyond: Two Souls is a recent one. Not extremely offensive, but as the TBFP pointed out, you can never just call it Beyond or Two Souls because no one is going to know what you're on about.

I've said before Resident Evil is bad. It's just laughable, not egregiously terrible our anything. It's just backwards and odd.

I agree with pretty much all Wii U games that use U in the title. That's just lazy. Reminds me of the early days of the DS when devs had a weird thing about using DS as an acronym in the subtitle. Although that was kinda clever in a way.

Kingdom Hearts Three Hundred Fifty Eight Divided by Two.

Touch my Katamari

Spec Ops: The Line

Persona 3 FES. Mainly the FES part, which isn't actually an acronym and is supposed to mean festival.

DayZ aka daisy

As a bonus, some of my phonetic favorites include:

Jeanne D'Arc
Killer7
Hotline Miami
Knights in the Nightmare
Enviro-Bear 3000
DOOM
Silent Hill
No More Heroes
Castlevania
Minecraft
Adventure
Animal Crossing
Catherine
Myst

I 'unno about the subtitle thing.
I consider the STALKER games as sounding pretty cool.
(Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, Call of Pripyat)
It does raise the issue that actually saying STALKER is redundant, but without it, people unfamiliar with the series don't know what you're talking about, so I guess that's not good.