• @hitmyspot@aussie.zone
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    131 year ago

    It might be that due to so many games getting released, many confuse it for a rerelease or extra content rather than a full game.

    • @Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      It’d be great if we could come back to reasonable naming conventions. Why is “Final Fantasy 7 Remake: Part 2” so unappealing? What even IS an intergrade? I should not have to research or be a… Biologist, apparently, to know what order I need to play your bloody game in.

      Edit: fuckin hell, intergrade isn’t even the 2nd game. I give up.

      • @RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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        31 year ago

        Publishers dont want numbers in the title anymore because they think consumers will be scared away if they haven’t played the ones that came before.

        Literally reaching past dollars to pick up pennies instead. Everyone I have ever met that has interest in a series with numbered entries always buys the first game, plays it, then decides if they want to keep playing. Companies would be converting consumers to multiple purchases per consumer, but rather are focused only on short term profit and only want you to purchase the new one. Therefore, removal of numbers in game titles.

        • @Ookami38@sh.itjust.works
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          61 year ago

          To be fair, you probably should stay away from a part 2, unless you’ve played a part 1. It also doesn’t keep them from releasing final fantasy {insert number here} consistently. It’s vastly short sighted. If I get part 2, which isn’t labeled as a part 2, have no earthly idea what’s happening, and then find out it’s p2, you bet your ASS I’m not buying p1 now lol

          • @jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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            11 year ago

            Do people not read reviews before buying games? When I was a kid I’d want games based on the box art. Now I read what the game is about.

            The naming conventions they’re using are still bad, though.