F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel - Kotaku Comments

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

keyransolo — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:11:35 MDT

It should be named F.E.A.R. 2: MAKE FEAR 2 BETTER THAN THE CRAP THAT WAS F.E.A.R 1.

keyransolo

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Jackablade — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:31:21 MDT

S.E.A.R might have been the most logical title, I'd think.

Jackablade

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

csmakio — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:54:48 MDT

Good name

csmakio

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

csmakio — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:54:24 MDT

Any of you guys actually play the first game? It was really fun. If you like the FPS genre and have a good PC you should check it out. The gunplay in this game is some of the best I've ever had. A.I is awesome as well. Project Origin is a good name, it was part of the main storyline in the first.

csmakio

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

kickass solo — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:28:08 MDT

@McWhertor: no, i just couldnt think of anything else for the acronym. this is actually very newsworthy

kickass solo

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

WretchedSpawn — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:16:44 MDT

Why didn't they just call it N.O.L.F. 3?

WretchedSpawn

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

FlapDangerous — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:15:20 MDT

more like Project Boreigin. yawn.

FlapDangerous

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Blargorg — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:45:38 MDT

Jeez, they should've just named the sequel Electric Boogalou and be done with it.

Blargorg

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

ch0rx — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:32:36 MDT

Dull name for a even duller sequel.

ch0rx

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Phazon — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:25:34 MDT

Sounds like a prequel with the word "origin".

Phazon

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Collapse The Control — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:49:17 MDT

I gotta tell ya, FEAR was really over-rated. I had to force myself to continue through the game, it just isn't that fun or scary.

Collapse The Control

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

TheLordRandom — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:48:35 MDT

F.R.I.G.H.T.
Fearful Recon In Green Horrible Tights

Um...Tingle is in it. And he shoots zombies.

...

*cries*

TheLordRandom

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

chazkramer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:16:55 MDT

@ EATRICE, Nintendo bought the Japanese Monolith, they were behind Xenosaga or something. Diff monolith.

chazkramer

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

chazkramer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:07:47 MDT

lmao Blood Let: Drenched in Desecration was MY entry, and not only did IGN make fun of me, but now Kotaku is on my ass too? CMON

chazkramer

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

eatrice — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:56:54 MDT

A bit off topic, but monolith makes FEAR. Then there is a monolith that is making Disaster: Day of Crisis for the Wii...And nintendo just bought that monolith.

But FEAR is made by a different monolith right? Monolith productions...and there is Monolith Soft?
brain just exploded...it has been a long day at school.

eatrice

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Michael McWhertor — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:51:47 MDT

@wasasaw1113: Hmmm. That almost sounds like you're saying "this is not news."

Michael McWhertor

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

decyx — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:36:50 MDT

"I suppose it makes sense if you've played the first game and know what Project Origin is, but I agree it could be catchier."

Exactly. Out of all the final candidates, that one made the most sense anyway. It may not have as a nice a ring to it as Dead Echo or Dark Signal (which make no sense at all), but it's appropriate at least.

decyx

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

skullivan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:30:16 MDT

Come on, Dead Echo and Dark Signal were about as generic as they come too. (Hell, Metroid Prime 2 was subtitled Dark Echoes in Japan).

At least Project Origin fits in with the story.

skullivan

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

anglon — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:20:07 MDT

I believe if they just named the game and did not say anything and just showed game footage.

you guys would not be so hateful.

anglon

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

eakolb — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:12:51 MDT

It's not exacty like F.E.A.R. was a winner of a name either. The game made it pretty damn clear real early on that the whole spook factor was mainly decorative. It's not until really late in the game that the creepy stuff actually poses any threat to the player. On the whole, it was like they wanted to weave The Ring into an otherwise boring version of Half Life 1.

Maybe they'll actually deliver something that succeeds as either a thriller OR a quality shooter for the sequel.

eakolb

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Heliophage — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:00:03 MDT

@Heliophage:

Well, and a play on words, obviously.

Heliophage

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Heliophage — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:59:17 MDT

My submission was Point of Origin, both making a nod to the Origin Project that gave birth to Alma and avoiding having Project in the name. Too bad Fate hates me.

Heliophage

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

PlanHex — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:59:02 MDT

So I guess it's safe to say that the plot will center on Project Origin.
Pretty weird considering that was first one's plot, but hey! I bet *critical* information turns up that changes *everything*.

PlanHex

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

RPharazon — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:58:56 MDT

@wasasaw1113: -1 for no capitalization.

RPharazon

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

beem — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:52:55 MDT

Project Origin? Not feeling. Project Mundane Unscary, I could see.

beem

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

perrinbar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:51:21 MDT

Why not "Come for the cubicles, stay for the A.I."?

perrinbar

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

kickass solo — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:47:06 MDT

lets see if i can do this...

one
really
idiotic
game
is
newsworthy?

kickass solo

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Spartan1308™ — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:47:00 MDT

@RPharazon: All of the PGR games have done pretty well. I'm not sure if it was you, but someone made this argument in a thread about Project Offset(which happens to look great thus far). I can't think of a lot of other games w/Project as the beginning of the title.
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Still, I would agree that this is probably the most generic title that could be chosen. There was some sort of legal issue as to why they could not call it F.E.A.R. 2. They should have just called it First Encounter Assault Recon 2. They wouldn't actually be calling it F.E.A.R. but everyone would abbreviate it that way and easily recognize it as the sequel.

Spartan1308™

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Buttah — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:44:16 MDT

I would've gone with S.P.A.M.O

(Shoot people and move on)

Buttah

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

matt57488 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:43:55 MDT

R. A. F. E.

For minnimal effort.

matt57488

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Ethereus — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:43:49 MDT

Project Origin works pretty well, I mean it WAS crucial to the first game so...

Ethereus

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Witzbold — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:53 MDT

Jesus, worst name ever.

Witzbold

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

silentbob343 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:24 MDT

Not a bad name.

silentbob343

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:20 MDT

Beats the first idea of:

F.E.A.R T.H.E S.E.Q.U.E.L

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

thePheonix9 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:41:47 MDT

P.A.N.I.C.S. would've been nice if a deal could've been made with Rooster Teeth or something :P.

Really though, "Project Origin"? Might as well call it "Shooter #54"

thePheonix9

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

RavenGT — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:28:55 MDT

Didn't the developers learn from the first game? Jesus. If acronym-name games tend to be horrible, then what will happen to 'Project'-name games?

RavenGT

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Hand_O_Death — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:25:39 MDT

I liked Death Echo or Echo of Death better than Deac Echo. I was hoping for another acronym though.

Hand_O_Death

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Stefanten — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:25:30 MDT

C.O.R.R.I.D.O.R.S. would be a more fitting name.

Stefanten

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

GibsonSG — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:25:09 MDT

Nothing says sequel like putting Origin in the title

GibsonSG

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

photoboy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:23:16 MDT

I suppose it makes sense if you've played the first game and know what Project Origin is, but I agree it could be catchier.

photoboy

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

mossberg — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:23:11 MDT

wait a FPS with a incredibly stupid name my god thats unheard of.... the first title wasn't very good ether

mossberg

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Mit — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:21:16 MDT

Project. Ugh. Anything with project in the name has a dull, boring name. It doesn't matter what it is or how much you try and justify it, if you've named something with Project in it, it has a lame name.

Was this seriously voted on by fans? I would like some of them to come into this post.

Mit

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Brendar — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:20:24 MDT

I still love Conflict: Denied Ops as one of the lamest titles ever.

Why don't they do S.C.A.R.E.?

(Super Crazy Assault Recon Escapade)

Brendar

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Buttpickle — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:18:57 MDT

They should've totally named it S.C.A.R.E.D.

Buttpickle

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

PissedPS3Fan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:17:17 MDT

Blood Let: Drenched in Desecration is TOTALLY way more awesomer than Project Ori... uhhh....oh yeah! Project Mediocre.

PissedPS3Fan

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

RPharazon — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:17:08 MDT

Hm. Nearly all games starting with the word 'Project' are massive flops.
Let's *cough* hope *cough* that it becomes a *cough* success.

*COUGH*
Oh crap, that's a lung.

RPharazon

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:13:38 MDT

What do you expect?

Take a generic shooter, get a generic name.

Don't get me wrong, the game is fun, it just did nothing new whatsoever.

Kirbytheslayer: In-Kirby XMB

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

BPMο — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:13:02 MDT

What's it called again? I forgot.

BPMο

F.E.A.R. Fans Pick Dullest Name Ever For Sequel

animagnum — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:12:58 MDT

I thought Severance was a good name but I guess it was either unavailable or it just didn't make the cut. Oh well, I guess it conjures up images of people being fired anyway.

animagnum