Titles like "This game mix [game] and [another game] to give a [appreciation words] challenge" are really getting that annoying?

To me, honestly, no much. I can see the SEO efforts: if you have to talk about a game called “suckass” probably… very few people will click on the title. But when they put [GTA] and [BALDUR’s GATE] for a generic fantasy game where you steal stuff, you can see the magazine publisher is that hungry for click.

What really annoy when the don’t put the actual name of the game in the title. Specifically when it’s about indie developers that need to push their game’s name out there! Disrespectful for both reader and dev.

simple,

I think it’s fine as long as it makes sense. “X meets Y” can summarize a whole selling pitch and readers will instantly know if they’re interested or not. At some point it even became genre names like “souls-like” or “metroidvania”, you instantly know what you’re in for.

You can’t explain a game in the post’s title so a ton of people won’t even bother looking at it if you don’t do this.

rei,
@rei@lemmy.world avatar

this was two posts above yours: lemmy.ca/post/11097647

odium,

Check the name of the poster

rei,
@rei@lemmy.world avatar

oh yeah look at that

alessandro,
@alessandro@lemmy.ca avatar

Not only that one, there are a bunch of news I had to add the title manually or keep looking for the same news on different sources.

spinne,
@spinne@sh.itjust.works avatar

Stop contributing to the problem you’re complaining about 😂

DerisionConsulting, (edited )

The most annoying part, in my opinion, is when the game isn’t actually like the games it mentions.
“You need to survive and also build a base” does not make a game the same thing as Valheim.
“There are dragons” does not make a game Skyrim.
“Contains an elf” doesn’t make a game BG3.

captainlezbian,

Next you’ll say that dark souls isn’t basically just skyrim but harder or that not all open world games are skyrim/botw

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