Apocalypse: Desire Next challenges Legendary: The Box for Award: Worst Title

by Ross Miller { Sep 13th 2007 at 2:15PM }

Microsoft unveiled at their pre-Tokyo Game Show press briefing yesterday a new strategy RPG from Idea Factory that will likely never see release outside of Japan. Still, it's noteworthy that the English title given to the game hearkens back to Legendary: The Box, a game we awarded the (dubious) honor of E3 2007's Worst: The Title Award for Worst Game Title.

So do the characters of Apocalypse: Desire Next desire the (next) apocalypse, is the apocalypse itself an embodiment of desire, or is the RPG some bizarre word-association puzzle where all negative-connoting terms are replaced with more suggestive diction (i.e. "Watch out, it's the Four Horsemen of ~~Trojan~~ Desire!"). Japanese Xbox 360 owners can find out this November.

Tags: apocalypsedesire, tgs

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jodyanthony.com @ Sep 13th 2007 2:26PM

meanwhile, i give this game the award for best game title ever

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JESUS_Dreadful_Bio-Monster

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Sep 13th 2007 2:53PM

Oh my bio monster! The best ever!

d-pad @ Sep 13th 2007 3:07PM

No way.

Bio-Menace was way cooler.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio_Menace

n0v4 @ Sep 14th 2007 1:34AM

I must disagree Bio menace lacks the best in Bio Monster...

The Jesus part of course.

Gamebreaker @ Sep 13th 2007 2:27PM

This is a great move by Microsoft in their attempt to break into the Japanese market.

After all, it's not a true Japanese-flavored game without some completely fucking stupid title (i.e. Guilty Gear, Metal Gear Solid).

Word of the street. @ Sep 13th 2007 2:31PM

Gundam Strike Force Go !!!: Stairway to the Destined Victory: Worldwide Edition FTW

Patrick @ Sep 13th 2007 2:28PM

What about "Infinite Undiscovery"? That's like figuring out nothing.... forever.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Sep 13th 2007 2:54PM

Such is life.

Fullmetal Salchemist @ Sep 13th 2007 4:18PM

Way to totally copy my avatar.

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 13th 2007 2:29PM

I feel like joystiq just raped my mind with some sort william burroughs type cut up involving a japanese video game...shit i need some heroin now i think...

McWeen @ Sep 13th 2007 2:34PM

That title is no stupider than the average black metal album title. example Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia, Death Cult Armageddon, Wolf's Lair Abyss

g.Park @ Sep 13th 2007 3:43PM

There's nothing average about PUM.

Other than the average awesomess of every song contained thereon being 666%.

Moneymarl @ Sep 13th 2007 2:42PM

you seem to forget that most japanese titles dont see the day outside of Japan, thats because most Japanese games suck. so who knows? A bad game in the eyes of us americans or europeans might just be a good games in the eyes of japanese gamers and their weird taste in games.

Scott Beeson @ Sep 13th 2007 2:43PM

I had to read the title of this post like four-hundred and eighty three times to make sense of it... I think.

Also, the "password to avoid e-mail confirmation" is [i]almost[/i] convenient, too bad I have to check my e-mail to get my password every time. :shrug: