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Indra was here (20755) on 12/14/2014 6:15 AM · Permalink · Report
[Q --start vedder wrote--]Why isn't this game listed as Sid Meier's Pirates!: Live The Life? Instead we use a title which is confusingly identical to the earlier game in the series. [/Q --end vedder wrote--] I already submitted it back in the day. Porn Copper said no. Forgot the reason.
Yikes. 2004 now qualifies as back in the day. I feel freakin' old. -_-
Alaka (106097) on 3/29/2015 6:14 PM · Permalink · Report
I thought the rule was to go by the cover art.
It trumps everything is what I got out of this discussion.
Indra was here (20755) on 3/30/2015 2:37 AM · Permalink · Report
Told you no one listens to me. :p
Patrick Bregger (301030) on 3/30/2015 3:19 AM · Permalink · Report
Rules don't apply to Corn Popper, as approver you should know.
Alaka (106097) on 3/30/2015 5:29 AM · Permalink · Report
The thing is I don't doubt that the title is actually intended to be Sid Meier's Pirates!, but that is not how the site's standards say how to name a game. The standards say to name the title as close to as it appears on the front cover art. Company intentions, what's written on the game's spine, etc... is irrelevant. If it's claimed Live the Life is a simple tagline then so is the Sid Meier's part and the actual title is simply Pirates!
Alaka (106097) on 3/31/2015 10:23 PM · Permalink · Report
Fallout's an interesting case because on this cover I would consider the 'post nuke rpg' a tagline while on this cover I would consider it part of the title. Of course that's why the front cover art rule is inherently a flawed way to name games, but it is indeed the current standard rule for the site and should be followed consistently.
So let me ask for clarification, what is the difference between a tag-lined title and a full title? The standards say taglined titles are allowed and full titles should not be listed as alt titles as the full title should be the main title.