Poll: What do you think about the new name for Aftermath

[Roland Deschain]

'ello everybody.

there seems to be a lot of uproar about the name change of Aftermath. This being a country of freedom and democracy (the two concept that gave birth to Bush, by the way), lets have a poll.

 

[Jintor]

It's called whatnow?

 

[nutcrackr]

While Aftermath is a name people have grown to recognise and even love for me it doesn't really matter what it's called

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

Hate it, it's completely unoriginal. Why has Valve chosen to disappoint all Half Life Fans!!!!??

 

[pomegranate]

It's boring and it doesn't make sense. It's not a patch on the clever names like Opposing Force and Blue Shift.
Admittedly 'Aftermath' wasn't particularly imaginative either, but better than what they've changed it to.

 

[Solver]

Still don't believe it. I'll believe it when I see someone from Valve make the statement, Doug, Gabe, someone.

 

[Asknoone]

Yeah, thats exactly what they did with Gamespot Solver...

 

[Victor2]

Combine Orgy sounds awesome. Rolleyes

 

[Solver]

Yeah, thats exactly what they did with Gamespot Solver...

OK, I'll just believe it when I see it on IGN...

Gahh.. denial.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

VALVe always has to find a way to piss people off.................

 

[bboymatty]

you never know... they might change it at the last minute

 

[Rennmniscant]

Although Combine Orgy sounded pretty damn attractive, I still think I'd've given sway to Aftermath. And how's ep. 1 tie in with that supposed Box art on that other thread? Aftermath certainly has a better ring to it. They should make it a subtitle or something... "Part 2 of the Half-Life chronicals" or some jazz like that.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

Perhaps they will change their minds when they get some angry letters?

 

[Asuka]

I dont mind. It would be cool if they called it Hl2: aftermath ep1.

 

[Rizzo]

yeah but then they have to name the others like:
Hl2: aftermath ep2
Hl2: aftermath ep3
Hl2: Combine Orgy ep1
Hl2: Combine Orgy ep2
and so on.
And thats not right.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

It's just really confusing with one game, one sequel, three expansions and now a system of episodes.
It should stay as games and expansions, for simplicity.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

"Combine Orgy" sounds quite good, actually.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[ECUnlimited]

I must be one of the only one that doesn't mind the name change.

Thogh I did perfer Aftermath, "Episode _" is still good.

 

[ríomhaire]

VALVe always has to find a way to piss people off.................

Yeah, remember when they created the best game ever and everyone got so angry!

 

[InnerRayg]

A rose by any other name smells just as sweet. That's my stance.

 

[Que-Ever]

They're calling it HL2: Episode one, right? But... wasn't HL2 the first episode...?

 

[Laivasse]

A rose by any other name smells just as sweet. That's my stance.

Not if you call it Crapweed.

 

[Loke]

Quite frankly, I don't give a damn. Just as long as the game is good it's okay with me.

 

[Steven]

...It's craptacular. :|

 

[el Chi]

I just think that it's clunky. It doesn't read well, it's not catchy, and it sounds boring. Aftermath had an ominous, foreboding tone to it. Episode 1 just sounds too generic; plus, "Half-Life 2: Episode 1" has FAR too many numbers. Eventually, it'll just sound like a stock check or something.

But realistically it doesn't matter.

 

[Polaris]

I call it Half-Life 2: Phantom Menace...
And I still love Valve!

 

[InnerRayg]

Not if you call it Crapweed.

....If I call a Rose "Crapweed" it will automatically smell bad?

Yeah, I'm taking the metaphor too far. But that was a dumb comment 6.o

 

[Drackard]

The names of games never annoys me really, however when i heard they had changed it from Aftermath to something cheap and horrid i got slightly annoyed. But as long as the game is good i'm not too fussed. But i don't understand how it can be called HL2: EP1, surely HL2 was the first Episode ?

 

[Laivasse]

....If I call a Rose "Crapweed" it will automatically smell bad?

Yeah, I'm taking the metaphor too far. But that was a dumb comment 6.o

It was a Simpsons reference, mr. laugh-a-minute.

 

[InnerRayg]

It was a Simpsons reference, mr. laugh-a-minute.

Yeah. Always the life of the party, me. It's a shame forums don't have a [CulturalReference]tag[/CulturalReference]