Some Web site called IGN, along with Monolith and Warner Bros., are holding a contest to see what poor, unpaid schmuck can come up with the best name for the upcoming F.E.A.R. sequel. Let's back up for a second -- yes, there's going to be a sequel to F.E.A.R. coming to the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC; please try to hide your surprise. We just bought this carpet.
Submissions will be accepted until June 22nd, when three finalists will be sent to Monolith to meet with the development team. At that point, the three finalists will have their name and likeness included in the game, hopefully as character who will get their limbs torn or shot off ... by me.
Once the finalists have been chosen, public voting will open between the 23rd and 27th, letting mouth-breathing fanboys choose the final name. The contest's official site offers some naming and branding tips including my favorite:
5. Things To Avoid: Acronyms.
You mean like, uh, F.E.A.R.?
Contest:
12:03 AM on 06.05.2007
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First Encounter Assault Recon 2
Paranormal Opposition Operations Protocol
I cry 'discriminatory!', and then go lie down in bed.
...Canadians like free trips too, you know.
immmmmm gonna win
First Encounter Assualt Recon: Acronyms Cause Retarded Osteraches Not Young Mammals Sucumb to Secret Urine Corps mmKay?
I don't like the sound of "Secret Urine Corps" nor the idea of succumbing to them.
PART2
The game is pretty and has awesome enemy AI. The physics in the game are also awesome as hell.
I picked up FEAR last week and have to say the AI can be quite scary and stupid all at the same time. Physics-wise, I feel like I'm always knocking things over and my character's toe-tappy gait is pretty annoying. Otherwise, really fun game.
(the ghost and mr.chicken look it up good movie)
First Encounter Assault Recon Now Without Shitty Halfbaked Boring Plot.
The game had some solid gameplay (until the incredibly lame ending), but one of the dullest and most uninteresting stories ever. I had high hopes for the game being scary too from playing the demo, until I realized the game did nothing but repeat THE SAME GODDAMN SCENE FROM THE DEMO OVER AND OVER.
Alien, Ninja, and Ghost Encounter Recon
COuldn't think of an N word that goes with vampires/rankenstine, etc...
N could be for Nasfuratu.
My entry:
Frightened...
First Encounter Assault Recon & Lavishly Opaque Antiquated Trousers Hiding Impeccably Neat Genetalia in Kirkland(,WA).
How about....Dreadnaught
or...Fearnaught
Like F.E.A.R. T.W.O.: More of the same but better g.r.a.p.h.i.c.s.!
Or F.E.A.R 2: now with physics puzzles omg!!
Or F.E.A.R. 2: aliens and poniez too omg^^!!!
Whatever it is, they probably should think of a title themselves and not use one of mine.
F.E.A.R.2:Not that there's anything wrong with that
F.E.A.R.2:Tools, all y'all.
F.E.A.R. COLON REDEMPTION
Medicore First person shooter part 2:the sequel
Fucking Elongated Acronyms Repulse
I never fully appreciated the difficulty of putting periods between every goddamn letter of a word. What a fucking waste of time.
Sometimes you want to try something different
Well, NASA doesn't need periods. Neither do the CIA or the FBI. For F.E.A.R. it makes sense, because if they didn't put in the periods than the acronym would never come across, but for anything else it's stupid.
And... F*E*A*R.