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[ZaltysZ]

Originally Posted by undercut

I agree, this is perfect.

Originally Posted by JAMF

The creators of Il-2 Sturmovik present:
Maddox Simulations: Battle of Britain

Doesn't look too bad either.

Try to abbreviate: Maddox Simulations = MS (M$?) To some people this combination of letters is like curse word.

Not only the name must be good, but abbreviation too, because abbreviation is what is used 90% of time.

[Richie]

I think with the above title and some fantastic box art we'll have them hooked

[Bobb4]

From the creators of Il2
Storm of War - Battle of Britain

It has been talked about since November 2006 and now suddenly a need for a name change?
Have I missed something?

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by peterwoods@supanet.com

STORM OF WAR SERIES
(Legendary Battles of WWII)
Battle of Britain
By the team that gave you
IL-2 Sturmovik

We can't really have WWII as a heading to stick with each release, since it doesn't apply to campaigns like Korea.

Originally Posted by fireflyerz

Maddox Games
Storm Of War
Part One
The Battle Of Britain

I like the look of this, but using 'part one, part two' etc would only work for me if the series was released in chronological order. If part three was korea, then part four was the pacific it would seem odd to me.

Originally Posted by major_setback

There has to be room for non-combat add-ons. Therefore '...War' is not suitable.

If there is eventually to be a tank add-on, and civlian aircraft, then the name shouldn't exclude these.

Surely any 'add-on' will be part of the theatre of war, otherwise it won't be an add-on. You can't have someone popping over to Paris in their Cesna suddenly seeing a squadron of 109s heading towards them.

Originally Posted by Les

Using the name Oleg Maddox in the main title doesn't seem approriate to me, for reasons already stated, among others.

It was ok for Sid Meier, and Oleg's name is similarly linked with a quality genre.

for the main title, I think it should either be purely descriptive and functional, or purely creative and enigmatic. That is, it should just tell you straight up what's in the box, or it should make you wonder what is.

'Storm of War' does neither of these things for me, and has a lot of negatives in other regards too.

I understand your point about the title being either descriptive or creative, and I think it Battle of Britain is included with Storm of War then it is descriptive. When future releases are made, the name Storm of War will be known, so it will already be descriptive regardless of which release it is.

I can say though, there's no variation on 'Storm of War' that I'll be able to talk out loud about with anyone in the general populace. 'Storm of War' or 'S.O.W' or 'sow' (ffs) just sound embarrasing to me when I actually say them out loud.

'sow' is awful, but then we all know better than to talk to the general populace about the geeky flight sim we play. If you're going to tell a non geek about the game, you don't use the title. I never told anyone about 'IL2', I just said a WWII flight sim. AvSim+ wouldn't be any better in that respect (although I have nothing against the name).

Originally Posted by ZaltysZ

Try to abbreviate: Maddox Simulations = MS (M$?) To some people this combination of letters is like curse word.

Not only the name must be good, but abbreviation too, because abbreviation is what is used 90% of time.

Good point.

Originally Posted by Bobb4

From the creators of Il2
Storm of War - Battle of Britain

It has been talked about since November 2006 and now suddenly a need for a name change?
Have I missed something?

Indeed This is just right to me, and most people in this thread seem to go along with this basic idea.

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

From the creators of Il2
Storm of War - Battle of Britain

It has been talked about since November 2006 and now suddenly a need for a name change?
Have I missed something?

Because, if ubi is involved,it sounds like they want to call it il2...

[JAMF]

Originally Posted by ZaltysZ

Try to abbreviate: Maddox Simulations = MS (M$?) To some people this combination of letters is like curse word.

Not only the name must be good, but abbreviation too, because abbreviation is what is used 90% of time.

I hadn't realised that. We can't have that!