I go back and forth on the "Kaiju" issue myself.Godzilla 2000 wrote:Am I the only one who thinks all these titles with "Kaiju" in the title is a bit tacky?
How many people outside of our fanbase are gonna know what it even means?
They'll see the game's title and go "Ok, what the Hell does 'Clash of Kaiju' mean?"
My current feeling is that "Kaiju" is a cool word, and marks the game as being fan-funded. If we put two huge monsters fighting on the release art - I think people will get the idea.
Then again, it's easy to just use the word "Monster" - which is clear to everybody. But it makes the game a bit less interesting, perhaps?
Also remember - we don't need sales, like a traditional game needs sales. We're funding development 100%, so we don't need to be too worried about a big marketing push, or "shelf appeal". It's more important to get a title for the project which will help drive donations in the first place - so does "Kaiju" work better for that purpose?
We should totally keep talking about it. For this sort of discussion it's not very useful to just say "I like it" or "I vote no" - it's helpful to put out a bit of reasoning. You did a great job of this by asking "How many people outside of our fanbase are gonna know what it even means?" Let's try to keep the comments at that level of discourse!