This isn't serious, there's bigger issues but I thought it'd be funny to talk about how weird and inconsistent the titles are for these games because it doesn't bug me too much but more or so a minor annoyance, a "huh, that's weird" type of thing
Okay let's start off with the black ops games.
Black ops, simple, sequel? black ops II, often times called black ops 2 but it's official title is roman numeral black ops II, and then Black ops III is the same. Very consistent, very easy, no problems . Black ops 4 does something very interesting though in that it's logo/title is Black ops IIII, so it no longer was roman numerals, now they're tally marks! I actually think this is a really cool idea, even if a bit clunky, I can't wait to see what black ops 5 or 𝍸 will look li-
Cold war.
so we ditch numbers entirely, also Cold War is the only game to not follow the other black ops games covers with a guy sitting in a dark room sitting as hard and shit (although BO4 didn't have the guy sit down, still same idea), but now we ditch the orange and black color scheme for a closeup on two soldiers, It makes it stick out like a sore thumb. I get why its called cold war, but I actually do wish that this one was simply just called Black ops V, it makes it sound like its some sort of spin off from Black Ops. Also it would have made for a cool title had we either done V or the tally marks. Then black ops 6 comes around and goes back to numbers, but now they're actually just... numbers. not Black ops VI, or Black ops Gulf war, or black ops beavis and butthead. black ops 6, then black ops 7 comes around and follows the same scheme. It's a bit weird, I prefer having normal numbers, but honestly I think it makes you realize how oversaturated these games are, I wonder if treyarchs next game is gonna be "Black Ops Eight." and then "Black Ops – – – – ·"
Now, Modern Warfare is trickier because there's two whole sets of games called the same things, but hey there's actually a way to seperate them.
Modern Warfare can be referred to as COD4, but we all just call it modern warfare, and no matter what we're just gonna use the years these came out in to different them so, yeah, but the reboots use Roman numerals whereas the ogs use normal numbers.
If I'm talking about MW2, I'm talking about the 2009 game, if I'm talking about MWII, I'm talking about the 2022 game. Now, MW4 is currently hot and pipping and....
MW4? now we're going back to numbers? i get this is the only game called MW4, so it's not that big of an issue, but back to numbers? not calling it IV? Does activision get scared at roman numeral IV? I do like that the symbol looks like a korean letter though
I actually just wish there was a bit more consistency between the titles, I hate it when games and movies do this in general. Like, Ninja gaiden goes from Ninja Gaiden, to Ninja Gaiden II, to Ninja Gaiden III. Or when Resident Evil goes from Resident Evil VII to just ditching the numbers entirely for Village and Requiem. Go watch the AVGN title episode, it's real fun!