I was discussing it other day with some friends, there are games that call your attention with their names but they are completely misleading.
e.g. I expected "Retrovirus" to be something about infection, epidemy and drug treatment, I expected "Natural Selection" to be some sort of improvement over Spore, I expected "Epigenesis" to be something marvelous since I can't even imagine a game about epigenesis, but what I really saw was... shooter, shooter, shooter! Also "Darwinia" is a RTS that, well, has actually nothing to do with Darwin...
What game names do you people think are totally misleading, have cool words but say nothing about the actual gameplay?

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Spelunky. I thought it was some sort of porno game definitely read it wrong.

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And here i was thinking that "Call Of Juarez" was a sequel to "Call of Cthulu"...

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Gotta say Assassin's Creed. I was expecting some stealthy assassination game(s), instead I got mass-guard-murdering simulator(s).

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Gothic. What's so gothic?

Risen. What has risen?

Mass Effect. It's not about bodybuilding.

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Which didn't rise in Risen, rises in Mass Effect. Because motto is "your mass effect is my mass..."

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The 39 Steps - it isn't a guide to help with your alcoholism, actually it might make it worse.

The Longest Journey - it wasn't.

Jade Empire - I thought that launching it will redirect me to SteamGifts but it didn't.

Manhole - actually, I'm glad it didn't turn out to be what I thought it could.

Orcs Must Die! 2 - more than two orcs had to die.

Thief: Deadly Shadows - shadows don't kill you, it's not being in the shadows.

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I chuckled at the Jade Empire one :)

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Call of Duty. And i'm still waiting by my phone.

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Spec Ops : The Line...
I have yet to see a special line

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It went to the wrong game. Check out The Stanley Parable.

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thought saints row would be a religious version of this

only now are the shady reason for my excommunication becoming more clear.

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assassins creed iv, you dont play as an assassin

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Final Fantasy... (:P)

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nation red, i was hoping for some communist counter spionage shit.

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sleeping dogs

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Dota 2 doesn't include any dots!! Like, at all!! And LOL has never even made me smile, let alone laughing out loud!

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worms revolution: haven't received a declaration of independence from those worms.

red orchestra: there wasn't even one orchestra in the game, let alone a red one.

Section 8: prejudice: no one has been discriminated against in this game.

Jamestown: i went to jamestown and it was not like this game. unrealistic

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Ace of Spades - Nothing to do with any type of card game.
Alien Breed - Expecting to breed aliens.
NecroVisioN - Expected to see through the eyes of the dead.
Painkiller - Expect something to do with drugs.
Really Big Sky - I don't think space is considered a sky.
The Ship - Expected to be controlling ships.
Sleeping Dogs - There are no dogs sleeping.
Vegas: Make it Big - Yeah...was totally expecting casino games, not a sim.
Zombie Driver HD - Figured you were either driving on zombies, driving with zombies, or being a zombie and driving.

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Amnesia- I was expecting... wait, I forgot.

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I think I lost a few brain cells after reading this thread :(

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+1

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Quake... None was reported on USGS monitoring site.

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FEZ - I thought it'd be about 11th Doctor.

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Forge - Thought I was going to be a blacksmith or something.

Red Orchestra - There's no goddamn orchestra (except some awesome music in-game.) ;___;

Torchlight - I didn't see any torches.

SkyRim - Didn't see any rims from the sky. - Some goddamn false advertising.

Risen - I was expecting raisins.

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Nice, good to know.

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When you were playing Torchlight, didn't you notice your path was lit by torches on the pillars through the entire game?

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I was expecting Saints Row to be about a private high school or college or something where brats would brawl and... yeah. >>
The Broken Sword games: I don't remember encountering a broken sword in them, although I do remember a red g-string that belonged to the creep that wanted to seduce Nicko.
Neverwinter Nights: The game also takes place during the days!111 And it's not all in the city of Neverwinter.
Botanicula: I thought you'd just gather herbs and make potions or something.
Sacred: Nothing is sacred ( the Seraphim character doesn't count).

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And just now I realize most of the game that I played are having a non-misleading name :|

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Hitman Absolution, Because it's named Hitman I thought it was a Hitman game, turned out it wasn't.

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They killed the franchise and a piece of my childhood.

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Postal. I thought it involved standing behind a counter all day acting like a miserable bitch.

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Prototype - I thought it was about a prototype of some Android or some virus, turns out they were developing the virus for over 50 years and it wasn't a prototype.
Metro 2033 - I thought it was about taking a Metro in the year 2033
DmC - The devil didn't cry.
Divinity 2 - Developer's cut - I thought the developrs is gonna cut me.
Crysis - I thought it's about a sister who cries.

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