Author Topic: Game Collection series, before or after title?  (Read 1284 times)

tripredacus

Game Collection series, before or after title?
« on: August 31, 2016, 12:21:13 pm »
Game collection series games are all over the place. Should we put the series before the game title or after? Here are some examples.

Sega Ages 2500: http://vgcollect.com/item/79498
Fantasy Zone Complete Collection - SEGA AGES 2500 Series Vol.33
vs
Sega Ages 2500 vol.33: Fantasy Zone: Complete Collection

NeoGeo Online Collection: http://vgcollect.com/item/38693
Garou Densetsu: Battle Archives 1 - NeoGeo Online Collection Vol. 5
vs
NeoGeo Online Collection Vol. 5 - Garou Densetsu: Battle Archives 1

Psikyo Shooting Collection: http://vgcollect.com/item/75564
Soul Divide/Dragon Blaze - Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3
vs
Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3 - Soul Divide & Dragon Blaze

Laser Soft Visual Collection: http://vgcollect.com/item/13701
Valis Visual Shuu - Laser Soft Visual Collection Volume II
vs
Laser Soft Visual Collection Volume II - Valis Visual Shuu

I am thinking collection series should be at the beginning of the title, and the game name after. What do you think we should do?

fazerco

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Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2016, 03:22:21 pm »
My 2 cents. Its all about the title of the game, not the serie Sega or NeoGeo gives it.

This one, Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 3: Soul Divide & Dragon Blaze, looks ok to me, because it are two games, thus a collection.

The last one looks like it should be called (i can't read that), Valis Visual Shuu, and the other text can go to description.


Edit,
looks like i do the same, but i usually follow what already in the db
http://vgcollect.com/item/70720

And then there is this http://vgcollect.com/item/54856 4 in 1 game, but no game title in the title.
« Last Edit: August 31, 2016, 03:27:42 pm by fazerco »

telly

Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2016, 08:12:53 pm »
I also think the collection series name should go first, then the game name after. If we do it the other way, the games will not be next to each other, and will be all over the place in the database. I feel with such a complex name, that might be the best way to prevent people from creating dupes.
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Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2016, 04:19:47 am »
Its all about the title of the game, not the serie Sega or NeoGeo gives it.

Edit,
looks like i do the same, but i usually follow what already in the db
http://vgcollect.com/item/70720

And then there is this http://vgcollect.com/item/54856 4 in 1 game, but no game title in the title.
I think the same.

telly

Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2016, 11:45:58 am »
Did we ever end up deciding what the format would be for this? I kinda want to start going through the PS1 [JP] and PS2 [JP] and fix the Simple 2000 and Simple Characters 2000 Series.
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desocietas

Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2016, 12:03:40 pm »
Hm, I can go either way with it... I think the game name is often the title folks look for, but for organization purposes, it's nice to have them all together.

Personally, I think if it's part of an anthology/collection, have the series come first.

Otherwise, it gets a little tricky. Even just looking at the Shin Megami Tensei series, the games themselves have started to drop the SMT branding in the newer games. Persona 4 Golden doesn't have it on the box, but the original Persona 4 does. Persona 5 doesn't seem to have it on their box front either...
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tripredacus

Re: Game Collection series, before or after title?
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2016, 12:12:33 pm »
I think that any series that has a volume number, such as those listed in my first post, should have the series first and then the game name. For series that do not have a volume number, it should have the game name first and then the series, which we primarily do already.