Does it make sense?

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  1. HenryTheMighty
    #1 Source
    I don't know where to ask for this, so I go to Off Topic Land :)

    I'm creating my first game and I intend to make it the first of a long series of games. Of course, every series needs a name. Something to tie everything together. 

    However, my problem is that English is not as fluent as I'd love to.

    The name I want to give to the series is "Megalomaniac Instinct". Does it make sense? What comes to your mind when you read it?

    ( I'm not going to tell what the games will be about - I want to see if the name gives something away or not )

    Thank you :)
  2. Shaz
    #2 Source
    Flaming Wolf said:
    I'm creating my first game ...
    ^this here^ means Off Topic is not the place :)


    Moving to General Discussion


    What comes to my mind when I read that? The early days of any James Bond villain.
  3. Kes
    #3 Source
    Same verbal structure as the phrase "killer instinct", so I would assume it's about someone whose instincts are those of a megalomaniac, that is, someone with delusions of omnipotence, power and/or wealth.

    I know you didn't ask this, but I thought I'd say that it's a slightly clumsy phrase to speak out loud, and I'm not sure that it quite works as a stand-alone.  Even if it were simply "The megalomaniac instinct", it might be better.
  4. BoluBolu
    #4 Source
    Some dinosaur thing instinct or something like jurassic thing.
  5. Tokumei No
    #5 Source
    Maybe a game about a despotic tyrant, very egocentric too...
  6. jetpackgone
    #6 Source
    An insane villain who wants to take over and rule the world. They can't help it, because it's a part of who they are, or so they think. Maybe it's an obsession that they realize and succumb to even as they fight it?

    Maybe everyone has a little bit of that desire for power that allows us to understand why someone might crave so much of it.
  7. TheTourist
    #7 Source
    You're basically saying, "He is naturally obsessed with his power." 

    If that's what you're going for, then I guess it works. 

    I have some suggestions though:

    Don't make your first game a series, especially when the time comes that you decide to change a lot of things.

    You are also adding unnecessary pressure to yourself. 

    Staying away from a series will allow you to explore many designs.

    Good luck!