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[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, when you think about it, it makes sense. It's a versatile and cool sounding word format or whatever you call it. You can use it for literal stuff, such as Titanfall, where robots fall from the sky or comets or whatever. But also in a collapse kind of thing, like here. And fallen civilizations and apocalypses are a popular themes, so..

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

A few years ago I think I'd agree, but I feel like at this point it's a super lazy naming scheme, to be honest.

Don't have a good name? Just slap "-fall" on the end of some noun.

[–] Maven@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not to be confused with the german -fall game No Unfall.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not to be confused with the Soulsborne edutainment game Nounfall.

[–] astrsk@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago

Good genre name tbh.

[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Jerkface@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Redfall was trash, checks out