Does it make sense?

[FlamingWolf - Zezaph]

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

 

[Shaz]

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.

 

[Kes]

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.

 

[BoluBolu]

Some dinosaur thing instinct or something like jurassic thing.

 

[Tokumei No]

Maybe a game about a despotic tyrant, very egocentric too...

 

[jetpackgone]

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.

 

[TheTourist]

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!