10 of the Hardest to Pronounce Game Titles

Ehrgeiz

Ehrgeiz was released in arcades in 1998 and for the PlayStation later that year. Meaning ‘ambition’ in German, Ehrgeiz is a 3D fighting game developed by DreamFactory and published by Namco. Its most noteworthy feature was the inclusion of Final Fantasy VII characters such as Cloud and Tifa Lockhart in the arcade version and five others in the PlayStation version.

A lot of people also struggled to say the game’s name. It is probably pronounced ‘air-guys’ or ‘err-guys’ but a number of variations have been heard. Probably the easiest way to learn how to pronounce the title would be to ask a German speaker.