Combine: Apocalypse / Armageddon (???)

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#1  Edited By Ignor
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#2  Edited By mracoon

There does seem to be some difference between the two things in their meaning but I don't think that in games that they're any different. From what I can tell, an apocalypse precedes and armageddon.

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#3  Edited By Video_Game_King

Isn't Armageddon more of a Christian concept, while the Apocalypse is used to refer to any sort of end-of-days scenario?

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#4  Edited By ThePhilatron

Both are Christian concepts. Apocalypse refers to the whole end whereas Armageddon refers specifically to the final battle during the end.

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#5  Edited By Bones8677

Yeah, they're both different things. But are a part of the same event. The End of the World.

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#6  Edited By sodacat

Bumping this because, two years later, we still have both concepts and their descriptions still make them completely interchangeable.

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#7  Edited By Marino  Staff

@sodacat: So...change them?

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#8  Edited By sodacat

@Marino: OK, I'm going to change Apocalypse to a concept about drastic world/universe wide changes, while Armageddon will be about an absolute end to existence. I don't know how common usage will bear that out, but based on the literal translation of the words that's the best distinction I can make between the two concepts.