Dislike when games make you look up online for what what their official name's are.
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Dislike when games make you look up online for what what their official name's are.
Default, or manually enter the official name if I know it. If the game forces me to enter a name chances are I probably won't play it. No, I don't want to play as myself (・＿・)
What?
Like when you start up a new Zelda game, what name do you enter? I’m always ROB.
You nailed it. I don't want to play as myself either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sik
Doesn't sound very Hyrulian like. NPCs must give ye thee ol' stink eye. "Who this ROB? Sounds like a foreigner, don't like foreigners so I'll make him pay for bombing my door. Grumble, grumble."Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
Kind of a tradition from way back in the day. The first game that prompted me to enter my own name was Dragon Warrior. I think I could only enter 4 characters, so I used my initials instead of my full name. Then I did the same for Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, etc.
I figured if the game designers didn’t want me to use my own name, they’d make the characters default name part of the game (ala Breath of the Wild).
"LINK".Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
For the record, the tradition of letting you pick the name comes from tabletop roleplaying games where you're literally playing as yourself. Western RPGs are more true to their roots with the whole emphasis on character creation, and many early RPGs outright required you to make a whole party this way. Japanese RPGs started like that too but then eventually they deviated to focusing more towards storytelling (since the computer would be awful as a game master as they can't imagine new scenarios at will, and barebone battle mechanics were just awful). Eventually some JRPGs would just not include the ability to rename at all, and many that do allow for default names instead.
If I have a choice my main character and hero is always called Jack. :)
I usually type in some profanity :P
Funny you mentioned Dragon Warriors, when looked up default name I was left conflicted with choosing between either Japanese 'Enikusu/Enix' or Western 'Erdrick.' Was playing original NES version so think I went with Western one and because it sounded more in line with it's original pseudo-Elizabethan English script.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
Only for online games that allow some sort of bypass. ie. For Dark Souls III if you use a capital letter you can bypass the name censor checkers, so named one character for all to see as "buttmud." Without that capital letter it would have shown as "****mud." As a result you see a lot of censored names in DSIII who don't even know their name is censored.Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
https://i.imgur.com/8IzMBzp.jpg
For Dark Souls 1 main character name is Chosen Undead, and it's the name also used for Dark Souls 2, 3 and Bloodborne by me. Demon Souls is the only game I choose female for this female exclusive armor off of executioner Miralda, so I name that character Miralda.
Leave it as is. It improves the immersion factor, especially in games where they refer to you by that name. Nothing takes you out of a game like "FARTBUTT the kingdom is in danger!"
I almost always change it... and usually it's something lame like just my first name lol.
Leave it as a default.
Makes it a pain in the ass to play games that require me to name things. I once got stuck for 2 hours in Breath of the Wild because I couldn't figure out what to name a horse.
Epona?
I usually use the actual character's name if they have one, but sometimes I goof off and put in ridiculous names just for fun. I started a run of Ocarina of Time last night, and I just decided to put in nonsense, and called my character "Beano".
Great thread.
And lol at OG comment. It has happened to me more than a couple of times.
I like to keep the original character names if possible. And if there is no option, I choose something else other than my name. I don't like to be taken out of the experience by seeing a character call me by my real name. After all, I'm playing a role.
Putting in absurd (or obscene) names is half the fun! I wonder if the battery on my copy of AD&D: Eye of the Beholder for SNES has kept my Golden Girls-themed party alive...
You can always use other languages too to bypass censoring :P
For me it depends on the game. In Pokémon, I use my own name and my rival is always named after a friend of mine. However, in most other games I use the default name. I don't know why, though.
Depends on the game honestly. If I'm asked for a name, then I usually change it to something I commonly use in such games. As an example, when possible and if characters allow, I will use the first name Mozart. No idea why...started doing that with old PC games that required you to name your characters back in the 80s and have just done it ever since. I got about 3 or 4 different names I will rotate in their usage.
I don't know any games that have a default name. Maybe I am not playing those games. The only ones I know that I have played myself was Final Fantasy VIII, but that was only to get the guy in the cutscene to say "Satan we meet again." I know my old roommate did change the name of the main character to his, so I didn't know what that character's name was until I watched the cutscene movie compliation DVD.
Named a character just for that line. Well, it is a very cool line with that name, I'll give you that.
Wing Commander on the PC transitioned on this a bit in its life. In the first and second game you gave your last name and callsign and the npcs would reference you as such. Then in the third game onward they pretty much did away with it since by that time the main character was always known as Maverick and Last name Blair. They had too since the games featured FMV sequences where your character was spoken too etc. Kinda missed that because I liked being able to transfer to transfer my saved pilot from the games. That is why I liked Sierra's Quest for Glory series so much. Only game series I know where you could take a character you created in the first game and continue using them for nearly a decade worth of sequels.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripredacus
Once played through an entire game of Shining Force just to get the line "Burn Baby, Burn!".Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief
Chrono Trigger has default names, off the top of my head. Phantasy Star II too (I think it's the only classic Phantasy Star that lets you rename characters?). Star Cruiser does it as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripredacus
Note that many games will show up empty when going into the name entry and only assign the default name if you immediately press OK instead of filling in something, so don't make the assumption that there isn't a default name until you've actually tried to skip entering one.
For the record, a game where I do enter a name (and surprise, it isn't a RPG) is... Truco '96. Turns out that not entering a name results in it assigning a random one to you (which may or may not be insulting :v). Kind of amusing since this is the one game where you're literally playing as yourself (it's a card game).